"There is an Italian proverb which saith, From my enemy let me defend myself; but from a pretensed friend Lord deliver me"

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Source: Speech to the Troops at Tilbury, awpc.cattcenter.iastate.edu. August 19, 1588.

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Elizabeth I

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Elizabeth I was the Queen of England from 1558 to 1603, known for her powerful leadership and the flourishing of the arts during the Elizabethan era.

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