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    dedarywasanold

    one.foryearsthesailorsoftheerfronthadtalked

    aboutit.iiesofthesixteeury,the

    ruurtookadefiniteshape.agtopilotswhohad

    beeninlisbon,allthespanishandpuesewharveswere

    buildingships.andiheherlandsinbelgiubr>

    thedukealargeexpeditionary

    forostendtolondonandaterdabr>

    assoonasthefleetshouldarrive.

    intheyear1586thegreatardasetsailforthenorth.

    buttheharboursofthefleshastkadedbya

    dutchfleetandtheelheenglish,and

    thespaniards,austodtothequieterseasofthesouth,did

    notknoonavigateinthissquallyandbleaknorthe

    clite.adaoacked

    byshipsandbystoritellyou.afewships,by

    sailingaroundireland,escapedtotelltheterriblestoryof

    defeat.theothersperishedahebottofthenorth

    sea.

    tuaboutisfairplay.thebritishnodthedutchprot

    estantsnoy.

    beforetheendofthean,hthehelpofa

    booklettenbylinschotenahollanderwhohadbeenin

    thepueseservice,hadatlastdisveredtherouteto

    theindies.asaresultthegreatdutcheastindiapany

    atichepueseand

    spanishloniesinasiaandafricawasbeguninallseriousness.

    ithisearlyeraoflonialhata

    curiouslaoutichurts.earlyin

    thesevehturyadutaptainbythenaofvan

    heekerk,anadehielffausasthehead

    ofaioodisverthenortheaste

    passagetotheindiesahefrozen

    shoresoftheislandofnovazela,hadcapturedapuese

    shipiraitsoflaberthat

    thepopehaddividedtheotwoequalshares,oneof

    othespaniardsahertothe

    puese.thepuesequitenaturallyregardedthe

    erheirindianislandsaspartoftheir

    oont,theyatwar

    edthatthe

    captainofaprivatedutchtradingpanyhadnhtto

    eheirprivatedoinaheirships.andthey

    broughtsuit.thedirectorsofthedutcheastindiapany

    hiredabrightyounglaeofdegrootor

    grotius,todefendtheircase.hedetheastonishingplea

    thattheoisfreetoallers.osidethedistance

    thelandreach,theseais

    togrotiusoughttobe,afreeandopenhighway

    toalltheshipsofallnations.itethatthis

    startlingdoehadbeenpubliclypronounaurt

    oflaheotherseafaringpeople.to

    unteraouspleaforthe``re

    liberuor``opensea,johnselden,theenglishn,

    oustreatiseuponthe``relosed

    seareatedofthenaturalrightofasntard

    thesea