Quote#Wisdom
Much suspected by me
Quote byElizabeth I of England · 1533–1603
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Written with a diamond on her window at Woodstock (1555), published in Acts and Monuments (1563) by John Foxe.
English (original)
Much suspected by me, Nothing proved can be, Quoth Elizabeth prisoner.
— Elizabeth I of England
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