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A79161 Articles of peace & commerce between the most serene and mighty prince Charles II. by the grace of God, King of Great Britain, France and Ireland, defender of the faith, &c. and the most illustrious lords, the Bashaw, Dey, Aga, and governours of the famous city and kingdom of Algiers in Barbary Concluded by Arthur Herbert, Esquire, Admiral of His Majesties fleet in the Mediterranean Seas: on the tenth day of April, Old Stile, 1682. Published by His Majesties command.; Treaties, etc. Algeria, 1682 Apr. 20 England and Wales.; Torrington, Arthur Herbert, Earl of, 1647-1716.; Algeria. Treaties, etc. England and Wales, 1682 Apr. 20. 1682 (1682) Wing C2904A; ESTC R230176 5,491 11

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or to any other Port or Place of that Kingdom with any Prize they may freely Sell it or otherwise to dispose of it at their own pleasure without being molested by any And that His Majesties saids Ships of War shall not be obliged to pay Customs in any sort and that if they shall want Provisions Victuals or any other things they may freely Buy them at the Rate in the Market XI That when any of His said Majesties Ships of War shall appear before Algiers upon notice thereof given by the English Consul or by the Commander of the said Ships to the Chief Governours of Algiers Publick Proclamation shall be immediatly made to Secure the Christian Captives and if after that any Christians whatsoever make their escape on Board any of the saids Ships of War they shall not be required back again nor shall the said Consul or Commander or any other His Majesties Subjects be obliged to pay any thing for the saids Christians XII That from and after the time that the Ratification of this Treaty by the King of great Britain shall be delivered to the Chief Governours of Algiers no Subjects of His said Majesty shall be Bought or sold or made Slaves in any part of the Kingdom of Algiers upon any pretence whatsoever And the said King of great Britain shall not be obliged by vertue of this Treaty of Peace to redeem any of His Subjects now in Slavery or who may be made Slaves before the said Ratification But it shall depend absolutly upon His Majesty or the Friends and Relations of the saids persons in Slavery without any limitation or restriction of time to redeem such and so many of them from time to time as shall be thought fit agreeing for as reasonable a Price as may be with their Patrons or Masters for their Redemption without oblidging the saids Patrons or Masters against their wills to set any at Liberty whether they be Slaves belonging to the Beylicque or Gally or such as belong to the Bashaw Dey Governour Aga or any other persons whatsoever And all Slaves being His Majesties Subjects shall when they are redeemed enjoy the advantage and benefit of abatements of the Duty due to the Royal House and of the other Charges by paying such reasonable Sums as any Slaves of other Nations usually pay when they are Redeemed XIII That if any Subject of the said King of great Britain happen to die in Algiers or in any part of its Territories his Goods or Moneys shall not be Seized by the Governours Judges or other Officers of Algiers who shall likewise make no enquiry after the same but the saids Goods or Moneys shall be possessed or received by such person or persons whom the Deceased shall by his last Will have made his Heir or Heirs in case they be upon the place where the Testator deceased But if the Heirs be not there then the Executors of the said Will lawfully Constituted by the Deceased shall after having made an Inventory of all the Goods and Moneys left take them into their Custody without any hinderance and shall take care the same be remitted by some safe way to the true and lawfull Heirs and in case any of His said Majesties Subjects happen to die not having made any will the English Consul shall possess himself of his Goods and Moneys upon Inventory for the use of the Kindred and Heirs of the Deceased XIV That no Merchants being His Majesties Subjects and residing in or Trading to the City and Kingdom of Algiers shall be obliged to buy any Merchandizes against their wills but it shall be free for them to buy such Commodities as they shall think fit and no Captain or Commander of any Ship or Vessel belonging to His said Majesties Subjects shall be obliged against his will to Lade any Goods to carry them or make a Voyage to any Place he shall not have a mind to go to And neither the English Consul nor any other Subject of the said King shall be bound to pay the Debts of any other of His Majesties Subjects except that he or they become Sureties for the same by a publick act XV. That the Subjects of His said Majesty in Algiers or its Territories in mater of Controversie shall be liable to no other jurisdiction but that of the Dey or Duan except they happen to be at difference between themselves in which case they shall be liable to no other Determination but that of the Consul onely XVI That in case any Subject of His said Majesty being in any part of the Kingdom of Algiers happen to Strike Wound or Kill a Turk or a Moor if he be taken he is to be punished in the same manner and with no greater severity then a Turk ought to be being guilty of the same Offence But if he escape neither the said English Consul nor any other of His said Majesties Subjects shall be in an any sort questioned and troubled therefore XVII That the English Consul now or at any time hereafter living in Algiers shall be there at all times with entire Freedom and Safety of his Person and Estate and shall be permitted to choose his own Druggerman and Broker and freely to go on Board any Ships in the Road as often and when he pleases and to have the Liberty of the Countrey And that he shall be allowed a Place to Pray in and that no man shall do him any Injury in word or deed XVIII That not onely during the continuance of this Peace and Friendship but likewise if any Breach or War happen to be hereafter between the said King of great Britain and the Kingdom of Algiers the said English Consul and all others His said Majesties Subjects Inhahabiting in the Kingdom of Algiers shall always and at all times both of Peace and war have full and absolute Liberty to depart and go to their own or any other Countrey upon any Ship or Vessel of what Nation soever they shall think fit and to carry with them all their Estates Goods Families and Servants without any interruption or hinderance XIX That no Subject of His said Majesty being a Passenger and coming or going with his Baggage from or to any Port shall be any way molested or medled with although he be on Board any Ship or Vessel in Enmity with Algiers And in like manner no Algerine Passenger being on Board any Ship or Vessel in Enmity with the said King of great Britain shall be any way molested whether in his Person or in his Goods which he may have Laden on Board the said Ship or Vessel XX. That at all times when any Ship of War of the King of great Britains carrying His said Majesties Flag at the Main-Top-Mast-head shall appear before Algiers and come to an Anchor in the Road That immediatly after notice thereof given by His said Majesties Consul or Officer from the Ship unto the Dey and Governour of Algiers they shall in Honour to His Majesty cause a Salute of One and twenty Cannon to be Shot off from the Castles and Forts of the City and that the said Ship shall return an Answer by Shooting off the same Number of Cannon XXI That presently after the Signing and Sealing of these Articles by the Bashaw Dey Aga and Governours of Algiers all Injuries and Damages sustained on either part shall be quite taken away and forgotten and this Peace shall be in full force and vertue and continue forever And for all Depredations and Damages that shall be afterwards committed or done by either Side before notice can be given of this Peace full Satisfaction shall immediatly be made and whatsoever remains in kind shall be instantly restored XXII That in case it shall happen hereafter that any thing is done or committed contrary to this Treaty whether by the Subjects of the one or the other party the Treaty notwithstanding shall subsist in full force and such Contraventions shall not occasion the Breach of this Peace Friendship and good Correspondence but the Party Injured shall amicably demand immediat Satisfaction for the saids Contraventions before it be lawful to break the Peace and if the Fault was committed by any Private Subjects of either Party they alone shall be Punished as Breakers of the Peace and Disturbers of the Publick Quiet And Our Faith shall be Our Faith and Our Word Our Word Confirmed and Sealed in the presence of Almighty God the Tenth day of April in the Year of Lord Jesus Christ One thousand six hundred and eighty two And in the Year of the Hegira One thousand ninety three and the Eleventh day of the Moon Abril L.S. L.S. L.S. FINIS 11. July 1682. Imprimatur Geo. Mackeinȝie