Note 951 — CHARLES I 1625-1649 PART I—THE SEAMEN
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State Papers, Dom., Charles I, vi, 23. The original purpose had been to take 2000 English veterans in the service of the States-General, leaving the recruits in their place; but the men were sent before any arrangement had been come to with the Dutch, who finally refused to assent to it. The proceeding was characteristic of Buckingham’s hopeful belief in the immediate acceptance of his measures.