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" ... midst and heat of the battle, to live or die amongst you all, to lay down for my God, and for my kingdom, and for my people, my honour and my blood, even in the dust. I know I have the body of a weak and feeble woman... "
The Book of Days: A Miscellany of Popular Antiquities in Connection with the ... - Page 195
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The Cabinet History of England, Civil, Military and Ecclesiastical ..., Volume 5

Charles MacFarlane - Great Britain - 1855 - 474 pages
...have but the body of a weak and feeble woman; but I have the heart of a king, and of a king of England too, and think foul scorn that Parma or Spain, or any prince (if Europe, should dare to invade the borders of my realms! " * Everything in this camp speech was...
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England

Robin Eagles - History - 2002 - 544 pages
...body of a weak and feeble woman; but I have the heart and stomach of a king, and of a king of England too, and think foul scorn that Parma, or Spain, or...will take up arms, I myself will be your general, judge, and rewarder of every one of your virtues in the field. I Elizabeth I, addressing her land forces...
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The Spanish Armada: Revised Edition

Colin Martin, Geoffrey Parker - Business & Economics - 1999 - 324 pages
...body of a weak and feeble woman, but I have the heart and stomach of a king, and of a king of England too, and think foul scorn that Parma, or Spain, or...Europe should dare to invade the borders of my realm. The 'heat of the battle' (such as it was) did not last long, for two days after the speech orders went...
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Shakespeare Survey, Volume 44

Stanley Wells - Drama - 2002 - 282 pages
...blood even in the dust and repeatedly vowed that, unlike some others, she desired nothing but peace: I think foul scorn that Parma or Spain or any prince...Europe should dare to invade the borders of my realm [. . .] All this time of my reign I have not sought to advance my territories and enlarge my dominions...
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Gender and Heroism in Early Modern English Literature

Mary Beth Rose - Language Arts & Disciplines - 2002 - 162 pages
...have the heart and stomach of a king and of a king oo of England too—and take foul scorn that Parma or any prince of Europe should dare to invade the borders of my realm. To the which rather than any dishonor shall grow by me, I myself will venter my royal blood; I myself...
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The Expansion of Elizabethan England

A. L. Rowse - England - 2003 - 480 pages
...weak and feeble woman, but I have the heart and stomach of a king, and of a King of England too. And I think foul scorn that Parma or Spain or any prince...than any dishonour shall grow by me, I myself will be your General." Camden tells us how " sometimes with a martial pace, another while gently like a...
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Elizabeth I: Ruler and Legend

Clark Hulse - Biography & Autobiography - 2003 - 196 pages
...have the heart and stomach of a king, and of a king of England too, and take foul scorn that Parma or any prince of Europe should dare to invade the borders of my realm. To the which rather than any dishonor shall grow by me, I myself will venture my blood, myself will be...
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Queen Elizabeth I: Selected Works

Elizabeth I (Queen of England) - Biography & Autobiography - 2004 - 412 pages
...and stomach of a king, [15 and of a king of England too, and think foul scorn that Parma, or Spain,2 or any prince of Europe should dare to invade the borders of my realm, to which rather than any dishonor shall grow by me,3 I myself will take up arms, I myself will be your general, judge, and re-...
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Look Back to Get Ahead: Life Lessons from History's Heroes

Michael Anthony Jackson - Business & Economics - 2004 - 278 pages
...woman, but I have the heart and stomach of a King, and a King of England too, and think foul scorn that Spain or any prince of Europe should dare to invade the borders of my realm . . . Elizabeth had faced her fear and the fates were moved to intervene. The Royal Navy met the Armada...
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Max Weber's Economy and Society: A Critical Companion

Charles Camic, Philip S. Gorski, David M. Trubek - Social Science - 2005 - 420 pages
...but of a weak and feeble woman; but I have the heart and stomach of a king, and of a king of England, too, and think foul scorn that Parma or Spain, or...will take up arms, I myself will be your general, judge, and rewarder of every one ot your virtues m the field.4" Again and again in speeches, letters,...
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