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 they decided to come to America because they wanted their children to grow up in their own language and customs. They set sail for America in the Mayflower. They had a long and dangerous journey, but on November 20, 1620 they found themselves looking with glad hearts upon the sandy but heavily-wooded shores of Cape Cod. They signed an agreement as to the government of the Colony and elected John Carver their first Governor. Captain Standish was their captain. The first act will be Captain Miles Standish and his sixteen men returning from an exploring party. ACT I. CLASS: The people on Mayflower. PEOPLE: Here come Miles Standish and his men! Welcome back to the Mayflower! What have you found, Standish? STANDISH: We have tramped for three days through the forests, up and down hills along the coast but found no suitable place. FIRST ONE OF MEN: We found this. (Corn). We decided to take it up and later we will pay the Indians double. SECOND MAN: While we were examining an Indian snare, Bradford (points to Bradford) found himself swinging by one leg in the air--(much laughter). We have found a new way to catch game.