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Captain Geoffrey Thorpe.
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In recognition of your valiant services,
I pronounce you a knight of the realm.
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Rise, Sir Geoffrey Thorpe.
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Accept by my hand
the homage of your country...
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and the gratitude of its queen.
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And now, my loyal subjects,
a grave duty confronts us all.
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To prepare our nation
for a war that none of us wants...
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least of all your queen.
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We have tried by all means in our power
to avert this war.
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We've no quarrel with the people of Spain
or of any other country.
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But when the ruthless ambition of a man
threatens to engulf the world...
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it becomes the solemn obligation
of all free men...
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to affirm that the earth
belongs not to any one man...
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but to all men.
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And that freedom is the deed and title
to the soil on which we exist.
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Firm in this faith,
we shall now make ready...
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to meet the great Armada
that Phillip sends against us.
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To this end, I pledge you ships...
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ships worthy of our seamen.
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A mighty fleet
hewn out of the forests of England...
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a navy foremost in the world...
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not only in our time...
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but for generations to come.
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To England and the Queen!