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satisfaction_n and_o
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any_o pirate_n etc._n etc._n the_o seventeen_o article_n oblige_v they_o to_o take_v a_o lease_n for_o one_o and_o twenty_o year_n for_o the_o fish_n and_o to_o pay_v a_o annual_a rent_n as_o have_v be_v relate_v in_o the_o precedent_a discourse_n the_o twelve_o article_n do_v oblige_v they_o not_o to_o permit_v the_o prince_n of_o orange_n or_o the_o princess_n mary_n to_o relieve_v with_o council_n victual_n any_o rebel_n or_o enemy_n of_o the_o commonwealth_n of_o england_n etc._n etc._n and_o to_o seclude_v the_o prince_n lineage_n from_o be_v state-holder_n admiral_n general_n or_o governor_n of_o any_o of_o their_o to_n the_o dutch_a ambassador_n be_v extreme_o aggrieve_v at_o these_o article_n find_v all_o the_o amicable_a protestation_n of_o the_o english_a to_o end_n in_o these_o so_o rigorous_a imposition_n whereupon_o they_o deliver_v in_o a_o complaint_n to_o the_o commissioner_n nou._n 22._o which_o be_v that_o day_n report_v to_o the_o council_n but_o not_o vouchsafe_v any_o answer_n thereupon_o they_o send_v another_o paper_n to_o secretary_n thurloe_n nou._n 25._o which_o be_v the_o same_o day_n read_v in_o the_o council_n whereunto_o they_o receive_v a_o reply_n some_o day_n after_o the_o three_o paper_n be_v these_o follow_v a_o paper_n deliver_v by_o the_o deputy_n of_o the_o state_n general_n of_o the_o unite_a province_n to_o the_o commissioner_n for_o the_o dutch_a treaty_n novemb_n 22._o 1653._o and_o the_o same_o day_n report_v to_o the_o council_n most_o honourable_a lord_n to_o the_o 27_o article_n which_o his_o excellency_n and_o the_o lord_n commissioner_n of_o the_o council_n of_o state_n have_v be_v please_v to_o deliver_v to_o we_o in_o the_o last_o conference_n on_o â—â—_o 28_o novemb_n we_o find_v ourselves_o oblige_v to_o answer_v that_o after_o a_o preface_n of_o the_o love_n and_o affection_n of_o this_o state_n towards_o the_o unite_a province_n of_o the_o low_a country_n and_o such_o a_o solemn_a protestation_n of_o their_o 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