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The great age of English seamanship began during the (1) of English history known as the Tudor Age. The English have a (2) of referring to historical eras by using the names of the kings of the time. The Tudor Age was the period in the 16th century which was (3) by the king Henry Tudor, known as Henry VIII, and his daughter Elizabeth I. At (4) time, the English language was (5) only in the islands of Britain in Northern Europe, mainly in England and Scotland, and the most powerful country in Europe at that time was (6) Spain.

Spain and England were enemies, and often at war with each other. Spain had the largest army and navy in Europe, and the English were very worried that Spain would send (7) armies to invade and attack England. (8), the English were building better ships, and the weapons which they used, such as the long range cannon guns, were superior (9) those of the Spanish, and the English sailors were (10) better at naval warfare than the Spanish.