Batavia illustrata; or, A view of the policy and commerce of the United Provinces . SECT. V. O F T H E DUTCH TRADE To the Northern Parrs of E u t-. HE Hanse Towns, hadfor many Years together,entrrofled all the Commerceof the North ; when in theBeginning of the fourteenthCentury^ the King of Den°MARK, Emc Vin, With whom They werethen at War, called in the Zealanders tohis AiTidance, encouraging Them to ,to the Baltkk, and Irom this Time theDutch began to encroach upon the < om-merce ot the Hans Ton^ns, which by Oe-^ Z grtsi 338 B A T A V 1 A Part 11. grees They have {o elfedually deflr
Batavia illustrata; or, A view of the policy and commerce of the United Provinces . SECT. V. O F T H E DUTCH TRADE To the Northern Parrs of E u t-. HE Hanse Towns, hadfor many Years together,entrrofled all the Commerceof the North ; when in theBeginning of the fourteenthCentury^ the King of Den°MARK, Emc Vin, With whom They werethen at War, called in the Zealanders tohis AiTidance, encouraging Them to ,to the Baltkk, and Irom this Time theDutch began to encroach upon the < om-merce ot the Hans Ton^ns, which by Oe-^ Z grtsi 338 B A T A V 1 A Part 11. grees They have {o elfedually deflroyecl^cither by Force or Treaty, tiiat for manyYears pad, that Confederacy, uhich was oncelo potent and lormidabie, has been in aManner annihilated, and now fubfilts onlyin the Name. It would be hard to fay,whether Fijleries^ the Indian Trade,or the Northern Commerce, which we arenow to defcribe, be of moft Importance tothe Dutch; but tis certain they are all e-qually necedary for the lupport of eachother; and this we lliall be better convinc-ed of, when we fee the Herrings and Spi-ces fcnt in Quantities to the North, and theretrucked
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