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Quotation from Speech to the Troops at Tilbury by Elizabeth I
“Let tyrants fear, I have always so behaved myself that, under God, I have placed my chiefest strength and safeguard in the loyal hearts and good-will of my subjects;”
Speech to the Troops at Tilbury, Paragraph 1 (Sharp version, Cabala (1654))
The contrast between a tyrant's fear and a lawful queen's trust in her people.
Citation: "Let tyrants fear, I have always so behaved myself that, under God, I have placed my chiefest strength and safeguard in the loyal hearts and good-will of my subjects;" — Elizabeth I, Speech to the Troops at Tilbury, Paragraph 1 (Sharp version, Cabala (1654)). (id elizabeth-speech-at-tilbury-q2)
Portrait: Speech to the Troops at Tilbury, Unknown author, Public domain.
