Quote#Truth
For rather will I never meddle with marriage than have such a bad…
Quote byElizabeth I of England · 1533–1603
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Letter to Sir Edward Stafford, ambassador to France (c. August 1580), quoted in Leah Marcus, Janel Mueller and Mary Rose (eds.), Elizabeth I: Collected Works (2002), p. 248.
English (original)
For rather will I never meddle with marriage than have such a bad covenant added to my part. Shall it be ever found true that Queen Elizabeth hath solemnized the perpetual harm of England under the glorious title of marriage with Francis, heir of France? No, no, it shall never be.
— Elizabeth I of England
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