St. Vincent Within the space of Ten Weeks beyond the said Cape and on this side of the Equinoctial Line or Equator as well in the Ocean and Mediterranean Sea as elsewhere Lastly Within the space of Six Months beyond the said Line throughout the whole World shall belong and remain unto the Possessors without any Exception or further Distinction of Time or Place or any Consideration to be had of Restitution or Compensation XI But if it happens through Inadvertency or Imprudence or any other Cause whatever that any Subject of either of the said Two Kings shall do or commit any thing by Land or Sea or on Fresh Water any where contrary to the present Treaty or that any Particular Article thereof is not Fulfilled This Peace and good Correspondence between the said Two Kings shall not on that Account be Interrupted or Infringed but shall remain in its former Force Strength and Vigour and the said Subject only shall Answer for his own Fact and undergo the Punishment to be Inflicted according to the Custom and Law of Nations XII But if which God forbid the Differences now Composed between the said Kings should at any time be renewed and break out into open War the Ships Merchandises and all kind of Moveable Goods of either Party which shall be found to be and remain in the Ports and Dominions of the Adverse Party shall not be Confiscated or brought under any Inconveniency but the whole space of Six Months shall be Allowed to the Subjects of both the said Kings that they may carry away and transport the foresaid Goods and any thing else that is theirs whither they shall think fit without any Molestation XIII For what concerns the Principality of Orange and other Lands and Dominions belonging to the said King of Great Britain The separate Article of the Treaty of Nimeguen Concluded between the most Christian King and the States General of the United Provinces the Tenth day of August 1678. shall according to its Form and Tenor have full Effect and all things that have been Innovated and Altered shall be Restored as they were before All Decrees Edicts and other Acts of what kind soever they be without exception which are in any manner contrary to the said Treaty or were made after the conclusion thereof shall be held to be null and void without any revival or consequence for the future And all things shall be restored to the said King in the same state and in the same manner as he held and enjoyed them before he was dispossessed thereof in the time of the War which was ended by the said Treaty of Nimeguen or which he ought to have held and enjoyed according to the said Treaty And that an end may be put to all Trouble Differences Processes and Questions which may arise concerning the same Both the said Kings will name Commissioners who with full and summary Power may compose and settle all these matters And forasmuch as by the Authority of the most Christian King the King of Great Britain was hindred from enjoying the Revenues Rights and Profits as well of His Principality of Orange as of other His Dominions which after the Conclusion of the Treaty of Nimeguen until the Declaration of the present War were under the Power of the said most Christian King The said most Christian King will Restore and cause to be Restored in reality with Effect and with the Interest due all those Revenues Rights and Profits according to the Declarations and Verifications that shall be made before the said Commissioners XIV The Treaty of Peace Concluded between the most Christian King and the late Elector of Brandenburgh at St. Germains in Laye the 29 June 1679. shall be Restored in all its Articles and remain in its former Vigour between His Sacred most Christian Majesty and His Electoral Highness of Brandenburgh XV. Whereas 't will greatly conduce to the Publick Tranquility that the Treaty be Observed which was Concluded between His Sacred most Christian Majesty and His Royal Highness of Savoy on the Ninth of August 1696. 't is Agreed that the said Treaty shall be confirmed by this Article XVI Under this present Treaty of Peace shall be comprehended those who shall be named by either Party with common Consent before the Exchange of Ratifications or within Six Months after But in the mean time the most Serene and Mighty Prince William King of Great Britain and the most Serene and Mighty Prince Lewis the most Christian King gratefully acknowledging the sincere Offices and Indefatigable Endeavours which have been employed by the most Serene and Mighty Prince Charles King of Sueden by the Interposition of His Mediation in bringing this Happy Work of the Peace with the Divine Assistance to the desired Conclusion And to shew the like Affection to him 't is by consent of all Parties Stipulated and Agreed That His said Sacred Royal Majesty of Sueden shall with all His Kingdoms Countries Provinces and Rights be included in this Treaty and comprehended in the best manner in the present Pacification XVII Lastly The Solemn Ratifications of this present Agreement and Alliance made in due Form shall be delivered on both sides and mutually and duly Exchanged at the Royal Palace of Ryswicke in the Province of Holland within the space of Three Weeks to be reckoned from the Day of the Subscription or sooner if it can be In Testimony of all and every the things before mentioned and for their greater Force and to give them all the Vigour and full Authority they ought to have the Under-written Ambassadors Extraordinary and Plenipotentiaries together with the most Illustrious and Excellent the Extraordinary Ambassador Mediator have Signed and Sealed the present Instrument of Peace Done c. Signed by the English and French Ambassadors and by the Mediator Separate Article Besides all that is Concluded and Stipulated by the Treaty of Peace Signed this present Day the 20th of September It is moreover agreed by the present Separate Article which shall have the same Force and Effect as if it was inserted word for word in the said Treaty That the most Christian King shall Covenant and Agree and by the present Article he does Covenant and Agree That it shall be free for the Emperor and the Empire until the First Day of November next to accept the Conditions of Peace lately proposed by the most Christian King according to the Declaration made on the First Day of this present Month unless in the mean time it shall be otherwise agreed between His Imperial Majesty and the Empire and His most Christian Majesty And in case His Imperial Majesty does not within the time prefixed accept those Conditions or that it be not otherwise agreed between His Imperial Majesty and the Empire and His most Christian Majesty the said Treaty shall have its full Effect and be duly put in Execution according to its Form and Tenor And it shall not be lawful for the King of Great Britain
suddenly intended the like Exercises of it that have been practis'd some Years before Therefore the Reader may reasonably hope the Duration of this Peace will add to the Glory of it he will admire the Contriver of that wonderful Machine that made and forc'd a way for it he will wish the Hero a long Enjoyment of it and this is for every English Man's own Interest for it may be this Peace carries something in it resembling the Nature of Creation its continuance may in some measure depend upon the Being of its Maker THE CONTENTS The Acts and Negotiations of the Peace of Savoy MArshal Catinat's Letter to the Marquiss of S. Thomas June 29. 1696. Page 1 The Marquiss of S. Thomas's Answer July 3. 1696. 3 His Royal Highness the Duke of Savoy's Letter to the Pope concerning the Proposals of France for Peace and Neutrality in Italy 4 The Duke of Savoy's Letter to his Imperial Majesty on the same Subject 6 His Letter to their High and Mightinesses the States General upon the same 8 His Letter to his Highness the Elector of Bavaria 9 His Electoral Highness the Duke of Bavaria's Answer to the Duke of Savoy 10 His Royal Highness the Duke of Savoy's Letter to his Serene Highness the Elector of Brandenburg 12 His Electoral Highness of Brandenburg's Answer 14 The Duke of Savoy's Letter to his Majesty the King of Spain 15 The Conditions of the Treaty between his most Christian Majesty and his Royal Highness the Duke of Savoy 16 The Articles of Peace and Neutrality for Italy between his most Christian Majesty and his Royal Highness the Duke of Savoy Concluded on and signed at Turin Aug. 29. 1696. and deliver'd at the Hague to the High Allies Aug. 15. 1697. 17 The Proclamation of Peace publish'd at Paris Sept. 10. 1696. and also at Turin and at the Head of the Army the same day 30 The Letter of the most Christian King to the Archbishop of Paris to cause Te Deum to be sung for the Peace with Savoy 31 The Act of Remission of the Country and Estates of Savoy made by his most Christian Majesty Lewis XIV King of France and Navarre to his Royal Highness Victor Amadaeus II. Duke of Savoy Prince of Piedmont King of Cyprus c. Sept. 28. 1696. 23 Acts and Negotiations of the General Peace concluded at Ryswick THE Preliminaries of the Peace 38 A Description of the Palace of Ryswick and of the first Conferences held there 40 A Memorial of the Plenipotentiary of Lorrain presented and read in the Congress of the High Allies Jan. 16. 1697. 45 Another Memorial which the same Monsieur Canon presented to the same Assembly of the Allies May 22. 1697. 49 The Regulation of the Publick Ceremonies and the Order to be observ'd by the Domesticks of the Plenipotentiaries Prescrib'd by the Mediator May 29. 1697. 51 The Project of the Peace to be made between the Emperor and Empire on one part and the most Christian King on the other part deliver'd by the Ambassadors of France July 20. 1697. to which is added the Answer of the Ambassadors of his Imperial Majesty given in Aug. 5. 1697. 59 A Declaration made by the Ambassadors of his most Christian Majesty but rejected by the Emperial Ambassade 100 A Memorial of the Ambassadors of the most Christian King for a General Peace deliver'd to the Ambassadors Mediators at the Palace of Ryswick Sept. 1. 1697. 102 Articles of Peace between the most Serene and Mighty Prince William III. King of Great Britain and the most Serene and Mighty Prince Lewis XIV the most Christian King Concluded in the Palace at Ryswick the 10 20 day of September 1697. 105 The Substance of the full Power of their Excellencies the Plenipotentiaries of his Britannick Majesty 117 The full Power of their Excellencies the French Plenipotentiaries 122 The Substance of his Britannick Majesty's Ratification 125 The Ratification of his most Christian Majesty 128 The Articles of Peace between his Catholick Majesty and the most Christian King Concluded and signed at the Palace of Ryswick in Holland the 10 20 of September 1697. 