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My seat has been the seat of kings, and I will have no rascal to succeed me.
Elizabeth I
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Elizabeth I
Age: 69 †
Born: 1533
Born: September 7
Died: 1603
Died: March 24
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Elizabeth I
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the Virgin Queen Elizabeth
Queen of England Elisabetta I
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If we still advise we shall never do.
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we Princes are set as it were upon stages, in the sight and view of all the world. The least spot is soon spied in our garments, a blemish quickly noticed in our doings.
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