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
two of them in case of the others absence through Sickness or other Impediment or by one alone in the absence of the other two in the like case of Sickness or other Impediment shall have been Stipulated promised or agreed to and to cause our Letters of Ratification thereof to be dispatched within the time they shall have promised in our Name to produce them For such is our will and pleasure in Witness whereof we have caused our Seal to be set to these Presents Given at Versailles the 25 th day of February in the Year of Grace 1697 and of our Reign the Forty fourth Signed Louis And upon the fold By the King Colbert Sealed with the Great Seal of Yellow Wax SEPARATE ARTICLE FOR the clearer Explanation of the eighth Article of the Treaty of Peace this day Signed which Article begins thus All the States possest by the Most Christian King shall be restored to the Elector Palatine It hath been thought convenient to resolve over and above that this Order will be observed in the Proposal of the Claims and Rights of Madame the Dutchess of Orleans exhibited against the Elector Palatine at such time as the Arbitrators shall be agreed at the time appointed for the Ratification of the Peace about a Place to meet in this Place shall be notified to each Party The Deputies on the Arbitrators part shall be sent thither within the space of two Months to reckon from the very time the Elector Palatine shall be fully re-established in conformity to the Article above mention'd In the Month following shall the said Lady Dutchess produce in the same place the whole and intire explanation of her Pretensions or Demands against the Elector which shall be communicated to him within eight days following There shall be within the space of four Months next ensuing explain'd and delivered to the Deputies of the Lords Arbitrators who shall set down the day that the four Months shall begin the Reasons and Grounds of the two Parties whereof four Copies shall be delivered that is to say one for each Arbitrator and a third to be annext to the common Acts of the Arbitration and a fourth to be interchangeably communicated within seven days to each Party They shall in like manner answer and four Copies of the Answer of each Party shall be given the same day to the Envoys of the Lords Arbitrators which shall be once more communicated within seven days to the Parties interchangeably In the four Months following the Instruction of the Business shall be terminated on each side the Parties shall declare they are willing to submit to the Verdict of the Arbitrators and this conclusion of the Instruction and Commission shall be communicated to the Parties that they may take cognisance of the same and the Deeds shall be Enrolled in presence of the Solicitors of the said Parties After that the Arbitrators and their Deputies who shall have taken an Oath having viewed and examined the Right of the Parties during the space of six Months ensuing shall pronounce their Sentence publickly in the place where the Conference is held according to the Laws and Constitutions of the Empire now if it be found conformable it shall be effectually put in execution but if so be the Arbitrators or their Deputies do not agree in their Verdict the common Acts of the Arbitration shall be conveyed to Rome at the joint Charges of the Parties and that within the space of two Months beginning at the day next ensuing the Judgment given and shall be delivered to the Pope as Supreme Arbitrator to be committed by him for its Examination within six Months more to Deputies no way suspected by the Parties who shall likewise be sworn and these same upon the former Proceedings it not being allowed to the Parties to draw up a new Declaration of their Titles shall pronounce within the space of six Months next ensuing and as it hath been said conformable to the Laws and Constitutions of the Empire the last Definitive Sentence which cannot be nulled or made void but the Lord Arbitrators shall cause to be executed without any delay or contradiction Now if so be one of the Parties demurr and delay to propound explain and prove his Title and Right within the time required it shall nevertheless be lawful for the other Party to explain and deduce his Title within the time prefixt which may never be prolonged and lawful also for the Arbitrators and Supreme Arbitrator to proceed according to the method just now explain'd and to pronounce and execute their Sentence according to the Acts and Deeds produced and proved Notwithstanding this procedure the Parties themselves and the Lords Arbitrators on their part shall not cease attempting some amicable way of accommodation and shall omit nothing that may any way contribute to the amicable terminating this Affair Since it is also agreed in the Article of Peace afore cited that till this difference be terminated the Elector Palatine shall Annually pay to Madam the Dutchess of Orleans the Summ of Two hundred thousand French Livres or an hundred thousand Florins of the Rhine they have also agreed in particular as to the payment of the said Summ upon the time when it shall commence that it shall commence only after that according to the Contents of the said Article the States and Places therein specified shall be intirely restored to the Elector And to the end that Madam the Dutchess of Orleans may be the more assured of the payment of the said Summ the Elector shall nominate before the Ratification of the Peace a sufficient number of Renters or Receivers of the Prefectship of Germersheim and other places of the Palatinate that shall undertake to pay the said Summ to the said Lady Dutchess or to those impower'd by her and that every year at Landaw to wit the moiety every six Months who if they do not keep time shall be lyable to be constrained to the payment by the ordinary course of Justice or if need require by Military execution from the Most Christian King Upon the whole this payment shall be made upon this condition viz. that what shall have been paid by vertue of this Annual obligation to Madam the Dutchess of Orleans during the Canvassing of the Cause before the Arbitrators shall be in compensation and put upon the accompt of that which the said Arbitrators shall adjudge to her in case they do adjudge any thing at all but if so be they adjudge nothing or less than the said Summ then there shall be a restitution and this compensation allowance or restitution as also the fund and charges of the Process shall be regulated by the Sentence of the Arbitrators But if Madam the Dutchess of Orleans do not give satisfaction to the form of the Compromise either in the Instruction of the Process or in the Answer that shall be produced by the Elector Palatine or if she delays it the course of the said yearly payment shall be
