open War and much less by virtue of those Letters to molest or damnifie the Subjects of either Party Neither shall it be lawful for any Foreign Private Men of War who are not Subjects to one nor the other Party having Commissions from any other Prince or State to Equip their Ships in the Harbours of either of the aforesaid Parties or to sell or ransom their Prizes or any other way to Truck as well the Ships and Goods as any other Lading whatsoever And it shall not be lawful for them to buy any Victual but what shall be necessary to bring them to the next Port of that Prince from whom they obtained their said Commissions Concerning other Privateers and their Prizes And if perchance any of the Subjects of the said King of Great Britain or of the said States General shall buy or get to themselves by Truck or any other way such Ship or Goods which have been taken by the Subjects of one or the other Party in such case the said Subject shall be bound to restore the said Ship or Goods to the Proprietors without any delay and without any Compensation or Reimbursement of Money paid or promised for the same Provided that they make it appear before the Council of the said King of Great Britain or before the said States General that they are the right Owners or Proprietors of them XXII That in case the said King of Great Britain Notice to be given of any Treaty with any other Prince or the said States General do make any Treaty of Amity or Alliance with any other Kings Republicks Princes or States they shall therein comprehend each other and their Dominions if they desire to be therein comprehended and shall give to the other notice of all such Treaties or Friendship and Alliance XXIII That in case it happen during this Friendship If any thing be done in Contravention to this Treaty by any of the Subjects of either Party he or they shall be punished Confederacy and Alliance any thing shall be done or attempted by any of the Subjects or Inhabitants of either Party against this Treaty or any part thereof by Land Sea or Fresh-waters That nevertheless this Amity and Alliance between the said Nations shall not thereby be broken or interrupted but shall remain and continue in its full force and that onely those particular persons shall be punished who have committed any thing against this Treaty and none else and that Justice shall be rendred and Satisfaction given to all persons concerned by all such who have committed any thing contrary to this Treaty by Land or Sea or other Waters in any part of Europe or any Places within the Straits or in America or upon the Coasts of Africa or in any Lands Islands Seas Creeks Bays Rivers or in any Places on this side the Cape of Good Hope within Twelve Months space after Justice shall be demanded And in all Places whatsoever on the other side the Cape as hath been abovesaid within Eighteen Months next ensuing after demand of Justice shall be made in manner aforesaid But in case the Offenders against this Treaty do not appear and submit themselves to Judgment and give Satisfaction within the respective Times above expressed proportionable to the distance of the Places they shall be declared Enemies of both Parties and their Estates Goods and Revenues whatsoever shall be Confiscated for due and full Satisfaction of the Injuries and Wrongs by them offered and their Persons also when they come within the Dominions of either Party shall be liable unto such Punishments as every one shall deserve for his respective Offences XXIV That the Subjects of the said King of Great Britain and those which are under His Jurisdiction The Subjects of either Party to Travel freely in each others Territories in Europe may freely and securely Travel in all the Provinces of the Low-Countries and all their Dominions in Europe and through them by Sea or Land pass to other Places there or beyond them and through all Quarters of the United Provinces Cities Forts or Garrisons whatsoever which are in any Parts of the United Provinces or elsewhere in their Dominions in Europe as well they themselves exercising Trade in all those Places as their Agents Factors and Servants may go Armed or Unarmed but if Armed not above Fourty in a Company as well without their Goods and Merchandises as with them wheresoever they please The People also and Inhabitants of the United Provinces shall enjoy the same liberty and freedom in all the Dominions of the said King in Europe Provided that they and every of them do in their Trade and Merchandising yield Obedience to the Laws and Statutes of either Nation respectively XXV That in case the Merchant-Ships of the Subjects of either Nation shall by Storm Pirates Freedom of Ports or any other Necessity whatsoever be driven into any Haven of either Dominion they may depart securely and at their pleasure with