It had begun with the repulse of the armada and culminated some fifteen years later.
"English Literature and Society in the Eighteenth Century"
Leslie Stephen
Patriotic pride received a stimulus such as that which followed the defeat of the armada and preceded the outburst of the Elizabethan literature.
"English Literature and Society in the Eighteenth Century"
Leslie Stephen
As in the case of the Spanish armada, accident fought on our side.
"Daniel Defoe"
William Minto