:26:01
for the very purpose of providing a navy?
:26:03
A large fleet is a luxury
England can ill afford.
:26:06
Tell your friends the Sea Hawks I have
more urgent uses for their contributions.
:26:10
Besides, there's another risk
which Sir John fails to reckon.
:26:13
Should England attempt
to vie in sea power...
:26:15
it may cost her the friendship of Spain.
:26:18
I believe milord values too highly
something which doesn't exist.
:26:21
Have we any evidence
of Phillip's friendship?
:26:24
His forbearance when our privateers
harass his commerce...
:26:27
and plunder his possessions.
:26:29
I suspect Phillip forbears only because...
:26:32
What else can he do?
:26:34
He can bide his time,
until his great armada is built...
:26:37
and then he can strike quickly
before we are ready.
:26:39
I fear Sir John has delusions of danger,
Your Grace.
:26:43
Spain is a vast empire.
:26:44
Naturally, she needs a vast fleet
to defend it.
:26:47
The Armada's no threat to England...
:26:48
unless, by provoking Phillip,
we choose to make it so.
:26:52
Let me be clear, Wolfingham.
My reason for refusing to build a fleet...
:26:55
is to spare the purses of my subjects,
not the feelings of Phillip.
:27:00
In fact, I have some serious questions
to put to his ambassador.
:27:03
Is Don Alvarez not due?
:27:05
Overdue, Your Grace.
I feel some concern for his safety.
:27:10
Spanish ships are notoriously slow.
:27:13
He should have come on an English boat.
:27:33
Eleven bells, and all's well!
:27:52
Look at him, will you?
He's as tongue-tied as a schoolboy.
:27:55
He's always the same
when he has to talk to a woman.
:27:58
Him what's taken fleets of Spanish ships
can't trade words with a slip of a girl.