[26] Greenland here stands for Spitzbergen. All through these disputes, owing to geographical ignorance, the two terms are used almost interchangeably.

[27] Aitzema Saken van Staet en Oorlog, ii. 356.

[28] See Note D.

[29] See Note E.

[30] Carleton's letters during his embassy in Holland, January 1615/16, to December 1620, p. 111.

[31] Carleton's Letters, pp. 156-7. Report of the Lords of the Council with the King in Scotland, to the Lords of the Council in England, Aug. 4/14, 1617.

[32] Carleton's Letters, October 11.

[33] The Governor-General, Jan Pietersz Coen.

[34] See special note F.

[35] Cambridge Modern History, iv. 758.