#the four marys

[scotianostra]

The Four Mary's Linlithgow.

On way to Edinburgh so here's a wee bit history for you all while I sit on the bus.

The inside of the Pub is like a museum with lots of historical artefacts, don't expect to see the footie though, it doesn't have a television.

Some of you may know the song of the same name, which has been covered by many artists including The Corries, Joan Baez and Steelye Span, but the story behind the song dates back to the 16th century and centres on Mary Queen of Scots.

The Four Marys pub was named after the four ladies in waiting to Mary, Queen of Scots, who was born over the road in Linlithgow Palace.

They were Mary Seton, Mary Beaton, Mary Fleming and Mary Livingston. Mary Fleming was also a relative of Mary Queen of Scots, as Fleming’s mother was the illegitimate half-sister of Mary Queen of Scots’ late father King James V. The other ladies were of noble and high birth.

Although Mary Queen of Scots’ connection to France started at a young age, it wasn’t always certain that France would become her home. King Henry VIII first attempted to marry his son Prince Edward to the young Scottish Queen. Although some of the Queen of Scots’ nobles supported an English alliance, Marie de Guise and other nobles pushed for the Auld Alliance.

In 1548, the four Marys joined their Queen at Inchmahome Priory in preparation for their journey to France. The journey to France from Scotland was a rough sea voyage. It is recorded that during the journey, all of the ladies came down with sea sickness.

Upon their arrival in France, the station of Mary Queen of Scots and that of her ladies-in-waiting could not have been made clearer, as Mary was to join the Valois royal children whilst her ladies were initially separated from her. This could appear as a cruel move by the French King Henri II, however it was for the young Scottish Queen’s benefit. First of all, if she were to marry the Dauphin, she would need to learn to speak French and be associate with the Valois Princesses, Elisabeth and Claude. Secondly, by making her closest companions Henri’s daughters he could secure her loyalty and ensure she was surrounded by women of noble birth and of respectable character.

The four Marys were initially sent away to be educated by Dominican nuns. However their time in France was not to be for as long as anticipated, as although Mary Queen of Scots married Francis, they ruled France together for only a year before the young King died in 1560.

By this time, Marie de Guise, who had once decided her daughter’s future in France whilst protecting her realm in Scotland, had died. This left Mary no choice but to return to her country as queen. The four Marys returned with her to Scotland. Scotland would be the place where the four Marys would seek their own husbands, as their now widowed Queen would also seek out another.

Mary Queen of Scots married her cousin Lord Darnley in 1565. Her ladies also married, all except Mary Seton who remained in the Queen’s service until 1585 when she left the Queen’s household to join the house of God and become a nun. Mary Beaton married Alexander Ogilvy in April 1566.

Mary Beaton had a son James with her husband in 1568. Two years earlier, she had been there to support Mary Queen of Scots as she gave birth to her son and heir James, who would become James VI of Scotland and eventually, James I of England.

Mary Beaton lived a long life, dying at the age of fifty-five in 1598. Mary Beaton has been depicted in history as a model lady in waiting and one who was well educated. It is recorded that Mary Beaton’s own handwriting was very similar to that of Mary Queen of Scots.

Mary Livingston married her husband John Sempill in the same year that Mary Queen of Scots married Lord Darnley. Both Mary Livingston and her husband’s characters were not considered to be honourable and respectful, unlike those of her ladies Seton and Beaton. The Scottish Reformer John Knox wrote that Livingston was “lusty” and her husband was a “dancer”. He even rumoured that Livingston had conceived her child before the marriage and therefore was of unworthy character to be a lady-in-waiting to the Queen. These remarks by Knox were ignored by Mary Queen of Scots who granted wealth and land to her lady and her husband. Mary Livingston was even awarded some of the Queen of Scots’ jewels in her will. However she and her husband were ordered some years later to return them to the crown. Her husband John Sempill was arrested for refusing to return them. Livingston died in 1579.

Mary Fleming married a man who was many years older than her, Sir William Maitland. Maitland was the Queen’s royal secretary. There were rumours that their marriage was an unhappy one, but this has been largely disregarded by history and evidence proves otherwise. Their marriage took place after three years of courtship and therefore, they had time to get to know one another well before the marriage. In 1573 they were captured at Edinburgh Castle. Mary’s husband died shortly after their capture and she herself was kept a prisoner. Mary Fleming was forced to give up her belongings and her estate was not returned to her until 1581/2 by the then King James VI, the son of her former Queen and mistress.

There is a dispute over whether Fleming remarried but it is commonly believed that she did not. She had two children, James and Margaret. In 1581 the Queen of Scots tried to set up a meeting with Mary Fleming, but there is no evidence that this ever took place. Fleming died that same year.

