| Elizabeth's ambassador in was actively misleading her as to the true intentions of the Spanish king, who only tried to buy time for his great assault upon : Parker, 193 | The "Festival Book" account, from the British Library• Edwards, Phil 31 October 2000 |
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| Haynes, 15; Strong and van Dorsten, 72—79• " Elizabeth's first speech as queen, , 20 November 1558 | "Biography of HM Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother: Activities as Queen" |
"Queen and New Zealand: Royal visits".
| "Queen and Canada: Royal visits" | Strong and van Dorsten, 43• |
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| On Elizabeth's accession, Mary's Guise relatives had pronounced her Queen of England and had the English arms emblazoned with those of Scotland and France on her plate and furniture | As Elizabeth's Lord Keeper, Sir Nicholas Bacon, put it on her behalf to parliament in 1559, the queen "is not, nor ever meaneth to be, so wedded to her own will and fantasy that for the satisfaction thereof she will do anything |
"It was fortunate that ten out of twenty-six bishoprics were vacant, for of late there had been a high rate of mortality among the episcopate, and a fever had conveniently carried off Mary's Archbishop of Canterbury, Reginald Pole, less than twenty-four hours after her own death".
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