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buyers of wiiie> and great quantities of wine remained unfold, it was 

 now enaded, that any native of England, Ireland, or Wales, not being 

 an artificer, might go to Gafcoigne to buy wines, on finding fecurity to 

 the magiftrates of the port of departure, that he would buy at leafl: one 

 hundred tuns of wine, and carry them to no other country but his own, 

 on pain of forfeiture of veflel and cargo, befides imprilbnment. [Stat. 

 43 Edzv. HI, c. 2.] 



A war, almofl entirely maritime, between Waldemar king of Den- 

 mark and the citizens of the Hanfe towns was this year concluded. By 

 the treaty of peace Waldemar agreed to put into their hands the towns 

 of Helfingburg, Malmog, Schanore, and Falfterbo, being almoft the 

 whole of Schonen, for fifteen years, during which they were to enjoy 

 the revenues as a compenfation for the injuries done to them by him *, 

 [Pontani Rer. Dan. Hijl. L. vni, p. 499.] Thus was the dominion of the 

 Baltic fea evidently in the hands of the merchants of the Hanfe. 



King Edward, having refumed the title of king of France, fent am- 

 bafladors to confirm the alliance with the earl and people of Flanders. 

 He alfo ordered all his fubjefts to be very careful in preferving the truce 

 between him and his fubjefts on the one part and his brother David of 

 Bruys of Scotland f and his fubjeds on the other part. The truce with 

 Scotland was foon after extended to fourteen years ; mutual liberty of 

 trade was confirmed, letters of fafe condud: being even declared unne- 

 cef&ry. [Faedera^ V. v\,pp. 624, 625, 632, 62,S'^ 



1370, April 22" — The king alfo ordered his admirals to proteft all 

 Venetian fhips, carracks, and gallies, coming to England, provided the 

 Venetians gave no affiftance to his enemies, nor took their goods on 

 freight in order to fcreen them from capture. [^Fadera, V. vi, p. 6^^.'^ 



Augufl; 4"' — By a new treaty, between King Edward and the earl and 

 people of Flanders, the Flemifh merchants, and all other merchants of 

 countries in amity with both parties, were permitted to trade as freely 

 as in time of peace. The Flemings engaged to carry no goods belong- 

 ing to the French or Spaniards, and to make no Frenchmen nor Span- 

 iards burgefi^es of their towns to enable them to fail with Flemifli papers. 

 All Flemifli vefl^ls {hould have clear papers exhibiting the contents of 

 their cargoes, the real proprietors or fliippers, and the intended port of 

 difcharge, attefled by the magiftrates of the port of departure and by 



• Others fay, they were to have only two thirds of courting the friendniip of David ?.t this time, 

 of the revenues. Some date the commencement Edward could not End ii: his heart to give hira hi* 

 of the Hanfeatic league from the beginning of this proper title oi king of Scotland, nor even any of 

 war. So very uncertain is Hanfeatic hiftory ; and tliofe additions which were ufupUy given to princes 

 therefor I truft the judicious reader will not blame of rank inferior to royalty. In like manner Rich- 

 me for giving fewer particulars of it than Mr. ard II refufed the title of king to his mojt dear 

 Anderfon has done. I am not quite fo well af- father of France, whole infant daughter wjs mar- 

 lured, as I wifh to, be^ of the authenticity of fome ried to him. See Fadtra, V. vi, f. 756 ; F. vii 

 parts of their hjftovy which I have admitted. pajjlm in A. D, 1396, S5°f. 



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