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We mixed gunpowder with Raleigh’s tobacco. Let us watch …. from over there. ”
—HRH Elizabeth I, Queene of Englande
10thday ofJulyin the year2009
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You’ve won the “Who gets to pay for the Queen’s Dinner?” sweepstakes! ”
—HRH Elizabeth I, Queene of Englande
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We commanded Dr. Dee to calculate the value of Pi last week. In a fortnight we shall let him stop.
Dudley has a shilling on how much foolscap the good Doctor will have used. ”
Dudley has a shilling on how much foolscap the good Doctor will have used. ”
—HRH Elizabeth I, Queene of Englande
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In the case of our Master of the Horse, “of” is an abbreviation for “equipped like unto”. ”
—HRH Elizabeth I, Queene of Englande
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‘Tis Christmas! Decorate the severed traitor’s heads with tinsel! ”
—HRH Elizabeth I, Queene of Englande
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More wood on the fire! We could cut glass with England’s nipples! ”
—HRH Elizabeth I, Queene of Englande
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… then he gave Us a lace kerchief embroidered with “Born to Reign” in pearls. ”
—HRH Elizabeth I, Queene of Englande
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Walshingham knows the color of Our small clothes. “Matter of state security,” he said. ”
—HRH Elizabeth I, Queene of Englande
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9thday ofJulyin the year2009
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Drake likes it when We talk like a pirate. ”
—HRH Elizabeth I, Queene of Englande
9thday ofJulyin the year2009
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Be it truly necessary for the ENTIRE court to Process when we go to the privy? ”
—HRH Elizabeth I, Queene of Englande
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We had something pierced - guess what? ”
—HRH Elizabeth I, Queene of Englande
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If the Pope can annul a marriage, We as leader of the Anglican Church can annul a deflowering. ”
—HRH Elizabeth I, Queene of Englande
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We command you to go forth and mow Cornwall. ”
—HRH Elizabeth I, Queene of Englande
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… then We had a tattoo upon our lower back which says “If thou canst read this, thou’rt STILL not King of Englande! ”
—HRH Elizabeth I, Queene of Englande
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Today we shall have a Knighting! And a spanking! And a Knight spanking! ”
—HRH Elizabeth I, Queene of Englande
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Being a compilation of dyverse and various statements, epithets, aphorisms and ejeculations one would rarely hear issue from the mouth of Her Most Royal Majestie, Elizabeth Regina Gloriana, Queene of All Englande, Scotland and Ireland. God Save the Queene!
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