The Works of Queen Elizabeth I (1533-1603)
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Poems of Undoubted Authorship
Written with a Diamond on her Window at Woodstock
Written on a Wall at Woodstock
Written in her French Psalter
In Defiance of Fortune
The Doubt of Future FoesAudio
All Human Kind on EarthAudio
On Monsieur's DepartureAudio

Poems of Doubtful Authorship
When I Was Fair And YoungAudio
Ah, silly pug

Speeches
Speech to the Troops at TilburyAudio
Response to a Parliamentary Delegation on Her Marriage, 1559
On Religion, 1559
Speech to the Parliament, April 1563, on marriage and succession
Response to Parliamentary Delegation, 1566
On Religion, 1585
Response to Ambassador of Poland
Elizabeth I's Speech to her Last Parliament (The Golden Speech), 1601

Prayers
Queen Elizabeth's Prayer at Bristol, 1574

Verse Translations
"To the Reader" from Elizabeth's translation of "The Mirror of the Sinful Soul"
The Thirteenth Psalm of David

Letters
Princess Elizabeth to Catherine Parr (1544)
Princess Elizabeth to Dowager Queen Catherine (1548)
Princess Elizabeth to Lord Protector Somerset (1548)
Princess Elizabeth to the Lord Protector (1549)
Princess Elizabeth to King Edward the Sixth (15[?])Audio
Princess Elizabeth to King Edward the Sixth (15[?])
Princess Elizabeth to the Lords of the Council (1553)
Princess Elizabeth to Princess Mary [?]
Princess Elizabeth to Queen Mary (1554)
Response to Erik of Sweden's Proposal (1560)
Letter to Mary, Queen of Scots (1561)
Letter to Mary, Queen of Scots (1562)
Letter to Sir Henry Sidney (1567)
Letter to Mary, Queen of Scots (1568)
Letter to the Earl of Shrewsbury (1569)
Letter to the Earl of Sussex (Aug, 1570)
Letter to Mary, Queen of Scots (1571)
Letter to Walsingham (1571)
Letter to the Earl and Countess of Shrewsbury (1576)
License to Transport Bullion into Russia (1582)
Letter to Recall Those Abroad Without Leave (1583)
Letter to the Duc de Montpensier (1584)
Charter to Sir Walter Raleigh (1584)
Letter to James VI, King of Scotland (1585)
Letter to Mary, Queen of Scots (1586)Audio
Letter to James VI, King of Scotland (1587)Audio
Excerpt from a Letter to King James VI
To Prepare Against Invasion (1588)

 
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