SAYINGS OF QUEEN ELIZABETH.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 17246, 12 January 1924, Page 17

SAYINGS OF QUEEN ELIZABETH.

“ I HAVE THE HEART OF A MAN.” A splendid book, a book to w-arm a patriot's heart, is “The Sayings of Queen Elizabeth,” bv Air Frederick Chamberlin, published in London on November 16. “ It is not written by me at all.” Mr Chamberlin exclaims, “but is by the greatest woman who has ever lived and become prominent.” The peculiar flavour of her utterances, their driving Force, their incisiveness, their complete difference from those of anybody else in history, struck me like a fresh wind in a hot. still clay, and I began to catalogue them. Elizabeth’s quality and her policy are plain in two sayings that follow. The Spaniards and Germans were stirring up trouble in Scotland. She was then While T have a drop of blood in my body T shall not cease to seek revenge on the Kina of Spain and to settle with the Germans. By Clod’s death T would send my fleet to disperse the Armada even if it were in To the Swedish Ambassador, who was threatening her of the dangers ahead if she did not marry his master : I have the heart of a man. not a woman, and I am not afraid of anything. To Burghlev. her chief Minister, when he was 66 and she 54 : To a delegation of eighteen tailors: Good morning, gentlemen, both. I have been strong enough to lift you out of the dirt, and L am still able to cast you down again. To He Silva, the Spanish Ambassador. who had told her that the Pop© had a verv exalted idea of her ability : f think he and I should get married! SMOKE AND GOLD To Raleigh, after paying him the wager that he could not determine the weight of smoke emitted from a pipeful of tobacco: T have known manv persons who turned their gold into smoke, but- you are the first to turn into gold. To the officials of King’s. Cambridge. at ibe end of her entertainment there: If there were greater provision of beer and ale I should remain until Friday! (Three days more.' To the Spanish Ambassador 1561 : I wish to confess to you. and tell you my secret, which is that T am no angel, and do not deny that I have some affection for Lord Robert fLeycester) for the many good qualities he possesses -. but I certainly have never decided to marry him. nor anyone else. And to Parliament when it urged her to marry and settle the succession she retorted perform mine MARY MUST DIE. The “ Sayings.’’ as they relate to her cousin. Mary Queen of Scots, are or particular interest Regarding the trial and condemnation of Alary on the charge, of plotting Elizabeth's assassination. the Queen declared ; If Elizabeth is to live Mary must die. To the French Ambassador, after the execution of Mary : This death will wring my heart as long as I live. To Burghley, after the execution, and seeking to lay the blame for it on him : You are a traitor, a. false dissembler, and a, wicked wretch. Avoid mv preOUR BRITISH RIGHTS The Englishman is probably more jealous of the rights of the individual than the citizen of any country 111 the world,—Senator A, O, Stanley.