What is Queen Elizabeth's purpose in this excerpt? Read the excerpt from Queen Elizabeth's Response to
Parliament's Request That She Marry
The realm shall not remain destitute of any heir that
may be a fit governour, and peradventure more
beneficial to the realm, than such offspring as may
come of me: For though I be never so careful of your
well-doing, and mind ever so to be, yet may my issue
grow out of kind, and become perhaps ungracious.
O to persuade Parliament that the method of choosing
successors to the throne based simply on birthright
needs to be revised
O to persuade Parliament that her child should not be
considered a possible choice for successor to the
English throne
to persuade Parliament that simply because she has
a child does not guarantee that the child will be a
competent ruler
O to persuade Parliament how catastrophic it could be
if they acted ungraciously toward her or her child
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