their Ships and Goods without paying any Customs or other Duties Provided they break no Bulk nor sell any thing nor shall they be subject to any Molestation or Search provided they do not receive on Board any Persons or Goods nor do any thing else contrary to the Laws Ordinances or Customs of the Places where they as aforesaid shall happen to arrive XXVI That the Merchants Seamen c. nor to be Pressed Masters and Seamen of either Party their Ships Goods Wares or Merchandises shall not be Arrested or Seised in the Lands Havens Roads or Rivers of the other to Serve at War or any other use by virtue of any general or special Command unless upon an extraordinary Necessity and that just Satisfaction be given for the same but so as the same shall not derogate from the Seisures and Arrests duely made in the ordinary Courts of Justice of either Nation XXVII That the Merchants on both Sides Seamen c. to carry Arms. their Factors and Servants and also the Masters and other Seamen as well going as returning by Sea and other Waters as also in the Havens of either Party or going on Shore may carry and use for the defence of themselves and Goods all sorts of Weapons as well Offensive as Defensive but being come into their Lodgings or Inns they shall there lay by and leave their Arms until they be going on Board again XXVIII That the Men of War To Convoy each other or Convoys of either Nation meeting or overtaking at Sea any Merchants Ship or Ships belonging to the Subjects or Inhabitants of the other holding the same Course or going the same Way shall be bound as long as they keep one Course together to protect and defend them against all and every one who would set upon them XXIX That if any Ship or Ships of the Subjects or Inhabitants of either Nation or of a Neuter About Ships taken in either Parties Harbours be taken by a third Party in
Form of the Certificate Consuls and Senators of the City of _____ do Attest and Certifie That on the _____ day of _____ in the Year _____ Personally before Us came and appeared _____ Citizen and Inhabitant of the City or Town of _____ and under the Oath wherein he stands bound to our Sovereign Lord the King did declare unto Us That the Ship or Vessel called _____ of the Burthen of _____ Tuns doth belong to the Port City or Town of _____ in the Province of _____ And that the said Ship doth justly belong only to him and others Subjects of Our said Sovereign Lord and now bound directly from the Port of _____ Laden with Goods mentioned in a Schedule received from the Officers of the Customs and that he hath affirmed under the Oath aforesaid that the forementioned Vessel with her Goods and Merchandise doth only belong to Subjects of his Majesty and doth carry no Goods prohibited which belong to either of the Parties now in War In Testimony whereof We have caused this Certificate to be Subscribed by the Syndic of Our City and Sealed with Our Seal Given c. When therefore the Merchandise Goods Ships or Men of either of the Confederates and their Subjects and People shall meet in open Sea Straights Ports Havens Lands and Places whatsoever the Ships of War whether publick or private or the Men Subjects and People of the other Confederate Upon exhibiting only the foresaid Letters of Safe-Conduct and Certificate Ships not to be Searched upon producing their Certificates there shall be nothing more required of them nor shall Search be made after the Goods Ships or Men nor shall they be any other ways whatsoever molested or troubled but suffered with all freedom to pursue their intended Voyage But if this solemn and set Form of Passport and Certificate be not exhibited or that there be any other just and urgent cause of suspicion Then shall the Ship be Searched which is nevertheless in this case only understood to be permitted and not otherwise If by either Party any thing shall be committed contrary to the true meaning of this Article against either of the Confederates each of the said Confederates shall cause his Subjects and People offending to be severely punished and full and entire Satisfaction to be forthwith given and without delay to the Party injured and his Subjects and People for their whole Loss and Expences XXI It is also Concluded and Agreed English Ships passing by Gluckstad and other Places upon the Elbe to be free from all Customs and Search That all Ships of Subjects and People of the King of Great Britain together with their Lading and Merchandise passing by the Port of Gluckstad or other Places and Towns under the Dominion of the King of Denmark situate upon the Elbe Stream both going and returning shall be free and exempt from all Custom Impost Search Seisure and Molestation except only the case of Search in the time of War when the King of Denmark hath War with any other King or State XXII If the