Though God hath raised me high, yet this I count the glory of my crown…

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Though God hath raised me high, yet this I count the glory of my crown: That I have reigned with your loves. ✨ The Golden Speech, 1601, in 'The Journals of All the Parliaments During the Reign of Queen Elizabeth'... Collected by Sir Simonds D'Ewes (1682) p. 659
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Though God hath raised me high, yet this I count the glory of my crown: That I have reigned with your loves. ✨ The Golden Speech, 1601, in 'The Journals of All the Parliaments During the Reign of Queen Elizabeth'... Collected by Sir Simonds D'Ewes (1682) p. 659

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