[779] Stubbe, op. cit., 68. Robinson, England’s Safety in Trades Encrease, 1641. Ibid., Considerations Concerning the Advancement of Trade and Navigation, 1649.
[780] The Deputies to the States-General, 7/17 December 1653. Verbael, 246.
[781] It may be noted that Philip Meadows now became Latin Secretary to the Council in place of Milton. He was afterwards an extremely able opponent of the English claims to the sovereignty of the sea, and wrote the best book against them. [See p. 524].
[782] Verbael, 260, 261. MS. Commentary, Stubbe, op. cit., 60.
[783] “Ende dat sy alleenlyck spraecken van de naeuwe Zee.”
[784] Verbael, 231.
[785] Verbael, 272.
[786] Stubbe, op. cit. Geddes has shown that Beverning, acting secretly with De Witt, had clandestine communications with Cromwell as early as 8th December, clearly with reference to the exclusion of the Prince of Orange. Op. cit., i. 385.
[787] Verbael, 273.
[788] Ad. 15. ut ad angustum mare (quod Britannicum vocant) ibique ad certas regulas cum distinctione locorum et littorum ita restringatur, ut idem ille honor eademque dignitas, quæ vexilli supremi et veli dimissione unquam delati aut observati fuerunt, in posterum adhuc deferantur, et observentur. Verbael, 275.