129 Separate Article 149 His Catholick Majesty's Ratification 151 His Catholick Majesty's Ratification of the Separate Article 152 His most Christian Majesty's Ratification 153 His most Christian Majesty's Ratification of the Separate Article 155 A List and Declaration of the Re-unions or Occupations made by his most Christian Majesty in the Provinces of the Low Countries belonging to his Catholick Majesty since the Treaty of Nimeguen 157 A List of Exception of the Places which the Ambassadors of France pretend to Reserve 172 The Treaty of Peace between France and the Duke of Savoy 174 The full Power of their Excellencies the Ambassadors of his Catholick Majesty 186 The full Power of their Excellencies the Ambassadors of his most Christian Majesty 189 Articles of Peace made concluded and agreed on at Ryswick in Holland the 10 20 day of Sept. 1697. between the Ambassadors of his most Christian Majesty on one part and the Ambassadors and Plenipotentiaries of the Lords the States General of the United Netherlands on the other part 192 The full Powers of the Ambassadors and Plenipotentiaries of the most Christian King 205 The full Powers of the Ambassadors and Plenipotentiaries of the Lords the States General of the Vnited Netherlands 208 Separate Article 214 His most Christian Majesty's Ratification 216 The Ratification of the Lords the States General of the United Netherlands 218 The Ratification of his most Christian Majesty upon the Separate Article 220 The Ratification of the States General upon the Separate Article 222 Articles of Peace between the Emperor and Empire on one part and France on the other part Concluded at the Royal Palace of Ryswick in Holland on the 30th of October 1697. N. S. 75 The full Powers of the Emperor's Ambassadors 112 The General full Power of the Deputation of the Empire 116 The full Powers of the French Ambassadors 118 Separate Article 120 The Names and Qualities of their Excellencies the Ambassadors Plenipotentiaries Publick Ministers Envoys c. who were present at the Congress for a General Peace held in the Palace at Ryswick call'd Newbourg-House 126 Advertisement Books newly Printed THE Pantheon representing the Fabulous Histories of the Heathen Gods and most Illustrious Heroes in a plain and familiar Method by way of Dialogue Written by Fra. Pomey Author of the French and Latin Dictionary for the Use of the Dauphin The Second Edition wherein the whole Translation is Revised and much Amended and the Work is illustrated and adorn'd with elegant Copper Cuts of the several Deities c. 8 0. Printed for Robert Clavel at the Peacock in S. Paul's Church-yard Joan. 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speedy Consent of those Crowns for a Neutrality in Italy which would be a welcome Fore runner to acquaint the World with the so much long'd-for Tidings of an approaching Peace whereof Christendom stands so much in need I wait impatiently for this Favour from your Holiness's Bounty As soon as your Holiness's Orders are come to my Hands by this Courier I will forthwith send Dispatches to the aforesaid Courts In the mean time I continue to implore the favourable Influences of the Paternal Protection of your Holiness to whom I wish a long Life accompanied with all manner of Prosperity and I do also in a most humble manner kiss your Holiness's most Holy Feet as being Turin July 16. 1696 Tour Holiness's Most Humble and Most Affectionate Son and Servant Victor Amadeus His Royal Highness the Duke of Savoy's Letter to his Imperial Majesty YOUR Imperial Majesty's extraordinary Goodness and the Equity which appears in all the Actions of your wise Government sufficiently convince me that your Clemency will never require of me that I should finish the Ruine of this miserable Country neglect to accept the Restitution of the Territories that have been taken from me by the Enemy and refuse the Offer of Pignerol to be deliver'd up to me Your Imperial Majesty's Generosity will not certainly suffer you to look on my Losses with Unconcern especially seeing that the Advantages propos'd to me are perfectly consistent with your Majesty's Interest without which I would not look upon them as such I therefore most humbly intreat your Imperial Majesty to be pleased to give a favourable Audience to my Embassador who will give your Majesty an Account of the Proposals made me by Mareschal Catinat and who will further urge such Reasons as will I hope incline you not to disapprove those Offers In the mean time I protest to your Imperial Majesty that the Obligations I owe you shall ever remain engraven on my Heart in such deep Characters as shall never be effac'd and I esteem this as one of the Chief which I owe your Majesty that these advantagious Proposals made me are also the Effects of your Imperial Majesty's Protection intreating your Majesty to be assur'd that no private Interest shall ever make me swerve from the firm and inviolable Stedfastness which I shall always maintain for your Imperial Majesty's Service c. Turin the 4 th of July 1696. His Royal Highness the Duke of Savoy's Letter to the States General High and Mighty Lords WE cannot better begin our Letter than by repeated Acknowledgments of our Obligations to your Lordships the Sense whereof is always present in our Thoughts and which we shall ever keep in our Minds I mean the Remembrance of your generous Succours afforded us in Distress after which we earnestly intreat your High and Mightinesses to take in good part the Notice we give you of the Proposals made us by Mareschal Catinat by Order of the King his Master the Particulars whereof shall be laid open to you by the Councellor and President de la Tour our Embassador We hope your High and Mightinesses great Prudence joyn'd with the Affection which you are wont to bear towards our Interest will incline you not to disallow of the Resolution we have taken not to refuse the offer made us of restoring Pignerol with all the other Places we have lost during this War without depending in a Matter of so great Consequence on the uncertain Events of Time or the Revolutions which may happen in France The aforesaid Count de la Tour will also lay before your High and Mightinesses the Reasons which oblige us thereunto And the means you shall use towards promoting the Execution of this Design will more and more increase our Acknowledgments which shall be always accompanied with an earnest Desire of giving you pregnant Proofs of our ardent Wishes for compleating your Prosperity and Happiness and that we are Turin July 6. 1696. High and Mighty Lords YOUR's c. Victor Amadeus His Royal Highness the Duke of Savoy's Letter to his Electoral Highness the Duke of Bavaria Most Serene Electoral Highness THE indissoluble Ties of Interest Consanguinity and Affection which engage me in so extraordinary a manner to your most Serene Electoral Highness make me to look on all that happens to you as if it had been to my self and I am also convinced of the share you have in all that relates to me It is this Confidence that makes me Impart to your Electoral Highness the Offers that have been made me by Mareschal Catinat in his Master's Name and to give you likewise Notice of a Letter which that Mareschal has writ to me wherein he mentions the restoring of Pignerol after demolishing the Fortifications together with all the Dependencies which formerly belong'd to the House of Savoy He Proposes likewise a Marriage of the Duke of Burgundy with the Princess my Daughter to be Consummated when they both come of Age and to settle on the said Princess a Dowry and Portion to have them Contracted forthwith and she to be received immediately into France and all this on Condition That I shall Concur to a Neutrality in Italy Of all which Advantages what seems most Considerable in my Eye in the present Conjuncture is the Surrender of Pignerol to me Your Highness knows well the Importance of that Place and may judge how seriously I ought to think of this Proposal and not loose this favourable Opportunity nor put a Matter of so great Consequence to the Hazard of future Events or change of Minds which may happen in case I should delay to close with these Offers which being as advantagious to the House of Austria as to me I am apt to believe the Princes of that Family will not oppose me in it I also hope your Electoral Highnesses Prudence and Goodness will incline you to acquiesce in my Sentiments In the mean while I wish your Royal Highness a continued Series of Happy Successes being with all imaginable Fidelity and Constancy Turin July 6. 1696. Your Electoral Highnesses Most affectionate Servant and Cousin Victor Amadeus His Electoral Highness the Duke of Bavaria's Answer to his Royal Highness the Duke of Savoy's Letter I Shall always as largely Participate in the good and bad Fortune of your Royal Highnesses Person and Estate as the Obligations of Consanguinity and the particular Amity of your Royal Highness to me do justly Challenge It would be therefore with an unspeakable Joy that I should look on the Articles of an advantagious Peace proposed by France to your Royal Highness if I could be convinced That the Neutrality which is offered you did truly tend to your Royal Highnesses greater good or to the advantage of the common Cause of the Confederates But because I do not question but that such a Neutrality will be extreamly displeasing both to his Imperial and to his Catholick Majesty therefore in Answer to that Letter wherein your Royal Highness Communicated to me the
Royal Highness doth therefore oblige himself not to keep in times of Neutrality any more than Six thousand Foot on this side the Alps and One thousand five hundred on the other side of the Mountains for the Garrisons of Savoy and of the County of Nice and One thousand five hundred Horse or Dragoons and this Obligation is to continue only till the General Peace be Concluded We the above-mentioned Plenipotentiaries have Agreed upon and Signed these present Articles and we do promise and engage to procure them to be ratified and confirmed by his Majesty and by his Royal Highness promising likewise that they shall be kept secret till the end of September next and if at that time new Articles are made to the same sense and purpose then these shall be suppressed Dated at Turin the 29th of August 1696. Rhene de Froullay and Saint Thomas The Proclamation of the Peace Publish-at Paris the 10th of September 1696. N. S. as also at Turin and at the Head of the Army on the same Day BE it known to all Persons whatsoever That a good sure lasting and solid Peace with entire Amity and sincere Reconciliation has been made and agreed upon by and between the most high most excellent and most powerful Prince Lewis by the Grace of God King of France and of Navar our Sovereign Lord and the most high and most powerful Prince Victor Amadeus II. Duke of Savoy their Vassals Subjects and Servants in all their Kingdoms States Countries Lands and Lordships under their Subjection That the said Peace is general and absolute between them their said Vassals and Subjects and by vertue of the said Peace it is permitted to the Subjects of both Princes to go come return and sojourn in all Places of the said Kingdoms States and Countries to Negotiate and Traffick Correspond and have a free Converse the one with the other in all Freedom and Safety as well by Land as by Sea and on Rivers c. And in order to maintain the same all manner of People of what Quality or Condition soever they may be are hereby strictly forbid to undertake attempt or innovate any thing contrary thereunto upon the Penalty of being severely Punished as Disturbers of the Publick Peace Given at Varsaille the 8 th day of December 1696. Signed Lewis And lower Philypeaux The most Christian King's Letter to the Archbishop of Paris to cause Te Deum to be Sung for the Peace Concluded with Savoy c. Cousin AS in this War which I have alone sustain'd for these Nine Years past against the Confederated Force of Europe I had no other Aim than to Defend Religion and Vindicate the Majesty of Kings God has protected his own Cause he has Guided my Designs and Assisted my Enterprises The happy Successes which have accompanied my Arms have been the more agreeable to me because I have always Flatter'd my self they would Conduce to a Peace and I have made no other Profit of those Successes than to offer my Enemies Conditions more Advantagious then they could hope for even tho' they had obtain'd that Superiority over me as I have gain'd upon them I have omitted nothing that might advance the Happiness of Europe and I have made use of all means to convince my Brother the Duke of Savoy with what ardor I desired to see that good Correspondence renewed which has been established for so many Ages founded upon such Bonds of Consanguinity and Friendship and which had never been interrupted but by the Artifices of our Enemies My Vows have been heard this Prince has at last acknowledg'd his true Interest and my good Intentions and the Peace is Concluded It is to be hoped that the Confederated Powers touch'd by this Example and the Evils that their People suffer will follow his Example Or if they will still persist in the same Sentiments they shall more than ever be made sensible that nothing is impossible to Troops accustomed to Victory and which are Conducted by a Desire of Peace It is to give thanks to the God of Armies who has been pleased to shew himself a God of Peace and to pray him to give to all Europe a Tranquility so necessary and which he only can give That I have resolved to cause Te Deum to be Sung in the Cathedral Church of my good City of Paris on the Thirteenth of this present Month as the great Master of Ceremonies will more particularly inform you whom I have ordered to invite also to this Ceremony my Courts and those that use to assist at it Whereupon c. Versailles Sept. 11. 