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I do not choose that my grave should be dug while I am still alive.

Elizabeth I

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Elizabeth I
Age: 69 †
Born: 1533
Born: September 7
Died: 1603
Died: March 24
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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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Affection! Affection is false.
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