therein contained and concluded shall be Confirmed and Ratified by the said King of Great Britain and the said States General of the United Provinces by Letters Patents of both Parties Sealed with their Great Seal in due and authentick Form within Four Weeks next ensuing or sooner if it may be and mutual Instruments shall be Exchanged at Breda within the foresaid time and the same shall be Published after the Delivery and Exchange thereof in the usual Form and Place Done at Breda the 21 31 day of July 1667. A Form of the Passports and Certificates that ought to be given in the Admiralty of France to the Ships and Barques that go out thence according to the Article of the present Treaty CAEsar Duke of Vendome Peer and Great Master Chief and Superintendant General of the Navigation and Commerce of France To all who shall see these Presents Greeting We do make known That we have granted leave and permission to _____ Master and Conductor of a Ship called _____ of the City of _____ of the Burthen of _____ Tuns or thereabouts being at present in the Port and Haven of _____ to go to _____ Laden with _____ after Search shall have been made of his Ship and he before his Departure shall make Oath before the Officers that Exercise the Jurisdiction of Maritime Causes That the said Vessel doth belong to one or more of his Majesties Subjects an Act whereof shall be put at the bottom of the Presents as also to keep and cause to be kept by those Aboard him the Orders and Rules of the Marine and shall put into the Registry the Roll Signed and Certified containing the Names and Surnames the Nativity and Habitation of the Men that are Aboard him and of all that shall Imbarque themselves whom he may not take on Board without the knowledge and permission of the Marine Officers and in every Port or Haven where he shall enter with his Ship shall make appear to the Officers and Marine Judges concerning the present Licence and shall make them faithful relation of what hath been done and hath passed during his Voyage and shall carry the Flags Arms and Colours both the Kings and Ours throughout his whole Voyage In witness whereof We have Signed these Presents and caused the Seal of Our Arms to be put thereunto and the same to be Countersigned by Our Secretary of the Marine the _____ day of _____ One thousand six hundred _____ Signed Caesar of Vendome And underneath By my Lord Matharel and Sealed with the Seal of the Arms of the said Lord Admiral A Form of the Act containing the Oath WE _____ of the Admiralty of _____ do certifie That _____ Master of the Ship named in the Passport above hath taken the Oath therein mentioned Made at _____ the day of _____ One thousand six hundred c. Another Form of the Certificates that ought to be given by the Cities and Sea-Ports of the Vnited Provinces to the Ships and Barques that go from thence according to the Article abovesaid TO the Most Serene Most Illustrious Illustrious Most Mighty Most Noble Honourable and Prudent Lords Emperors Kings commonwealths Princes Dukes Comties Barons Lords Burgomasters Sheriffs Counsellors Judges Officers Justices and Regents of all good Cities and Places as well Ecclesiastical as Secular who shall see or read these Presents We Burgomasters and Governors of the City of _____ do make known That _____ Ship-Master appearing before Us hath declared by solemn Oath that the Ship called _____ containing about _____ Lasts of which he is at present the Master belongeth to Inhabitants of the United Provinces So help him God And as we would willingly see the said Ship-Master assisted in his just Affairs We do request you all in general and particular that where the abovesaid Master shall arrive with his Ship and Goods it may please them to receive him courteously and use him in due manner suffering him upon the usual Rights of Tolls and other Charges in through and nigh your Ports Rivers and Territories permitting him to Sail Pass Frequent and Trade there where he shall think fit Which we shall willingly acknowledge In witness whereof We have caused the Seal of Our City to be thereunto put Articles touching Navigation and Commerce between the Most Serene and Mighty Prince Charles the Second by the Grace of God King of England Scotland France and Ireland Defender of the Faith c. and the High and Mighty Lords the States General of the United Netherlands Concluded at the Hague the 7 17 Febr. 1667 8. WHEREAS Preface by the Blessing of Almighty God for the mutual Safety of the two Parties as well as the common Good of Christendom a Perpetual Defensive Treaty was Concluded and Signed on the 23. day of January last past between the Most Serene and Most Potent Prince Charles the Second and the High and Mighty Lords the States General of the United Netherlands with Stipulation of considerable Succours to be mutually given by the Parties as well by Sea as Land And whereas the said King and States did on the same Day and by another Instrument readily Enter into a Solemn Treaty and Agreement for Composing the Affairs of their Neighbours and restoring Peace to Christendom so as