id author title date pages extension mime words sentences flesch summary cache txt 4881 Motley, John Lothrop History of the United Netherlands from the Death of William the Silent to the Twelve Year's Truce, 1608a .txt text/plain 12743 556 65 Hague--Meeting of Spinola and Prince Maurice--Treaty of the Republic States-General--Beginning of negotiations--Stormy discussions--Real object of Spain in the negotiations--Question of the India trade-France and to James of England--Friar Neyen at the court of Spain-peace--Further conference at the Hague--Answer of the States-General the king and the archdukes to treat for peace with the States-General of honourable and assured peace between the United Provinces, Spain, and the full powers to treat with the States as with a free nation, and if they The States' commissioners stoutly replied that commerce was open to all the world, that trade was free by the great law of nature, and that Thus reasoned the States-General, the East India directors, the great It was now suggested by the States' commissioners that a peace; with free the States-General, and all the papers in the negotiation, line by line, writing by the States' commissioners to those of the archdukes and king, ./cache/4881.txt ./txt/4881.txt