What do you understand from the attachment given below Mym Going for Gold In the spring of

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Mym Going for Gold In the spring of 1581 the English merchant and explorer Francis Drake held a banquet on-board his ship, the Golden Hind. The Hind had just taken Drake and his crew around the world and survived a dangerous three-year voyage. Now docked on the River Thames, the ship had been scrubbed and decorated with banners in preparation for the arrival of the guest of honour and Drake's patron, Queen Elizabeth I. As soon as the queen stepped aboard she ordered Drake to kneel in front of her. An attendant touched him on both shoulders with a gilded sword, making common Francis Drake - born poor and brought up by pirates - into Sir Francis, thereby securing his position as a symbol of England's great military power at sea. Elizabeth had sent Drake off on his expedition instructing him to seek revenge on her enemy, King Philip of Spain. Cunning Drake had done his best, attacking Spanish ships around the globe. He returned home with a huge haul of booty including gold, silver and pearls - now under royal safekeeping in the Tower of London. Mym Going for Gold In the spring of 1581 the English merchant and explorer Francis Drake held a banquet on-board his ship, the Golden Hind. The Hind had just taken Drake and his crew around the world and survived a dangerous three-year voyage. Now docked on the River Thames, the ship had been scrubbed and decorated with banners in preparation for the arrival of the guest of honour and Drake's patron, Queen Elizabeth I. As soon as the queen stepped aboard she ordered Drake to kneel in front of her. An attendant touched him on both shoulders with a gilded sword, making common Francis Drake - born poor and brought up by pirates - into Sir Francis, thereby securing his position as a symbol of England's great military power at sea. Elizabeth had sent Drake off on his expedition instructing him to seek revenge on her enemy, King Philip of Spain. Cunning Drake had done his best, attacking Spanish ships around the globe. He returned home with a huge haul of booty including gold, silver and pearls - now under royal safekeeping in the Tower of London.

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