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" And though you have had and may have many mightier and wiser princes sitting in this seat, yet you never had nor shall have any that will love you better. "
The Book of Table-talk - Page 146
by Charles MacFarlane - 1836
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The Land and Literature of England: A Historical Account

Robert Martin Adams - History - 1983 - 646 pages
...again. "It is not my desire," she concluded, "to live and reign longer than my life and reign shall be for your good. And though you have had, and may have, many mightier princes sitting in this seat, yet you never had, nor shall have, any that will love you better." It...
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Women Writers of the Renaissance and Reformation

Katharina M. Wilson - Literary Collections - 1987 - 681 pages
...reign shall be for your good. And though you have had and may have many princes more mighty and wise sitting in this seat, yet you never had nor shall have any that will be more careful and loving. "Shall I ascribe anything to myself and my sexly weakness? I were not worthy...
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Women Writers of the Renaissance and Reformation

Katharina M. Wilson - Literary Criticism - 1987 - 692 pages
...safety, than myself. For it is my desire to live nor reign no longer than my life and reign shall be for your good. And though you have had and may have many princes more mighty and wise sitting in this seat, yet you never had nor shall have any that will be...
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The Armada

Garrett Mattingly - History - 1959 - 466 pages
...worldly thing under the sun — was so dear to her as their love, when she told them near the end of it, "Though you have had and may have many mightier and wiser princes, yet you never have had nor shall have any that will love you better," they heard something that made...
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Elizabethan Popular Culture

Leonard R. N. Ashley - England - 1988 - 330 pages
...safety, than myself. For it is my desire to live nor reign no longer than my life and reign shall be for your good. And though you have had and may have many princes more mighty and wise sitting in this seat, yet you never had nor shall have any that will be...
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The Word of a Prince: A Life of Elizabeth I from Contemporary Documents

Maria Perry - Biography & Autobiography - 1990 - 288 pages
...safety than myself. For it is my desire to live nor reign no longer than my life and reign shall be for your good. And though you have had, and may have, many princes more mighty and wise sitting in this seat, yet you never had nor shall have, any that will...
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Tudor Political Culture

Dale Hoak - History - 2002 - 356 pages
...Safety, than My Self. For it is not my desire to Live nor Reign longer, than my Life and Reign shall be for your Good. And though you have had, and may have many Princes, more Might and Wise, sitting in this State; yet you never had, or shall have any that will...
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Famous Lines: A Columbia Dictionary of Familiar Quotations

Robert Andrews - Language Arts & Disciplines - 1997 - 666 pages
...hath raised me high, yet this I count the glory of my crown: that I have reigned with your loves.... And though you have had, and may have, many mightier...had, nor shall have any that will love you better. ELIZABETH I, (1533-1603) British Queen of England. "The Golden Speech," Historical Collections of the...
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The Shakespeare Trade: Performances and Appropriations

Barbara Hodgdon - Literary Criticism - 1998 - 332 pages
...before Parliament to deliver her so-called Golden Speech, the ending of which rcspeaks her marriage vow: "And though you have had and may have many mightier...in this seat, yet you never had nor shall have any who love you better." "0 Several scenes later, surrounded by waiting women and courtiers, she sits...
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Behind the Mask: The Life of Queen Elizabeth I

Jane Resh Thomas - Juvenile Nonfiction - 1998 - 224 pages
...her with what the future might bring: "Though you have had and may have Princes more mighty and wise sitting in this seat, yet you never had nor shall have any that will be more careful and loving."At the end of the speech, she invited the gentlemen to comc one by one...
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