The lives of the ladies-in-waiting of Mary Queen of Scots were very different, despite their common experiences and Dominican education in France; three married and only one lady actually returned to a life in a nunnery.

#scotland #scottish #history #linlithgow #mary queen of scots #The four marys

[letterboxd-loggd]

Man-Proof (1938) Richard Thorpe

November 27th 2022

#man-proof #1938 #richard thorpe #myrna loy #franchot tone #walter pidgeon #rosalind russell #nana bryant #john miljan #harry davenport #the four marys

[pinkdrills]

Catching up

#Agent 4 #Marie splatoon #splatoon #squid sisters #splatoon 2 #agent four #my art #comic

[uncharted-constellations]

Teenagers… Menaces, the lot of them

#spider-man #spider man #marvel #comic #comics #art #my art #peter parker #flash thompson #fantastic four #johnny storm #liz allen #betty brant #mj watson #mary jane watson #j jonah jameson #midtown high #young flash’s hair is dear to me #i did want to include more of peters violent thoughts but i already covered it before #this kid spends at least one panel every comic contemplating murder and i can respect it #also johnnys appearances in the spiderman comics are so funny in the early days #it might not be canon but he was so gay as a teenager its not even funny #johnny is obsessed with him #theres 3 people in the teen-age spider-man fan club and for some reason its flash johnny and matt #which the fact that daredevil later gave the avengers his endorsement for peter who was #immediately hostile to them asking him to try out for the team is peak peter behavior #and it is so funny #also i know betty and liz were complimenting mj because they were jealous #but considering half this friend group has slept together at some point im calling the vibes out

[bad-comic-art]

They're meant to be mourning Kamala Khan's death here, but this just looks like the world's worst blunt rotation

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submitted by @wickedsick

#fantastic four #mary jane #marvel #marvel comics #comics

[popping-your-culture]

#fantastic four #susan storm #reed richards #invisible woman #mr. fantastic #marvel #marvel comics #earl norem #marie severin #comics #bronze age comics #art

[mari-lair]

small acts of kindness

#Gon casually help strangers and friends all the time so for my own sanity i only doodled four little hunter exam moments #been in a very 'gon is such a nice boy i love him' mood recently #also in the mood to bs with colors yay #hxh #hunter x hunter #gon freecss #gon freecs #mari draws

[jakearison]

Reasons why agent 4 should have been in splat3: a thread (1/278)

#splatoon #marie splatoon #agent 4 #agent 8 #agent 3 #captain 3 #m4rie #kinda? #can be read as romantic or platonic #but bottom line marie has a favorite agent and four wholeheartedly believes its her #(its lil buddy) #but four is a close second! if only she was more of a little freak.... #myart

[arthursfuckinghat]

You see these mfs talking and you KNOW the gossip is going to be good

#the four gossip girls catching up over coffee at 7 am on the dot #the way they all stop talking when you go near them too its so fucking funny #what do you think they'd be gossiping about? #rdr2 #red dead redemption 2 #mick squeaks #arthur morgan #charles smith #sean macguire #karen jones #mary beth gaskill

[antichrists-plus1]

Watching the dynamic between bonny and read vs stede and ed in s2 ep4 was such a rollercoaster cause it went from me thinking "oh no they're just like stede and ed but if they actually ran off to China together and had a loving happy relationship" to me getting further into the ep and thinking "oh no they're just like stede and ed but if they ran off to China together and their relationship turned fucked up and toxic cause that's what happens when two traumatized pirates run of to live in isolation with eachother on a whim".

#I love the dynamic between those four it was so awkward and fucked up #They are literally parralells of eachother its driving me insane #It's also kinda nice in a way cause it offers a sense of closer knowing that them running off would've been a bad idea #And now that they've seen that first hand they're trying to work on their relationship slowly #I have so many feelings and thoughts that my brain has yet to process #And probably won't until maybe my 4th rewatch #Also bonny and read were so hannigram but that's another conversation #Ok rant over onto the fandom tags #ofmd 2 #ofmd #our flag means death #gentlebeard #ofmd spoilers #blackstede #anne bonny #mary read #antichrists thoughts

[why-greg-land]

Anyone else have déjà vu?

Meet Ultimate Susan Storm from Ultimate Power (2006-2008) and Rogue from X Men: Endsong (2005), sisters separated by universes and hair color.

@bad-comic-art

#greg land #rogue #anna marie #anna marie lebeau #x men #fantastic four #ultimate fantastic four #susan storm #sue storm #invisible woman

[ndcgalitzine]

NICHOLAS GALITZINE | Take The Biscuit | Sky TV

#Nicholas Galitzine #ngalitzineedit #Mary & George #maryandgeorgeedit #actorsedit #* #I was working on 12 different gifs for this set... then ps crashed #I'd only finished these 4 #and it's past midnight #and I got to get up and go to work in the morning #so these four will have to do 😍

[citroncynique]

MARIE AND MARIE AND MARIE AND MARIE

so many marie designs..... and meursault only has two hands..............

