:01:28
The riches of the New World are limitless,
and the New World is ours...
:01:33
with our ships carrying the Spanish flag
to the seven seas...
:01:36
our armies sweeping over Africa,
the Near East, and the Far West...
:01:40
invincible everywhere
but on our own doorstep.
:01:43
Only Northern Europe
holds out against us.
:01:47
Why? Tell me.
:01:50
If you will permit me, sire.
Our depleted treasury.
:01:54
An army can advance
only to the end of its purse strings.
:01:56
Nonsense.
:01:58
That is not the real reason, Peralta.
Why not admit it?
:02:02
The reason is a puny rock-bound island
as barren and treacherous as her queen...
:02:07
who secretly gives aid to our enemies
while her pirates plunder our commerce.
:02:11
You know as well as I, Peralta...
:02:13
we cannot keep Northern Europe
in submission...
:02:15
until we have a reckoning with England.
:02:17
It is not yet time, Your Majesty.
Not until the Armada is built.
:02:20
Time?
:02:21
The destiny of Spain
cannot wait upon the fitness of time.
:02:26
I have but one life...
:02:28
and that life is all too short
for me to fulfill that destiny.
:02:33
- Don Alvarez.
- Sire.
:02:35
You will proceed at once to England
as my ambassador.
:02:37
You will assure the queen of my patience
and continued affection...
:02:41
to allay any suspicion
in regard to our plans.
:02:44
As you wish, Your Majesty.
:02:48
With England conquered,
nothing can stand in our way.
:02:53
Northern Africa,
Europe as far east as the Urals...
:02:57
then the New World,
to the north, to the south...