Fitch, Ralph: travels of, 39 and [40]
Fitzherbert and Shillinge, two English commodores: in 1620 in Table Valley proclaim the sovereignty of James I of England over Africa to the dominions of another Christian prince, 159 and [160]; but this is not confirmed in England, [160]
Flanders, count of: before 1544 admits the precedence in rank of the kings of France, [44]; in that year the province becomes subject to the emperor Charles V, [48]
Flushing: is the second town in the Netherlands to be seized and permanently held by the patriots, [63]; which event is followed by other important successes, [64]; from 1585 to 1616 it is occupied by English troops as security for the payment of debt to England, 101 and [115]
French, the: are the first to follow the Portuguese by sea to India, [36]
French East India Company: in 1604 is established on paper, but gets no further, [37]; in 1615 it is reorganised, and in 1617 sends an expedition to India, which is successful, ib.
French ships: towards the middle of the seventeenth century occasionally visit the islands in and near Saldanha Bay to procure sealskins and oil, [38]
Frisians, the: in A.D. 750 accept Christianity, [44]
Gemblours: battle of, [86]
General Collection of Treatys, Manifesto’s, Contracts of Marriage, Renunciations, and other Publick Papers, from the year 1495 to the year 1712: references to, 101, 102, 106, 111, 113, 115, 153, and [161]