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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City of Delft or elsewhere where they shall be actually either directly or through the Mediation of Ambassadors Receiv'd and Accepted for that purpose the Ambassadors Plenipotentiaries and Ministers of Our Dearest and Welbeloved Brother the King of Great Britain and his Allies each being provided with Power sufficient to Treat of and Determine the several Differences which have occasion'd this War Our said Plenipotentiaries have also Power either all Three together or Two of them in case of Absence Sickness or any other Impediment or One if the other Two be not able to be Present to Agree upon Conclude and Sign a Firm and Lasting Peace and generally to Do Negotiate Promise and Grant whatever they shall think Necessary to Effect so good a Work with the same Authority that We Our selves could Act if We were present at the said Conferences in Person although there had been something which was not Contain'd in these Presents which Required a more especial Authority Hereupon We Promise on the Faith and Word of a King to Keep inviolably and to Confirm whatever the said Sieurs de Harlay de Crecy and de Caillieres or Two of them in Case of the Absence of the other on Account of Sickness or any other Impediment or of One only in Case of the Incapacity of the rest shall Stipulate Promise or Grant in Our Name And We likewise give Our Royal Word that We will Dispatch the Letters of Ratification in the Time Promis'd by Our said Ministers for such is Our Pleasure In Testimony whereof We have caus'd these Presents to be Seal'd with Our Seal Given at Fontainebleau the 26 of Septemb. in the Year of Our Lord 1697. and of Our Reign the Fifty fifth Lewis And upon the Fold By the King Colbert The Substance of the King of Great Britains Ratification of the Peace WIlliam III. by the Grace of God King of Great Britain France and Ireland Defender of the Faith c. To all Persons to whom these Presents shall come Greeting It having pleased the Divine Providence that after a War wherewith the greater part of Christendom was not long since Afflicted a true and sincere Peace should be Concluded by means of the Mediation of the most Serene and most Potent Prince Charles XI late King of Sueden and since his Death by that of the most Serene and most Potent Prince Charles XII his Son and Successor as likewise by the Conferences held at Our Palace at Ryswick in the Province of Holland between Our Ambassadors Extraordinary and Plenipotentiaries together with those of the Allies on one part and the Ambassadors Extraordinary and Plenipotentiaries of the most Serene and most Potent Prince Lewis XIV the most Christian King on the other part The Conditions whereof are these That there be an Vniversal Peace c. We after having Seen and Examined the said Treaty have Approved and Ratified all and every of the Articles and Clauses thereof as by these Presents We do Approve Ratifie and Declare them Valid against Us Our Heirs and Successors Promising and Obliging Our Selves upon the Word of a King to Fulfil and Observe Sincerely and Faithfully all Matters therein Contained And further to give the greater Credit and Force to this present Ratification We have caused it to be Sealed with the Great Seal of England Given at Our Palace at Loo in the Province of Guelderland the Twenty fifth of September in the Year of our Lord 1697. and in the Ninth of Our Reign Signed William Rex His Most Christian Majesties Ratification of the Peace LEwis by the Grace of God King of France and Navarre to all Persons to whom these Presents shall come Greeting Whereas Our Trusty and Welbeloved Councellor in Ordinary Nicolas Augustus de Harlay Knight Lord of Bonneuil and Count of Cely Our Trusty and Welbeloved Lewis Verjus Knight Count of Crecy Marquis of Freon Baron of Couvay Lord of Boulay the two Churches Fort-Isle and Menillet and Our Trusty and Welbeloved Francis de Caillieres Knight Lord of Rochechellay and Gigny Our Ambassadors and Plenipotentiaries by Virtue of full Powers granted them by Us have Concluded Agreed on and Signed a Peace on the 20 th of September last at Ryswick with Thomas Earl of Pembroke and Montgomery Baron Herbert and Cardiffe Keeper of the Privy Seal of England and Privy Councellor to Our Dearest and Welbeloved Brother the King of Great Britain and moreover one of the Lords Justices in the Kings Absence Edward Viscount Villers and Dartford Baron of Hoo Knight Marshal of England and one of the Justices of Ireland Robert Lord Lexington Baron of Averam and one of the Lords of the King of Great Britains Bed-Chamber and lastly Sir Joseph Williamson Knight one of His Britannick Majesties Privy Council and Keeper of the Records of Parliament Ambassadors Extraordinary and Plenipotentiaries of Our said Brother the King of Great Britain for that purpose The Particulars whereof follow Here were Incerted the Articles at length Now We being well pleased with the abovesaid Treaty in every Point and Article thereof have as well for Our Self as for Our Heirs Successors Kingdoms Countreys Lands Lordships and Subjects Accepted Approved Ratified and Confirmed and by these Presents do Accept Approve Ratifie and Confirm the same and moreover do Promise on the Faith and Word of a King and under the Obligation and Mortage of all and every Our Goods present and to come that We will Observe and Keep Inviolable the said Treaty nor will ever Act any thing to the contrary either Directly or Indirectly in what manner or kind soever In Testimony whereof We have Signed these Presents with Our Hand and Affixed Our Royal Seal Given at Fontainebleau the Third day of October in the Year of our Lord 1697. and of Our Reign the 55. Signed Lewis And lower By the King Colbert Sealed with the great Seal of Yellow Wax Articles of Peace betwixt His Catholick Majesty and the Most Christian King Concluded at the Royal Palace of Ryswick the 10 20th September 1697. IN the Name of God and the Most Holy Trinity Be it known to All both present and to come that during the Course of the most Bloody War that ever afflicted Europe for these many Years past it has pleased the Divine Providence to prepare the End of the Miseries of Christendom by preserving an ardent Desire for Peace in the Hearts of the Most-High Most-Excellent and Mighty Prince Charles II. by the Grace of God Catholick King of Spain c. and of the Most High Most-Excellent and Mighty Prince Lewis XIV by the Grace of God the Most Christian King of France and Navarre who wishing equally and concurring heartily to contribute as far as in them lies to the Restoration of the Tranquility of Europe and having no other Aim than to make the said Peace firm and lasting by the Equity of its Conditions Their said Majesties have consented and agreed in the first Place to own the Mediation of the Most-High
