Patience Collier: Queen Elizabeth I

Quotes 

• Queen Elizabeth I : I have lain down, for no man in my life. As for death, I shall not lie down for him neither.

• Queen Elizabeth I : We do not love your hero in the black clothes, master Shakespeare.

  William Shakespeare : He was misled, by firm and subtle companions. And he in the dizzy drunkenness of youth...

  Queen Elizabeth I : [interrupting]  Besides which, he has corrupted all my court. They say the tailors are quite out of black cloth. There is no more to be had in London. Truly, I may die tomorrow, since all the young men of my acquaintance are already dressed in inky cloaks and sables to furnish out my funeral.