Anti-government propaganda in southern England stressed two related points: the harm which would follow if Roman Catholicism were to be restored, as the queen clearly intended, and the added danger of Spanish oppression if Philip and his entourage were to establish themselves in England. What later become known as the Black Legend of Spanish cruelty, which had begun in Italy in the late Middle Ages, was faithfully relayed to the English public by Wyatt and his spokesmen. People were told that, judging by the current experience of Spanish government in Milan, Naples and the Netherlands, they could expect violence and cruelty, perhaps even including the Spanish Inquisition.