Growing rivalry between the English and Dutch. English public
opinion expresses itself in pamphlets. Ralegh's _Observations_.
_England's Way to Win Wealth_, by Tobias Gentleman. _The Trades'
Increase_, by J. R. Views of the Venetian, Pietro Contarini.
Gondomar, Spanish ambassador in London. His influence with James.
Deaths of Robert Cecil and Prince Henry. Effect on English policy.
Rapid progress of the United Provinces in trade and wealth.
Oldenbarneveldt ransoms the Cautionary Towns. Sir Dudley Carleton,
ambassador in Holland. The Greenland (or Spitzbergen) Fishery
dispute. Monopoly granted to the Muscovy Company. Dutch opposition.
The rival claims. Sir H. Wotton's mission. Armed collision of 1618.
History of the cloth trade between England and the Netherlands.
The Merchant Adventurers. Alva expels them from Antwerp. Their
settlement at Middelburg, 1598. Revocation of Charter by James,
1615. Patent granted to Cockayne's Company. Dutch prohibition.
Failure of Cockayne. Adventurers' Charter restored. Anger of James.
Attempt to levy a toll on the Dutch fishing busses. The John Browne
affair. Browne arrested. English reprisals. Satisfaction given by
the States. Fishing dispute remains an open sore. Rivalry of the two
East India Companies. The spice trade. Situation acute. Carleton
demands that a special embassy be sent to London to discuss all
points of difference PAGES 34-57.