Sea and as far as the Aequinoctial Line within the space of ten Weeks Lastly beyond the said Line throughout the whole World within the space of eight Months to be reckoned from the Publication of the present Treaty the said Prizes that shall be taken on either side after the prefixed Time shall be restored with a recompence for all Damages sustained thereby XXVI In case of a Rupture which God forbid the whole space of six Months shall be allowed to the Subjects of both of the said Kings to carry away and transport their Effects and Persons whithersoever they shall think fit which they shall be permitted to do with 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 arrest their Persons XXVII The Troops and Armies on both sides shall withdraw and retire immediately after the Ratification of the present Treaty to the Lands and Countries of their own Sovereigns and into the Towns and Places that shall respectively belong to and remain in the possession of Their Majesties after or according to the present Treaty and it shall not be lawful for them to continue upon any pretence soever in the Countries of the other Sovereign or in the Places that shall likewise hereafter to him belong and remain And immediately after the Signing of this present Treaty there shall be a Cessation of Arms and all Hostilities throughout the Dominions of the said Lords Kings as well by Land as by Sea and on fresh Waters XXVIII It is also agreed That the Receipt of the Duties which the said Lord the most Christian King enjoys in all the Countries which he resigns or restores to the said Lord the Catholick King shall be continued till the Day of the actual restitution of the Places upon which the said Countries depend and that what shall remain due at the time of the said restitution shall be honestly paid to the Farmers of the said Duties Likewise that within the same time the Owners of Woods confiscated in the Dependencies of the Places that are to be resign'd to his Catholick Majesty shall be restored to the Possession of their Estates and all the Woods that shall be found standing always provided That from the Day of the Signing of the present Treaty all selling of Wood shall cease on both Sides XXIX The Treaty of Nimeguen and others made before it shall be put in Execution according to their Form and Tenor except in those Points and Articles that have been before derogated to or altered now by the present Treaty XXX All Prosecutions and Processes made and Judgments given between private Persons by the Judges and other Officers of his most Christian Majesty Established as well in the places which the said King has enjoyed by Virtue of the Treaty of Aix la Chapelle and which he has since yielded to His Catholick Majesty as in those that belong to the most Christian King by Virtue of the Treaty of Nimeguen or which he has possessed since the said Treaty and likewise the Sentences of the Parliament of Tournay given upon the account of the Differences and Law Suits prosecuted by the Inhabitants of the said Towns and their Dependences during the time they have been under the Obedience of his most Christian Majesty shall take place and have their effect fully and intirely in the same manner as if the said Lord King remained Lord and Possessor of the said Towns and Countries neither shall the said Judgments and Sentences be called in question and annulled or their Execution otherwise hindred or retarded However it shall be lawful for the Parties to Sue for Redress by Bill of Review and according to the Laws and Constitutions the said Judgments still remaining in their force and vigor without any Derogation to what is stipulated to that purpose in the 21st Article of the said Treaty of Nimeguen XXXI The Town and Castle of Dinant shall by his most Christian Majesty be resigned and restored to the Bishop and Prince of Liege in the Condition they were in when taken by His Majesties Arms. XXXII His most Christian Majesty having exprest a Desire that the Isle of Ponza in the Mediterranean Sea should be restored to the Duke of Parma His Catholick Majesty in Compliance thereto has been pleased to declare That he will cause the Soldiers and Troops which he may have in the said Island to withdraw from thence and restore the same to the Power and Possession of the said Duke of Parma immediately after the Ratification of the present Treaty XXXIII And whereas it greatly concerns the publick Tranquility that the Peace concluded at Turin on the 22d of August 1696. betwixt his most Christian Majesty and his Royal Highness the Duke of Savoy be also exactly observed It has been thought fit to confirm and comprehend the same in the present Treaty in all its Articles such as are contained in the Copy Signed and Sealed by the Plenipotentiaries of Savoy which shall be annexed to the present Treaty For the performance of which Treaty and of the present their said Majesties Promise to become Guarantees for the said Royal Highness as he may become for them XXXIV Their said Majesties gratefully acknowledging the good Offices and constant Endeavours which have been employed by the most Serene King of Sueden for the Restoration of the Tranquility of Europe have agreed That his Suedish Majesty his Kingdoms and States shall be included and comprehended in the present Treaty in the best Form and Manner that can be XXXV Under this Peace Alliance and Friendship shall be comprehended all those that shall be named on both Sides with common Consent before the Exchange of the Ratifications and within the space of six