“I would not open windows into men's souls.”

—  Elizabeth I of England

Oral tradition, possibly originating in a letter drafted for her by Francis Bacon. http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=nkJad0EYVxIC&pg=PA104#v=onepage&q&f=false http://books.google.co,/books?id=0yA-MQLwOtEC&pg=PA104#v=onepage&q&f=false

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Queen regnant of England and Ireland from 17 November 1558 … 1533–1603

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