"... I come amongst you ... being resolved, in the midst and heat of the battle, to live and die amongst you all; to lay down for my God, and for my kingdom, and my people, my honour and my blood, even in the dust. I know I have the body but of a weak and feeble woman; but I have the heart and stomach of a king, and of a king of England too..."

           --- 伊丽莎白一世，西班牙无敌舰队入侵之际，于Tilbury之军前演讲。