Mezue ahịrịokwu na-esonụ: Mgbe ọ gụsịrị akwụkwọ na Exeter College, Oxford, nke ọtụtụ ndị Devonians hụrụ n'anya, Chichester nyere iwu HMS "Larke" megide Spanish Armada na 1588. N'afọ 1595, o so Sir Francis Drake mee njem ikpeazụ o mere gaa n'Amerịka. Ka oge na-aga na Agha Anglo-Spanish ọ nyere iwu otu ụlọ ọrụ n'oge mwakpo nke 1596 na Cádiz, nke e mere ka ọ bụrụ onye na-agba ịnyịnya. Mgbe otu afọ gasịrị, o so ndị agha England nọ na France soro Eze Henry nke Anọ lụso ndị Spen agha na Picardy. E merụrụ ya ahụ n'ubu n'oge agha
Oge nnọchibido nke Amiens na Septemba 1597 nke e ji weghara obodo ahụ n'aka ndị Spen. Henry mere ya onye ọchịagha maka obi ike ya.