Information for Helpers:
This is a cypher (coded way of writing) used by Mary, Queen of Scots. It was used as evidence of her involvement in the Babington Plot of 1586, which was a plan to assassinate Queen Elizabeth I of England and put Mary Queen of Scots on the throne in her place.
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