The Spanish Armada
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The Spanish Armada was a fleet of 130 ships that were sent to invade
England in late may 1588 by king Philip the second. This resulted in a
battle from May until August 1588. Francis drake was playing a game of
bowls when the Spanish invaded and waited until he was finished to
attack back. England had 34 warships and 163 armed merchant vessels
whereas the Spanish had 108 armed merchant vessels, 2,431 cannons, 7,000
sailors and 17,000 soldiers.(the English also had 30 flyboats as they
had teamed up with the Dutches. This eventually ended in an English
victory.

Characters in the game level
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+-----------+---------------+---------------+------------------------+
| Name      | Game Avatar   | Original      | Notes                  |
+===========+===============+===============+========================+
| Francis   | |Francis      | |image1|      | He was the commander   |
| Drake     | Drake|        |               | of the english under   |
|           |               |               | the rule of queen      |
|           |               |               | Elizabeth the first,   |
|           |               |               | who was one of king    |
|           |               |               | Henry’s daughters.     |
+-----------+---------------+---------------+------------------------+
| Philip II | |Philip II|   | |Philip II of | Philip II was the King |
| of Spain  |               | Spain|        | of Spain. He sent his  |
|           |               |               | admirals and soldiers  |
|           |               |               | to invade England in   |
|           |               |               | the Armada, thus       |
|           |               |               | sparking the battle.   |
+-----------+---------------+---------------+------------------------+
| English   | |image2|      |               | the english had 34     |
| ship      |               |               | armed warships, loaded |
|           |               |               | with soldiers and      |
|           |               |               | cannons.               |
+-----------+---------------+---------------+------------------------+
| Spanish   | |image3|      |               | this includes the flag |
| ship      |               |               | of the spanish empire, |
|           |               |               | not the one we see     |
|           |               |               | today.                 |
+-----------+---------------+---------------+------------------------+
| Bowls     | |Bowls ball   | |Sir Francis  | Francis Drake famously |
| ball      | avatar|       | Drake,        | played a game of bowls |
|           |               | picture,      | as the Spanish armada  |
|           |               | image,        | sailed into England    |
|           |               | illustration| | and would not fight    |
|           |               | Sir Francis   | until he finished.     |
|           |               | Drake         |                        |
|           |               | finishes his  |                        |
|           |               | game of bowls |                        |
|           |               | on Plymouth   |                        |
|           |               | Hoe as the    |                        |
|           |               | Spanish       |                        |
|           |               | Armada is     |                        |
|           |               | sighted       |                        |
+-----------+---------------+---------------+------------------------+
| Cannon    | |cannon shot| | |Shot|        | The Tudor period       |
| shot      |               |               | introduced cannons,    |
|           |               |               | which shot these       |
|           |               |               | cannonballs off of the |
|           |               |               | side of ships.         |
+-----------+---------------+---------------+------------------------+
| B         | |Armada map|  | |The Battle   | This map is from the   |
| ackground |               | of            | Battle of Gravelines,  |
|           |               | Gravelines,   | Mon 8th August from    |
|           |               | Mon 8th       | `NMRN <https://ww      |
|           |               | August|       | w.nmrn.org.uk/major-ap |
|           |               |               | peals/armada-maps>`__. |
+-----------+---------------+---------------+------------------------+
| music     |               |               | The song in the        |
|           |               |               | Spanish Armada level   |
|           |               |               | is called Hampton      |
|           |               |               | court,named after the  |
|           |               |               | palace where the queen |
|           |               |               | at the time, Elizabeth |
|           |               |               | I, was held under      |
|           |               |               | house arrest on        |
|           |               |               | suspicion of plotting  |
|           |               |               | against Mary I, her    |
|           |               |               | sister.                |
+-----------+---------------+---------------+------------------------+

.. |Francis Drake| image:: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/UCL-EO/tudors/master/drake.gif
   :target: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/UCL-EO/tudors/master/drake.gif
.. |image1| image:: https://dynaimage.cdn.cnn.com/cnn/q_auto,w_1199,c_fill,g_auto,h_674,ar_16:9/http%3A%2F%2Fcdn.cnn.com%2Fcnnnext%2Fdam%2Fassets%2F180531122429-02-francis-drake-wart-portrait.jpg
   :target: https://edition.cnn.com/style/article/francis-drake-wart-authentication-intl/index.html
.. |Philip II| image:: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/UCL-EO/tudors/master/philip2.gif
   :target: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/UCL-EO/tudors/master/philip2.gif
.. |Philip II of Spain| image:: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/UCL-EO/tudors/master/philip2fullNew.gif
.. |image2| image:: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/UCL-EO/tudors/master/englishship_1.gif
.. |image3| image:: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/UCL-EO/tudors/master/spanishship_1.gif
.. |Bowls ball avatar| image:: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/UCL-EO/tudors/master/ball.gif
   :target: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/UCL-EO/tudors/master/ball.gif
.. |Sir Francis Drake, picture, image, illustration| image:: https://www.lookandlearn.com/history-images/preview/A/A003/A003428-03.jpg
   :target: https://www.lookandlearn.com/history-images/preview/A/A003/A003428-03.jpg
.. |cannon shot| image:: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/UCL-EO/tudors/master/cannon.gif
   :target: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/UCL-EO/tudors/master/cannon.gif
.. |Shot| image:: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/de/MaryRose-round_shot.JPG
   :target: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Round_shot
.. |Armada map| image:: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/UCL-EO/tudors/master/background2.gif
   :target: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/UCL-EO/tudors/master/background2.gif
.. |The Battle of Gravelines, Mon 8th August| image:: https://www.nmrn.org.uk/sites/default/files/14569_10.jpg