The Growth of British Policy; An Historical Essay 1
The Growth of British Policy; An Historical Essay 1
Seeley, John Robert, Sir, 1834-1895
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Moreover Elizabeth bad always ftQte4 ^ if eh^ were in want of 240 GROWTH OF BRITISH POLICY. money. There was therefore reason to think that the Irish rebellion would in any case paralyse her, and that if Spanish troops could make their way to the assistance of the rebels Ireland might be made a stepping-stone to England. It was true that Philip II had failed not only with his Armada of 1588, but also in later attempts to effect a landing in the British islands. But was Spain to resign without a... struggle the empire of the sea ? Philip II's old minister, Antonio Perez, who had himself spent some years in England, handed in a paper to Philip III on his accession, in which he argued that this was by no means necessary. He proposed in the first place that the maritime possessions of Spain should be guarded by six fleets, one of which should be stationed off Gibraltar. In the second place the arts of England should be turned against herself She had acquired a certain ephemeral greatness by privateering.
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