Good evening, today we will discuss about her majesty, her holiness, the only Queen

Elizabeth I. Her Highness was a long-ruling queen of England, governing with relative
stability and prosperity for 44 years. The Elizabethan era is named in her memory.
Queen Elizabeth I claimed the throne in 1558 at the age of 25 and held it until her
death 44 years later. She was born a princess but declared illegitimate through
political machinations. Eventually, upon her half-sister Mary Tudor’s death, she took
the crown. During her reign, The Queen established Protestantism in England;
defeated the Spanish Armada in 1588; maintained peace inside her previously
divided country; and created an environment where the arts flourished. She was
sometimes called the "Virgin Queen", as she never married… (Cristina intra)
-What is this nonsense?
-Your Majesty (plecaciune)…how could it be..but you were…dea… (totul in cor)
-Watch your tounges, or else ill cut them, bastards! I will never die! What is this?!
-We beg your pardons, majesty…we…we were talking about yourself…
-It better be good, if not, ill feed the pigs with your corpses
The speech is a response to a petition from the House of Commons urging her to
marry and produce an heir. It is the first of a number of speeches she gave between
1559 and 1567, following continued pressure from Parliament to marry. Throughout
these debates, Elizabeth reserved the right to choose who she would marry, and
indeed whether or not she would marry at all. In this speech Elizabeth explains her
belief that she was born only to do what relates to the glory of God and that
therefore she has (incepe discursul)
-I made choice of this kinde of life, which is most free, and agreeable for such
humane affaires as may tend to his service only.
She also states that now she is responsible for governing the kingdom, it would
seem folly
-To draw upon my selfe the cares which might proceede of marriage
Elizabeth reminds her audience of the rites of her coronation where she was
(symbolically) married to her kingdom with the receiving of the coronation ring. She
expands this metaphor, calling England her husband and her subjects her children.
Elizabeth praises her subjects for not having chosen her a husband, an act that would
have overstepped their bounds. Although she doesn’t rule out marriage altogether
and assures her subjects she will only choose someone who would be to the
common good, she ends her speech saying that it will be enough for her if she is
described on her tomb: ‘A Virgin pure untill her Death’