Nyorera kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Miganhu yeNetherlands yanhasi yakanyatsotsanangurwa nemisangano yaMaurice weOrange. Kubudirira kwevaNetherlands kwakanga kusingaitwi chete nounyanzvi hwake hwokushandisa zvombo asiwo nomutoro wemari uyo Spain yakava nawo wokutsiva ngarava dzakaraswa muhondo ine ngwavaira yeArmada yeSpain muna 1588, uye kudikanwa kwokugadziridza ngarava dzayo dzegungwa kuti idzorere kudzora gungwa pashure pokurwisa kwechiNgezi kwakatevera
. Chimwe chezvinhu zvinoshamisa zvikurusa zvehondo iyi chiverengero chokusateerera mauto muuto reSpain nemhaka yokusabhadhara mari. Pane kupanduka kunosvika 40 munhambo ya1570 kusvika kuna 1607 kunozivikanwa. Muna 1595, Henry IV weFrance paakazivisa hondo neSpain, hurumende yeSpain yakatangazve kubhuroka. Zvisinei, nokuwanazve kudzora gungwa racho, Spain yakakwanisa kuwedzera zvikuru kugovera kwayo ndarama nesirivha kubva kuAmerica, uko kwakabvumira kuwedzera dzvinyiriro yechiuto paEngland neFrance.