Subjects of either Prince be hurt or injured in the Territories of the other Any Injury done to either Parties Subjects in the others Territories to be punished according to the Laws of the Country Then the King of that place where the Injury is done shall take care that speedy Justice be administred according to the Laws and Customs of the Country And that the Persons guilty be duly punished with Satisfaction to be made to the Party wronged XXIII It is also Agreed No Ships or Goods Laden on Ships belonging to either Party to be adjudged Prize but by due form of Law That no Ships whatsoever Vessels or Merchandise Laden on Ships of whatsoever nature kind or quality howsoever taken belonging to any the Subjects of either of the aforesaid Kings under any colour or pretence whatsoever be adjudged Prize unless by a Judicial Examination and Process in form of Law in a Court of Admiralty for Prizes taken at Sea in that behalf lawfully Constituted XXIV Both Parties shall cause Justice and Equity to be Administred to the Subjects and People of each other Justice to be Administred according to the Laws of each Country respectively according to the Laws and Statutes of either Country speedily and without long and unnecessary Formalities of Law and Expences in all Causes and Controversies as well now depending as which may hereafter arise XXV If the Ships of either of the Confederates In case of Shipwrack the Goods to be preserved for the Owners and their Subjects and People whether they be Merchant-Men or Men of War shall happen to run on Ground or fall upon Rocks or be forced to lighten themselves or shall otherwise suffer Shipwrack which God forbid upon the Coasts of either King the foresaid Ships with their Tackle Goods and Merchandise or whatsoever shall be remaining of them shall be restored to their Owners and Proprietors Provided they or their Agents and Proctors do claim the said Ships and Goods within the space of a year and a day after such Shipwrack suffered saving always the Rights and Customs of both Nations The Subjects also and Inhabitants dwelling upon the said Coasts and Shores shall be obliged to come in to their help in case of danger and as much as in them lies to give their assistance And shall do their utmost endeavour either for the freeing of the Ship or saving the Goods Merchandise and Apparel of the said Ship and what else of the same they shall be able and for the conveying the same into some safe place in order to be restored to the Owners they paying Salvage and giving such Recompence to the persons by whose assistance and diligence the said Merchandise and Goods shall have been recovered and preserved as they shall deserve And finally both Parties in case of such misfortune shall see observed on their Side what they would desire to have observed and done on the other Side XXVI The Commanders of Ships or Governors Ships Commanders of Ships Goods c. not to be Arrested but for the defence of the Kingdom and except in cases of Debt Souldiers Mariners and Company belonging to the same As also the Ships themselves and the Goods and Merchandise on Board them shall not be detained by any Arrest or Seisure upon any Warrant either General or Special or for any cause unless for the defence and preservation of the Kingdom Which yet shall not be understood to be meant of Arrests layed by Authority of Law for Debt contracted upon any other lawful occasion whatsoever in which case it shall be lawful to proceed according to the Rules of Justice and Law XXVII It shall be free for the Merchants of both Kingdoms their Factors and Servants and also the Masters and Mariners of Ships upon the Sea Merchants Mariners c. to have the liberty of wearing or carrying Arms. and in other Waters as likewise
to their choice and consented to by the ordinary Judges as often as there shall be occasion and they shall not be constrained to shew their Books and Papers of Accompt to any Person if it be not to give Evidence for the avoiding Law-Suits and Controversies neither shall they be Embarqued Detained or taken out of their hands upon any pretence whatsoever And it shall be permitted to the People and Subjects of either King in the respective Places where they shall reside to keep their Books of Accompt Books of Accompt not subject to any Inquisition Traffick and Correspondence in what Language they please in English Spanish Dutch or any other the which shall not be molested or subject to any Inquisition And whatsoever else hath been granted by either Party concerning this Particular to any other Nation shall be understood likewise to be granted here XXXII That in case the Estate of any person or persons shall be Sequestred or Seised on by any Court of Justice or Tribunal whatsoever About Confiscation of Estates within the Kingdoms and