Source:
The girlhood of Queen Elizabeth, a narrative in letters, Frank Arthur Mumby, 1909
Above: Elizabeth as princess, formerly attributed to William Scrots.
Above: Lord Admiral Thomas Seymour, painted by Nicolas Denisot.
The letter:
My Lord, — You needed not to send an excuse to me, for I could not mistrust the not fulfilling your promise to proceed from want of goodwill, but only that opportunity served not. Wherefore I shall desire you to think that a greater matter than this could not make me impute any unkindness in you, for I am a friend not won with trifles, nor lost with the like. Thus I commit you and your affairs into God's hand, who keep you from all evil. I pray you to make my humble commendations to the Queen's highness. Your assured friend to my little power, ELIZABETH.
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