1696. Signed Lewis And lower Philypeaux An Act of Surrender of the Country and Estates of Savoy made by his most Christian Majesty Lewis XIV King of France and Navarre to his Royal Highness Victor Amadeus II. Duke of Savoy Prince of Piedmont King of Cyprus c. on the 28th of September 1696. By his Royal Highness BE it known to all Persons whatsoever That in pursuance of a Treaty of Peace made and signed between his most Christian Majesty Lewis XIV King of France and Navarre on the one part and his Royal Highness Victor Amadeus II. Duke of Savoy Prince of Piedmont King of Cyprus c. on the other Part That his most Christian Majesty hath given Orders to Monsieur Anthony Balthasar Marquis de Thoy Major General of the Armies of France and Governour of Savoy to restore entirely to his Royal Highness all the Countries Places Castles and Fortresses of all Savoy except Montmelian and to draw out all the Troops that are there pursuant to his Majesty's Letters Patents To this end his Royal Highness hath sent the Marquis of Thana Captain of his Life Guards Major General of his Army and Governour of Savoy with a Power to receive in his Royal Highness's Name all the said Estates and Places The said Marquiss de Thoy having therefore personally appeared in the Council-Chamber of the Town-Hall of Chambery and having there assembled the Nobility the Syndics and Counsellors of the said City and the said Marquiss of Thana there likewise appearing did then and there receive from the said Marquis de Thoy an absolute and full Surrender in the Name of his most Christian Majesty of all the Countries and of all the Places of the Dutchy of Savoy Montmelion only excepted according to the Treaty of Peace The said Marquiss de Thoy expressing the same in these following Words viz. My Lord Marquiss de Thana in Pursuance of an Order from the King my Master and according to the Power you have also received from his Royal Highness I do hereby make an entire Surrender and Restitution to his Royal Highness in your Person of all the Countries and Places and of all the Dependencies of the Estate of Savoy Montmelian excepted and his Royal Highness may accordingly dispose of the same in like manner as he had done before those Estates were conquered by the King 's Arms. To which the Marquiss of
the Kingdoms Territories Dominions and Places belonging to each other of what Condition soever they be III. That all Offences Injuries Damages which the said King of Great Britain and His Subjects or the said most Christian King and His Subjects have suffered from each other during this War shall be forgotten so that neither on Account of them or for any other Cause or Pretence neither Party or the Subjects of either shall hereafter do cause or suffer to be done any Hostility Enmity Molestation or Hindrance to the other by himself or others Secretly or Openly Directly or Indirectly by Colour of Right or Way of Fact IV. And since the most Christian King was never more desirous of any thing than that the Peace be Firm and Inviolable the said King Promises and Agrees for Himself and His Successors That he will on no Account whatsoever disturb the said King of Great Britain in the free Possession of the Kingdoms Countries Lands or Dominions which He now Enjoys and therefore Engages His Honour upon the Faith and Word of a King that He will not Give or Afford any Assistance directly or indirectly to any Enemy or Enemies of the said King of Great Britain And that He will in no manner whatsoever favour the Conspiracies or Plots which any Rebels or ill disposed Persons may in any Place Excite or Contrive against the said King And for that End Promises and Engages That He will not Assist with Arms Ammunition Provisions Ships or Money or in any other way by Sea or Land any Person or Persons who shall hereafter under any pretence whatsoever Disturb or Molest the said King of Great Britain in the free and full Possession of His Kingdoms Countries Lands and Dominions The King of Great Britain likewise Promises and Engages for Himself and Successors Kings of Great Britain That He will Inviolably Do and Perform the same towards the said most Christian King His Kingdoms Countries Lands and Dominions V. That there be a free use of Navigation and Commerce between the Subjects of both the said Kings as was formerly in the time of Peace and before the Declaration of the late War so that every one of them may freely come into the Kingdoms Marts Ports and Rivers of either of the said Kings with their Merchandises and may there Continue and Trade without any Molestation and shall Use and Enjoy all Liberties Immunities and Priviledges Granted by Solemn Treaties and Antient Custom VI. That the Ordinary Administration of Justice shall be Restored and Set open throughout the Kingdoms and Dominions of both Kings so that it shall be Free for all the Subjects of Either to Claim and Obtain their Rights Pretensions and Actions according to the Laws Constitutions and Statutes of each Kingdom VII The most Christian King shall Restore to the said King of Great Britain all Countries Islands Forts and Colonies wheresoever situated which the English did Possess before the Declaration of this present War And in like manner the King of Great Britain shall Restore to the most Christian King all Countries Islands Forts and Colonies wheresoever situated which the French did Possess before the said Declaration of War And this Restitution shall be made on both Sides within the Space of Six Months or sooner if it can be done And to that end immediately after the Ratification of this Treaty each of the said Kings shall Deliver or cause to be Delivered to the other or to Commissioners Authorized in His Name for that Purpose all Acts of Concession Instruments and necessary Orders duly Made and in proper Form so that they may have their Effect VIII Commissioners shall be appointed on both sides to Examine and Determine the Rights and Pretensions which either of the said Kings hath to the Places Situated in Hudsons-Bay But the Possession of those Places which were taken by the French during the Peace that preceded this present War and were retaken by the English during this War shall be left to the French by virtue of the foregoing Article The Capitulation made by the English on the Fifth of September 1696. shall be Observed according to its Form and Tenor The Merchandises therein mentioned shall be Restored The Governour of the Fort taken there shall be set at Liberty if it be not already done The differences arisen concerning the Execution of the said Capitulation and the Value of the Goods there lost shall be Adjudged and Determined by the said Commissioners who immediately after the Ratification of the present Treaty shall be Invested with sufficient Authority for settling the Limits and Confines-of the Lands to be restored on either side by virtue of the foregoing Article and likewise for exchanging of Lands as may conduce to the mutual Interest and Advantage of both Kings And to this end the Commissioners so appointed shall within the space of Three Months from the time of the Ratification of the present Treaty meet in the City of London and within Six Months to be reckoned from their First Meeting shall Determine all Differences and Disputes which may arise concerning this matter After which the Articles the said Commissioners shall Agree to shall be Ratified by both Kings and shall have the same Force and Vigour as if they were inserted Word for Word in the present Treaty IX All Letters as well of Reprisal as of Marque and Counter-Marque which hitherto have for any cause been Granted on either side shall be and remain Null and Void Nor shall any the like Letters be hereafter Granted by either of the said Kings against the Subjects of the Other unless it be first made manifest that Right hath been denied and it shall not be taken for a denial of Right unless the Petition of the Person who desires Letters of Reprisal to be Granted to him be first shewn to the Minister residing there on the part of the King against whose Subjects those Letters are desired That within the space of Four Months or sooner he may inquire into the contrary or procure that satisfaction be made with all speed from the Party offending to the Complainant But if the King against whose Subjects Reprisals are demanded have no Minister residing there Letters of Reprisal shall not be Granted till after the space of Four Months to be Reckoned from the day on which his Petition was made and presented to the King against whose Subjects Reprisals are desired or to his Privy Council X. For cutting off all Matter of Dispute and Contention which may arise concerning the Restitution of Ships Merchandises and other Moveable Goods which either Party may complain to be taken and detained from the other in Countries and on Coasts far distant after the Peace is concluded and before it be notified there All Ships Merchandises and other Moveable Goods which shall be taken by either side after the Signing and Publication of the present Treaty within the space of Twelve Days in the British and North Seas as far as the Cape
cause our Letters of Ratification to be dispatched within the time that they shall promise in our Name to exhibit and deliver them in Given at the Hague in our Assembly under our great Seal the Flourish and Signature of the President of our Assembly and the Signature of our Secretary the 6th of April in the Year 1697. Signed F. B. de Reede Upon the Fold was written By Order of the said Lords the States-General Signed F. FAGEL And Sealed with the Great Seal in Red Wax THE States-General of the United Provinces of the Low-Countries to all those to whom these Presents shall come Greeting Whereas it is our most ardent desire to see the War which now afflicts Christendom concluded and ended by a good Peace and as through the Endeavours and Mediation of the most serene King of Sueden the Royal Palace of Ryswick has been pitched and agreed upon by all Parties for the place of Conferences We out of the same Desire to put a stop as far as in Us shall lie to the Desolation of so many Provinces and the Effusion of so much Christian Blood have been willing to contribute to it all that is in our Power and for that purpose we have already deputed in Quality of our Extraordinary Ambassadors and Plenipotentiaries to the said Assembly some Persons who are Members of Ours who have at several times given Proofs of their Knowledge and Experience in publick Affairs and of their Affection for the good of our State To wit James Boreel Lord of Duynbeeck Westhoven and Meresteyn Senator and Burghmaster of the City of Amsterdam and Counsellor Duputy of the Province of Holland Everhard de Weede Lord of Weede Dyckvelt Rateles c. Lord of the Mannor of the Town of Oudewater Dean and Rector of the Imperial Chapter of St. Mary in Vtrecht Dyckgrave of the River Rhine in the Province of Vtrecht President of the States of the said Province and William de Haren Grietman of Bilt Deputy for the Nobility in the States of Friesland and Curator of the University of Franeker Deputies in our Assembly of the States of Holland Vtrecht