My Queen,
Your beauty is matched only by your wisdom. Confident as I was of your eventual capitulation, I feared that fiery stubbornness in your nature would enmesh us in a stalemate for many a moon before you bent the knee. I must commend you for putting your people's welfare ahead of your pride. A lesser ruler would lack such strength. I appreciate that it would do less violence to your feelings to carry your resistance as far as possible.
Never fear; you will find me gracious in victory.