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Quotation from Speech to the Troops at Tilbury by Elizabeth I
“I myself will take up arms, I myself will be your general, judge, and rewarder of every one of your virtues in the field.”
Speech to the Troops at Tilbury, Paragraph 2 (Sharp version, Cabala (1654))
Her promise to stand in the army's place of command rather than rule from afar.
Citation: "I myself will take up arms, I myself will be your general, judge, and rewarder of every one of your virtues in the field." — Elizabeth I, Speech to the Troops at Tilbury, Paragraph 2 (Sharp version, Cabala (1654)). (id elizabeth-speech-at-tilbury-q5)
Portrait: Speech to the Troops at Tilbury, Unknown author, Public domain.