nothing seems now remaining that can at any time hereafter interrupt a Friendship and Alliance renewed with so equal Desires unless such Controversies as may otherwise hereafter happen to arise about determining the different sorts and natures of Merchandise which being left dubious and uncertain would give occasion to the further growth of such Differences And therefore that it may appear with what Sincerity and good Faith the said King and the said States desire to Preserve and Entertain not onely for the Present but to all Posterity the Amity they lately Contracted between them they have at last for the taking away all Grounds not onely of Differences and Misunderstandings but even of Questions and Disputes and so utterly to cut off the Hope and Expectation of those whoever they are that may think it their Interest by new Controversies to endeavour the disturbance or interruption of the said Peace mutually Agreed on these following Articles which are to be on both Sides and for ever observed as the Measure and Rule of such Maritime Affairs and mutual Settlement of Trade or at lest so long till by the joynt Consent of both Parties Commissioners be appointed and do meet in order to the framing a more full and ample Treaty concerning this Matter and the Laws and Rules of Commerce and Navigation as by farther Experience shall be found most advantageous to the common Good of both Parties I. ALL the Subjects and Inhabitants of Great Britain may with all safety and freedom English to Trade freely with any Country in Peace or Neutrality with them Sail and Traffick in all the Kingdoms Countries and Estates which are or shall be in Peace Amity or Neutrality with Great Britain without being
into the Registry a List Signed and Certified containing the Names and Surnames the Nativity and Habitation of the Men that are Aboard him and of all that shall Imbarque themselves whom he may not take on Board without the knowledge and permission of the Marine Officers and in every Port or Haven where he shall enter with his Ship shall shew the Officers and Marine Judges this his present Licence and having finished his Voyage shall make faithful relation of what hath been done and hath passed during all the time of his said Voyage and shall carry the Flags Arms and Colours of his Majesty throughout his whole Voyage In witness whereof We have Signed these Presents and caused the Seal of Our Arms to be put thereunto and the same to be Countersigned by Our Secretary of the Marine the _____ day of _____ One thousand six hundred _____ Signed And underneath By _____ and Sealed with the Seal of the Arms of the said High Admiral A Form of the Act containing the Oath to be taken by the Master or Captain of the Ship WE _____ of the Admiralty of _____ do certifie That _____ Master of the Ship named in the Passport above hath taken the Oath therein mentioned Given at _____ the day of _____ One thousand six hundred c. In testimony whereof we have hereunto set our Hands The Form of the Certificates that ought to be given by the Burgomasters of the Cities and Sea-Ports of the United Provinces to the Ships and Vessels that go from thence according to the Eighth Article abovesaid TO the Most Serene Most Illustrious Most Mighty Most Noble Honourable and Prudent Lords Emperors Kings Commonwealths Princes Dukes Comtes Barons Lords Burgomasters Sheriffs Counsellors Judges Officers Justices and Regents of all Cities and Places as well Ecclesiastical as Secular who shall see or read these Presents We Burgomastersand Governors of the City of _____ do certifie That _____ Ship-Master appearing before Us hath declared by solemn Oath that the Ship called _____ containing about _____ Lasts of which he is at present the Master belongeth to Inhabitants of the Vnited Provinces So help him God And as we would willingly see the said Ship-Master assisted in his just Affairs We do request you and every of you where the abovesaid Master shall arrive with his Ship and Goods that you will please to receive him courteously and use him kindly admitting him upon paying the usual Dues Tolls and other Customs to enter into remain in and pass from your Ports Rivers and Territories and there to Trade Deal and Negotiate in any Part or Place in such sort and manner as he shall desire Which we shall most readily acknowledge in the like occasion In witness whereof We have caused the Seal of Our City to be thereunto put In Witness and Confirmation of all and every part whereof We the Commissioners of His said Majesty the King of Great Britain and of the said Lords the States General having sufficient Power given us thereunto have Signed these Tables and Sealed them with our Seals At the Hague in Holland the 17. of Febr. in the Year One thousand six hundred sixty eight De Gellicum B. d' Asperen John de Witt Van Crommon G. Hoolck V. Vnckell Jan. Van Isselmuden L. T. Van Starckenborck A Treaty of Friendship and Commerce between His Majesty of Great Britain c. and the Most Serene Prince the Duke of Savoy Concluded at Florence the 19th day of September 1669. The Instrument of Commerce