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The great and - allegedly invincible - armed fleet of the Spanish. Defeated in 1588 by the English Navy (fireships and clever manouevres due to smaller ships) and God (storms off the Scottish coast): "Afflavit Deus et dissipati sunt" (God blew and they were scattered). This became a central element in the myth of the English as God's chosen people and a victorious seafaring nation.

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	The great and - allegedly invincible - armed fleet of the Spanish. Defeated by the English Navy (fireships and clever manouevres due to smaller ships) and God (storms off the Scottish coast): ~~“Afflavit~~ Deus et dissipati ~~sunt”~~ (God blew and they were scattered). This became a central element in the myth of the English as God's chosen people and a victorious seafaring nation.		The great and - allegedly invincible - armed fleet of the Spanish. Defeated in [[Tilbury Speech\|1588]] by the English Navy (fireships and clever manouevres due to smaller ships) and God (storms off the Scottish coast): "Afflavit Deus et dissipati sunt" (God blew and they were scattered). This became a central element in the myth of the English as God's chosen people and a victorious seafaring nation.