Note 515 — Chapter VI
Reading edition
Winwood, vol. ii. 100, 152, etc.; Birch's Negotiations of Edmondes. If we may believe Sir Charles Cornwallis, our ambassador at Madrid, "England never lost such an opportunity of winning honour and wealth, as by relinquishing the war." The Spaniards were astonished how peace could have been obtained on such advantageous conditions. Winwood, p. 75.