with the Duke of SAVOY THe convenient Situation of the Port of Villa Franca in the Mediterranean Sea and the Capacity of the same together with the Security of it in all respects have been efficacious Motives to His Most Serene Highness the Duke of Savoy for the Exhibiting and Pronouncing the same Free to the whole World with a Belief that it might in time prove advantageous to the Publick and to His Royal Highness in particular But it so falling out that the vigour of things which are established by the best Counsel in process of time are rendred languid and subject to mutation It has therefore pleased His Royal Highness not only to reconfirm the Free State and Condition of his Port But over and above to offer the same to His Majesty of Great Britain c. encreased with new Priviledges and augmented with inviolable Capitulations To these Motives a most valid and reciprocal Inducement joyns it self To wit the Luxuriant Fertility of Soil which is obvious in the Kingdoms and other Plantations which are under the Dominion of His Majesty of Great Britain c. As also in the Dominions of His said Royal Highness which superfluity since it is so properly and naturally transmitted and emptied into the mutual Territories with the reciprocal fruit and advantage of the Subject 'T was easie for both Princes between whom there passed long since the Tyes of an Ancient Friendship confirmed by repeated Alliances and by late conjunction in Bloud to entertain thoughts of superadding the new Tye of mutual Commerce by which they might upon the score of advantaging their Subjects further Oblige and reciprocally Engage themselves to each other To this end and purpose it has pleased His Most Excellent Majesty by His Letters Patents under the Great Seal of England to constitute Sir John Finch Knight now Resident for His Majesty of Great Britain with the Great Duke of Tuscany His true and lawful Attorney with a Plenipotentiary Power as appears out of the Letters Patents themselves And to the same intent and purpose His Royal Highness has thought good to invest with the same Power and Authority Signor Joseph Maurice Philippone His Counsellor Auditor and Procurator General of His Revenue As is likewise apparent from the Letters Patents of His Royal Highness Both which Plenipotentiaries after several Meetings have finally Concluded as follows ARTICLES COVENANTED I. FIrst The Peace Confirmed Since Commerce was always the Companion of Peace That Peace which for many Years was never interrupted by War is now Ratified Established and Confirmed between the Most Potent Monarch CHARLES the Second King of Great Britain c. and His Royal Highness CHARLES EMANVEL the Second of that Name Duke of Savoy c. Both whose Subjects are obliged as well by Sea as Land upon all occasions to perform to each other all Actions of mutual Civility and Kindness II. Secondly It shall be permitted to English to Import freely all sorts of Goods and Land them without Confiscation or Imposition and lawful for all sorts and kinds of Ships and Vessels belonging to his Majesty the King of Great Britain c. or any of his Subjects to conduct and bring into the Ports of Villa Franca Nizza or S. Hospitio all things whatsoever or all kinds of Merchandise whether produced by Nature or made by Art in any part of the World All which things or Merchandise so brought shall freely and lawfully by the Captains or Masters or any
to the Form which shall be inserted at the end of this Treaty whereby not only the Ships Lading but the Place to which she belongs and as well the Master and Owners Name as the Name of the Ship may appear by which means the quality of the Ship and her Master or Owner will be sufficiently known as also the Commodities she carries whether they be Contraband or not to the which Passports and Sea-Letters intire faith and credit shall be given so much the rather for that as well on the part of the King of England as of the King of Spain some Counter-signs shall be given if it shall be found necessary whereby their authenticalness may the better appear and that they may not be in any wise falsified XV. If any prohibited Merchandise or Goods shall be Exported from the Kingdoms Prohibited Goods Exported to be Confiscated Dominions and Territories of either of the said Kings by the respective People or Subjects of the one or the other in such case the prohibited Goods shall be onely Confiscated and not the other Goods neither shall the Delinquent incur any other Punishment except the said Delinquent shall carry out from the respective Kingdoms or Dominions of the King of Great Britain the proper Coin Wooll In case Coin Wooll or Fullers-Earth be Exported the Laws of the Country to take place or Fullers-Earth of the said Kingdoms or shall carry out of the respective Kingdoms or Dominions of the said King of Spain any Gold or Silver wrought or unwrought in either of which cases the Laws of the respective Countreys are to take place XVI That it shall be lawful for the People and Subjects of both Kings Ships to remain freely in each others Ports and depart again to have