I am no lover of pompous title, but only desire that my name may be recorded in a line or two, which shall briefly express my name, my virginity, the years of my reign, the reformation of religion under it, and my preservation of peace.
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I am your anointed Queen. I will never be by violence constrained to do anything. I thank God I am endued with such qualities that if I were turned out of the Realm in my petticoat I were able to live in any place in Christendom.Queen Elizabeth I
As for me, I see no such great cause why I should either be fond to live or fear to die. I have had good experience of this world, and I know what it is to be a subject and what to be a sovereign. Good neighbours I have had, and I have met with bad and in trust I have found treason.
Queen Elizabeth I
The daughter of debate, that eke discord doth sow. Mary, Queen of Scots.
Queen Elizabeth I
To the Countess of Nottingham God may forgive you, but I never can.
Queen Elizabeth I
The use of the sea and air is common to all neither can a title to the ocean belong to any people or private persons, forasmuch as neither nature nor public use and custom permit any possession thereof.
Queen Elizabeth I
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