James Melville, Scottish diplomat, to Queen Elizabeth I:


 James Melville, Scottish diplomat, to Queen Elizabeth I:


‘Madam…I know your stately stomach. You think if you were married, you would be but Queen of England. Now you are King and Queen both. You may not suffer a commander.’

The Penhurst Portrait of Elizabeth I, by unknown artist c.1570s

Source:
The Life of Sir James Melville, Britain Magazine

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