Ka kammala wannan furcin: Filibbus mai ibada ne sosai, ya ɗauki kansa a matsayin mai kāre Turai ta Katolika daga Daular Ottoman da kuma Furotesta. A cikin 1584 Philip ya sanya hannu kan Yarjejeniyar Joinville wanda ke tallafawa League na Katolika na Faransa a cikin shekaru goma masu zuwa a cikin yakin basasa da Calvinists na Faransa. A shekara ta 1588 ya aika da rundunar jiragen ruwa don su mamaye Protestant Ingila, tare da manufar dabarun kawar da Elizabeth I da kuma sake kafa Katolika a can, amma an ci sojojinsa a cikin wani rikici a Gravelines ( arewacin Faransa) sannan kuma guguwa ta hallaka su yayin da suke zagaye da Tsibirin Birtaniya don komawa Spain. A shekara mai zuwa, ikon jirgin ruwan Philip ya sami damar farfadowa bayan mamayewar da ba ta yi nasara ba.
Sojojin Ingila sun shiga Spain.