Months after XXXVI The said Lords the Catholick and most Christian Kings consent and agree That his Suedish Majesty in quality of Mediator and all other Kings Princes and Republicks that shall be willing to enter into the same Engagement may give to their Majesties their Promises and Deeds of Warranty for the Execution of all that is contained in the present Treaty XXXVII And for the greater Security and Confirmation of this Treaty of Peace and all the Articles in it contained the present Treaty shall be published verified and registred as well in the great Council and other Councils and Chamber of Accompts of the said Lord the Catholick K. in the Low-Countries as in the other Councils of the Crowns of Castille and Arragon the Whole according to and in the Form contained in the Treaty of Nimeguen of the Year 1678. And likewise the said 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 Paris and Copies of the said Publications and Registrings shall be exhibited and delivered on both Sides within the space of three Months after the Publication of
the present Treaty XXXVIII The Articles above mentioned together with the Contents in every one of them have been treated agreed upon concluded and stipulated between the said Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary Ambassadors of the said Lords the Catholick and most Christian Kings and in their Majesties Name which Plenipotentiaries by Virtue of their Power the Copies whereof shall be inserted at the end of the present Treaty have promised and do promise under the Obligation of all the Dominions and States present and to come of the Kings their Masters That they shall be inviolably observ'd and accomplish'd and to cause them to be Ratified purely and simply without any Addition and exhibit the Ratifications by authentick and sealed Letters wherein all the present Treaty shall be inserted Word for Word within the space of six Weeks to be reckoned from the Day and Date of the present Treaty or sooner if possible Moreover the said Plenipotentiaries have promised and do promise in the said Names That after the said Letters of Ratification shall have been delivered the said Lord the Catholick King assoon as possible and in the Presence of such Person or Persons whom the said Lord the most Christian King shall please to appoint shall solemnly Swear upon the Cross the Gospel Canon of the Mass and upon his Honour to observe and perform fully really and sincerely all the Articles contained in the present Treaty And the same shall also be done assoon as possible by the said Lord the most Christian King in the Presence of such Person or Persons the said Lord the Catholick King shall please to appoint In Testimony of all which the said Plenipotentiaries have subscribed the present Treaty with their Names and caused it to be sealed with their Seals and Coat of Arms. Done at Ryswick in Holland the 20th Day of September 1697. Thus Signed in the Original N. Lillieroot L. S. Don Francisco Bernardo de Quiros L. S. The Count of Tirimont L. S. De Harlay Bonneuil L. S. De Crecy Verjus L. S. De Caillieres L. S. Separate Article BEsides all that is concluded and stipulated by the Treaty of Peace made betwixt the Plenipotentiaries and Extraordinary Ambassadors of his Catholick Majesty and those of the most Christian King this present Day the 20th of September 1697. 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 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 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 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 prefix'd 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 Lord the Catholick King directly or indirectly on any Account or Cause whatsoever to act contrary to the said Treaty In Testimony whereof We the Ambassadors of their Catholick and most Christian Majesties 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 in the Royal Palace of Ryswick in the Province of Holland the 20th of September 1697. N. Lillieroot L. S. Don Francisco Bernardo de Quiros L. S. The Count of Tiâ—imont L. S. De Harlay Bonneuil L. S. Verjus de Crecy L. S. De Caillieres L. S. Ratification of His Catholick Majesty CHARLES by the Grace of God King of Spain c. Whereas Don Francisco Bernardo de Quiros one of my Council of Castille and Don Lewis Alexander de Schockart Count of Tirimont Baron of Gaesbeck one of my supream Council in Flanders and of that of State and Privy Council in the same Countries have concurred in the Royal Palace of Ryswick in Holland with the Ministers of the most Christian King my most dear and well-beloved Brother and Cousin with their respective Orders and Powers as every one was concerned in the Treaty of Peace and have Executed the same in the form and manner contained in the Treaty which shall be here inserted word for word the Conclusion of which was agreed and signed by the said Ministers on both Sides on the 20th of September of the present Year 1697. which is as follows Here the Treaty of Peace was inserted Which Treaty here written and inserted as aforesaid has been sent to me by the said Don Francisco Bernardo de Quiros and Count of Tirimont and having perused and maturely examined the same word by word in my Council I approve and ratifie for my Self my Heirs and Successors as also for the Vassals Subjects and Inhabitants of all my Kingdoms Countries and Lordships all the Contents of the same and every Article in particular therein contained and hold them good firm and valid and I plight and engage the Faith and Word of a King both for my Self and my Heirs and Successors inviolably to follow observe and perform the same according to its Form and Tenor and to cause and order it to be followed observed and performed in the same manner as if I had Treated and Concluded the same in my own Person and that I shall not do or suffer to be done in no manner whatsoever any thing contrary to it And if it should happen that any one should Act contrary to or infringe the Contents of the said Treaty I will cause such Infringement to be effectually and readily repaired and made good by punishing the Delinquents And for the Execution of the Premises I engage all and every one of my Kingdoms Countries and Lordships as also all my other Estates present and to come also my Heirs and Successors without any Exception And for the firmness of this Obligation I renounce all Laws Customs and all other things to it contrary In Testimony of what is above-mentioned I have caused these Presents Signed with my own Hand Sealed with my Privy Seal and Countersigned by my Secretary of State to be dispatched Given at Madrid the 8th of October 1697. Signed Yo El Rey. I the King And at the bottom Don Crispin Gonsales Botello Ratification of the Separate Article by His Catholick Majesty CHARLES by the Grace of God King of Spain c. Whereas it has been agreed at the Royal Palace of Ryswick in Holland between Don Franscisco Bernardo de Quiros one of my Council of Castille and Don Lewis Alexander Schockart