and Friesland And whereas we now think it convenient to join a Fourth Person to our Extraordinary Ambassadors and Plenipotentiaries aforenamed for the same purpose and that Anthony Heinsius Counsellor Pensionary of the States of Holland and West-Friesland Keeper of the Great Seal Superintendent of the Fiefs and Deputy in our Assembly for the same Province has signalized himself in several important Employments for our Service wherein he has approved his Fidelity Diligence and Skill in the management of Affairs For these Causes and other Considerations Us moving We have constituted ordained and deputed and We do constitute ordain and depute the said Heinsius and to him We have given and do give full Power Commission and special Command to go and repair to Ryswick in Quality of our Extraordinary Ambassador and Plenipotentiary for the Peace and there to Confer either directly or through the interposition of the Ambassadors Mediators respesitively received and approved with the Extraordinary Ambassadors and Plenipotentiaries of his Most Christian Majesty and his Allies being provided with sufficient Powers And there to treat of Means to adjust and pacifie the Differences which occasion this present War and our same Ambassadors and Plenipotentiaries together with the said Boreel de Weede and de Haren our three other Extraordinary Ambassadors and Plenipotentiaries or with two or one of them in Case the other be absent through Sickness or other hindrance or he alone in Case all the other three be absent through Sickness or other hindrance shall have Power to agree upon the said Means and accordingly Conclude and Sign a good and firm Peace And in general to do negotiate promise and grant all that he shall think necessary to effect the said Peace and to do in general all that we could do our Selves if we were there present altho' there should be required for that purpose a more special Power and Command not contained in these Presents and we sincerely and faithfully do promise to approve and hold firm and constant whatever by the said Heinsius together with our three other Extraordinary Ambassadors and Plenipotentiaries or with two or one of them in Case the other be absent through Sickness or other hindrance or by him alone all the other three being absent through Sickness or other hindrance shall have been stipulated promised and granted and to cause our Letters of Ratification to be dispatched within the time that he shall promise in our Name to exhibit and deliver them in Given at the Hague in our Assembly under our Great Seal the Flourish and Signature of the President of our Assembly and the Signature of our Secretary the 5th of August 1697. Signed F. B. de Reede Upon the Fold was written By Order of the said Lords the States-General Signed F. FAGEL And Sealed with the Great Seal in Red Wax Separate Article BEsides all that is concluded and stipulated by the Treaty of Peace made betwixt the Plenipotentiaries and Extraordinary Ambassadors of the Most Christian King and those of their Lordships the States-General of the United Provinces this present Day the 20th of September 1697. It is moreover agreed by this Separate Article which shall have the same Force and Effect as if it was inserted Word for Word in the said Treaty That his Most Christian Majesty shall Covenant and Agree and by the present Article he does covenant and agree That it shall be free for the Emperor and the Empire until the 1st Day of November next to accept the Conditions of Peace lately proposed by the Most Christian King according to the Declaration made on the 1st Day of this present Month of September unless in the mean time it shall be otherwise agreed between his Imperial Majesty and the Empire and his Most Christian Majesty And in Case his Imperial Majesty does not within the time prefixed accept those Conditions or that it be not otherwise agreed between his Imperial Majesty and the Empire and his Most Christian Majesty the said Treaty shall have its full Effect and be duly put in Execution according to its Form and Tenor and it shall not be lawful for the said Lords the States-General directly or indirectly on any account or cause whatsoever to Act contrary to the said Treaty In Testimony whereof We the Ambassadors of his said Majesty and the said Lords the States-General by Virtue of our respective Powers and in the Names aforesaid have Signed this Separate Article and caused it to be Sealed with our Seals and Coat of Arms at Ryswick in Holland the 20th Day of September 1697. Here were Signed N. A. de Harlay Bonneuil L. S. Verjusde Crecy L.S. De Caillieres L. S. A. Heinsius L. S. E. de Weede L. S. W. Van Haren L. S. The Ratification of His most Christian Majesty upon the Treaty of Peace and Friendship LEWIS by the Grace of God
signed delivered and exchanged by our Extraordinary Embassadors and Plenipotentiaries whether all Three conjointly whether Two of them in the absence of the Third or by reason of being employed elsewhere or even by One alone in the absence of the other Two or being elsewhere employed Engaging our Selves by these Presents to cause our Letters of Ratifications to be dispatched and expedited in the good and authentick Form and within the Time that shall be agreed upon In Witness and for Confirmation whereof we have caused these Presents signed with our Hand and Imperial Seal to be confirmed Given at our City of Vienna the Third of February in the Year One thousand six hundred ninety and seven of our Reign of that of King of the Romans the Thirty ninth of that of Hungary the Forty second and of that of Bohemia the Forty first LEOPOLD L.S. Ut. SEBASTIAN WUNIBALD Count de Zeyll By the Express Order of his Imperial Majesty GASPARD FLOREND CONSBRUCH THE GENERAL FULL POWER FOR THE Deputation of the Empire Translated from the German Language THe Electors Princes and States of the H. Empire having thought good to make choice of some certain Persons from amongst themselves to take care of their Interests and to assist on their behalf at the Treaty of Peace that is to be concluded between his Imperial Majesty the Empire and its Great Allies on one Part and the Crown of France on the other Part and according to the Foundation of the Peace heretofore made in Westphalia and afterwards confirmed at Nimeguen have deputed and nominated from the Electoral College the Electors of Mentz Bavaria Saxony and Brandenbourg from the College of Princes and from amongst the Catholicks those of Austria of Saltzbourg the Great Master of the Teutonick Order of Wirtzbourg Spires Constance Hildesheim Liege Munster without prejudice to the alternate Succession Palatine Newbourg Baden Baden and the Prelates in Suabia and from amongst the Protestants those of Magdebourg of Sweden on the behalf of Bremen or Deux Ponts of Saxe Cobourg of Saxe Gotha Brandenbourg-Culenbach Brunswick-Zell Brunswick-Wolfenbuttel of Hesse-Cassel Wirtemberg with respect to their alternative Order of Holstein Gluckstat of Anhalt and the Counts of Weteravia and last of all from the Colledge of the Imperial Cities amongst the Catholicks those of Cologn and Ausbourg and amongst the Protestants those of Franckford and Neurembourg to whom is granted on the behalf of the said Empire and by vertue of this present Act a full power to the end they may speedily send their Ministers to the Place of Treaties there to assist conjointly with the Principal Plenipotentiaries of his Imperial Majesty and in conformity to their Instructions concur to treat regulate according to the Stile observed in the Empire and conclude whatsoever shall be necessary for the obtaining a General sure Honourable and lasting Peace accompanied with the resettlement of the publick Tranquility as also with the restitution and all the satisfaction that shall be found requisite to the States and Members of the Empire that have either sustained Damage or are totally opprest So that they will accept ratifie within the time specified and observe on the part of the whole Empire as well as of the States deputed whatsoever the Ministers of these latter or any one amongst them in case of absence sickness or impediment of the others or for the observing equality the present will give their opinion for the absent shall have conjointly with the Imperial Ambassie treated adjusted concluded with the Crown of France and the States deputed shall therein according to reason and custom always maintain'd and powerfully upheld Signed at Ratisbon the 15. July 1697. L.S. The Electoral Chancery of Mentz or Mayence THE FULL POWER OF FRANCE LEwis by the Grace of God King of France and Navarr to all those to whom these present Letters shall come Greeting As we desire nothing so earnestly as to behold the War wherewith Christendom is afflicted to terminate in a firm and lasting Peace and forasmuch as through the Care and Mediation of our Dearest and very well Beloved Brother the King of Sweden the Cities of Delft and the Hague have been agreed upon by all the Parties for holding the Conferences necessary to this effect We out of the same ardent desire to put a stop as much as in us lyes and by the assistance of Divine Providence to the Desolation and Effusion of Christian Blood give to understand that we intirely confiding in the experience capacity and fidelity of our well beloved and loyal Subject the Sieur de Harlay de Boneuil ordinary Counsellour in our Council of State and of our well beloved the Sieur Verjus Count de Crecy Baron de Couvay Lord de Boulay two Churches Minillet and other places as also in that of our well beloved the Sieur de Callieres de la Rochellay and de Gigny who is actually in the City of Delft by reason of the repeated Tryals that we have made of the same in the several important Employs wherewith we have intrusted them as well at home as abroad for these reasons and other good considerations us thereunto moving we have Commissioned appointed and deputed the said Sieurs Harlay Crecy and Callieres and do Commission appoint and depute by these Presents Signed with our own hand and have given and do give them full Power Commission and special command to repair to the said City of Delft in quality of our Extraordinary Ambassadors and Plenipotentiaries for the Peace and to confer be it directly or by the Intercourse of Ambassadors Mediators respectively admitted and agreed upon with all the Ambassadors Plenipotentiaries and Ministers as well of our most dear and well beloved Brother the Emperour of the Romans as of our most dear and well beloved Brother and Cousin the Catholick King as also of our most dear and Great Friends the States General of the United Provinces of the Low Countries and of all other Princes their Allyes all of them being instructed with sufficient Power and there to treat of the ways and means to terminate and pacifie the Differences which cause the War at this time and our aforesaid Embassadors and Plenipotentiaries shall have Power all three together or two in case of the others absence through Sickness or other Impediment or one alone in the absence of the other two in the like case of Sickness or other Impediment to agree about conclude upon and Sign an Honourable and firm Peace and in general act consent to negotiate and promise whatsoever they shall judge necessary for the abovesaid effect of concluding Peace with the same authority as we should and might do were we there present in Person altho' there might be something that might require a more special command and charge not contained in these said Presents promising upon the faith and word of a King to stand to and perform whatsoever by the said Sieurs de Harlay de Crecy de Caillieres either by
