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The Book of Dreams and Ghosts
·
Andrew Lang
40
QUEEN
MARY'S
JEWELS
"I
have
had
a
strange
dream
about
your
ring"
(a
"medallion"
of
Anthony
and
Cleopatra);
"it
is
very
valuable."
Major
Buckley
said
it
was
worth
60
pounds,
and
put
the
ring
into
his
friend's
hand.
"It
belonged
to
royalty."
"In
what
country?"
"I
see
Mary,
Queen
of
Scots.
It
was
given
to
her
by
a
man,
a
foreigner,
with
other
things
from
Italy.
It
came
from
Naples.
It
is
not
in
the
old
setting.
She
wore
it
only
once.
The
person
who
gave
it
to
her
was
a
musician."
The
seer
then
"saw"
the
donor's
signature,
"Rizzio".
But
Rizzio
spelled
his
name
Riccio!
The
seer
now
copied
on
paper
a
writing
which
in
his
trance
he
saw
on
vellum.
The
design
here
engraved
(p.
32)
is
only
from
a
rough
copy
of
the
seer's
original
drawing,
which
was
made
by
Major
Buckley.
[Picture
of
vellum
as
described
in
the
text
-
images/rizzo.gif]
"Here"
(pointing
to
the
middle)
"I
see
a
diamond
cross."
The
smallest
stone
was
above
the
size
of
one
of
four
carats.
"It"
(the
cross)
"was
worn
out
of
sight
by
Mary.
The
vellum
has
been
shown
in
the
House
of
Lords."
{31}
"
.
.
.
The
ring
was
taken
off
Mary's
finger
by
a
man
in
anger
and
jealousy:
he
threw
it
into
the
water.
When
he
took
it
off,
she
was
being
carried
in
a
kind
of
bed
with
curtains"
(a
litter).
Just
before
Rizzio's
murder
Mary
was
enceinte,
and
might
well
be
carried
in
a
litter,
though
she
usually
rode.
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