This Saracenic, Moorish, universal monarchy had been seen by Germany to murder, despoil, and trample upon the Netherlands.

It had murdered millions of innocent Indians and Granadians.
It had kept Naples and Milan in abject slavery.

It had seized Portugal.
It had deliberately planned and attempted an accursed invasion of England and Ireland.

It had overrun and plundered many cities of the empire.

It had spread a web of secret intrigue about Scotland.