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A79162 Articles of peace between His Most Sacred Majesty, Charles the Second, King of Great Britain, France and Ireland, &c. and the city and kingdom of Algiers, concluded by Thomas Allen Esquire, Admiral of His said Majesty of Great Britain's ships in the Mediterranean Seas, according to instructions received on that behalf from His Royal Highness the Duke of York and Albany, Earl of Ulster ... ; Being the same articles concluded by Sir John Lawson Knight, on the 23. of April, 1662. and afterwards more solemnly confirm'd on the 10. of November following, and since ratified by the Grand Signior.; Treaties, etc. Algeria, 1664 Oct. 30 England and Wales.; Allen, Thomas, Sir.; Algeria. Treaties, etc. England and Wales, 1664 Oct. 30. 1664 (1664) Wing C2908; ESTC R171204 3,942 7

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ARTICLES OF PEACE Between His Sacred MAJESTY CHARLES THE SECOND KING of Great Britain France and Ireland c. and the City and Kingdom of Algiers concluded by Thomas Allen Esquire Admiral of His said Majesty of Great Britain's Ships in the Mediterranean Seas according to Instructions received on that behalf from His Royal Highness the Duke of York and Albany Earl of Ulster Lord High Admiral of England and Ireland c. Constable of the Castle of Dover Lord Warden of the Cinque-Ports and Governour of Portsmouth c. Being the same Articles concluded by Sir John Lawson Knight on the 23. of April 1662. and afterwards more solemnly confirm'd on the 10. of November following and since ratified by the Grand Signior EDINBURGH Re-printed in the year 1664. PREFACE IT is not needfull to say much concerning the late agreement betwixt His Sacred Majesty Charles the Second King of Great Britain France and Ireland c. and the City and Kingdom of Algier the Articles whereof are in these following Papers word for word exhibited For certainly that man is very little read in the world who sees not how much this Peace imports the benefit and security of the English Commerce and no less the honour of the English Nation especially considering the start it has given us of our powerfull Neighbours who are still labouring under great trouble charge and difficulty with those people and the Accord is yet more glorious if we observe the time wherein it was made that is to say it was made at a time when the English lay patiently exposed to all the inconveniences which either the Fables or the Councils of Holland could give them menaced in the very Channel by an open Force and deserted in the Mediterranean after such a manner that we are loth to make use of a word answerable to the quality of the action the Hollanders having first invited us into a conjunct engagement with them and afterward not only quitting the place by stealth and surprize but invading at the same time our Rights in Guine And yet so it is at last that notwithstanding all these practises and disappointments we have now liv'd to see the Hollanders swallow their own resolutions by with-drawing their Shipping and contenting themselves with the blind Passage of the North rather then adventuring to give his Royal Highness the Lord High Admiral of England the un-mannerly provocation of pressing through the Channel And we ha●● likewise liv'd to injoy the Fruits of that Peace which others have in vain attempted and not only so but to fee our selves acquitted of the guilt of the 〈◊〉 by a solemn Declaration of the Government it self of Algier and the breath charg'd upon the tumults and disorders of their own Subjects they themselves not sticking publickly to avow that an agreement with England was to them so necessary that they were not able to maintain an entercourse and correspondence without it This being the sum and state of that Affair gives sufficiently to understand how great a care His Majesty hath of the reputation and welfare of His people and of the true interest of the English Crown and Nation And it is our further happiness that the Orders and Directions of so wise and gracious a Prince are committed into the hands of suitable Officers and Ministers as hath been manifested throughout the whole course and conduct of this Transaction Articles of Peace between His Sacred Majesty CHARLES the II. King of Great Britain France and Ireland c. and the City and Kingdom of Algiers concluded by Thomas Allen Esquire Admiral of His said Majesty of Great Britain's Ships in the Mediterranean Seas c. I. THat from this day and for ever forward there be a good and firm Peace between His Sacred Majesty the King of Great Britain c. and the Bassa Duan and Governours of Algiers and the Dominions thereunto belonging And the Ships Subjects and People on either party shall not do or offer any Offence or Injury to each other but treat one another with all possible respect and friendship And any Ships belonging to the King of Great Britain c. Or any of His Majesties Subjects may freely come to the Port of Algiers and buy and sell as in former times And also unto any other Port that belongs to the Government of Algiers paying the Custome of 10 per Cent. as in former times And no man within the Jurisdiction of Algiers shall give the Subjects of His said Majesty a bad word or a bad deed or a bad action II. That all Ships as well those belonging to His Sacred Majesty the King of Great Britain c. and any of His Majesties Subjects as those belonging to Algiers shall freely pass the Seas and Traffique without any search hinderance or molestation whatsoever III. That all Subjects of the King of Great Britain c now Slaves in Algiers or any of the Territories thereof be set at liberty and delivered upon paying the price they were first sold for in the Market And for the time to come no Subjects of His Majesties be bought or sold or made Slaves of in Algiers or its Territories IV. That if any Ship of Tunis Tripoly or Sally or any other do bring any Ship Men or Goods belonging to any of the Subjects of His Majesty the King of Great Britain c. into Algiers or any of the Ports thereunto belonging the Governours there shall not permit them to be sold within the said Territories V. That any Merchant of the Subjects of the King of Great Britain c. dying in Algiers or its Territories his Goods or Money shall not be seized by the Bassa Aga or any other Minister but remain with the English Consul VI. That the English Consul that lives in Algiers be allowed a place to pray in and no man to do him or any of his said Majesties Subjects any wrong or injury in word or deed whatsoever VII That in case any of His said Majesties Subjects should happen to strike a Turk or a Moor if he be taken let him be pun●shed but if he escape nothing shall be said to the English Consul or any other of His said Majesties Subjects upon that account VIII That if any Ships of War of His said Majesties shall come into Algiers or other the Ports of that Government with any Prize they may sell and dispose of it at their own pleasure without being molested by any and that they be not oblieg'd to pay Customes in any sort And if the said Ships of War shall want Provision Victuals or any other things they may freely buy it at the rate in the Market IX That any Ships belonging to the Subjects of His Majesty the King of Great Britain c. coming into Algiers or any of the Ports in its Territories shall for such Goods as they sell pay the dues according to Custome and the Goods they sell not they shall freely carry on board without paying duties for the