access to the respective Ports of the one and the other and there remain and depart again with the same freedom not onely with their Ships and other Vessels for Trade and Commerce but also with their other Ships fitted for War Armed and disposed to resist and engage the Enemy and arriving by stress of Weather to repair their Ships or furnish themselves with Provisions so that entring willingly they be not so numerous that they give just occasion of suspition to which end they are not to exceed the number of Eight nor continue in their Havens nor about their Ports longer time then they shall have just cause for the repair of their Ships to take in Provisions or other necessary things much less be the occasion of interrupting the free Commerce and coming in of other Ships of Nations in Amity with either King Concerning Men of War coming into Ports and when an unusual number of Men of War by accident shall come unto any Port it shall not be lawful for them to come into the said Ports or Havens not having first obtained permission of the King unto whom the said Ports do belong or the Governours of the said Ports if they be not forced thereinto by stress of Weather or other necessity to avoid the danger of the Sea and in such ease they shall presently acquaint the Governour or chief Magistrate of the Place with the cause of their coming nor shall they remain there any longer time then the said Governour or Magistrate shall think convenient or do any act of Hostility in such Ports that may prove of prejudice to the one or the other of the said Kings XVII That neither the said King of Great Britain nor the King of Spain by any Mandate general nor particular nor for any cause whatsoever shall Embarque or detain hinder or take for his respective Service No Merchants Pilots c. to be Pressed any Merchant Master of a Ship Pilot or Mariner their Ships Merchandise Clothes or other Goods belonging unto the one or the other in their Ports or Waters if it be not that either of the said Kings or the Persons to whom the Ships belong be first advertised thereof and do agree thereunto Provided that this shall not be construed to hinder or interrupt the ordinary course of Justice and Law in either Country XVIII That the Merchants and Subjects of the one and the other King their Factors and Servants Merchants Seamen c. to have liberty to carry Arms. as also their Ships Masters or Mariners may as well going as coming upon Sea and other Waters as in the Havens and Ports of the one and the other respectively carry and use all kind of Arms Defensive and Offensive without being obliged to Register them as also upon Land to carry and use them for their Defence according to the custom of the Place XIX That the Captains About Differences between Captains and Masters of Ships and their Men. Officers and Mariners of the Ships belonging to the People and Subjects of either Party may not commence an Action nor hinder or bring trouble upon their own Ships their Captains Officers or Mariners in the respective Kingdoms Dominions Lands Countries or Places of the other for their Wages or Salaries or under any other pretence Nor may they put themselves or be received by what pretext or colour soever into the Service or Protection of the King of England or King of Spain or their Arms but if any Controversie happen between Merchants and Masters of Ships or between Masters and Mariners the composing thereof shall be left to the Consul of the Nation but after such manner as he who shall not submit to the Arbitrement may appeal to the ordinary Justice of the Place where he is subject XX. And to the end that all Impediments be taken away Concerning Trading to Flanders and that the Merchants and Adventurers of the Kingdoms of Great Britain be permitted to return to Brabant Flanders and other the Provinces of the Low-Countries under the Jurisdiction of the King of Spain Forasmuch as it hath been thought convenient that all and any the Laws Edicts and Acts by which the Importation of Cloth or any Cloth or any other Woollen Manufacture of what kind soever Dyed or Undyed Mill'd or Unmill'd into Flanders or the other Provinces hath been prohibited be revoked and disanull'd and that if any Right Tribute Imposition Charge or Money hath been with permission or otherwise put upon Cloths or any of the aforesaid Woollen Manufactures so Imported except the ancient Tribute upon every piece of Cloth and proportionably upon every other Woollen Manufacture agreeable to the ancient Treaties and Agreements between the then Kings of England and the Dukes of Burgundy and Governours of the Low-Countries the same should be altogether void and no such Tribute or Imposition from henceforth imposed or put upon the said Clothes or Manufactures for no cause or pretext whatsoever And that all the English Merchants Trading in any of the said Provinces their Factors Servants or Commissioners should enjoy from henceforward all the Priviledges Exemptions Immunities and Benefits which formerly have been agreed and given by the
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