improper to be presented to his most Christian Majesty by means of a Copy of it which the Sieurs Boreel and Dyckvelt Ministers of their Lordships the States General and now their Plenipotentiaries and Extraordinary Ambassadors in this same Congress treating together have given him Which demand therefore cannot be more anthentick nor suit better with a most great and mighty King to work upon his Magnanimity and Justice the Effect which that August Queen expects for her four most Serene Orphans With a Proviso to add to it hereafter what may concern their lawful Rights and Pretensions Demand of the Queen THE Queen Demands the Restitution of the Dominions and Countries belonging to the Duke of Lorain her Son with the Soveraignty and Rights upon the same depending Which she hopes from the Justice of his most Christian Majesty and the Merits of her Cause Given at Vienna the 8 th of October 1696. Signed Eleonora Queen A Regulation touching Publick Ceremonies and Order among Domesticks drawn up by his Excellency the Mediator WE the Baron of Lilieroot Extraordinary Ambassador and Plenipotentiary of his Sacred Royal Majesty of Sweden for the Mediation of Peace make it known and declare That all the most Illustrious and most Excellent Lords Ambassadors and Plenipotentiaries who come to the Conferences which are held here for the Peace have unanimously consented to and approved the Proposal We have made of reviving and causing to be observed on this Occasion the Regulations heretofore made at Nimeguen concerning Ceremonies and Orders with some Additions or Alterations which We have thought fit to be made in order to make them more proper and suitable to this Place and present Conjuncture and that upon mature Deliberation the following Articles have been agreed upon I. That all Notifications of the Arrival of Ambassadors and Plenipotentiaries and all Visits as well to be made and received as to be paid and returned and which may require some Ceremony shall be entirely left off and suppressed and it shall be free to all to see and visit one another when and in what manner they please but so that such Visits shall not be exacted as a Duty or be a Precedent for the time to come However those that shall come hereafter in order to their Admittance to the Conferences shall be obliged to Communicate their full Powers to his Excellency the Ambassador Mediator who shall Impart it to their Excellencies the Ambassadors and Plenipotentiaries of the Allies that shall be of the Assembly and it shall not be lawful for the New Comers to be there present before the same be perform'd II. That the Ambassadors and Plenipotentiaries shall come to the Place of the Conferences with no other Retinue than a small number of Gentlemen one or two Pages at most and very few Footmen that they shall suffer no other Coach than that of their Bodies to come into the Court of the Palace and if they had occasion for one or two Coaches more for their Attendants these last shall stand without that they may cause no Confusion or Stop The same shall also be observed in all other Publick Places where there may happen to be a greater Concourse of People as at Plays Publick Feasts Balls c. III. That care shall be taken to prevent Quarrels on both sides betwixt Coachmen and other mean Servants who shall also be commanded to use one another with Reciprocal Civility and Kindness and to be ready in doing one another all sorts of mutual Services and good Turns upon all Occasions IV. That the Gentlemen of the Retinue of the Ambassadors shall take care that the said Servants do exactly observe the present Regulation as to that Particular and shall cause those to be punished who shall act contrary to it V. That the Ambassadors and Plenipotentiaries who assist at the Conferences from the Emperor and the Allies shall come into the Court of the House where the Conferences are held by the Gate made on purpose on the side of the said Houses that looks towards the Hague and shall go up to their Apartments by the Stair-Case on the same side and the Ambassadors of the most Christian King shall make use of the Gate and Bridge lately made on the side of Delft as also of the Stair-Case adjoyning to their Apartments on the same side and the Ambassador Mediator shall go alone over the Bridge and through the Gate of the middle and shall go up to his Apartments by the great Stair-Case VI. If two Coaches happen to meet in a place too narrow for them both to go through at the same time instead of disputing the Wall and thereby causing any Stop the Coachmen on the contrary shall be oblig'd to open and make the Passage easie reciprocally as much as possible and he who shall have the first notice of the Difficulty given him shall stop and make room for the other if it appears that he can do it more easily on his side VII In Publick Walks such as the Voorhout and Malls there shall be observed the Custom established among those that meet there which is to keep the right hand every one on his side as well as in the Streets and Publick Ways and in general wherever it may conveniently be done without the least Contest or Affectation of Precedence VIII The Pages Footmen and generally all Livery-Servants shall carry neither Sticks nor Arms such as Swords Knives Pocket-Pistols or others of whatsoever kind they may be either hid or openly both in Town as in the Walks and when they go to Ryswick However the Pages shall be allowed if they will small Sticks Moreover all Domesticks shall be forbid to go out of their Houses in the Night unless it be by express Orders from their Masters so that none may be found abroad upon any other account at unseasonable hours and those that shall go contrary to this shall be severely punished and turned out forthwith IX When any Servant of an Ambassador or Plenipotentiary shall stand Convicted of any Crime capable of disturbing the Publick Tranquility the Ambassador or Plenipotentiary to whom he shall belong shall wave his Right and Priviledge of punishing him himself and withdrawing his Protection shall cause him to be delivered into the hands of the ordinary Judge of the Place where the Offence shall have been committed either in the Town or elsewhere and shall even prosecute the Offender according to the established Laws And if in the same Case the Criminal Judge vulgarly call'd Schout should Arrest and take any one in the Fact either himself or by his Officers or others it shall be lawful for them to seize such a Person and even commit him to Goal although they known him to be Servant or of the Retinue of some Ambassador or Plenipotentiary till they can give Notice of it to his Master which they shall be obliged to do forthwith and without delay After which what the Ambassador or Plenipotentiary shall order shall be punctually
other is entituled A Decree of the Soveraign Council of Alsace sitting at Brisac importing that the King shall be put into Possession of the Soveraignty of the Lower Alsace and of other Territories and Seigniories situated in the Upper Alsace this is dated August 9. 1680. Especially since these Expressions and others to be met with in the whole Body of the Decree concerning the detaining and possessing of other Territories at that time acknowledg'd do sufficiently manifest the state of things by the then Treaty of Nimeguen and the time ensuing This likewise was evident and particularly in the Right pretended to Strasburgh Landau and Cronweissemberg by receding from performance of the Peace of Nimeguen the first Article whereof was drawn up in these Terms The Emperor shall forthwith cause his Forces and Troops to withdraw from all the Provinces of the Empire which do not by an Hereditary Right belong to the House of Austria namely from the Circle of Suabia and Franconia as well as from the Electoral Circle of the Rhine and from that of the Upper Rhine and from the Towns and Forts situated thereon From Bon Strasburgh Offenberg Hockberg Landau Cronweissemberg and in general from all such places as neither by the Treaty of Munster nor by that of Nimeguen belong'd to his Imperial Majesty so that immediately before the Tenth of August the said Forces shall be drawn into Bohemia and into other of his Patrimonial States Therefore 't is evident that Bon Strasburgh Offenberg Landau Cronweissemberg and all the other Places of the Empire which were not look'd upon as belonging by an Hereditary Right to the House of Austria neither by the Treaty of Munster nor that of Nimeguen were yet consider'd and absolutely esteem'd to be part of the Empire and comprehended in its Circles and Dependencies From whence it plainly follows that by the Articles propos'd by the French Ambassadors all these Places are to be restor'd and re-establish'd Since the Case stands thus and these Places are the Chief of what ought to be restor'd the Emperor's Ambassadors and those of the Electors Princes and other States here present do reasonably hope that there will be less difficulty about the other Articles to be agreed upon for the speedy Re-establishment of a firm and lasting Peace and therefore they desire that an immediate Consent may be given to the two following Articles as the Foundation and General Rule of the present Peace 1. The Treaty of Westphalia together with that of Nimeguen shall be the Basis and Foundation of the present Peace which shall be executed with respect both to Church and State immediately after the Ratifications shall be exchang'd and for ever after maintain'd in its full force unless in such things as shall be otherwise provided for by the present Treaty Therefore whatever after the said Peace of Munster and the Treaty of its Execution made at Nuremberg has been to this present in the Possession of his most Christian Majesty under pretence of Right or by open Force or in any other manner whatever and which was before possess'd by the Emperor or by the Empire and the States depending thereon including the Three Nobless with their Immediate Dependants and Vassals such Cities Towns Burroughs Citadels Castles Forts Villages Houses Territories Mountains Hills Forests Meadows Mines Quarries Lakes Rivers Islands Bridges Rivulets Jurisdictions and Rights proper and in Fee-simple till'd and untill'd shall be faithfully restor'd to their Ancient Proprietors without demolishing the Fortifications or any Publick or Private Houses without rendring them in a worse state than they are at present or exacting any thing for the Charges they have been at upon them without exacting any Contributions by the Army or in their behalf And this Restitution shall be made without any delay within Ten days at farthest after the Ratifications be exchang'd or sooner if possible together with all the Artillery Ammunitions and Provisions as well such as were in the Places when taken and since quitted and demolished by the Garrisons that were in them and such as are in any other Places whatever together with all Papers and Writings where and however seiz'd That whatever Alterations or Innovations have been made by his most Christian Majesty after the said Peace and the Treaty of Execution made at Nuremberg in Civil or Ecclesiastical Affairs under the Name and Pretence of Suntgau Landgrave of Alsace Provincial Prefecture of Haguenau and the Feudal Union of Dependencies Appendencies Submissions Surrenders Engagements all manner of Grants whether Absolute or Limited or upon any other Cause or Reason whatever shall be cancell'd and re-settled upon its first footing and after it has been thus re-settled shall remain in the perpetual possession of his Imperial Majesty as his Property or Fief Laws General or Special known or unknown made publickly or privately by what Person whatsoever all Edicts Priviledges Dispensations Concessions Donations Investitures Declarations Mandats Prohibitions Registers Incorporations Unions Re-unions Confiscations Arrests Decisions Decrees Sentences Homages Contracts Transactions though ratified by the Oaths and other Pretensions of his most Christian Majesty the Royal Family and Kingdom of France or of his Feudatories and Subjects or the Oppositions of any Courts Councils Chambers or States either National or Provincial and all other Pretences whatsoever past present or to come to the contrary notwithstanding the which Laws c. are cancell'd and abolish'd as far as they respect the present Case notwithstanding likewise all that may be ever surmis'd alledg'd or imagin'd to the contrary and notwithstanding all other Reasons whatever which may seem to deserve a more special and particular mention and to intimate that this present Cancelling and Annulling is void and of no effect 2. For the farther illustrating the foregoing Article and to cut off all occasion of future Debates without mentioning the Reference to be made to Commissioners Umpires and their Decisions it is farther agreed That his most Christian Majesty and the Kingdom of France shall rest satisfied with what has been granted to them by the Peace of Munster in Westphalia namely with the Jurisdictions of the three ancient Bishopricks of Metz Toul and Verdun as far as they had regard to them at the time of the said Peace and likewise with the Rights and Priviledges of Suntgau the Landgravate of Alsace and of the Provincial Government in the same manner as they were formerly possessed by the most Serene House of Austria and which are not to be alter'd upon the Account of any Compensation to be made for Damages done or for the sake of making the Peace more firm and lasting and that they shall not pretend demand or exact from any State Vassal or Subject of the Empire any Oath Obligation or Dependence except within the Jurisdictions of the said three Bishopricks as far as they concern'd them at the time of the said Peace or except within the said Rights possessed by the House of Austria and which are not at present alter'd
