text_original: The Dutch demanded that they should be allowed to pos  sess and maintain as fortresses a line of frontier towns, which they declared to be necessary to the existence of the United Provinces as a state, in order to secure them against the risks of any future invasion on the part of France.
text_transcription: THE DUTCH DEMANDED THAT THEY SHOULD BE ALLOWED TO POSSESS AND MAINTAIN AS FORTRESSES A LINE OF FRONTIER TOWNS WHICH THEY DECLARED TO BE NECESSARY TO THE EXISTENCE OF THE UNITED PROVINCES AS A STATE IN ORDER TO SECURE THEM AGAINST THE RISKS OF ANY FUTURE INVASION ON THE PART OF FRANCE
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