Although England was not by then engaged in land operations against Spain, the two countries were still at war, and the Spanish Armada of 1588 was only five years in the past.
尽管英格兰当时没有参与侵占西班牙土地的行动，但英西两国仍处于战争状态，而且当时距1588年英格兰海军擊敗西班牙艦隊仅仅五年。