Rosa1917 Posted June 3, 2020 Report Share Posted June 3, 2020 "Not that Elizabeth really needed Murad’s help, as Walsingham was at pains to explain: ‘although her Majesty needeth no assistance of other princes yet shall it be a great encouragement and contentation to her Majesty as a more terror to the King of Spain, they having like interest, use like endeavour to abate his power. All which,’ concluded Walsingham, ‘as well to satisfy and stir up the Grand Signor as also to disgrace your adversaries in that court and country, I leave to yourself to be published, urged and enlarged as you shall see cause.’" (Jerry Brotton, This Orient Isle- Elizabethan England and the Islamic World) What does the emphasized phrase mean? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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