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I would not open windows into men's souls.

Elizabeth I

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