"The Queen, being born of a Spanish mother, was always inclined towards that nation, scorning to be English and boasting of her descent from Spain."
— Mary I of England

January 1, 1970

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Giacomo Soranzo, Venetian ambassador, report of England made to the Senate (18 August 1554), quoted in Calendar of State Papers and Manuscripts Relating to English Affairs Existing in the Archives and Collections of Venice and in Other Libraries of Northern Italy, Vol. V. 1534—1554 (1873), p. 560