'Queen Bess at Tilbury Fort', c1884. Artist: Thomas Strong Seccombe.

'Queen Bess at Tilbury Fort', c1884. Artist: Thomas Strong Seccombe.

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'Queen Bess at Tilbury Fort', c1884. Queen Elizabeth I (1533-1603) visited Tilbury Fort on 8 August 1588 and rode in procession to the nearby army camp, where she gave a speech to the assembled forces fighting against the Spanish Armada. From Comic Sketches from English History for Children of Various Ages with Descriptive Rhymes by Lieut.-Colonel T. S. Secombe. [W. H. Allen & Co., London, c1884]

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