DRAKE: Yes, your Majesty.

QUEEN: Tell me of your trip.

DRAKE: (Map and pointer showing the trip). We left England and sailed
straight for the Strait of Magellan. I was determined to sail the
Pacific. We entered this harbor. This is where Magellan spent a winter
when he made his trip around the world. One of my men will tell you
what happened here.

MAN: We sailed safely through the Strait but a terrible storm arose.
One of our ships were lost and one sailed for England. We went from
here, south and here we saw the first great treasure ship. We captured
four hundred pounds of gold.

DRAKE: Week after week we sailed northward until we reached Peru,
Pizarro's conquered land.

MAN: Here we saw another great treasure ship. We pursued her and
captured more than twenty tons of silver bars, thirteen chests of
silver and a great store of precious gems.

DRAKE: We sailed northward and back again southward and spent a time
in this beautiful bay. I named the country New Albion and took
possession in your Majesty's name.

MAN: The natives believed Francis Drake a god and begged us to stay
with them always.

DRAKE: We sailed on until we saw the island where Magellan had been.
We sailed on through the Indian Ocean, around the Cape of Good Hope
and back to England.

QUEEN: Kneel Francis Drake (Drake kneels and is knighted by Queen).
Arise, Sir Francis Drake.

ACT II.

Drake again went to fight the Spaniards. He sailed boldly for the
coast of Spain. He captured shipload after shipload of treasure. He
made the Spanish King very angry by his actions and the King resolved
to crush England. Drake sailed right into the harbor of Cadiz. He
burned so many Spanish ships that it took Spain another year to get
the fleet ready.

The next act will be Drake and others talking to the Queen after the
Spanish Armada had been destroyed.

QUEEN: My brave and noble Sir Francis Drake, you have crushed the
Spanish power on the sea for all time I think.

NOBLE: He has certainly more than singed the King of Spain's beard
this time.

DRAKE: The terrible storm that came up helped us to destroy the
Spanish Fleet.

QUEEN: From now on our power on the sea will grow greater and greater.
We can now go to America without danger from the Spanish.

_End of Play._

PILGRIMS

ACT I.

INTRODUCTION:

The Pilgrims were persecuted for their religion in England. They went
first to Holland. After a time t