But the tide of threat to Elizabeth's young life was now drawing back. After a period of close confinement, she resumed her position as her sister's heir. With the passing of three more years men found her, sitting underneath an oak tree, reading, and there they told her she was Queen. The men watched as the twenty-five-year-old Elizabeth knelt, and heard her say:
This is the Lord's doing, and it is marvellous in our eyes. As for all of us, Elizabeth's life was never easy. Yet she kept faith, believing,
I shall not die but live and do the works of the Lord. . Throughout history, men and women- no matter what race, religion or creed- have shown themselves capable of good and evil. We know that. But I believe, with all my heart, that we only need to remember such stories as Elizabeth's, where the human spirit has kept faith and belief, to know these stories light our way home.
(i) Page 4, Elizabeth the Great, Elizabeth Jenkins
(ii) ditto.
(iii) page 43, Elizabeth the Great, Elizabeth Jenkins
(iv) page 44, Elizabeth the Great, Elizabeth Jenkins
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Elizabeth the Great, Elizabeth Jenkins
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