The Doubt Of Future Foes

[to Edward De Vere, Earl Of Oxford, On His Return From Self-imposed Exile, Occasioned By The Embarrassing Flatulence He Had Experienced In The Presence Of The Queen:] My Lord, I Had Forgot The Fart.

Had I Been Crested, Not Cloven, My Lords, You Had Not Treated Me Thus.

I Am Already Bound Unto An Husband, Which Is The Kingdom Of England.

I Would Rather Be A Beggar And Single Than A Queen And Married.

The Use Of Sea And Air Is Common To All; Neither Can A Title To The Ocean Belong To Any People Or Private Persons, Forasmuch As Neither Nature Nor Public Use And Custom Permit Any Possession Therof.