Elizabeth I, 1533 - 1603

I know I have the body of a weak and feeble woman, but I have the heart and stomach of a king, and of a king of England too; and think foul scorn that Parma or Spain, or any other prince of Europe, should dare to invade the borders of my realm.

Elizabeth I, Speech to the troops at Tilbury on the approach of the Armada [1588]