 Complete the following phrase:  At that time there was bitter feeling between the English and the Spanish on account of various acts of violence and plunder which the Spaniards had committed against English ships at sea. In 1350, while the Spanish were in Flanders for trading purposes, they were told that the English were intending to waylay them on their voyage back home. They equipped their ships, lying at Sluys, with all kinds of weapons and powerful artillery, and engaged all the mercenaries, archers and crossbowmen who were willing to serve them for pay. When Edward heard of these warlike preparations, he said angrily: The Spaniards fleet followed a course along the south coast of England, hoping to descend on some unsuspecting town. They were interrupted by Edwards fleet off Winchelsea on the afternoon of 29 August 1350. The 