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I call to minde the good and assured affectyoune that somtyme was…
Quote byRobert Dudley, 1st Earl of Leicester · 1532–1588
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: From a letter to John Maitland (28 July 1585), concerning Leicester's old political ally ; A. I. Cameron, ed., The Warrender Papers, vol. 1, Scottish History Society, 3rd series, XVIII (1931), no. CXV.
English (original)
I call to minde the good and assured affectyoune that somtyme was betwene your brother the Laird of Lyddington and me, whome I protest I loved as derely as ever I loved man not born in England, and not many in England better.
— Robert Dudley, 1st Earl of Leicester
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