Ryswick
Britishnoun
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The troubles of the Spanish war drove his parents to settle first at Veere in Zeeland, then in England, next at Ryswick and lastly at Flushing.
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At last, after long negotiations, exhaustion compelled the French king to sign the peace of Peace of Ryswick.
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Ryswick in 1697, in which William was recognized by France as king of England, the Dutch obtaining a favourable commercial treaty, and the right to garrison the Netherland barrier towns.
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Such a night ride as I have described, would have been impossible, or at least outrageously dangerous, a year or two later; when a horde of disbanded soldiers, dismissed from the colours by the Peace of Ryswick, took to the roads for a subsistence, and for a period, until they perished miserably, made even the purlieus of Kensington unsafe.
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History of Commerce.—Treaty of Ryswick.—Limits of Canada, as surrendered to Great Britain.—Difficulty of Boundary Treaties from incorrect Maps.—Treaty of 1783.
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