There Is No Marvel In A Woman

There Is A Close Tie Of Affection Between Sovereigns And Their Subjects; And As Chaste Wives Should Have No Eyes But For Their Husbands, So Faithful Liegemen Should Keep Their Regards At Home And Not Look After Foreign Crowns. For My Part I Like Not For My Sheep To Wear A Stranger's Mark Nor To Dance After A Foreigner's Whistle.

Though The Sex To Which I Belong Is Considered Weak You Will Nevertheless Find Me A Rock That Bends To No Wind.

I Observe And Remain Silent.

[i]n The End This Shall Be For Me Sufficient, That A Marble Stone Shall Declare That A Queen, Having Reigned Such A Time, Lived And Died A Virgin.

Words Are Leaves, The Substance Consists Of Deeds, Which Are The True Fruits Of A Good Tree.