Elizabeth I
- Elizabeth I address to her troops before annihilating the Spanish Armada
I am come amongst you, as you see, at this time, not for my recreation and disport, but being resolved, in the midst and heat of the battle, to live and die amongst you all; to lay down for my God, and for my kingdom, and my people, my honour and my blood, even in the dust. I know I have the body but of a weak and feeble woman; but I have the heart and stomach of a king, and a king of England too, and think foul scorn that Parma or Spain, or any prince of Europe, should dare to invade my...
Suzannah Lipscomb
- Richmond Palace, Surrey
Henry VII became King at the Battle of Bosworth in 1485 at the age of just twenty-eight. He is chiefly remembered, when he is remembered at all, for his miserly avarice, secretive nature and sombre court, but these are qualities that should be more fairly associated with him only in the last few years of his life when, suffering from a recurrent illness, he grieved the loss of his wife, his firstborn son and many of his infant children and feared greatly for the succession.
