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QUEEN ELIZABETH TO HER SUBJECTS: THE TILBURY AND GOLDEN SPEECHES

QUEEN ELIZABETH TO HER SUBJECTS: THE TILBURY AND GOLDEN SPEECHES W THE SPEECHES ATTRIBUTED to Queen Elizabeth at Tilbury Camp in 1588 and to her last Parliament in 1601 rank among her most influential as well as her most admired public orations. One version of the Tilbury address was reported by the Earl of Leicester's chaplain, Dr. Lionel Sharpe,l who was an eyewitness to the royal visit. However, the authenticity of this text has been seriously challenged by doubts about Sharpe's account of the surrounding circumstances and by the discovery of a rival version of the speech. In contrast, there is no doubt that Elizabeth actually delivered her "Golden Speech" -the problem is, which one? T. E. Hartley's superb edition of the relevant documents identifies five very different states of the text, only one of which can represent what the Queen actually said on that November afternoon in 1601 (3: 289-97, 412-14). I contend that Elizabeth actually did address the troops at Tilbury in something like the fashion reported by Sharpe. I also offer an explanation of how the differing texts of her "Golden Speech" came into being and speculate on which version most accurately preserves her words to her House of Commons. In late July 1588, an http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Explorations in Renaissance Culture Brill

QUEEN ELIZABETH TO HER SUBJECTS: THE TILBURY AND GOLDEN SPEECHES

May, Steven W.
Explorations in Renaissance Culture , Volume 30 (1): 23 – Dec 2, 2004
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W THE SPEECHES ATTRIBUTED to Queen Elizabeth at Tilbury Camp in 1588 and to her last Parliament in 1601 rank among her most influential as well as her most admired public orations. One version of the Tilbury address was reported by the Earl of Leicester's chaplain, Dr. Lionel Sharpe,l who was an eyewitness to the royal visit. However, the authenticity of this text has been seriously challenged by doubts about Sharpe's account of the surrounding circumstances and by the discovery of a rival version of the speech. In contrast, there is no doubt that Elizabeth actually delivered her "Golden Speech" -the problem is, which one? T. E. Hartley's superb edition of the relevant documents identifies five very different states of the text, only one of which can represent what the Queen actually said on that November afternoon in 1601 (3: 289-97, 412-14). I contend that Elizabeth actually did address the troops at Tilbury in something like the fashion reported by Sharpe. I also offer an explanation of how the differing texts of her "Golden Speech" came into being and speculate on which version most accurately preserves her words to her House of Commons. In late July 1588, an

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