...l58l speech, there was no possibility of adscribing any merit or strength to her female condition: To be a King and wear a crown is a thing more glorious to them that sec it. than it is pleasant to them that bear it. For myself. I was never so much enticed with the...

...well know and remember that we also are to yield an account of our actions before the great judge. To be a king and wear a crown is a thing more glorious...it is pleasant to them that bear it. For myself I was never so much enticed with the glorious name of a King or royal authority of a Queen as delighted...

...know and remember that we also are to yield an account of our actions before the great [105 Judge. To be a king and wear a crown is a thing more glorious to them that see it than it is pleasing to them that bear it. For myself, I was never so much enticed with the glorious name of a...

...loveth his subjects better. ... I count the glory of my crown, that I have reigned with your loves. To be a king and wear a crown is a thing more grievous to them that see it than it is to them that bear it. For myself, I was never so much enticed...

...however, a sentiment found in other versions of the Golden Speech. Those versions have her saying, "To be a king and wear a crown is a thing more glorious...that see it than it is pleasant to them that bear it."20 Elizabeth may well have come to believe this, at least now and then in a long and exacting reign....

...much rejoice that God hath made me to be a queen as to be a queen over so thankful a people. . . . To be a king and wear a crown is a thing more glorious to them that see it than it is pleasing to them that bear it. For myself I was never so much enticed with the glorious name of a king...