King Phillip II presents “The English Are Pigs” (circa 1588) –> slide 6
- Murdered Mary Queen of Scots
- Keep burgling my Possessions in the New World
- They smell like trotters
- (And worship Satan, according to my good buddy, the Pope).
Media Sidonia presents “But I don’t want to be an admiral” (circa 1588) –> slide 3
- I agree, English are perfidious scum
- Pirates
- Protestants
- But you know I get seasick.
Sir Francis Drake presents “Just bowl, damn your eyes!” (circa July 20, 1588) –> only slide
- Look, I’m playing bowls here
- We’ve already done them at Cadiz easily
- There’s lots of time to finish this end and beat the Spanish
- Now watch me touch the jack
- No, not you, you pillock, the little white ball!
Lord Howard of Effingham presents “That bloody pirate” (circa August 8, 1588) –> slide 2
- Yes, Drake did a nice job scattering the Spanish fleet with fire ships
- And he did well getting the weather gauge and beating them at Gravelines
- Shouldn’t have stopped his pursuit to capture the Spanish galleon ‘Rosario’, even if it was loaded with gold.
Spanish Sailor Sergio Manandez presents “Ireland looks good” (circa late August, 1588) –>only slide
- Made it around Scotland
- Hurricane
- Can’t swim
- No anchor
- Looking forward to running aground in Ireland
- I’ve heard they’re friendly.
Queen Elizabeth I presents “No guts, no glory” (circa August 8, 1588) –>slide six
- Joined you here in Tilbury
- To live or die with you
- Have body of weak woman
- But heart and stomach of a King
- (And you’ll recall my father had quite a stomach.)
Anniversary of the Battle of Gravelines (August 8, 1588), when English defeated the Spanish Armada …. Okay, partially defeated the Armada. The weather did the rest.
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