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Elizabeth I: Brass shines as...

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Brass shines as fair to the ignorant as gold to the goldsmiths.

Source: Letter, 1581.
-- Elizabeth I, (Sep 7 1533-1603), English ruler; Good Queen Bess ruled Great Britain and N. Ireland, 1558-1603; during her reign England became a world power.


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