New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-12-11
sWINBURNE's NEW TRAGEDY
THE DEATH OF MARY STUART.
p,,om The GLds0o,o Herald.

NJ
..un Tho f;rst act opens in the lodging of the
na,irotor Rabbincton where n plot TO hperaie
NJ fro,, her Imprisonment in England Is unioided
at great length. -, bor
When Mary finds herself betrayed and her
secretaries arrested she fronts the SITUATION VIII
this fine and spirited passage; ,
MARY srUART-Was this Your riddles word
Won have sbot bevond me. indeed. and shot TO death
Your honor with my life-Draw sirs and stan1
We have swords yet left TO strike with once ann 'Ie
BY these foes are girt with some gGoa ar r'ehu
| should have one yet left OF you-take hGart -o
And siay me here. For Gods love draw They nave
So large a vantage of us. we must needs
Bear back one foot from peril. GIVE not way;
Who o can I bnt ere DIE g6ing What no mani
Must | find never at my need allye r.,
A man with heart to help mel o. my Gou
Let me die now and foil them Paulet, you
Most knightly liar and traitor, was not tnl s.
Part of your charge to play my halglnam 700, and no
So honorabiy my trust. so bravely set
STARE so loyal to make sure Ior death
So poor foolish woman Sir, or You
That have this gallant office great as ms
To do tie deadlIest errand AMI most vic
That even your mistress ever lald on man,
And sent her basest knave To bear and stay;
You are likewise of her chiyalry, and should not
Shrink to fulfill your title being knight, -.
For her dear sake that made You; lose nor ne"''
To strike for her one worthy stroke that may
Rid me dcfenceleSs Of the loathed long life
She gapcs for like bloodhound.
Elizabeth's hesitation to sign the warrant LOT
Mary's death gives us another fine passage
EtIzABErH-Did my Lord Admiral not desire thee
bring
The warrant for her execution?
DAVISON-Ay,
Madam. here is lt.
FIIZNBrTu-I would it mightnot he.
| ~ l. .,,~N .raV.4 lnt "a
Art thou not heartily sOJTv-wOuldSt thouho
/ saw be sad-tO see me sign III
DAvIsON-Madam, ,.
| grirve ut anv soul miShap tnai i!Scs'
And specially for shipwreck OF me -,
TO Won so near allied but seeing TINS doom
WriIng forth from Justice by necessity -
shonId rather cnilt should bleed than innocence.
tIzhnTII-Nheu | shall sign take thou this
To tbn IoTd chancellor. See it straight be sealed
| Az quietly as he may, not saying word m
| That no man come to know il qntmoly; men
Send tito the Earls Of Kent and Shrewsbury,
| WHO are here set down 10 see TINS Justlcc Hohe'
| | wouid mo NOR. be troubled with this COZ
| TIL All be through But for the place OF DOOM
| The hall three of the Castle, in my mind
| Were filter than the court or open green.
| And ~ tbou poest botakc thee on thy way
| IL Walsiurhain, where he lies SICK az nome,
And lei him Know what hath OF =, oeen aoiic'
| Whereof the g1ef, fear me- shaH so ''0"i
| To kill his heart outright.
| DAVISON-Iour Majesty
Hath vet not signed the warrant
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| Art thou from tutor of philosophy late Ill.
| Croyn counsellor too, and more than counsellor
To appoint me where aud what tiis manu- oi liin0
! Shall M thy beck obsequl uslY subS'rlD
! And follow OH thy finger By Gods dcath!
| What If il please me now not 'lgh at am
! This letter of my kinswomahs last Wnt
| Hath more coupulsion IN II, and more power
| 10 enforce my pity than thousand tongues
! Dlct9tina death against her IN mine ear,
OF mine vassal subjects Herr Pf b now Ssart
| She writes me she thanks God with al her heatI
| That # hath pleased Him by the mean OF me
! To make an end Of her lifcS pilgrimage ..,.
Which hath been weary to her hnG uo' Ia No. "'N
| To see its length drawn longer having had
| Too much experience OF It's bitterness;
| Rut only doth cntrcat me, since she may
| Look for 10 favor ut their jealous hands
Who are first in councils at my ministry,
! That only myself will grant her praycrs,
| Whereof the first Is, since She cannot hope
| For English burial, with such Cathollc rites
! AZ here vcr uFed IN time Of the ancient kings,
| Nsipa ANCESTORS and hers and SINCE the tombs
| Lie violated "a SCOTLAND OF her slres,
| That soon ever rs her -. mics 49,,
| Shall with her innocent blo0a lac satiated'
| Her body by her servants may be Doiae
| 10 somc ground consccraed, there 70 be
| Inferred: and rather she desires IN France,
| Where sleep her hcnorcd moth RS ashes; so
| At length NAV her poor body lind the rest
! Which, living it has never known thc a5ip
| She prays me from the fears she hs IA OF those
| TO whose harsh hand have abandoned her.
! She NAV not secretly be done 10 death,
! But in Ter servants sight ana others $500
| Who NAV witness her Obedience Kept, and imth
| TO the true Church, and guard her memory safe
| From ISLANDERS happy to be blown abroad
| Concerning her by mouths OF enemies. Last
| She asks that her attendants, who so well
| And faithfully through all her 1niscres vast
| Have served her, may 90 freely where they please
| And lose not those small lcglcies Oh hers
| Which poverty can yet beducath 10 them.
| This sbe centuries me by the blood of Christ,
| Our kinship, AID my grandsires memory,
| Who was her fathers grandsire and king,
! And by the name of queen she bear with her
| Even TO the death that will not refuse;
| And that a word in mine own hand may thus
! u,rV l
| Die mine aiicciOnate sister and prisoner. Sec
love or she have sinned, what heart mine if
| this
| Drew no tears from me. Nat the mranc9t sonl
| That lives mo { miserable but with such words
| Must needs draw down mems pity.
The mast striking scene Of all is of course. re-
| served for the close of the fifth act, where the
execution takes place not on but of the stage, but
has all its incidents described they by Bar
bara Mowbray, looking OH from distance:
BARBARA-Yes, SEQ
| Stand in mid hall the scaiiOd. black as DEATH
| And black the block upon it all around
Against the throDg guard OF halbar.hers,
| And an axe against the scatfOfdTail reclined,
! And two men masked on either hand beyond,
| And hard behind the block a cushion set
Black an the chair behind it.
| MARY BHAToN-Whcn saw fallen on a scafIold
once young mans head
Such things as these saw not. Nay bnt
knew not that spake. and toward your ears
Indeed. spake not.
BARBARA-Al those faces change.
She comes more royalty than yet
Fell foot Of man triumphant on this earth
Imperial more than empire made her born,
EnthrOned as queen sat never. Not q line
Stirs of her sovereign features. Like bride
Brought home she mounts the scafFo!d and her eyes
Sweep regal round he cirque beneath, and rest
Subsiding with smile. She sits and they
The dooinsmen Earls beside her at her left
The Sheriff and the Clerk at hand Oh high
To read the warrant
MARY BEAToN-Nono stands there but knows
What things therein are writ against her. God
Knows what therein is writ not God forgive all
BARB ,RA-Not face there breathcs Of all the
| throng
Bnt is more moved than hers TO hear this read
Whose look alone is changed not
| Noyv drovre n;,I