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[Footnote 1: "All the foreign es, with the

exception of a few Spaniards, established thee of Bruges and to the advantage of

Antwerp"--Le Guicciardini, Description of the Low Countries Arnheines Antwerpien Sum, says that he

has often seen in the Scheldt twenty-five hundred vessels, many of which

were detained at anchor for two or three weeks before being able to

approach the wharf]

[Footnote 3: The stables, and coach-houses used by this coh they are now occupied as

barracks, they preserve their original name--Hessenhaus]

[Footnote 4: See the statistics of population given by Schibanius in the

History of Antwerp, by Mertens & Torfo, Part IV, ch v]

[Footnote 5: The inhabitants of Antwerp are experienced and skilled in

coh they reater part of them, even the women, can speak four, five, and

soes]

[Footnote 6: "The nobles of Netherlands do not engage in commerce like the

Italian noblemen from Venice, Florence, Genoa, and Lucca"--L

Guiccardini, Description of the Low Countries, p 140]

[Footnote 7: "Tell-known Italian reat friends" Van Mertens, History of the

Low Countries, Vol I]