Dominions of either Party and any Estate or Debt happen to lie in the hands of the Delinquents belonging bona fide to the People and Subjects of the other the said Estate or Debts shall not be Confiscated by any of the said Tribunals but shall be restored to the true Owners in specie if they yet remain and if not the value of them according to the Contract and agreement which was made between the Parties shall be restored within three Months after the said Sequestration XXXIII That the Goods and Estates of the People and Subjects of the one King Estates of those that die to be kept for the Heirs that shall die in the Countries Lands and Dominions of the other shall be preserved for the lawful Heirs and Successors of the Deceased the Right of any Third person always reserved XXXIV That the Goods and Estates of the Subjects of the King of Great Britain Concerning the Estates of those that die Intestate that shall die without making a Will in the Dominions of the King of Spain shall be put into Inventory with their Papers Writings and Books of Accompt by the Consul or other publick Minister of the King of Great Britain and deposited in the hands of two or three Merchants that shall be named by the said Consul or publick Minister to be kept for the Proprietors and Creditors and neither the Cruzada nor any other Judicatory whatsoever shall intermeddle therein which also in the like case shall be observed in England towards the Subjects of the King of Spain XXXV That a decent and convenient Burial-place shall be granted and appointed to bury the Bodies of the Subjects of the King of Great Britain The English to have a Burial-place for their Dead who shall die within the Dominions of the King of Spain XXXVI If it shall happen hereafter that any Difference fall out which God forbid between the King of Great Britain and the King of Spain whereby the mutual Commerce and good Correspondence may be endangered the respective Subjects and People of each Party shall have notice thereof given them in time that is to say the space of Six months to Transport their Merchandise and Effects without giving them in that time any molestation or trouble or Retaining or Embarquing their Goods or Persons XXXVII All Goods and Rights concealed or Embarqued In case of any Difference between the Crowns Six months notice to be given Moveables Immoveables Rents Deeds Debts Credits and the like which have not with a formal notice of the cause and by a legal Condemnation according to the Ordinary Justice been brought into the Royal Exchequer at the time of concluding this Treaty shall remain at the full and free disposal of the Proprietors their Heirs or of those who shall have their Right with all the Fruits Rents and Emoluments thereof and neither those who have concealed the said Goods nor their Heirs shall be molested for this cause by the Exchequers respectively but the Proprietors their Heirs or those who shall have their Right shall have for the said Goods and Rights their Action at Law as for their own proper Goods and Estate XXXVIII It is Agreed and Concluded English to have all Priviledges granted or to be granted to any other Stranger and reciprocally the Spanish to enjoy the like That the People and Subjects of the King of Great Britain and of the King of Spain shall have and enjoy in the respective Lands Seas Ports Havens Roads and Territories of the one or the other and in all Places whatsoever the same Priviledges Securities Liberties and Immunities whether they concern their Persons or Trade with all the beneficial Clauses and Circumstances which have been granted or shall be hereafter granted by either of the said Kings to the Most Christian King the States General of the United Provinces the Hans-Towns or any other Kingdom or State whatsoever in as full ample and beneficial manner as if the same were particularly mentioned and inserted in this Treaty XXXIX In case any Difference or Dispute shall happen on either side concerning these Articles of Trade and Commerce How to proceed in case any Dispute happen about these Articles by either the Officers of the Admiralty or other Person whatsoever in the one or the other Kingdom The Complaint being presented by the Party concerned to their Majesties or to any of their Council their said Majesties shall cause the Damages forthwith to be repaired and all things as they are above Agreed to be duly executed And in case that in progress of time any Frauds or Inconveniencies be discovered in the Navigation and Commerce between both Kingdoms against which sufficient Prevention hath not been made in these Articles other Provisions may be hereafter mutually Agreed on as shall be judged convenient the present Treaty remaining still in full force and vigour XL. It is likewise Accorded and Concluded That the Most