Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - Sarauniya Elizabeth I ta Ingila ta fi son shi don dalilai iri ɗaya kamar yadda Catherine de 'Medici ta yi. A shekara ta 1589, shekara guda bayan yaƙin da aka yi da rundunar jiragen ruwa na ƙasar Spain, ya bi wani rukunin 'yan Ingila
, karkashin umarnin Francis Drake da John Norreys, zuwa gabar tekun Spain da Portugal. Ƙarfin ya ƙunshi sashi na jiragen ruwa na sarauniya, da kuma sashi na masu zaman kansu waɗanda suka shiga neman ganima. António, tare da duk rashin imani na mai gudun hijira, ya yi imanin cewa kasancewarsa za ta haifar da tashin hankali ga Philip II. Duk da haka, babu wani abu da ya faru kuma aikin ya kasance mai tsada.