Count of Tirimont one of my Council in Flanders and of that of State and Privy Council in those Countries and the Ministers of the most Christian King my most Dear and most beloved Brother and Cousin with their respective Powers as it concerned every one of them upon a separate Article which shall be here inserted word for word and is as follows Here was inserted the separate Article And this Article having been perused and examined I have resolved to approve and ratifie it as by virtue of these Presents I do approve and ratifie the same in the best and most perfect form that I can And I promise upon the Faith and Word of a King fully and intirely to perform it according to the Contents of it to which purpose I have ordered these Presents Signed with my own Hands Sealed with my privy Seal and Counter-signed by my Secretary of State to be dispatched Given at Madrid the 8th of October 1697. Yo El Rey. Don Crispin Gonsales Botello Ratification 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 our beloved and trusty Counsellor in Ordinary in our Council of State Nicolas Augustus de Harlay Knight Lord of Bonneuil Count of Cely our dear and well-beloved Lewis Verjus Knight Count of Crecy Marquis of Freon Baron of Couvay Lord of Boulay The two Churches Fort-Isle and Menillet and our dear and well-beloved Francis de Caillieres Knight Lord of Roche-Chellay and Gigny our Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary Ambassadors by Virtue of the full Powers we had given them have concluded agreed and signed on the 20th Day of September last past at Ryswick with Don Francisco Bernardo de Quiros Kt. of the Order of St. James Counsellor to our most dear and most beloved Brother the King of Spain in his Royal and Supream Council of Castille and Lewis Alexander de Schockart Count of Tirimont Baron of Gaesbeck one of the supream Council of State of the Low-Countries in Madrid and of that of State and Privy Council in the same Countries Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary Ambassadors of our said Brother the King of Spain having also their full Powers the Treaty of Peace the Tenor of which is as follows Here was inserted the Treaty of Peace We liking and approving the said Treaty in all and every one of the Points and Articles therein contained and expressed have accepted approved ratified and confirmed and we do accept approve ratifie and confirm the same as well for our Selves as for our Heirs Successors Kingdoms Countries Lands Lordships and Subjects all which we promise upon the Faith and Word of a King and under the Obligation and Mortgage of all and every one of our Estates present and to come inviolably to keep and observe and never to Act contrary to it directly or indirectly in any sort or manner whatsoever In Testimony whereof we have Signed these Presents with our own Hand and caused them to be Sealed with our Seal Given at Fontainebleau the 3d Day of October in the Year of our Lord 1697. and of our Reign the 55th Signed LEWIS By the King Colbert Ratification of the Separate Article by 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 Having perused and examined the Separate Article which our beloved and trusty Counsellors in Ordinary in our Council of State Nicolas Augustus de Harlay Knight Lord of Bonneuil Count of Cely our dear and well beloved Lewis Verjus Knight Count of Crecy Marquis of Freon Baron of Couvay Lord of Boulay The two Churches Fort-Isle and Menillet and our dear and well beloved Francis de Caillieres Knight Lord of Roche-Chellay and Gigny our Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary Ambassadors by Virtue of the full Powers we had given them have concluded agreed and signed on the 20th Day of September last past at Ryswick with Don Francisco Bernardo de Quiros Knight of the Order of St. James Counsellor to our most dear and most beloved Brother the King of Spain in his Royal and Supream Council of Castille and Lewis Alexander de Schockart Count of Tirimont Baron of Gaesbeck one of the supream Council of State of the Low-Countries in Madrid of that of State and Privy Council in the same Countries Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary Ambassadors of our said Brother the King of Spain having also their full Powers The Tenor of which Article is as follows Here was inserted the Separate Article We liking and approving the said Separate Article in all its Contents have allowed approved and ratified and we do allow approve and ratifie the same by these Presents Signed with our own Hand And we promise upon the Faith and Word of a King to perform and observe it and cause it to be observed really and sincerely and never to suffer any thing to it contrary to be done directly or indirectly upon any Cause or Account whatsoever In Testimony whereof We have Signed these Presents and caused them to be Sealed with our Seal Given at Fontainebleau the 3d Day of October in the Year of our Lord 1697. and of our Reign the 55th LEWIS By the King Colbert A List and Declaration of the Re-unions made by his Most Christian Majesty in the Provinces of His Catholick Majesty in the Low-Countries since the Treaty of Nimeguen Province of Luxemburgh FRANCE has possess'd it self of the Capital City of that Name and of 35 Villages and Hamlets called Villages of the Provost As also of the Provostship of Luxemburgh consisting in three Bans of Justice to wit Kundzigh or Clemenci Putlange and Pettinguen Of three Land-mayories which are Bettembourg Santweiler and Reeklen And three Mayories Steinsel Lingtgen Schiteringen consisting together in 71 either Villages or Hamlets Of the Castle Burrough and Lordship of Rodenmacheren together with 25 Villages depending upon them Of the Castle and Lordship of Hesperange with Four Villages Of Raville and its Dependencies which consist in 17 Villages Of the Castle and County of Russy which contains Eleven Villages Of the Lordship of Russy with Five Villages Of the Castle and Ban of Justice of Putlange consisting in 15 Villages Of the Castle and Lordship of Preisch containing Two Villages Of the Castle of Agimont with it 's two Burroughs of Givet and the Hamlets depending on the same Of the Lordship of Vilreux Walrand Of the Lands and Lordships of the County of Rochefort with Four Villages Of the Castle and Provostship Dorcymont containing Vienne and 20 other Villages and 10 Lordships inclosed in them Of the Lordships of Chasse-Pierre Riviere Fontenoylle Saint Cecil Lesche-les-Manile Lugnon le Bertrisse Ban of Orio Marpon Dochamps Herbeumont the Ban of Butailles the Ban of Musson Of the County of Montaign with 13 Villages and Hamlets Of Cheflieu and Provostship of St. Marde with 16 Villages Of the Castle and Lordship of Lathour Montquintin la
