Using your knowledge of the reign of Queen Elizabeth I, what might be the irony and ultimately the purpose of this particular quote from the speech?
History shows that Queen Elizabeth loved worldly goods and lived in high style, so her
purpose must be to bury that fact in order to appear humble.
History shows that Queen Elizabeth was in fact very greedy, so her purpose must be to
continue hoarding resources all for herself
History shows that the simpire was under huge debt at that time, so her purpose must be
to evade any responsibility of paying it off.
History shows that Parliament at the time was overspending its
budget, so her purpose
must be to lightly chastise their governance