@4indroid @soleildumatin/meursaultsoleil and @nyak_138 on twt!

bonus:

#limbus company #limbus company fanart #lcb meursault #meursault lcb #lcb marie #marie lcb #marisault #HOW COME YOUR DEAD MAMAN LETS YOU HAVE FOUR GIRLFRIENDS????

[omomofoat]

Uncropped (I changed the arm position :3)

Anyway, this is my Lloyd's DragonOniSnake (not full form) design

Garmadon got bitten by the devourer when he was a kid, so there must be some snake DNA that got transferred to Lloyd after he's born.

#ninjago #lloyd garmadon #i headcanon lloyd as a mary sue #he got four species on him #lloyd can talk to snakes

[ijustwannahavefunn]

Yes there's gonna be a part 2 because there's a lotta suggestions 😉❤️

#ijustwannahavefunn's art #creepypasta #fan art #digital art #oc #creepypasta oc #wendell #janethekiller #mary vaughn #hazbin hotel #alastor #charlie #charlastor #the boy #brahms #brahms the boy #greta #brahms heelshire #four ships challenge

[trash-and-trash-accessories]

Fox Mulder doesn't have the "I Want To Believe" poster there because he's crazy. He doesn't have it there to broadcast his beliefs or as a mantra or to remind him to always look for aliens.

Fox Mulder keeps that "I Want To Believe" sign above his desk to remind him of his own internal biases.

That sign hangs above Mulder's desk to remind him of his own shortcomings and flaws. He's aware that he's a hack with dangerous beliefs and prone to flights of fancy and maybe even delusions. He's aware that he's desperately searching for aliens and monsters where there are only men doing bad things. And he has to remind himself of that, constantly.

That's why he's thrilled when he meets Scully and she challenges his beliefs, says that logically aliens don't exist. He's thrilled when she tells him to cut the crap in the pilot episode. He needs someone to challenge him. He needs someone who won't take his shit and put up with his flights of fancy. And he knows it. He's been dealing with himself for years and he feels relief and joy when Scully comes in and says enough of your bullshit. We're doing this my way. With science and logic. He isn't smiling and teasing her because he thinks he's smarter and better than her. He's smiling because she's exactly the person he needs in his life.

That's why he tells her right away that he's a UFO freak with trauma about his sister and a true believer. Not because he's trying to convince her to believe, but because he needs her to understand where he's coming from and what's wrong with him. So she can understand that either he's a dangerous lunatic himself, or he's delving into a dangerous conspiracy and either way she could be collateral damage if she stays with him. He spends the pilot episode reckoning with the idea that either he's a maniac or he's pulling this young fresh detective into danger. When she starts agreeing with him he gets upset, talks her out of it.

Mulder keeps that sign above his desk to remind himself to look into the "reasonable logical" explanations. He keeps that sign on his desk because he knows he's flawed and biased and frankly, dangerous.

He tells Scully exactly what he thinks is happening and about all the crazy stuff he believes not because he's trying to convince her to believe too, but so she can be his sounding board. So she can throw his illogical bullshit back in his face and remind him to look past his own biases and paranoia and quasi-religious zealotry. Because he knows he needs that. He knows he's in a conspiracy brained echo chamber of his own making and having a slow-burn mental breakdown. And he sees Scully as salvation from himself. As another figure in his quasi-religious belief system. The savior.

As the series develops he relies on her more and more to reality check him. Literally reality check him and manage what he worries might all be a delusion.

Mulder pretends he's confident and all the constant criticism and sidelong glances don't get to him and that might be true because he doesn't respect those people but he respects Scully. And he needs someone he respects to tell him when he's wrong, when he's being biased or actively delusional. Scully is his salvation. She's compassionate about his trauma and the reasoning behind his beliefs, but confident and logical enough to tell him when it's all bullshit. She's his savior, his rock, and often his only real connection to material reality.

#in conclusion Dana Scully is Jesus #haha but for real she is #the x files #x files #fox mulder #dana scully #mulder and scully #agent mulder #spooky mulder #okay she might be more of an allegory for the Mother Mary #but she's actually more of a Jesus figure herself #in this essay I will #someone help the media analysis chip in my brain won't turn off #also goddamn this man loves sticking his hand in mysterious substances #in episode four he chases a coyote into the woods by himself this man is crazy #fox mulder is a dangerous maniac #and I love him #I love this whorish delusional man #oh and he puts his hand in and then tastes what he knows is probably poisonous foxglove #honestly there's no substance fox mulder won't stick his hand in and or taste