Serene and Renowned Kings of Great Britain and Spain shall sincerely and faithfully observe and keep and procure to be observed and kept by their Subjects and Inhabitants respectively all and singular the Capitulations in this present Treaty Agreed and Concluded Neither shall they directly or indirectly infringe the same or consent that the same shall be infringed by any of their Subjects or Inhabitants About the Ratifications And they shall Ratifie and Confirm all and singular the Conventions before Accorded by Letters Patents reciprocally in sufficient full and effectual Form and the same so formed and made shall interchangeably deliver or cause to be delivered faithfully and really within Four months after the Date of these Presents and they shall then as soon as conveniently may be cause this present Treaty of Peace and Amity to be published in all Places and in the manner accustomed Dated at Madrid the 13 23 day of May in the Year of our Lord 1667.
the Harbours of either not being of the Subjects or Inhabitants of either Nation they in or out of whose Haven or Jurisdiction the said Ships shall be taken shall be bound to endeavour with the other Party that the said Ship or Ships be pursued brought back and restored to the Owners but all this shall be done at the Charges of the Owners or whom it concerns XXX That Searchers and other like Officers on both Sides shall regulate themselves according to the Laws of either Nation Searchers c. to regulate themselves according to the Laws of the Country and shall not impose or demand more then they are allowed by their Commissions and Instructions XXXI That if any Injury be done or practised by either Nation or the Subjects or Inhabitants of the same against the Subjects or Inhabitants of the other or against any of the Articles of this present Treaty or against common Right No Letters of Marque to be granted but upon denial of Justice yet nevertheless no Letters of Reprisal Marque or Counter-marque shall be granted by either Side till Justice hath been first demanded according to the ordinary course of Law but in case Justice be there denied or delayed then that the said King of Great Britain and the said States General or Commissioners of that Nation whose Subjects and Inhabitants have suffered the Wrong shall publickly require Justice from that other Party where as abovesaid it was denied or delayed or from that Power appointed to hear and decide such Differences that there may be a friendly Composure or due Process of Law But if still there happen more delays and neither Justice be administred nor Satisfaction given within Three months after such Demand that then Letters of Reprisal Marque or Counter-marque may be granted XXXII It is also Agreed In case of a future War Six Months to be allowed for Ships c. to go away If at any time it happen which God of his mercy forbid that the Differences now Composed between His said Majesty and the said States General should fester and break out again into open War that then those Ships Merchandise or any kind of Moveables of either Party which shall be found to be and remain in the Ports and under the Command of the adverse Party on either Side shall not for all that be Confiscated or made obnoxious to any Inconvenience but the space of Six Months shall entirely be allowed to the Subjects and Inhabitants of either Party that they may have leisure to Transport from thence the forementioned things and any thing else that is theirs whither they shall think fit without any kind of Molestation XXXIII That they who have obtained private Commissions from either Party Privateers to give Caution before they receive such Commissions shall give good and sufficient Caution before the Judge of the Court where they receive such Commissions by responsible Men who have no part or share in such Ships that they shall do no Damage or Injury to the Subjects or Inhabitants of either Side XXXIV It is also Agreed and Concluded Each Party to to have free access to the others Ports That the Subjects and Inhabitants of either Party shall always have free access to each others Sea-Ports there to remain and from thence to depart with the same freedom and not onely with their Merchant-Ships and Lading but also with their Men of War whether they belong to the said King or States General or unto such as have obtained private Commissions whether they arrive through violence of Tempest or other Casualty of the Seas or to mend their Ships or to buy Provision so they exceed not the number of Eight Men of War when they come there voluntarily nor shall remain or abide longer in the Havens or Places adjacent then they shall have a just cause to repair their said Ships or to buy Victuals or other Necessaries Concerning Men of War coming to any Port. And if a greater number of