Though I am not imperial, and though Elizabeth may not deserve it, the Queen of England will easily deserve to have an emperor's son to marry.

There will never Queen sit in my seat with more zeal to my country, care to my subjects and that will sooner with willingness venture her life for your good and safety than myself. For it is my desire to live nor reign no longer than my life and reign shall be for your good. And though you have had, and may have, many princes more mighty and wise sitting in this seat, yet you never had nor shall have, any that will be more careful and loving.

It would please me best if, at the last, a marble stone shall record that this queen, having lived such and such a time, lived and died a virgin.

I do not so much rejoice that God hath made me to be a Queen, as to be a Queen over so thankful a people.

I do not want a husband who honours me as a queen, if he does not love me as a woman.

Get married, in any case. If you happen to get a good mate, you will be happy; if a bad one, you will become philosophical, which is a fine thing in itself.