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Hello and welcome to When Diplomacy Fails, Episode 26.4, the First Anglo-Dutch War Part 2.

Last time, we set the scene between England and the Dutch.

This time we're going to try to go further and get across the differences that existed between the two his empires,

despite the professed English desire for union.

I also hope to make clear the extent of the Dutch's primary position as world trade leader,

and its sprawling empire of merchant vessels and economic interest that tied it to the rest of the world,

and the rest of the world to it.

I don't want to talk any longer than necessary, so I'll simply jump

right into it. I'll now take you to the year, 1651. Keehere, The 1651 English Embassy, headed by Oliver St. John and Walter Strickland,

the latter of which, had spent seven years in the Hague, attempted to test the waters

and see whether the Dutch Republic would in fact be receptive to their generous offer of a union.

However, they would be greeted with the same answer as had been given in the previous years.

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