Men of War should upon occasion desire to come unto such Ports they shall in no case enter thereinto until they have first obtained leave from those to whom the said Havens do appertain unless they be forced so to do by Storm or some force or necessity whereby they may avoid the danger of the Sea In which case also they shall presently make known the cause of their coming unto the Governor or chief Magistrate of the Place and shall stay no longer then the said Govenor or chief Magistrate shall permit them and shall not do any Acts of Hostility or other Prejudice in the aforesaid Havens during their abode there XXXV Furthermore it is Agreed and Concluded This Treaty to be observed That both Parties shall truly and firmly observe and execute this present Treaty and all and every the Matters contained therein and effectually cause the same to be observed and performed by the Subjects and Inhabitants of either Nation XXXVI Also for further caution and assurance that this Treaty and Confederacy shall be duly and bona fide observed on the part of the said States General of the United Provinces and their People It is Concluded and Agreed as also the said States General by these Presents do agree and firmly obblige and bind themselves Stateholder of Holland to Confirm this Treaty That all and every one whom they or the States of the Provinces shall at any time choose appoint or make Captain-General Governor or chief President or Stateholder General of Armies or Military Forces by Land or Admiral or General of the Fleets Ships or Forces at Sea shall be bound and obliged by Oath to Confirm this Treaty and all the Articles thereof and promise sacredly upon Oath That they shall as far as it is possible religiously observe and execute the same and as much as concerns them cause the same to be observed and executed by others XXXVII Under this present Treaty of Peace those shall be comprehended Who to be comprehended in this Treaty 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 as the Covenanting Parties do thankfully acknowledge the Friendly Offices and unwearied Endeavours whereby the Most Serene King of Sweden interposing his Mediation hath through the Assistance of God promoted and carried on this beneficial Work of Pacification unto the desired Conclusion So to testifie their like Affection It is Decreed and Covenanted by the common Consent of all the Parties That his above-mentioned Majesty of Sweden with all his Kingdoms Dominions Provinces and Rights be included in this Treaty and comprehended in the present Pacification after the best and most effectual manner that may be XXXVIII It is also Covenanted Concluded and Agreed About the Ratifications That the present Treaty and all and every thing and things therein contained and concluded shall be Confirmed and Ratified by the said King of
the King of Denmark and all other his Subjects whatsoever be straitly under the same Penalties charged and required that they do not molest or injure the said Subjects of the King of Great Britain Provided nevertheless that all the foresaid Actions be Examined and Adjudged by due and legal proceeding in the Court of Admiralty of both Kings Or if it shall rather seem meet to either of the Parties being a Stranger in the Place where the Controversie is to be Decided they shall be Examined before certain Commissioners which both Kings so soon as they shall be desired shall appoint to that end that so Proceedings by this means may be not only carried on without great Expences but also ended within Three months at farthest XXXVI Both Kings shall take care Sentence concerning Prizes to be given according to Justice That Judgment and Sentence in things taken at Sea be given according to the Rules of Justice and Equity by Persons not suspected or interested and being once given by such Judges as aforesaid they shall straitly charge and require their Officers and whom it shall concern to see the same put in due Execution according to the form and tenor thereof XXXVII If the Ambassadors of either King Upon complaint of any Sentence a Review to be made or any other Publick Ministers residing with the other King shall happen to make complaint of any such Sentence that King to whom complaint shall be made shall cause the said Judgment and Sentence to be Re-heard and Examined in his Council That it may appear whether all things requisite and necessary have been performed according to the Rules of this Treaty and with due caution If the contrary shall happen it shall be redressed which is to be done at the farthest within Three months time Neither shall it be lawful either before the giving of the first Sentence No Goods to be sold before Sentence but by consent or to prevent perishing or afterwards during the time of Re-hearing to unlade or sell and make away