Drake's friend Tom Doughty proposes a plan to invest in what he thinks is a commercial mission to sail to Egypt to trade for spices, and Doughty and his fellow investors insist on sailing with Drake. However when Drake reveals his real plan is to sail round the Magellan Straits of South America into the Pacific to loot Spanish ships heavily laden with gold, Doughty and his co-investors try to bribe Drake's crew to mutiny and turn the ship around. However his his plan quickly disintegrates and he ends up being put on trial by Drake aboard ship for treason.
—EdinaJambo