I know I have the body but of a weak and feeble woman; but I have the heart and stomach of a king, and of a king of England too, and think foul scorn that Parma or Spain, or any prince of Europe, should dare to invade the borders of my realm.
— Elizabeth I Early Modern

English queen, Golden Age

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Speech to the Troops at Tilbury

Date / Period

1588

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Strange & Unusual

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https://www.bl.uk/collection-items/elizabeth-is-golden-speech

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