XV111 CONTENTS 



CHAPTER XIII. 



CHARLES ii. continued. 



THE THIRD DUTCH WAR. 



Policy of Louis XIV. The Triple Alliance Secret compact of 

 Charles and Louis against the Dutch Parliament deceived 

 Pretexts for a fleet Ill-feeling against Dutch fomented Inquiries 

 by Sir Leoline Jenkins as to striking and extent of British seas 

 The king's yacht, Merlin, sent to pick a quarrel about the flag 

 The scheme miscarries Downing's mission to The Hague 

 Capture of Dutch shipping Attack on Smyrna fleet Declara- 

 tion of war The dominion of the seas flouted The English to 

 salute the French The war and the fisheries The Dutch sue 

 for peace The terms offered Tribute for fishing asked Meeting 

 of Parliament Shaftesbury on the sovereignty of the sea The 

 war most unpopular Attempts to arouse public feeling as to 

 dominion of the sea Prynne Smith Roger Coke Henry 

 Stubbe Charles forced to negotiate for peace The Congress 

 at Cologne Prolonged discussions about the flag, the fisheries, 

 and the sovereignty of the seas Charles requires the salute 

 between Cape Finisterre and the North Cape Dutch assume 

 a firmer attitude Refuse to ask for liberty to fish Offer to 

 strike in all seas Congress breaks up Strong attitude of 

 Parliament in favour of the Dutch Separate peace made in 

 London Sir William Temple The claim to the fishery dropped 

 Article regarding the salute A diplomatic triumph for the 

 Dutch Disputes at sea about striking The incidents of the 

 Cleveland, the Charles, the Cambridge English commander con- 

 demned to death for striking to the Spaniards Masters of foreign 

 merchantmen prosecuted in Admiralty Court for refusing to strike 

 Works on the sovereignty of the sea Evelyn Molloy Further 

 schemes to promote the fisheries ..... 474 



CHAPTER XIV. 



, JAMES II. AND AFTER. 



Gradual decline of the pretension to the sovereignty of the sea 

 England and the United Provinces allied against France Louis' 

 ordinance regarding the salute William III. claims the sovereignty 

 of the narrow seas The question of striking becomes of little 

 international importance The Admiralty instructions concerning 

 Disputes about it less common Encounter with a Swedish 

 man-of-war The case of the Gironde The naval historians on 



