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maritime_a dominion_n k._n henry_n viii_o do_v imbellith_a his_o navy_n royal_a therewith_o and_o q._n elizabeth_n stamp_v it_o upon_o those_o dollar_n which_o she_o design_v 35._o for_o the_o east-india_n trade_n a._n d._n 1600._o thereby_o express_v their_o power_n to_o shut_v up_o the_o sea_n with_o the_o navy_n royal_a as_o it_o be_v with_o a_o portcullis_n this_o dominion_n of_o the_o british_a sea_n do_v authenticate_v the_o proclamation_n of_o k._n james_n in_o 1609._o ordain_v your_o fisherman_n to_o take_v licenses_fw-la at_o london_n and_o edinborough_n this_o justify_v the_o like_a proclamation_n in_o k._n charles_n and_o warrant_v the_o e._n of_o northumberland_n in_o his_o naval_a expedition_n in_o 1636._o that_o prescription_n be_v valid_a against_o the_o claim_n of_o sovereign_a priâ—…ces_n can_v be_v deny_v by_o any_o who_o regard_v the_o holy_a scripture_n reason_n the_o practice_n and_o the_o tranquillity_n of_o the_o world_n that_o the_o dutch_a challenge_n the_o 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d._n 1465._o it_o be_v agree_v that_o no_o english_a shall_v so_o much_o as_o sail_v upon_o any_o pretence_n into_o those_o particular_a sea_n ibid._n and_o island_n without_o the_o permission_n of_o the_o king_n of_o norwey_n upon_o penalty_n of_o lose_v life_n and_o good_n afterward_o by_o virtue_n of_o league_n this_o special_a licence_n be_v so_o dispense_v withal_o that_o such_o english_a as_o trade_v thither_o be_v only_o to_o take_v a_o new_a licence_n once_o in_o seven_o year_n and_o even_o this_o be_v discontinue_v a._n d._n 1521._o upon_o the_o expulsion_n of_o king_n christian_n by_o reason_n that_o the_o right_n of_o the_o danish_a crown_n be_v in_o controversy_n so_o that_o the_o succeed_a king_n insist_v not_o thereon_o until_o king_n christian_n iv._o do_v exact_v it_o and_o morâ—…_n 21._o of_o the_o english_a q._n elizabeth_n offer_v that_o her_o subject_n of_o hull_n and_o elsewhere_o shall_v submit_v to_o that_o upon_o this_o quarrel_n there_o pass_v sundry_a 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