We are back. When Diplomacy Fails is so happy and proud to be able to entertain and astound you with the next phase of season three.

We have put, Britain goes to war on hold for the moment, since I feel this is a story which

I both want to tell and I feel needs to be told. Over the next few weeks, we'll be getting a window

into the state of Europe, its major waves, events and issues at stake,

while we build towards our war in question here, the second Anglo-Dutch War.

It's an underrated war and historically plays a great part in the story of the era,

whether it was in the development of the Anglo-Dutch rivalry, the lessons in naval

warfare for both sides, the distrust of France, or the personal growth of both William of Orange,

Charles II, and Louis XIV. It's quite the tale to open our resumption of the story of the

late 17th century width,

so I hope you're as ready as I am to delve into it.

Let's get started.

I will now take you to the year 1659, where a strange sort of event was taking place,

at an even stranger meeting place, between two mortal enemies.

Do not desire war.

Remain at peace until a just cause or some great necessity such as the safety of the state

or the need to defend your allies,

compels you, almost in spite of yourself, to have recourse to arms.

And do all this in such a way that all can see that you only desire the peace of the realm.

Harduin de Parifix,

tutor of Louis XIV, from the ages of 7 to 12, in a textbook, Institutio Principus, which he wrote for the king's tutelage. Saint-Dou-Sah Sands

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