There were a number of parties to whom I had to make promises in exchange for theirsupport...

There were a number of parties to whom I had to make promises in exchange for their
support of this operation, schedules that had to be met. And with many of these parties, Whitehall, my equity
investors, my creditors, the lapse of a deadline or two might be bargained away. But there is one particular party whose Patience I do not wish to test, a party whose history
with the pirates of Nassau suggests an extreme
reaction would likely follow. Spain