:43:02
An inventory of the treasure,
with the crown's share at your disposal.
:43:08
Excellent. I shall put it to good use.
:43:11
If what I've done has pleased Your Grace,
I have a favor to ask.
:43:15
That our contributions induce you
to begin work on the fleet.
:43:19
- Fleet. Must I listen to that from you, too?
- The Armada, Your Grace.
:43:23
- Are you so sure that Phillip will attack?
- Have you any assurance that he won't?
:43:28
With all the contributions
of the Sea Hawks...
:43:30
we cannot possibly match
Phillip's vast resources.
:43:32
Our safety lies in diplomacy, not force.
:43:35
Madam, suppose Phillip's vast resources,
or at least a large portion of them...
:43:40
were not to reach him?
:43:41
Were to be, shall I say, diverted?
:43:44
What then?
:43:47
Just what is going on
in that piratical mind of yours?
:43:51
Your Grace, the lifeblood of Spain
lies in her New World treasure.
:43:55
Within three months, a year's plunder
in gold leaves Panama, bound for Spain.
:43:59
- With 10 good privateering ships...
- I forbid it.
:44:01
An attack on the gold fleet would be
regarded by Phillip as an act of war...
:44:05
which even I could not explain away.
:44:07
Very well, Madam.
Let it be a single enterprise.
:44:09
One ship, the Albatross,
with a picked crew.
:44:11
Impossible. A Spanish convoy
would overwhelm you.
:44:18
On the sea, yes,
but I have a different plan, Your Majesty.
:44:22
Attack them on land,
as they robbed the Aztecs and the Incas.
:44:25
The treasure's stored in Panama,
near the inland city of Ventacruz.
:44:29
From there it's taken by mule caravan
to the coastal town of Nombre de Dios.
:44:33
A distance of 60 leagues.
:44:34
Look you, Madam, with your permission.
:44:40
My plan is to sail down into the Caribbean
from the north.
:44:43
I'll meet fewer Spanish ships that way.
:44:45
Anchor the Albatross in a secluded inlet,
land my men and supplies.
:44:49
Camp in the hills
until I find out from the natives...
:44:51
when the caravan begins moving.
:44:53
From Nombre de Dios to Ventacruz,
this strip here...
:44:58
is jungle so thick and dense...
:44:59
that a small force could attack
from ambush.