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Quotation from Speech to the Troops at Tilbury by Elizabeth I
“I do not desire to live to distrust my faithful and loving people.”
Speech to the Troops at Tilbury, Paragraph 1 (Sharp version, Cabala (1654))
Her answer to counsellors who warned her against coming among armed men.
Citation: "I do not desire to live to distrust my faithful and loving people." — Elizabeth I, Speech to the Troops at Tilbury, Paragraph 1 (Sharp version, Cabala (1654)). (id elizabeth-speech-at-tilbury-q1)
Portrait: Speech to the Troops at Tilbury, Unknown author, Public domain.
