Read the excerpt from queen elizabeth's address to the troops at tilbury.

i know i have the body but of a weak and feeble woman; but i have the heart and stomach of a king, and of a king of england too, and think foul scorn that parma or spain, or any prince of europe, should dare to invade the borders of my realm; to which, rather than any dishonour shall grow by me, i myself will take up arms, i myself will be your general, judge, and rewarder of every one of your virtues in the field.

in this excerpt, queen elizabeth is attempting to persuade troops that she