:37:01
Hurry! Do as I say.
:37:10
Go to Lord Wolfingham.
Tell him to summon my council at once.
:37:13
It's enough I've had to listen
to his tiresome complaints...
:37:16
without having to look
at his arrogant face.
:37:18
"The honor of Spain requires..."
Requires, indeed.
:37:21
Presumptuous fool.
Telling me what I can and can't do...
:37:24
as if the world were a jewel
that hung around his neck.
:37:27
Has Phillip gone completely mad?
:37:28
Does he think he can dictate
to the Queen of England?
:37:32
Who's to defend us but the Sea Hawks?
:37:34
Your Majesty, we cannot afford
an open break with Spain.
:37:37
What makes you think
we will be attacked?
:37:38
What other reason has Phillip
for building an armada?
:37:41
But, Your Grace,
these demands are preposterous.
:37:43
These men are loyal and devoted.
:37:45
In what way have they offended
but in serving their country?
:37:48
Spain seeks to strip you
of your one defense upon the seas.
:37:51
Sir John, we need defense
only if we are attacked.
:37:53
To disregard Phillip's warning
is to invite an immediate war.
:37:57
While to heed it is to throw ourselves
at his mercy.
:37:59
What of that?
:38:00
He has too many concerns elsewhere
to bother about us.
:38:03
I believe Phillip's thirst for power...
:38:05
can only be quenched
in the English Channel.
:38:07
Even if that were true...
:38:09
are my Lord Admiral and his privateers
prepared to stop him?
:38:12
We are ready to try, my lord...
:38:14
to the last ship and to the last man.
:38:17
If Phillip is bold enough
to make demands now...
:38:19
what will he do when the Armada is built?
:38:25
My lords,
I have considered your opinions earnestly.
:38:29
My own impulse, like Sir John's,
is to defy Phillip.
:38:35
But the safety of my subjects
constrains me to caution.
:38:42
Lord Wolfingham,
you will prepare an order...
:38:46
authorizing the arrests
of all English privateers...
:38:50
and the confiscation of their ships
as they put into port.
:38:55
That will be all, my lords.