Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Miganhu yeNetherlands yemazuva ano yakanyatsotsanangurwa nehondo dzaMaurice weOrange. Kubudirira kwechiDutch kwakanga kusingaitwi chete nounyanzvi hwake hwokuzvidzivirira asiwo nomutoro wezvemari uyo Spain yakawana mukutsiva ngarava dzakarasika muhondo ine ngwavaira yeArmada yeSpain muna 1588, uye kudikanwa kwokugadziridza ngarava dzayo kuti idzorere kudzora gungwa pashure pokunge hondo yeSpain ya1588 yapera.
Kurwisa kwechiNgezi. Chimwe chezvinhu zvinoshamisa zvikurusa zvehondo iyi chiverengero chokusateerera mauto muuto reSpain nemhaka yokusabhadharwa kwemari. 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.