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Old 09-07-16, 11:55 AM   #1493
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1533: Elizabeth Tudor was born at Greenwich Palace
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...I know I have the body but of a weak and feeble woman, but I have the heart and stomach of a king, and of a King of England
Kinda' set the tone: "the lady was not for turning" and kept her headsman well employed for 45 years...this being a naval forum: England's defeat of the Spanish Armada in 1588 associated Elizabeth with one of the greatest military victories in English history.
Elizabeth's reign is known as the Elizabethan era.
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