under any Pretence Reason or Matter of Fact or Right whatever The state of the Case as to the Surrendring up of the Rights of the House of Austria being the same now as formerly except only the Manner of Possession forasmuch as what the most Serene House of Austria has receiv'd in Fief from the Empire and held under its Jurisdiction shall be held and possess'd with the Right of Soveraignty by the Kingdom of France and after the same manner as what belongs to the said three Bishopricks within their Jurisdictions is therein included and comprehended And by Consequence all those in general which are reckon'd and are of Right the States Vassals and Subjects of the Empire whether such as are more particularly mention'd in the Treaty of the Peace of Munster or in the Treaty of Execution made at Nuremberg or in the Treaty of Nimeguen all which are supposed to be repeated here or such as were therein omitted of what degree or place soever they be shall from henceforward be ever exempted free from all Obligation Tye or Trouble that may thence ensue towards his most Christian Majesty and the Kingdom of France Article VI. Though the City of Strasburgh was put into the Hands of his most Christian Majesty by a particular and voluntary Agreement and has been since possessed and fortified by the Arms of his said Majesty even after the Treaty of Nimeguen which his Majesty is willing to observe in all its Particulars he consents to withdraw his Forces out of the said City on Condition the Fortifications made by his Orders as well about the said City as the Citadel be first demolish'd the Fort of Kell and other Forts of the Isles of the Rhine and of the said City of Strasburgh remaining for its Fortification in the same Condition it was in before it was possessed by his Majesty and the City restor'd to all its Rights and Priviledges of an Imperial City And because the demolishing the said Fortifications requires the Space of about Eight or Ten Months his Majesty Promises to do it with all possible Diligence and likewise Consents that the Emperor may have a Commissary at Strasbourgh to be an Eye-witness till the said Demolishment be entirely finish'd His Majesty shall keep in the City Citadel and Fort of Strasbourgh a sufficient Garrison to carry on the Work To this Part of the Sixth Article is annexed a Collateral Corolorary which is as follows Whereas the City of Strasbourgh was put into the Hands of his most Christian Majesty in the Year 1681. and continued in his Possession till the Expiration of the Truce in 1684. The Emperor and his most Christian Majesty for the mutual Benefit of the Frontiers of their States are agreed with respect to that Place as follows That the Emperor for himself his Successors and for the Empire shall renounce all Rights of Soveraignty over the City of Strasbourgh shall for ever grant for himself his Successors and for the Empire to the King and Crown of France the said City of Strasburgh with all its Appurtenances and Dependencies to be injoy'd by the King and the Crown with all Right of Property and Soveraignty so as never to be molested therein for any Cause or upon any Occasion whatever In Exchange his Most Christian Majesty shall Surrender to his Imperial Majesty the City and Castle of Friburgh in the State they are in at present together with the Villages of Heu Metshausen and Kirkzand with all and such Rights of Sovereignty and Property as were surrendered to him by his Most Christian Majesty by the Fifth Article of the Treaty of Nimeguen Moreover his Majesty is willing to deliver up to the Emperor the City of Brisac seated on the other side the Rhine in the same Condition wherein it is at present with all its Dependencies except some Villages in Brisgau which are on this side the Rhine And that the Rhine may be the constant Barrier between this Place and his Majesty's Territories it is agreed That the new City of Brisac and the Fort in the Island as also the Bridge shall be utterly demolished never to be raised or re-built again But that the Fort called the Mortar seated on this side the Rhine shall remain in the Possession of his most Christian Majesty His Majesty also Promises to raze the Fortifications that have been made at Hunninghen beyond the Rhine as also the Horn-Work of the Island and to demolish the Bridge of that Place which is upon the Rhine He likewise agrees to restore to the Emperor and Empire the Fort of Kell seated at the End of Strasburgh-Bridge and to raze those of the City the Islands and the Rhine reserving only to himself the City and Citadel of Strasbourgh and the Redoubt on this side the Rhine He will also cause to be demolish'd the Horn-work of the Marquisate and Fort Lewis upon the Rhine and all the Works on the other side that River together with part of that Bridge which has Communication with the Fort of that Horn-work He also engages to restore to the Emperor the City of Philipsbourgh which has been possessed by his Forces during this War But to the end that the Frontiers of France and the Empire may be absolutely bounded by the Rhine the Bridge of Philipsburgh and the Fort at the End of the said Bridge on this side the Rhine shall be demolish'd Whereas the Treaty of Nimeguen has regulated the Conditions upon which the King is to restore Lorrain to the deceased Duke of that Name And whereas the Duke his Son supported by the Recommendation of the Emperor has desired his Majesty to grant him new and more favourable Conditions his most Christian Majesty in Consideration of the Emperor's Recommendation and inclin'd thereto by the Good Will and Affection which he bears to the Duke of Lorain is willing to relinquish the Conditions which were granted him by the Treaty of Nimeguen and to re-enstate the Duke of Lorain in possession of his Territories such as his Uncle Duke Charles possess'd in the year 1670. in manner following To this effect his Majesty will restore to him the Old and New Town of Nancy upon Condition that the Fortifications of the New Town shall be entirely demolish'd and never rais'd again for the future that the Bastions and Curtains of the City shall remain untouch'd but the Outworks and Half-moons shall be raz'd that the Gates of the New Town shall stand and that the Duke of Lorrain shall be permitted to enclose the said New Town with a dry Wall not Terrass'd and without a Flank that the Roads which had been granted by the said Treaty and which were to remain in the Sovereignty of his most Christian Majesty to facilitate the Passage of his Troops from S. Dizier to Nancy from Nancy to Alsace from Nancy to Petzon and from Nancy to Metz shall be restored to the Soveraignty and Property of the Duke of Lorrain His Majesty desisting from all the Rights
France and ingaged in the Service of the Most Christian King by the Employments and Estates which they enjoyed throughout the Kingdom of France are entred into and have continued in the Service of their Lordships the States-General of the United Provinces of the Low-Countries or by those who being born Subjects of the said Lords the States-General or ingaged in their Service by the Employments and Estates which they enjoyed within the extent of the United Provinces are entred into or have remained in the Service of his Most Christian Majesty And the said Persons of what Quality or Condition they may be without Exception shall be permitted to come and return and shall accordingly return and be effectually left and restored to the quiet Possession and Enjoyment of all their Estates Honours Dignities Priviledges Franchises Rights Exemptions Constitutions and Liberties without being called in question troubled or vexed or molested either in general or in particular upon any cause or pretence whatsoever for what has been done since the breaking out of the said War And by Virtue of the present Treaty assoon as the same shall have been Ratified both by his Most Christian Majesty and the said Lords the States-General it shall be free for all and every one of them with any Letters of Abolition and Pardon to return in Person to their own Houses and the Enjoyment of their Lands and all their other Goods or to dispose of them as they shall think fit III. And if it should happen that any Prizes or Ships should be taken on either Side in the Baltick and North Seas from Terneuse to the end of the Channel after the space of four Weeks or from the end of the said Channel to Cape St. Vincent after the space of six Weeks and beyond that in the Mediterranean Sea and as far as the Aequinoctial Line after the space of ten Weeks Lastly beyond the said Line throughout the whole World after the space of eight Months to be reckoned from the Day of the Publication of the Peace at Paris and at the Hague the said Prizes that shall be taken on either Side after the Times aforesaid shall be restored and the Damages sustained thereby made good and repaired IV. Moreover there shall be between the said Lord King and the said Lords the States-General their respective Subjects and Inhabitants a sincere firm and perpetual Friendship and good Correspondence as well by Land as by Water in all Things and in all Places both in Europe and all other parts of the World And they shall maintain no Resentment for the Injuries or Damages done or received as well in times past as on the occasion of the said Wars V. And by Virtue and upon the account of the said Friendship and Correspondence as well His Majesty as their Lordships the States-General shall faithfully procure and promote the good advantage and prosperity of each other by all manner of Support Help Counsel and real Assistance in all Times and upon all Occasions and shall not for the future give their Consent to any Treaties or Negotiations that might bring damage to either of them but shall break them and give notice of them reciprocally with Diligence and Sincerity as soon as they shall have Knowledge of them VI. Those whose Goods or Estates have been seized and confiscated upon account of the said War their Heirs or Assigns of what Condition or Religion soever they may be shall enjoy the said Goods and Estates and shall take possession of them by their own private Authority and by virtue of this present Treaty without having recourse to any Court of Justice