the Goods in Controversie unless it happen to be done by consent of Parties and to prevent the perishing of the said Goods and Merchandise XXXVIII The said Kings shall have in each others Court their Ministers and in certain Ports their Consuls Consuls to be appointed for the better and more easie communicating and proposing such things as they shall think advantageous to the publick Interest or private Concerns of any particular person XXXIX No private Injury shall in any wise letten this Treaty No private Injury to break this Treaty nor shall raise any Discord or Hatred between the foresaid Nations but every Man shall answer for his own Doings and shall be responsible therefore Nor Reprizals to be granted but upon denial or delay of Justice Nor shall one Man suffer for that which another has offended in by having recourse to Reprisals or such like rigorous Proceedings unless Justice be denied or delayed longer then is fitting In which case it shall be lawful for that King whose Subject has received the Injury to proceed according to the Rules and Prescriptions of the Law of Nations until Reparation be made to the Party injured Provided notwithstanding that he have first in due manner advertised the other King thereof XL. Also it is Agreed English to enjoy all Priviledges enjoyed by any Strangers in Denmark the Swedes only excepted That if the Hollander or any other Nation whatsoever the Swedish Nation only excepted hath already or shall hereafter obtain any better Articles Agreements Exemptions or Priviledges then what are contained in this Treaty from the King of Denmark that the same and like Priviledges shall be likewise granted to the King of Great Britain and his Subjects effectually and fully to all intents and purposes And on the other side if the Hollander or any other Nation whatsoever hath or shall obtain from his Majesty of Great Britain any better Articles Agreements Exemptions or Priviledges then what are contained in this Treaty that the same and like Priviledges shall be granted to the King of Denmark and his Subjects also in most full and effectual manner XLI It is also Concluded Former Treaties not contrary to this Confirmed That former Treaties and Leagues at any time heretofore made between the foresaid Confederates or their Predecessors Kings as well for the Kingdoms of Great Britain c. as for the Hereditary Kingdoms of Denmark and Norway c. respectively be not in the least reputed or taken to be broken and Abolished by any Agreement Covenants or Articles in the present Treaty contained But that the same remain in full force effect and virtue so far as they are not contrary or repugnant to the present Treaty or any Article therein contained XLII Finally it is Covenanted Concluded and Agreed That the foresaid Kings shall sincerely and bona fide observe all and singular the Articles contained and set down in this Treaty and shall cause them to be observed by their Subjects and People Nor shall transgress the same directly or indirectly or suffer the same to be transgressed by their Subjects or People Ratifications to be Exchanged within Three months and shall Ratifie and Confirm all and singular the Premisses as before Agreed by Letters Patents Subscribed with their Hands and Sealed with their Great Seals in good sufficient and effectual Form and shall deliver the same reciprocally within Three months after the Date of these Presents or cause them to be delivered in good faith and reality and with effect Given at Copenhagen the 12th day of July 1670. Articles of Peace between the Most Serene and Mighty Prince Charles the Second by the Grace of God King of Great Britain France and Ireland Defender of the Faith c. and the Most Excellent Signors Mahomet Bashaw the Duan of the Noble City of Tunis Hagge Mustapha Dei Morat Bei and the rest of the Souldiers in the Kingdom of Tunis Concluded by Sir John Lawson Knight the Fifth of October 1662. Renewed and Confirmed the Fourth of February 1674 5. Artic. I. THat all former Agrievances and Losses An Amnesty and Freedom of Trade and other Pretences between both Parties shall be void and of none effect and from henceforward a firm Peace for ever free Trade and Commerce shall be and continue between the Subjects of his Sacred Majesty the King of Great Britain c. and the People of the Kingdom of Tunis and the Dominions thereunto belonging II. That the Ships on either Part shall have free liberty to enter into any Port or River belonging to the Dominions of either Party Freedom of Ports To pay no Duties but for what is vented paying Duties only for what they shall sell Transporting the rest without any trouble or molestation and freely enjoy any other Priviledges accustomed And the late Exaction that hath been upon the Lading and Unlading of Goods at Goletta and the Marine