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And therefore I am come amongst you at this time, not as for my recreation or sport, but being resolved, in the 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 the dust. I know I 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 therefore I am come amongst you at this time, not as for my recreation or sport, but being resolved, in the 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 the dust. I know I 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.
Approximate author period: c. 1568 AD · renaissance
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- Elizabeth I
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- Approximate author period: c. 1568 AD · renaissance
Approximate period for the recorded attribution to Elizabeth I, based on documented lifetime 1533 to 1603. Source: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7207 (checked 2026-10-08). This is not a quotation composition date or independent authentication of its attribution. Source: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7207 (accessed 2026-10-08).
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