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I cannot find it in me to fear a man who took ten years a learning of his alphabet.
Elizabeth I
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Elizabeth I
Age: 69 †
Born: 1533
Born: September 7
Died: 1603
Died: March 24
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the Virgin Queen Elizabeth
Queen of England Elisabetta I
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I do not so much rejoice that God hath made me to be a Queen, as to be a Queen over so thankful a people.
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[To Parliament, when it urged her to marry and settle the succession:] You attend to your own duties and I'll perform mine.
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A clear and innocent conscience fears nothing.
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I do not choose that my grave should be dug while I am still alive.
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Although I may not be a lioness, I am a lion's cub, and inherit many of his qualities and as long as the King of France treats me gently he will find me as gentle and tractable as he can desire but if he be rough, I shall take the trouble to be just as troublesome and offensive to him as I can.
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