"This is the Lord's doing, and it is marvelous in our eyes."
— Bess quoting Psalm 118:23 when she was told she is to be Queen.
I know I have the body of a weak, feeble woman, but I have the heart and stomach of a King, and of a King of England too, and think foul scorn that Parma or Spain or any prince of Europe should dare to invade the borders of my realm, to which rather than any dishonor shall grow by me, I myself will take up arms, I myself will be your general, judge, and rewarder of every one of your virtues in the field.
— Her speech to the troops at Tilbury, preparing for the Spanish Armada.
"All my possessions for one moment of time."
— Reported to be her last words.
