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A fool too late bewares when all the peril is past.

Elizabeth I

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Elizabeth I
Age: 69 †
Born: 1533
Born: September 7
Died: 1603
Died: March 24
Politician
Queen Of England
Greenwich Palace
The Virgin Queen
Gloriana
Good Queen Bess
Elizabeth I
Elizabeth Tudor
Queen Elizabeth I
Queen Elizabeth
Queen of England Elizabeth I
the Virgin Queen Elizabeth
Queen of England Elisabetta I
Queen of England Elisabeth I
Queen of England Bess
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