King of France and Navarre to all those to whom these Presents shall come Greeting Whereas our beloved and trusty Counsellor in Ordinary in our Council of State Nicolas Augustus de Harlay Knight Lord of Bonneuil Count of Cely our dear and well beloved Lewis Verjus Knight Count of Crecy Marquiss of Treon Baron of Couvay Lord of Boulay the Two Churches Fort-Isle and Menillet and our dear and well beloved Francis de Caillieres Knight Lord of Roche-Chellay and Gigny our Plenipotentiaries and Extraordinary Ambassadors by virtue of the full Power we had given them have concluded agreed and signed on the 20th Day of September last past at Ryswick with Anthony Heinsius Counsellor Pensionary of the States of Holland and West-Friesland Keeper of the Great Seal and Superintendent of the Fiefs of the same Province 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 their Assembly for the States of Holland Vtrecht and Friesland in quality of Extraordinary Ambassadors and Plenipotentiaries of our most dear and great Friends the States General of the United Provinces of the Low-Countries also provided with full Powers for the Treaty of Peace the Tenor of which is as follows In the Name of God c. We liking and approving the said Treaty of Peace in all and every one of the Points and Articles therein contained and expressed have accepted approved ratified and confirmed and we do accept approve ratify and confirm the same as well for us as for our Heirs Successors Kingdoms Countries Lands Lordships and Subjects And we do promise upon the Faith and Word of a King under the Obligation and Mortgage of all and every one of our Estates both present and to come inviolably to keep and observe the same without ever acting or doing any thing to them contrary directly or indirectly in no manner whatsoever In Testimony whereof We have signed these Presents with our own Hand and caused them to be sealed with our Seal Given at Fontainebleau the third Day of October in the Year of our Lord 1697. and of our Reign the 55th Signed LEWIS And a little lower By the King Signed COLBERT The Ratification of their Lordships the States General of the Vnited Provinces of the Low-Countries upon the Treaty of Peace and Friendship THE States General of the United Provinces of the Low-Countries to all those to whom these Presents shall come Greeting Having perused and examined the Treaty of Peace and Friendship made and concluded at Ryswick in Holland on the 20th of September in the present Year 1697. by Nicolas Augustus de Harlay Knight Lord of Bonneuil Count of Celi Counsellor in ordinary to His most Christian Majesty in his Council of State Lewis Verjus Knight Count of Crecy Counsellor in ordinary to His Majesty in his Council of State Marquiss of Treon Baron of Couvay Lord of Boulay the Two Churches Fort-Isle Menillet and other Places and Francis de Caillieres Knight Lord of Caillieres Roche-chellay and Gigny Extraordinary Ambassadors and Plenipotentiaries of His most Christian Majesty in the Assembly of Ryswick in the Name and from His said Majesty And by Anthony Heinsius Counsellor Pensionary of the States of Holland and West-Friesland Keeper of the Great Seal and Superintendent of the Fiefs of the same Province Everhard de Weede Lord of Weede Dyckvelt Rateles and other Places 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 same 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 for the States of Holland Vtrecht and Friesland our Extraordinary Ambassadors and Plenipotentiaries in the said Assembly of Ryswick in our Name and from us by virtue of their respective full Powers the Tenor of which Treaty is as follows In the Name of God c. And whereas by the said Treaty it is provided that the Letters of Ratification shall be delivered in on both Sides in good and due form within the time of three Weeks or sooner if possible to be reckoned from the Day on which the Treaty was signed We being willing to give Proofs of our Sincerity and acquit the promises which our Ambassadors have made for us we have approved confirmed and ratified and we do approve confirm and ratify by these Presents the said Treaty and every one of its Articles abovementioned and transcribed and do we faithfully and sincerely Promise inviolably to keep maintain and observe the same in all its particulars without ever acting or doing any thing to it contrary directly or indirectly upon any account or in any manner whatsoever In Testimony whereof we have caused these Presents to be Signed by the President of our Assembly Countersigned by our Secretary and sealed with our Great Seal Done at the Hague the 10th of October 1697. The Ratification of his Most Christian Majesty upon the Separate Article LEWIS by the Grace of God King of France and Navarre to all those to whom these Presents shall come Greeting Having perused and examined the Separate Article which our beloved and trusty Counsellor in Ordinary in our Council of State Nicolas Augustus de Harlay Knight Lord of Bonneuil Count of Cely Our dear and well-beloved Lewis Verjus Knight Count of Crecy Marquis of Treon Baron of Couvay Lord of Boulay the Two Churches Fort-Isle and Menillet and our dear and well beloved Francis de Caillieres Knight Lord of Caillieres Roche-chellay and Gigny our Plenipotentiaries and Extraordinary Ambassadors by Virtue of the full Powers We had given them have concluded agreed and signed on the 20th Day of September last past at Ryswick with Anthony Heinsius Counsellor Pensionary of the Province of Holland and West-Friesland Keeper of the Great Seal and Super-intendent of the Fiefs 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 Francker and Deputies in their Assembly for the States of Holland Vtrecht and Friesland in Quality of Plenipotentiaries and Extraordinary Ambassadors of our most dear and great Friends the States-General of the United Provinces of the Low-Countries also provided with full Powers of which
