Sir Philip Sidney
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But the really vulnerable point in the huge Spanish empire seemed to him to be its ill-defended territory in the West Indies. Let then the Protestant League, if possible, be placed upon a firmer basis. Let war in the Low Countries be prosecuted without remission. But, at the same time, let the English use their strongest weapon, attack by sea. Descents might be made from time to time upon the Spanish ports, as Drake had already harried Vera Cruz, and was afterwards to fall on Cadiz. Buccaneerin...g and filibustering expeditions against the Spanish fleets which brought back treasure across the Indian main, were not to be contemned.
But he believed that the most efficient course would be to plant a colony upon the American continent, which should at the same time be a source of strength to England and a hostile outpost for incursions into the Spanish settlements. Fulke Greville has devoted a large portion of his lAfe to the analysis of Sidney's opinions on these subjects. He sums them up as follows : " Upon these and the like assumptions he resolved there were but two ways left to frustrate this ambitious monarch's designs.
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To quickly assess the difficulty of the text, read a short excerpt:
But the really vulnerable point in the huge Spanish empire seemed to him to be its ill-defended territory in the West Indies. Let then the Protestant League, if possible, be placed upon a firmer basis. Let war in the Low Countries be prosecuted without remission. But, at the same time, let the English use their strongest weapon, attack by sea. Descents might be made from time to time upon the Spanish ports, as Drake had already harried Vera Cruz, and was afterwards to fall on Cadiz. Buccaneerin...g and filibustering expeditions against the Spanish fleets which brought back treasure across the Indian main, were not to be contemned.
But he believed that the most efficient course would be to plant a colony upon the American continent, which should at the same time be a source of strength to England and a hostile outpost for incursions into the Spanish settlements. Fulke Greville has devoted a large portion of his lAfe to the analysis of Sidney's opinions on these subjects. He sums them up as follows : " Upon these and the like assumptions he resolved there were but two ways left to frustrate this ambitious monarch's designs.
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