Mezue nkebi ahịrịokwu a: N'afọ 1580, Eze Philip hụrụ ohere ọ ga-eji mee ka ọchịchị ya sikwuo ike n'Iberia mgbe onye ikpeazụ so n'ezinụlọ eze Portugal, bụ́ Kadinal Henry nke Portugal, nwụrụ. Philip mere ka o doo anya na ọ bụ ya ka ọ ga-abụ eze Portugal, n'ọnwa June, o zigara Duke nke Alba na ndị agha na Lisbon ka ha hụ na ọ bụ ya ga-anọchi ya. Philip kwuru okwu a ma ama mgbe ọ na-enweta ocheeze Portuguese: "E ketara m, azụrụ m, m meriri", mgbanwe na Julius Caesar na Veni, Vidi, Vici. Ndị agha Spen nke Admiral Álvaro de Bazán duziri weghaara Azores Islands na 1583, na-eme ka Portugal banye n'Alaeze Ukwu Spen. N'ihi ya, Philip gbakwunyere n'ihe onwunwe ya nnukwu alaeze ukwu nke Africa, Brazil, na East Indies, na-ahụ iju mmiri nke ego ọhụrụ na-abịakwute okpueze Habsburg; na ihe ịga nke ọma nke colonization gburugburu alaeze ukwu ya mere ka ọnọdụ ego ya ka mma, na-enyere ya aka igosi ndị iro ya nnukwu mmegide. Ihe
Ụgbọ mmiri ndị Ingland nke afọ 1589 emelighị ka Portugal nwere onwe ya.