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Rotherhithe in the year of 1572 differed very widely from the Rotherhithe of today. It was then a scattered village, inhabited chiefly by a seafaring population. It was here that the captains of many of the ships that sailed from the port of London had their abode. Snug cottages with trim gardens lay thickly along the banks of the river, where their owners could sit and watch the vessels passing up and down or moored in the stream, and discourse with each other over the hedges as to the way in which they were handled, the smartness of their equipage, whence they had come, or. | 1 CHAPTER I CHAPTER II CHAPTER III CHAPTER IV CHAPTER V CHAPTER VI CHAPTER VII CHAPTER VIII CHAPTER IX CHAPTER X CHAPTER XI CHAPTER XII CHAPTER XIII CHAPTER XIV CHAPTER XV CHAPTER XVI CHAPTER XVII CHAPTER XVIII CHAPTER XIX CHAPTER XX CHAPTER XXI By Pike and Dyke A Tale of the Rise of the Dutch Republic by . Henty 2 By Pike and Dyke A Tale of the Rise of the Dutch Republic by . Henty The Project Gutenberg EBook of By Pike and Dyke A Tale of the Rise of the Dutch Republic by . Henty 11 in our series by . Henty Copyright laws are changing all over the world. Be sure to check the copyright laws for your country before downloading or redistributing this or any other Project Gutenberg eBook. This header should be the first thing seen when viewing this Project Gutenberg file. Please do not remove it. Do not change or edit the header without written permission. Please read the legal small print and other information about the eBook and Project Gutenberg at the bottom of this file. Included is important information about your specific rights and restrictions in how the file may be used. You can also find out about how to make a donation to Project Gutenberg and how to get involved. Welcome To The World of Free Plain Vanilla Electronic Texts eBooks Readable By Both Humans and By Computers Since 1971 These eBooks Were Prepared By Thousands of Volunteers Title By Pike and Dyke A Tale of the Rise of the Dutch Republic Author . Henty Release Date November 2004 EBook 6952 This file was first posted on February 17 2003 Edition 10 Language English Character set encoding ASCII START OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK BY PIKE AND DYKE A TALE OF THE RISE OF THE DUTCH REPUBLIC By Pike and Dyke A Tale of the Rise of the Dutch Republic by G. A. Henty This etext was produced by Martin Robb MartinRobb@ PREFACE. MY DEAR LADS In all the pages of history there is no record of a struggle so unequal so obstinately maintained and so long contested as that by which the men of .