Separate Article the Tenor is as follows Besides all that is Concluded c. We liking and approving the said Separate Article in all its Contents have allowed approved and ratified the same and We do allow approve and ratifie it by these Presents Signed with our own Hand and We promise upon the Faith and Word of a King to perform and observe the same and cause it to be observed sincerely and faithfully and never to suffer any thing to be done to it contrary directly or indirectly upon any account or cause whatsoever In Testimony whereof We have Signed these Presents and caused them to be Sealed with our Seal Given at Fontainebleau the 3d Day of October in the Year of Our Lord 1697. and of our Reign the 55th Signed LEWIS And a little lower By the King Signed COLBERT The Ratification of the States-General of the Vnited Provinces of the Low-Countries upon the Separate Article THE States-General of the United Provinces of the Low-Countries to all those to whom these Presents shall come Greeting Whereas besides the Treaty of Peace and Friendship made and concluded at Ryswick in Holland the 20th Day of September of the present Year 1697. There has also been made a Separate Article by Nicolas Augustus de Harlay Knight Lord of Bonneuil Count of Cely Counsellor in Ordinary to his Most Christian Majesty in his Council of State Lewis Verjus Knight Count of Crecy Counsellor in Ordinary to His Majesty in his Council of State Marquis of Treon Baron of Couvay Lord of Boulay The Two Churches Fort-Isle Menillet and other Places and Francis Callieres Knight Lord of Callieres Roche-Chellay and Gigny Extraordinary Ambassadors and Plenipotentiaries of his Most Christian Majesty in the Assembly of Ryswick in the Name and from his said Majesty And by Anthony Heinsius Counsellor Pensionary of the Province of Holland and West-Friesland Keeper of the Great Seal and Superintendent of the Fiefs of the said Province Everhard de Weede Lord of Weede Dyckvelt Rateles and other Places 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 and 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 for the States of Holland Vtrecht and Friesland Our Extraordinary Ambassadors and Plenipotentiaries in the said Assembly of Ryswick in Our Name and from Us by Virtue of their respective full Powers of which Separate Article the Tenor is as follows Besides all that is Concluded c. We likeing and accepting the said Separate Article have approved and ratified and We approve and ratifie the same by these Presents as if it was inserted in the forementioned Treaty of Peace and Friendship and We promise inviolably to keep maintain and observe all that is contained in it without ever acting contrary to it directly or indirectly upon any account whatsoever In Testimony whereof We have caused these Presents to be Signed by the President of Our Assembly Countersigned by Our Secretary and Sealed with Our Great Seal Given at the Hague the 10th of October in the Year 1697. Articles of Peace between the Emperour and the Empire on one part and France on the other part Concluded at the Royal Castle of Ryswick in Holland on the 20 30 of October 1697. IN the Name of the most Holy Trinity Amen Be it known unto All and every One that a cruel War attended with the Effusion of much Christian Blood and the Devastation of several Provinces having been waged for some Years last past between the most Serene and most Puissant Prince and Lord Leopold elected Emperour of the Romans always August King of Germany Hungary Bohemia of Dalmatia Croatia and Sclavonia Archduke of Austria Duke of Burgundy Brabant Stiria Carinthia and Carniola Marquiss of Moravia Duke of Luxembourg of the High and Lower Silesia of Wirtemberg and of Teck Prince of Suabia Count of Habsbourg of Tyrol Kybourg and Goritia Marquiss of the Sacred Roman Empire Burgow of the Upper and Lower Lusatia Lord of the Sclavonian Marches of Port-Naon and Salins c. and the Sacred Roman Empire on one part and the most Serene and most Puissant Prince and Lord Lewis XIV the most Christian King of France and Navarre on the other part Now his Imperial Majesty and his most Christian Majesty having most seriously apply'd themselves to terminate and put an end as soon as possible to those Mischiefs that daily encreas'd to the Ruine of Christendom by the Divine Assistance and by the Care of the most Serene and most Puissant Prince and Lord Charles XI King of Swedeland Goths and Vandals Grand Prince of Finland Duke of Scania Esthonia Livonia of Carelia Bremen Ferden of Stetin Pomerania Cassubia and Vandalia Prince of Rugen and Lord of Ingria and Wismar Count Palatine of the Rhine Duke of Bavaria Juliers Cleves and Bergues of Illustrious Memory who from the very beginning of these Commotions did not cease effectually to sollicit the Christian Princes to Peace and afterwards having been accepted as Universal Mediator never desisted gloriously to labour even to his dying Day to procure the same with all imaginable speed having to this purpose appointed and setled Conferences in the Palace of Ryswick in Holland and after his Decease the most Serene and most Puissant Prince and Lord Charles XII King of Sweden Goths and Vandals Grand Prince of Finland Duke of Scania Esthonia of Livonia Carelia Bremen of Ferden Stetin Pomerania Cassubia and of Vandalia Prince of Rugen Lord of Ingria and of Wismar Count Palatine of the Rhine Duke of Bavaria Juliers Cleves and Bergues Inheriting from his Royal Father the same longing Desire and Earnestness to procure the publick Tranquility and the Treaties having been brought to their perfection by the foresaid Conferences the Ambassadors and Plenipotentiaries lawfully appointed and established by both Parties being met to this effect at the aforesaid place that is to say on the Emperor's part the most Illustrious and most Excellent Lords the Sieur Dominic Andrew Kaunitz Count of the Holy Roman Empire Hereditary Lord of Austerliz of Hungarischbord Mahrischpruss and Orzechan the Great Knight of the Order of the Golden Fleece intimate Councellor of State to his Sacred Imperial Majesty Chamberlain and Vice-Chancellour of the Holy Empire the Sieur Henry John Stratman Sieur de Puerbach Count of the Holy Roman Empire Lord of Orth Schmiding Spatenbrun and Carlsberg Imperial Aulique Councellor Chamberlain to his Sacred Imperial Majesty and the Sieur John Frederick free and noble Baron of Seilern Imperial Aulique Councellor to his Sacred Imperial Majesty and one of the Plenipotentiaries in the Imperial Diets And on the part of his Sacred most Christian Majesty the most Illustrious and most Excellent Lords the Sieur Nicholas Augustus de Harlay Knight Lord of Boneuil
