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Drawings of Mary's execution from Richard Verstegen, Theatrum Crudelitatum H�reticorum Nostri Temporis [A Theater of the Cruelty of the Heretics in our Time] (Antwerp, 1592)
Newberry Library (Case D78 .938, p. 81)
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The execution of Mary Queen of Scots caused a scandal throughout Europe. This imaginary illustration depicts Mary as a victim of Protestant religious intolerance.

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