notwithstanding all incorporations to the Publick Treasury Ingagements Gifts by Deeds preparatory or definitive Sentence given by default in the absence of and without hearing the Parties Treaties Agreements and Transactions what Renunciations soever may have been made by the said Transactions to debar of part of the said Estates those to whom they belong And it shall be lawful for the first Proprietors of all and every one of the said Estates which pursuant to this present Treaty shall be restored or are reciprocally to be restored their Heirs or Assigns to Sell and Dispose of the said Estates without Suing or obtaining any private Consent for that purpose And afterwards it shall also be lawful for the Proprietors of those Rents which by the Officers of the Publick Treasury shall be settled instead of the Estates so Sold as also of those Rents and Actions respectively belonging to the Publick Treasuries to dispose of the property of the same either by Rent or otherwise as of their other Estates VII And whereas the Marquisate of Bergen op Zoom and all the Rights and Revenues depending upon the same and generally all the Lands and Estates belonging to the Count d'Auvergne Colonel General of the Light Horse of France and which under the Power and Dominion of the said Lords the States General of the United Provinces have been seized and confiscated on the occasion of the War which the present Treaty shall bring to a happy Conclusion It has been agreed That the said Count D'Auvergne shall be restored to the Possession of the said Marquisate of Bergen op Zoom its Appurtenances and Dependencies as also to all his Rights Actions Priviledges Customs and Prerogatives which he enjoyed at the time of the Declaration of the War VIII All Countries Towns Places Lands Forts Islands and Lordships as well in Europe as out of Europe that may have been taken and possessed since the beginning of the present War shall be restored on both Sides in the same Condition they were in as to the Fortifications when taken and as to the other Buildings in the Condition they shall be found in without destroying demolishing or indamaging any thing in the same as also without demanding any Recompence for what may have been demolished before and namely the Fort and Settlement of Pontichery shall be restored upon the forementioned Terms to the East-India Company settled in France As for the Artillery that has been carried away by the East-India Company of the United Provinces it shall be left in their Possession and likewise the Provisions and Ammunition Slaves and all other Effects to be disposed of as they shall think fit as also of the Lands Rights and Priviledges which they have purchased as well of the Prince as of the Inhabitants of that Country IX All Prisoners of War shall be released on both Sides without distinction or reservation and without paying any Ransom X. The Raising of Contributions shall cease on both Sides from the Day of the Exchange of the Ratifications of the present Treaty of Peace and no Arrears of the said Contributions before demanded and granted shall be exacted but all Pretensions and Claims that may remain on that Score upon what Title or Pretence soever shall be entirely nulled and made void on both Sides As also after the Exchange of the said Ratifications of the
present Treaty all Contributions shall cease on both Sides with respect to the Countries of the most Christian and Catholick Kings XI And the more to confirm this Treaty and make it lasting it is also stipulated and agreed betwixt His Majesty and their Lordships the States General That this Treaty being duly put in Execution there shall be as there is by this present one a Renunciation both general and particular to all sorts of Pretensions both of the time past and present of what nature soever they be which one Party may claim from the other thereby to take away for the future all occasions that may cause and raise new Dissentions and Differences XII The ordinary Administration of Justice shall reciprocally be set open and it shall be free for the Subjects of either Party to claim and pursue their Rights Actions and Pretensions according to the Laws and Statutes of each Countries and obtain one against another without distinction all lawful Satisfaction And if there have been any Letters of Reprisal granted on either Side either before or after the Declaration of the late War the same shall remain null and void with a Proviso for the Parties to whom they have been granted to sue for redress by the ordinary course of Justice XIII If it happens through Inadvertency or any other Cause that the present Treaty should be either not fulfilled or infringed in any particular Article either by His said Majesty or the said Lords the States General and their Successors this Peace and Alliance shall not on that Account be interrupted but shall remain in all its force and vigor without any Rupture of Friendship and good Correspondence But the said Infringement shall speedily be made good and if it has happened through the Fault of any particular Subjects they alone shall be Punished and Chastised for the same XIV And the better to settle and secure the Commerce and Friendship for the future between the Subjects of the said Lord King and those of the said Lords the States General of the United Provinces of the Low Countries it is hereby stipulated and agreed that in case there should be hereafter any Interruption of Friendship or open Rupture between the Crown of France and the said Lords the States of the said Provinces which God forbid the space of Nine Months after the said Rupture shall be allowed to the Subjects on both Sides to retire and withdraw with their Effects and Transport the same whither they think fit Which they shall be permitted to do as also to Sell or Transport their moveable Goods in all manner of Liberty without any Molestation And it shall not be lawful during the said Time to seize their said Effects and much less to Arrest their Persons XV. The Treaty of Peace concluded between the most Christian King and the late Elector of Brandenburg at St. Germans en Laye the 29th June 1679. shall be restored in all its Articles and remain in its former Vigour between His most Christian Majesty and his present Electoral Highness of Brandenburg XVI Whereas it greatly concerns the publick Tranquillity That the Treaty be observed which was concluded between His most Christian Majesty and his Royal Highness the Duke of Savoy on the 9th of August 1696. It is agreed to confirm the same by this present Treaty XVII And because His Majesty and their Lordships the States General do gratefully acknowledge the powerful Offices and good Counsels which the King of Sueden has continually used and employed for the publick Safety and Repose It is agreed on both Sides that his Suedish Majesty and his Kingdoms shall be included and comprehended in the present Treaty in the best form and manner that can be XVIII Under this present Treaty of Peace and Alliance shall be comprehended all those who shall be named by the said most Christian King before the Exchange of Ratifications and within the space of Six Months after XIX And all those who shall be named by their Lordships the States General the King of Great Britain and the King of Spain and all their other Allies who within the space of six Weeks to be reckoned from the Exchange of Ratifications shall declare that they accept the Peace as also the Thirteen laudable Cantons of the Consederate Switzers and particularly in the best form and manner that can be the Republicks and Evangelical Cantons Zurich Bern Glaris Basil Schafhausen and Appenzel with all their Allies and Consederates namely the Republick of Geneva and its Dependencies the City and County of Neufchatel the Towns of St. Galles Milhausen and Bienne Item the Confederacy of the Grisons and their Dependencies the Cities of Bremen and Embden and moreover all Kings Princes and States Cities and private Persons whom upon their Request the said Lords the States General shall admit into the said Treaty XX. The said Lord King and the said Lords the States General consent and agree That his Suedish Majesty in quality of Mediator and all other Potentates and Princes that shall be willing to enter into the same Engagement may give to His Majesty and the said Lords the States General their Promises and Deeds of Warranty for the performance of all the Contents of this present Treaty XXI The present Treaty shall be Ratified and approved by the said Lord King and the said Lords the States General and the Letters of Ratification shall be delivered within the time of three Weeks or sooner if possible to be reckoned from the Day on which the present Treaty is Signed XXII And for the greater security of this Treaty of Peace and all the Articles in it contained the said present Treaty shall be published verified and registred in the Court of Parliament of Paris and in all other Parliaments of the Kingdom of France and Chamber of Accompts of the said City of Paris and likewise the said Treaty shall be published verified and registred by the said Lords the States General in the Courts and other places where Publications Verifications and Registrings are used to be done In Testimony whereof We the Ambassadors of His said Majesty and of the said Lords the States-General by Virtue of our respective Powers and in the said Names have signed these Presents with our manual Sign and caused them to be sealed with our Seals and Coats of Arms at Ryswick in Holland the 20th of September 1697. Signed N. Lillieroot L. S. De Harlay Bonneuil L. S. Verjus de Crecy L. S. De Caillieres L. S. A. Heinsius L. S. E. de Walde L. S. W. Van Haren L. S. The Tenor of the full Power of the Ambassadors and Plenipotentiaries of His most Christian Majesty LEWIS by the Grace of God King of France and Navarre to all those to whom these Presents shall come Greeting Whereas it is our most ardent Desire to see the War which now afflicts Christendom concluded and ended by a good Peace and whereas through the Endeavours and Mediation of our most Dear and
made or to be made by France there is acquired any new Right to such as are or shall be so re-established But that if any other have any claim or pretension against them they shall be propounded examined and decided in a convenient place after the making of the said restitution which for this reason ought by no means to be deferred L. So soon as ever the present Treaty of Peace shall have been Signed and Sealed by the Lords Extraordinary Ambassadors and Plenipotentiaries all Hostilities and Violence of what nature soever shall cease as also all demolishing of Edifices all Devastations of Vineyards and Forests all felling of Trees and immediately after the Exchange of the Ratifications all the Troops shall be made to retire from the Unfortified Places belonging to the other Party And as for what concerns Fortified Places that are to be restored by the present Treaty they shall within thirty days after the Ratification of the Peace or sooner if possible be surrendred to and put into the hands of those that are nominated in the preceding Articles or if not expresly nominated then to those who did possess them immediately before their being taken without any demolishing of Fortifications or Edifices either publick or private without making them in a worse condition than they are at present or without exacting any thing for or by reason of any expences in the said Places and the Soldiers shall not exact any thing upon this account or for any other cause whatsoever nor carry any thing away of the Effects belonging to the Inhabitants or of what ought to be left there in pursuance of this Treaty As for all sorts of Demolitions to be made pursuant to the agreements above it shall be wholly and effectually performed in respect of the less considerable things within a Month if possible and in respect