[769] Verbael, 216, 219.
[770] Verbael, 229, 230, 236.
[771] See pp. 78-81.
[772] Art. xviii. “Antiqui intercursus et commercii tractatus, provisionaliter pristinam vim et auctoritatem obtineant.”
[773] Beukelsz, who invented the modern method of pickling herrings, is said by some to have died in 1347, by others in 1397, and by a few in 1401. Stubbe says the deputies assigned the year 1414 to the discovery, but no year is mentioned in their report.
[774] Verbael, 237, 238, 240-243. Stubbe, op. cit., 64.
[775] The statement referred to the licenses for fishing on the Zowe. [See p. 65].
[776] Whitelock to Thurloe, 10th March 1654. Thurloe’s Collection, ii. 158.
[777] Council of State Order Book, 6th Aug. 1653. State Papers, Dom., Interregnum.
[778] Dumont, Corps Diplomatique, VI. ii. 125. “X. Subditis Serenissimi Regis Sueciæ liberum erit, per Maria atque Littora, quæ in Ditione hujus Reipublicæ sunt, piscari, atque Haleces, aliosque Pisces capere; dummodo mille Navium numerum piscantes non excedant. Neque inter piscantes ullum iis impedimentum, aut, molestia asseratur Neque à Navibus præsidiariis hujus Reipublicæ, neque ab iis quibus Diplomate permissum est, res suas privatim suo marte repetere, nec a piscantibus in Boreali plagâ Britanniæ, piscationis nomine onera aliqua exigantur, immo omnes humaniter atque amice tractentur, usque retia in Littore siccare, quemque opus est commeatum ab eorum Locorum Incolis, justo pretio comparare sibi licebit.”