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are a pewter ink-pot, a quill and a piece of paper. Leaded window behind the sitters reveals a courtyard with shrubs. The tapestries on the walls to either side bear the date 1560, and there are rushes on the floor.
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in 1585. Following the signing of the treaty, England and Spain remained at peace
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Juan Fernández de
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