Prayer by Mary Queen of Scots.

The following Latin prayer was composed by Mary, Queen of Scots, and repeated by her immediately before her execution.

“O Domine Deus, speravi in te;
O care Jesu, nunc libera me;
In durâ catenâ, in miserâ pœnâ, desidero te.
Languendo, gemendo, et genuflectendo,
A pœnâ desidero te;
Adoro, imploro, ut liberes me.”