[26] “Insularum oceani quæ Brytanniam circumjacent.”

[27] Worsaae, An Account of the Danes and Norwegians in England, Scotland, and Ireland; Depping, Histoire des Expéditions maritimes des Normands; Beamish, The Discovery of America.

[28] Burrows, Cinque Ports, 62, 81.

[29] Cunningham, The Growth of English Industry and Commerce during the Early and Middle Ages, 173.

[30] Twiss, The Law of Nations in Time of Peace, 244; ibid., In Time of War, 142.

[31] [See p. 51].

[32] Mare Clausum, lib. ii. c. xiv.

[33] “Pour garder la mere,” “la garde du meer,” “la sauve garde du meer,” “pro custodia maris,” “de custodia maritimæ,” &c. See Proceedings and Ordinances of the Privy Council of England; Nicolas, History of the Royal Navy; Prynne, Animadversions.

[34] Fœdera, i. 861; Nicolas, op. cit., i. 279, 437.

[35] Twiss, The Law of Nations in Time of Peace, 245.