Thus, when the Dutch were almost the only nation that carried on the trade from the south to the north of Europe, the French wines which they imported to the north were in some measure only a capital or stock for conducting their commerce in that part of the world.
Hala, Holandak, ia bera bakarrik ari izaten zenean Europako hegoaldetik iparraldera merkataritzan, iparraldera eramaten zituen Frantziako ardoak, eta funts gisa baizik ez zituen baliatzen iparraldean bere merkataritza egiteko.