Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - Ya shiga cikin yakin 1580 a Portugal a karkashin Duke na Alba kuma a 1582 an ba shi babban kwamandan sojojin Spain. A shekara ta 1589, a matsayin Kyaftin Janar na Fotigal, ya yi nasarar kare Lisbon daga harin da sojojin Ingila suka kai
, karkashin jagorancin John Norreys da Francis Drake.