The Sea Hawk1940

[after Capt. Thorpe tells the Queen his plan to ambush the Spanish in Panama]

Capt. Geoffrey Thorpe:
Madam, our plunder would be the richest prize ever brought back to England.

Queen Elizabeth:
Could such a plan possibly succeed?

Capt. Geoffrey Thorpe:
It would have one chance of success: if the Spanish were taken by complete surprise. Have I your permission to try, Madam?

Queen Elizabeth:
[she paces and considers his plan] Captain Thorpe, if you undertook such a venture you would do so without the approval of the Queen of England. But you would take with you the grateful affection of Elizabeth.

Capt. Geoffrey Thorpe:
Then, Madam, I shall take with me that which I prize above all things.