Spanish Armada Quotes

“And therefore I am come amongst you at this time, not as for my recreation or sport, but being resolved, in the midst and heat of the battle, to live or die amongst you all; to lay down, for my God, and for my kingdom, and for my people, my honour and my blood, even the dust. I know I have but the body of a weak and feeble woman; but I have the heart of a king, and of a king of England, too.”
― Queen Elizabeth I

“I have the heart of a man, not a woman, and I am not afraid of anything.”
― Queen Elizabeth I

“A good book should make you laugh, cry or pee your pants. The best do all three!”
― G. Ernest Smith

“The defeat of the Armada in 1588 was Elizabeth's high point. Things went downhill after that. Militarily the triumph against Spain was rather undermined the following year when Elizabeth sent her own massive Armada, commanded by Sir Francis Drake, to Spain and Portugal. This was annihilated too. So maybe God was neutral. Or Muslim.”
― David Mitchell, Unruly: The Ridiculous History of England's Kings and Queens