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instructions as to fishery question, 188, 

 189 ; order their fishermen to keep out 

 of sight of shore, 193 ; send another 

 embassy to James, 199 ; again without 

 instructions as to fishery question, 199, 

 200 ; renew their edicts and order their 

 fishermen not to go too near Scot- 

 tish coast, 201 ; proceedings regarding 

 licenses of Charles I., 301, 302, 303, 

 304, 305, 312, 313, 314, 315; instruc- 

 tions to Evertsen as to striking, 399 ; 

 to Tromp, 399, 402 n., 405; send Van 

 Dorp to protect the busses from North- 

 umberland, 300 ; order Van Dorp to 

 prevent acceptance of licenses, 312, 

 313 ; send Aerssen van Sommelsdijck 

 as ambassador, 336 ; on Selden's ' Mare 

 Clausum,' 375 ; resolve to increase their 

 fleet, 393 ; and question of striking, 

 390, 392; attitude to the Parliament, 

 381 ; send ambassador to London, 384 ; 

 negotiations with St John, 384-391 ; 

 another embassy to London, 391 ; con- 

 sider and postpone question of striking, 

 392, 399 ; resolve to strengthen their 

 fleet, 393 ; negotiations interrupted by 

 Tromp's encounter with Blake, 397 ; 

 disown Tromp's action, 405 ; instruct 

 him to strike, 405 ; send the Grand 

 Pensionary to London, 405 ; recall am- 

 bassador and prepare for war, 405, 406 ; 

 send four deputies to the Parliament, 

 415; negotiations for peace, 414-435; 

 peace concluded, 435 



States-General and Charles II., action on 

 fishery Bill, 449, 450, 451 ; embargo 

 on fisheries, 460, 462 ; propose freedom 

 of fishing during war, 461, 462 ; differ- 

 ences with France as to, 463 ; decision 

 as to striking, 469, 481 ; orders to their 

 men-of-war on striking, 473 ; drawn into 

 dispute about striking, 482 ; yield as to 

 striking, 483, 484 ; sue for peace, 490 ; 

 terms offered, 490 ; reject terms, 491 ; 

 negotiations for peace, 498-506 ; peace 

 concluded, 508 



States-General. See Dutch, Netherlands, 

 United Provinces. 



States of Holland, 151, 155, 190, 303, 

 375, 384, 398, 407, 414 



Stebbing, 127 n. 



Stephens. Violet, 139 



Stewart, Lord Robert, 169 n. 



Stirling, Viscount, 239 n. 



Stornowav, 21 6, 242 



Stowell, Lord, decisions respecting terri- 

 torial limit, 577, 578, 641 D., 681, 682; 

 on three-mile limit, 641 n. 



Straddling, Captain, 207 n., 282, 327 



Straits of Dover. See Dover. 



Strange, Lady, 283 



Stratherne, Earl of, 239 n. 



Strauchius, 550 



Strickland, Walter, 384, 392, 429 



Striking as an acknowledgment of mari- 

 time sovereignty, 3, 210 ; origin of, 7, 



42, 207 ; first instance of, 43 ; John's 

 ordinance on, 39-43 ; under Tudors, 116 ; 

 under Henry VIII., 116 ; opposed by 

 French, 117 ; under Elizabeth, 117, 204 ; 

 under James I. , 204-208 

 Striking under Charles I., 11, 12, 210, 212 ^ 

 becomes very prominent, 276 ; arrog- 

 ance of English officers regarding, 280, 



281, 282; under Commonwealth, 378, 

 380, 381 ; under Charles II., 496 ; James 

 II. and after, 552 ; decay of claim to, 

 327, 518, 519, 522; abandoned after 

 Trafalgar, 15, 523 ; Admiralty instruc- 

 tions concerning, 260, 261, 277, 278, 

 380-383, 456, 469, 523 n. 



Striking, rules and customs of, 206-208, 

 277, 278, 398, 463, 464, 466, 469-472, 

 481 ; not well understood, 277, 456. 466, 

 469, 470, 478, 479 



Striking at foreign ports and coasts, 278, 



279, 280, 281, 282, 327, 381, 473, 477, 

 557 ; before forts, 256, 279, 280, 472 ; 

 in British seas, 502, 503 ; in Mediter- 

 ranean, 327, 413, 456, 468, 473, 488 ; in 

 narrow seas, 206, 207 n., 208, 277, 402 



Striking by merchant vessels, 206, 207, 



282, 513; British, 260, 275, 283, 284, 

 285, 519 ; foreign, 207, 275, 513 



Striking by Danes, 266, 282 ; claim to. by 

 Danes, 473, 520; by Dunkirkers, 275, 

 282, 327 



Striking by Dutch, 12, 13, 117, 204, 205, 

 208, 267, 269, 270, 276, 277, 279, 280, 

 281, 300, 327, 328, 330, 334, 383, M90, 

 392, 397, 398, 400-403, 437, 438, 449, 

 452, 455-457, 466-469, 472, 473, 477-481, 

 485, 486, 490, 491 n., 495, 501, 510-513, 

 520 ; States-General consider question, 

 390, 392, 397 ; De Witt's proposals re- 

 garding, 467, 468, 469, 470 ; on striking 

 to a frigate or ketch, 468-470 ; question 

 of whole fleet to single ship, 477, 478, 

 479, 482; terms offered Dutch, 490, 

 491 n. ; offer to strike in all seas, 432, 

 505, 506, 510; by Dutch to French, 

 276 and n. ; by English to Dutch, 512 



Striking by French, 117, 204, 212, 267, 

 270 and n., 271, 272, 275, 276, 279, 



280, 283, 291, 313, 327, 332, 333, 471, 

 477, 488, 512, 513, 518, 520, 521 ; 

 French demand salute from English 

 vessels, 212; force English merchant 

 vessels to strike, 268, 277, 283, 327 : by 

 Hamburgers, 117 ; by Spaniards, 205, 

 327, 330, 477 ; by English to Spaniards, 

 512 ; by Swedes, 382, 455, 456 n., 520 



Striking, Bynkershoek on, 556 ; Jenkins 

 on, 480, 481 ; jurists on, 557 ; Molloy 

 on, 515 ; Wicquefort on, 495 ; Duke of 

 York on, 469 



Striking, treaties regarding, 382, 455, 508, 

 517, 522-572 n. 



Striking, arrangement between Charles- 

 and Louis, 488 



Striking, arrangement between France and 

 the United Provinces proposed, 452 



