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English, their dispute with the Dutch concerning the Greenland fishery, 29 Were the first who disputed with cardinal Richelieu the privileges of the cardinalship, 170 Their broil with the Swedes about precedency, 184.

From The Life of the Truly Eminent and Learned Hugo Grotius Containing a Copious and Circumstantial History of the Several Important and Honourable Negotiations in Which He Was Employed; together with a Critical Account of His Works by Burigny, Jean Lévesque de