I have ever used to set the Last Judgment Day before mine eyes, and so to rule as I shall be judged to answer before a higher judge, to whose judgment seat I do appeal, that never thought was cherished in my heart that tended not to my people's good.
— Elizabeth I Early Modern

English queen, Golden Age

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Golden Speech to Parliament

Date / Period

1601

Category

Humorous

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https://www.bl.uk/learning/timeline/elizabeth1/golden-speech/

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