God is not willing to do everything.

Therefore, the action of taking away one's free will,

and the glory that goes along with it,

is a glory reserved for us.

Niccolo Machiavelli.

When is the god be no to Niccolo Machiavelli Nican. Nguelta Once the representatives of the English and Spanish empires negotiated a peace treaty in Somerset House in London, which was finally signed on the 28th of August 1604, it signified that a ruinous 19-year war had come to an end.

Though the war had fluctuated consistently throughout its tenure, the peace treaty granted both

powers to chance to claim victory.

For Philip III of Spain, the opening of the English Channel to Spanish merchants, the English

promised not to interfere in the Netherlands, and the English oath to end the English channel to Spanish merchants, the English promise not to interfere in the Netherlands,

and the English oath to end the pillaging of Spanish colonial territories came as very welcome

conditions. For James I of England, who was also James VI of Scotland, he could at least claim

that England's status as a Protestant state had been officially recognized by Philip III,

and that further wars launched against England for the sake of its Catholic minority would no longer occur.

For the past two decades, England and Spain's war had dragged in just about every state in Europe,

and had also spilled into the new world on

numerous occasions. From the Netherlands to France to Ireland, war had ravaged the treasuries

and transformed the nature of both kingdoms to the extent that Europe itself appeared different

on the other side. James I wished to concentrate on balancing his union of the

English and Scottish crowns, while also ensuring that his defeat of Ireland continued to run smoothly.

Philip III, meanwhile, after inheriting a relatively broke and exhausted kingdom in 1598 from his father,

Philip II, wished to focus on other matters too.

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