NaPM April 05, 2017

[just mercedes]

Mary Tudor sings her madrigal


When I was Queen of England, Naples, Spain,
the Kingdom of Jerusalem as well,
I sent eight hundred Protestants to Hell

and raised the church that lust destroyed. In vain
heretics tried to hide; their numbers swelled
when I was Queen of England, Naples, Spain,
the Kingdom of Jerusalem as well.

I changed the laws my father made. Sustained
by Christ I closed their chapels, citadels,
cathedrals, took their castles. Bells tolled knell
when I was Queen of England, Naples, Spain,
the Kingdom of Jerusalem as well.
I sent eight hundred Protestants to Hell.