: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.
:45:07
Our plunder would be the richest prize
ever brought back to England.
:45:14
- Could such a plan possibly succeed?
- It would have one chance of success:
:45:18
If the Spanish were taken
by complete surprise.
:45:21
Have I your permission to try, Madam?
:45:33
If you undertook such a venture...
:45:35
you would do so without the approval
of the Queen of England...
:45:39
but you would take with you
the grateful affection...
:45:43
of Elizabeth.
:45:49
Then, Madam, I shall take with me
that which I prize above all things.