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I lost something
to which I was quite attached.

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Capt. Thorpe, I dispatched a castle guard
to bring you here.

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Thank you, milord.
That was very kind of you.

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The escort was really not necessary.
I know my way here very well.

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I have a more serious charge
preferred against you.

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His Excellency, Don Alvarez,
ambassador to this court...

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states that you did attack, plunder,
and sink the galleass Santa Eulàlia...

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on which he was a passenger
under the flag and protection...

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of his sovereign, King Phillip of Spain.
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Is this charge true?
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Part of it, Your Grace. Quite a large part.
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Part of it? What's the rest?
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We also set free many Englishmen
imprisoned as galley slaves on his ship.

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Your Grace,
these men referred to by Capt. Thorpe...

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were duly tried and sentenced
to the galley by a qualified court.

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I submit, Your Grace,
that the court of the Inquisition...

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is not qualified to pass fair judgment
on English seamen...

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nor to subject them to the cruelties
of a Spanish galley.

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Your Grace.
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The captain wishes to justify what,
in plain words...

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is a desire for plunder
with no respect for the interests of Spain.

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The interests of Spain
do not command my respect...

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- as they evidently do his lordship's.
- I protest!

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Capt. Thorpe, you will at least show
the proper respect for my ministers.

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So you have taken it upon yourself
to remedy the defects of Spanish justice?

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Insofar as it lies within my power,
yes, Your Grace.

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And you conceive it
to be part of your mission...

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to assault and loot the ship
of an ambassador to the court?

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Capt. Thorpe, do you imagine
that we are at war with Spain?

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Your Grace,
Spain is at war with the world.

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Enough of this.
Listen to me, every one of you.

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Never again
will you dare in my presence...

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to condone your crimes
under the mask of patriotism.

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No more of such talk, do you hear?
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And for the future, let me warn you...
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that any unwarranted attack
upon Spanish subjects or their property...

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will cost the guilty party his head.
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His head, is that clear?
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Now you may go.

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