of the more considerable within two Months if it may be done without any expence or trouble to the other Party for the said Demolition Likewise shall all the Archives Records Literal Documents be faithfully restored immediately after the exchange of the Ratifications as well those which belong to the Places that are to be surrendred and delivered to his Imperial Majesty's Empire and to its States and Members as those that have been removed and conveyed from the Chamber and City of Spires and other places of the Empire altho' there may be no particular mention made thereof in the present Treaty The Prisoners taken upon occasion of the War shall also be released and set at liberty on both sides without any ransome and in particular such who have been condemned to the Gallies or to any other publick Slavery LI. And to the end that the Subjects of both Parties may speedily enjoy the intire benefit of this Peace it hath been agreed That all Contributions of Money Grain Wine of Forage Wood and Cattel or the like altho' already imposed on the Subjects of the other Party and altho' they have been setled and stated by agreement as also that all Forageing of what nature soever upon the Territories and Jurisdiction of one another shall totally cease upon the very day of the Ratification and what shall be due in Arrears for such like Contributions Impositions or Exactions shall be totally abolished In like manner the Hostages delivered or carried away during this War for what cause soever shall be restored without further delay and that without being obliged to pay any thing for the same LII In like manner the Commerce prohibited during the War between the Subjects of his Imperial Majesty and the Empire and those of his Most Christian Majesty and of the Realm of France shall be re-established presently after the Signing of this Peace with the same liberty as before the War and shall all and every one of them and more particularly the Inhabitants and Citizens of the Hans-Towns Enjoy all manner of Security by Sea and Land together with their Ancient Rights Immunities Privileges and Advantages obtained by Solemn Treaties or by Ancient Custom LIII Whatsoever is concluded and agreed upon by this Treaty shall be firm and inviolable to perpetuity and shall be observed and put in execution notwithstanding whatsoever might have been believed alledged or imagined to the contrary which remains altogether cancelled and abolished altho' it might be of such a nature that we might have been obliged to make a more ample and more particular mention of the same or altho' the cancelling and abrogation seem as if it ought to be lookt upon as null invalid and of none effect LIV. Each of the Stipulating contracting Parties shall be capable of confirming this present Peace and his observance of it by certain Alliances by Fortifications upon his own proper Ground except in the Places in especial manner above excepted the which they may build or inlarge put Garrisons into and use other means they shall judge most necessary for their defence It shall likewise be permitted as well to all the Kings Princes and Republicks in General As to the King of Sweden in particular as Mediator to give their Guarantie to his Imperial Majesty and Empire and to his Most Christian Majesty just as it was by vertue of the Peace of Westphalia LV. And forasmuch as his Imperial Majesty and the Empire and his Most Christian Majesty do acknowledg with Sentiments of Gratitude the continual Cares and good Offices that his Swedish Majesty hath used for re-establishing the Publick Tranquility both parties agree that his Swedish Majesty shall by name be comprehended in the present Treaty with his Realms and Dominions in the best form and manner as possibly may be LVI There are also comprehended in the present Treaty upon the behalf of his Imperial Majesty and the Empire besides the Members of the Empire already named the other Electors Princes States and Members of the Empire and amongst others more especially the Bishop and Bishoprick of Basil with all his Estates Prilvileges and Rights Item the thirteen Swisse Cantons together with their Confederates namely with the City of Geneva and its Dependences the City and County of Neufchatel the Cities of St. Gall Mulhausen and Bienne the three Grison Leagues the Seven Jurisdictions or Dizaines of the Vallais as also the Abbey of St. Gall. LVII On the part of his Most Christian Majesty are in like manner comprised the thirteen Cantons of Switzerland and their Allyes and namely the Republick of Vallais or Wallisland LVIII There shall also be comprehended within this Treaty all such who shall be named by common consent of the one and the other party before the Exchange of the Ratifications or within the space of six Months after LIX The Ambassadors of his Imperial Majesty and of the Most Christian King conjointly with the Plenipotentiaries of the States deputed by the Empire do promise to cause the present Peace thus concluded by the Emperour the Empire and King of France to be ratified in that same form whereof it is
directly or indirectly on any account or cause whatsoever to act contrary to the said Treaty The Substance of the full Power and Authority of the Lords Ambassadors and Plenipotentiaries of the King of Great Britain WIlliam III. by the Grace of God King of Great Britain France and Ireland Defender of the Faith c. To all those to whom these Presents shall come or in any wise appertain Greeting The Affairs of Europe being at this Juncture in so good Condition and the Persons therein concerned so very well Disposed We have just reason to hope that together with the Assistance of the Divine Providence and the good Offices of Our dearest Brother the most Serene and most Potent Prince the King of Sueden who is pleased to Officiate as Mediator the War that has so long afflicted Christendom may at length by a firm Agreement be brought to a happy Conclusion We having no other thoughts then of a just and lasting Peace which from the bottom of Our Heart We wish may be speedily Effected and as exactly Observed We joyfully lay hold on this Occasion to Reestablish the Publick Tranquility And whereas Our Ministers together with those of the Allies and those of the most Christian King are at present Convened to Negotiate a General Peace between Us and Our said Allies on one part and the said most Christian King on the other And since for the accomplishing of a Work so good and beneficial for the repose of Christendom it is an absolute Necessity to choose Persons of try'd Abilities and known Experience We give therefore to understand That having an entire Confidence in the Fidelity Capacity and Prudence of Our Trusty and Welbeloved Cousin and Councellor Thomas Earl of Pembroke and Montgomery Baron Herbert of Cardiffe c. Keeper of Our Privy Seal and one of Our Privy Council Edward Viscount Villers Our present Ambassador in Extraordinary to their High and Mightinesses the States General of the United Provinces Robert Lord Lexington Baron of Averam one of the Gentlemen of Our Bed Chamber and Our Ambassador in Extraordinary with the most Serene and most Potent Prince the Emperour of the Romans and lastly of Our Faithful and Welbeloved Sir Joseph Williamson Knight a Member of Our Privy Council and Keeper of the Records of Parliament And moreover being well satisfied of their Abilities which have been sufficiently demonstrated by the different Imployments Functions and Negotiations which they have executed from time to time both at home and abroad and of which they have so well acquitted themselves as well within the Kingdom as without We have Named Made Constituted and Appointed and by these Presents do Name Make Constitute and Appoint the aforesaid Thomas Earl of Pembroke and Montgomery Edward Viscount Villers Robert Lord Lexington and Sir Joseph Williamson Our True and Faithful Ambassadors Extraordinary Commissioners Deputies Ministers and Plenipotentiaries giving to them or any Two of them in case the others should be either Sick or Absent full Power and Authority with express Command both General and Special the General not derogating from the Special or the Special from the General to Repair to _____ or any other Place that shall be Agreed upon to Meet at to Perform and Celebrate the Treaty and Negotiations of Peace and to Confer and Negotiate the said Peace with the Commissioners and Plenipotentiaries of the Allies on one part and those whom the most Christian King shall please to Depute on the other part as likewise with all such as shall be sent to the Conference from the other Kings Princes Republicks or Free Towns being always provided with a sufficient Authority to Debate and Determine amicably and entirely all the Differences and Disputes which have happened during this present War as likewise to Conclude a firm and lasting Peace and to Sign for Us and in Our Name all the Conditions and Articles which shall be Agreed therein and moreover to Draw up and Dispatch all sorts of Acts and Instruments in such manner and number as there shall be occasion found and further to Give and Receive them from one anothers hands reciprocally when drawn We Grant moreover to Our said Ambassadours a power to make Passes and such like Securities for all Persons and Things which shall be imployed in the Service of this Treaty as also to renew their Dates from time to time whenever they see convenient Our Ambassadors in a word are hereby Impowered to Sign Grant and Exhibit and generally to Treat of all the aforesaid Matters as likewise to Promise Stipulate Agree and Do in Relation to the abovementioned Premisses whatever they shall find necessary and in such Manner and Time as they shall think fit and with the same Force and Virtue as We could do if We Our Selves were present at the said Conferences We promise moreover on the word of a King That We will Approve of and be Concluded by whatever Our aforesaid Ambassadours and Plenipotentiaries or any Two of them in case the others should be either Sick or Absent shall do in Our Name And lastly to give the greater Force and Authority to these Presents We have Signed them with Our Royal Hand and caused them to be Sealed with the Great Seal of England Given at Our Palace at Kensington the Sixteenth of February in the Year 1697. and the Ninth of Our Reign Signed William Rex The Full Powers of the Ambassadors and Plenipotentiaries of His Most Christian Majesty LEwis by the Grace of God King of France and Navarre to all Persons to whom these Presents shall come Greeting As We desire nothing more earnestly than that this War which has so long afflicted Christendom may conclude by a good Peace and since the Towns of Delft and the Hague have been Agreed upon through the Care and Mediation of Our Dearest and Welbeloved Brother the King of Sueden for the Conferences to that purpose We being mov'd with the same good Inclinations to prevent as much as in Us lies the Ruin of so many Provinces and the Effusion of so much Christian Blood do make known that upon entire Confidence in the Experience Capacity and Fidelity of Our Trusty and Welbeloved Councellor in Ordinary of Our Privy Council the Sieur de Harlay de Bonneuil Our Trusty and Welbeloved the Sieur Verjus Count of Crecy Baron of Couvay Lord of Boulay the two Churches Menillet and other Places and of Our Trusty and Welbeloved the Sieur de Caillieres Rochechellay and Gigny and by the several Advantagious Proofs which We have had of their Abilities as well within the Kingdom as withouâ— and for several other good Causes and Considâ—rations Us thereunto moving have Constituted Appointed and Deputed and by these Presents Signed with Our Hand do Constitute Appoint and Depute the said Seiurs de Harlay de Crecy and de Caillieres Our Ambassadors Extraordinary and Plenipotentiaries for the Peace giving them full Power and Authority and moreover Commanding them expresly to Confer with in the