蘇格蘭瑪麗女王 02 France

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　　Dear James. Very soon I am going to die， and meet my God.Before I die， I want to write the true story of my life for you. Everything that I write here is true—I cannot lie to you， or to God. Please believe that， James. It's impor- tant to me.

　　My father died when I was one week old， so I was the Queen of Scots when I was a baby. At first I lived with my mother in Scotland， and then， when I was five， I went to France. My mother was French， but she stayed in Scotland， and died there.

　　I went to France to marry the King of France's son. His name was Francis， and he was one year younger than me. In 1559， his father died， so Francis was King. Then I was Queen of France， and Queen of Scotland too.

　　I was very happy in France. Francis， my husband， was like a little brother to me. I think he loved me， bur he was very young，and he was often ill.And then，in 1560，he died.He was sixteen years old.

　　When he died I was very unhappy， and my life was very different. There was a new King and Queen， and I wasn't important in France， any more. But I was still Queen of Scots， so I came back to Scotland. When I arrived in Scotland， I was a young girl of eighteen. My mother was dead， and there was no one there to meet me. I walked off the ship，and I slept in a little house near the sea.

　　Next day， the Scots lords came from Edinburgh. They were pleased to see me， and for a week everyone was happy. People smiled at me and sang in the streets. I think everyone liked me. Then， that Sunday， I went to church.

　　James， my son， you are a Protestant and I am a Catholic.You are a good man， and you love God， but your church and my church are enemies. I was born a Catholic， and I am going to die a Catholic. I love God， too—I hope you understand that. I'm not going to change now.

　　That Sunday， people shouted angrily in the streets.‘Your Majesty，'said the Scots lords.‘Scotland is a Protestant coun-try. You can't go to a Catholic church here. TheScottish people don't like Catholics.'

　　‘I'm sorry， my lords，'I said.‘But I am your Queen—no one tells me what to do.I don't hate Protestants，and I'm not going to kill them. The people can go to their Protestant churches， and pray to God there. But I'm going to pray with Catholics， in my church.'

　　People were angry because of that. A man called John Knox came to see me. He was a famous Protestant churchman， but I didn't like him. He was a big， angry man with black clothes.He hated the Catholic church， and wanted all Catholics to leave Scotland. To him， the Protestant church was the only true church of God. He said：‘Your Majesty， you're a young woman， like my daughter. Women can't understand difficult 10things like God or the church. Find a good Protestant husband，girl. Let him rule this country for you.'

　　I was very angry with this man Knox. I was a Queen， but I was only eighteen. He didn't talk quietly—he shouted at me.I cried because of his angry words. I could not understand him—he talked so much， and he knew so many books. But I did not go to his church.

　　He was right about one thing. Perhaps I could rule Scotland without a man， but I could not have a child without one. And every Queen needs a son or daughter to come after her.So I began to look for a husband.

　　2 法國(guó)

　　親愛(ài)的詹姆斯，很快我就要死去，去見(jiàn)我的上帝了。在我死之前，我要給你寫(xiě)下我一生的真實(shí)的故事。在這里我寫(xiě)的一切都是真實(shí)的——我不能對(duì)你說(shuō)謊，也不能對(duì)上帝說(shuō)謊。請(qǐng)相信這一切，詹姆斯，這對(duì)我很重要。

　　在我出生只有一個(gè)星期的時(shí)候我的父親便去世了。因此在我還是個(gè)嬰兒的時(shí)候我就成了蘇格蘭的女王。起初我和母親一起住在蘇格蘭，后來(lái)在我五歲的時(shí)候我去了法國(guó)。我母親是法國(guó)人，可是她卻呆在蘇格蘭直到去世。

　　我去法國(guó)并嫁給了法國(guó)王子。他叫弗朗西斯，比我小一歲。1559年，他的父親去世了，因此弗朗西斯成了國(guó)王。于是，我既是法國(guó)王后，又是蘇格蘭女王。

　　在法國(guó)我很幸福。我的丈夫弗朗西斯就像是我的一個(gè)小弟弟。我想他是愛(ài)我的，但是他太年輕了，還經(jīng)常生病。之后，1560年，他死了，年僅16歲。

　　他死后我非常傷心，而且我的生活也發(fā)生了很大的變化。法國(guó)有了新的國(guó)王和王后，我在法國(guó)已顯得不再重要。但是我仍然是蘇格蘭的女王，因此，我回到了蘇格蘭。我回到蘇格蘭的那會(huì)兒，我是個(gè)才18歲的小姑娘。我的母親已經(jīng)去世了，因此沒(méi)有人來(lái)接我。我下了船，就在海邊的一間小屋里過(guò)夜。

　　第二天，蘇格蘭的貴族們從愛(ài)丁堡來(lái)了。他們見(jiàn)到我很高興。有一個(gè)星期大家都很開(kāi)心。人們朝我微笑，在大街上唱歌。我以為每個(gè)人都很喜歡我。然后，在那個(gè)星期天，我去了教堂。

　　詹姆斯，我的兒子，你是個(gè)新教徒而我是個(gè)天主教徒。你是好人，且熱愛(ài)上帝，可是你的教會(huì)和我的教會(huì)是仇敵。我生為天主教徒，死也是天主教徒。我也愛(ài)上帝，——我希望你能理解這些。即使現(xiàn)在我也不打算改變。

　　那個(gè)星期天，人們?cè)诖蠼稚蠎嵟亟泻啊?ldquo;陛下，”那些蘇格蘭貴族們說(shuō)道。“蘇格蘭是個(gè)信奉新教的國(guó)家。你不能上這里的天主教教堂。蘇格蘭人民不喜歡天主教徒。”

　　“很抱歉，我的勛爵們，”我說(shuō)。“可我是你們的女王——沒(méi)有人能告訴我該怎樣做。我不憎恨新教徒，也不會(huì)殺害他們。人們可以去他們的新教教堂，并在那里祈禱上帝。而我也將和天主教教徒們一起在我的教堂里向上帝祈禱。”

　　人們聽(tīng)到這些發(fā)怒了。一個(gè)名叫約翰·諾克斯的人來(lái)見(jiàn)我。他是個(gè)有名的新教教士，可我不喜歡他。他個(gè)頭很大，怒氣沖沖，穿著一身黑衣服。他憎恨天主教會(huì)，且想讓所有的天主教教徒都離開(kāi)蘇格蘭。對(duì)他來(lái)說(shuō)，新教教會(huì)才是唯一真正屬于上帝的教會(huì)。他說(shuō)道：“陛下，你是位年輕女子，就像我的女兒。女人是不會(huì)懂得諸如上帝、教會(huì)這類(lèi)困難的事情的。找一個(gè)新教徒的好丈夫吧，女孩，讓他來(lái)為你統(tǒng)治這個(gè)國(guó)家。”

　　我對(duì)這個(gè)名叫諾克斯的男人很生氣。我是女王，可我只有18歲。他沒(méi)有平靜地和我說(shuō)話(huà)——他對(duì)我大聲叫嚷。由于他措詞嚴(yán)厲，我哭了。我不能接受他——雖然他說(shuō)了那么多，并讀過(guò)那么多書(shū)，但我不會(huì)去他的教堂。

　　可有一點(diǎn)他是對(duì)的。沒(méi)有男人，或許我可以統(tǒng)治蘇格蘭，但沒(méi)有男人，我就不會(huì)有小孩。每個(gè)女王都需要有個(gè)兒子或女兒來(lái)繼承王位。因此我開(kāi)始物色一個(gè)丈夫。