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''Dear Elizabeth,
I know there has been much discourt between us. The world and circumstance made us rivals and we’ve become weapons turned against each other, but my dear cousin, we are still family. And what is family in this dark and bitter world, but a glimmer of light in the distance. I have just had a son who already faces danger for I am surrounded by vicious forces wishing my destruction. John Knox, the Lennoxes, even my own husband. I need your help, Elizabeth. My duty is to my heir and to Scotland, both of which I fear could be lost. So, from one lonely Queen to another. I ask that should anything happen to me, you will protect my child as your own. In turn I promise you that your throne shall never be threatened by me. Furthermore, if you decide to remain a virgin Queen, I ask that you recognize my son as heir to both our thrones. Let us hope he inherits a better world than we did. A world you and I, starting on this day, might create together.
Your loving cousin, Mary.''
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