Sea dogs of the 1500 and 1600's worked for queen Elizabeth, robbing and pillaging the Spaniards. Over this period of 200 years many shipments of gold and treasure were stolen from Spanish ships while they were sailing from port to port on the Spanish main. In one attack the infamous Francis Drake, "...surprised and attacked a heavily laden string of 200 mules. The booty that Drake captured in this attack included 30 tons of heavy silver ingots" (Cochran 28).         There …showed first 75 words of 1753 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1753 total…the bank. In the end the risk for gold was well worth it for the queen, who sponsored and employed the English sea dogs. BIBLIOGRAPHY Botting, Douglas. The Pirates. Alexandria, Virginia: Tim Life Books, 1978. Cochran, Hamilton. Pirates of the Spanish Main. New York: American         Heritage, 1961. Howarth, David. The Voyage of the Armada. New York: Viking P, 1981. Walker, Bruce. The Armada. Alexandria, Virginia: Time life Books, 1981. Wood, William. Elizabethan Sea Dogs. New York: Yale U P, 1918.