The Dutch were not anymore keen to admit
their deterioration than any nation, because their scarcity and feebleness were
obviously trading the affluence of their earlier times. The Spanish Armada was
a Spanish taskforce of 130 ships that navigated from La Coruna, under the thorough
knowledge of the Duke of Medina Sidonia with the tenacity of escorting an army
from Flanders to conquer the England.
