He travelled to the continent to fight in the Eighty Years War for Catholic Spain against the new Dutch Republic and, from 1595 until the Peace of Vervins in 1598, France.
Viaxou ó continente para loitar na guerra dos Oitenta Anos no bando da España católica contra as Provincias Unidas, e dende 1595 ata a Paz de Vervins en 1598, contra Francia.