For my Sol de Austria TL:
"We shall stand at York"
-Elizabeth I of England 1578, although I had her moving to Birmingham by mistake in the TL
"Let God show his mercy if he so desires, I shall show mine"
-King Philip I of England during the London Trials after the Civil war in 1647, in which hundreds of Republican leaders were executed for treason
"Men, today we eat in Brussels, tomorrow we dine at Paris!"
-King Philip I of England and Scotland during the war of 1650-1653
"March upon them, you fool, the city is open and their men lie in the field, what can the Dutch do now? throw us water?"
-Elector Friedrich William of Brandenburg, during the Imperial invasion of the Netherlands in 1667, before the massacre at Amsterdam
"Let the seas swarm upon them like death in the swamps"
-William of Orange, at his last stand at Amsterdam