interchangeably here agreed on and to procure the Exchange of the Letters of Ratifications in this same place within the space of six Weeks to begin to reckon from this very day or sooner if possible LX. In Witness and confirmation whereof the Extraordinary Ambassadors and Plenipotentiaries as well Imperial as those of the King of France as also the Plenipotentiaries of the Electors and Deputies from the States of the Empire have to this effect subsigned this present Treaty with their own hands and have annexed their Seals thereto Done at the Royal Palace of Ryswick in Holland the Thirteenth of October in the year One thousand six hundred ninety and seven L.S. D. A. C. de Kaunitz L.S. Hen. C. de Stratman L.S. J. F. L. B. de Seilern L.S. de Harlay Boneuil L.S. Verjus de Crecy L.S. de Callieres In the Name of the Elector of Mentz L.S. M. Frederic Baron de Schinborn Embassador L.S. Ignatius Antonius Otten Plenipotentiary L.S. George William Moll Plenipotentiary In the Name of the Elector of Bavaria De Prielmeyer Embassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary L.S. In the Name of the House of Austria L.S. Francis Radolphe de Halden L. Baron of Trasberg c. In the Name of the Great Master of the Teutonick Order L.S. Charles B. de Loe Knight of the Teutonick Order In the Name of the Bishop of Wurtsbourg L.S. John Conrard Philip Ignatius de Tastungen In the Name of the Elector of Triers L.S. John Henry de Kaisarsfeld Plenipotentiary In the Name of the Prince and Bishop of Constance L.S. Frederic de Durheim In the Name of the Bishop and Prince of Hildesheim L.S. Charles Paul Zimmerman Chancellour to his Highness Counsellour of the Privy Counsel and Plenipotentiary In the Name of the Elector of Cologn in quality of Bishop and Prince of Liege L.S. John Conrade Norff Deputy Plenipotentiary In the Name of the Prince and Bishop of Munster L.S. Ferdinand L. B. Plettenberg de Senhausen respectively Dean and Chapter of the Cathedral Church of Paderb Munster and Hildes In the Name of the Elector Palatine as Duke of Newbourg L.S. John Henry Hetterman Plenipotentiary In the Name of the Duke of Wirtemberg L.S. John George Noble de Kulpis Knight of the Roman Empire intimate Counsellour of State and Director of the Counsell L.S. Anthony Guntor de Hespen Counsellour in the Supreme Council and Plenipotentiary to the Serene Duke In the Name of the Prince of Baden L.S. Charles Ferdinand L. B. de Plettersdorff Reserve l'Ordre alternatif In the Name of the Abbatial College of Suabia L. S. Joseph Anthony Eusebius de Hâ—lden de Neidtborg L. Baron de Antenriedt Plenipotentiary In the Name of the Counts of the Bench of Weteraw L. S. Charles Otton Count de Solms L. S. F. G. de Eclesheim Counsellor of Hannaw and Plenipotentiary In the Name of the Free and Imperial City of Cologne L. S. Herman Joseph Bullingen Burgomaster and Plenipotentiary In the Name of the City of Ausbourg L. S. John Christopher de Dirheim Plenipotentiary In the Name of the Imperial City of Francford L.S. John James Muller Plenipotentiary L.S. John Melchior Lucius Lecturer of Civil and Canon Laws Burgomaster and Plenipotentiary THE FULL POWER OF THE EMPEROUR Translated from the Latin WE LEOPOLD by the Grace of God elected Emperour of the Romans Semper Augustus and King of Germany Hungary Bohemia of Dalmatia Croatia Slavonia c. Archduke of Austria Duke of Burgundy Brabant Stiria Carinthia and Carniola c. Marquis of Moravia Duke of Luxembourg of the High and Low Silesia of Wirtemberg and of Teck Prince of Suabia Count of Habsbourg Tyrol Ferrette Kybourg and of Goricia Marquis of the Holy Roman Empire Burgaw of the High and Low Lusatia Lord of the Sclavonian Marches Port Naon and Salins c. do certifie and make known That desiring nothing more ardently than that the present War wherewith Christendom hath been afflicted for some Years last past may speedily be converted into an Honourable and Equitable Peace and that it hath seemed good to all the Parties engaged in the present War to enter upon a Treaty and Conference of Peace in a Place that shall be by them chosen and appointed by unanimous Consent Wherefore being desirous with all our Heart to contribute all that lies in our Power to procure the Repose of the Christian Commonweal and we confiding in the Fidelity and Prudence of our Trusty and Well-beloved the Illustrious and Magnificent Dominic Andrew Count de Kaunitz Hereditary Lord of Austerlitz Hungarischbrod Mahrispruss and of Great Orzechau our Counsellor of State Chamberlain and Vice-chancellor of the Empire Knight of the Order of the Golden Fleece of the Illustrious and Magnificent Henry John Count de Stratman Lord of Peurbach Orth Smiding of Spatenbrun and Carlsberg our Imperial Aulique Counsellor and Chamberlain and of the Magnificent John Frederick Free-Baron of Seilern c. our Imperial Aulique Counsellor and Con-Commissioner Plenipotentiary in the Imperial Diets have nominated appointed chosen and constituted them as we do by these Presents nominate chuse appoint and constitute them our Extraordinary Embassadors and Plenipotentiaries in the aforesaid Assemblies and Conferences of Peace that are to be held To whom we give in charge and command them in especial manner to repair with all expedition imaginable to the Place agreed upon between the Parties and being there to enter into a Conference of Peace either directly or by the Interposition and Means of a Mediator acknowledged by both Parties with the Embassadors or Deputies of the most High most Mighty and most Christian Prince LEWIS King of France our most Dear Cousin and Brother the said Embassadors being authorized with sufficient Power to terminate and put an end to the present War and regulate the Differences that relate thereto by a good and solid Peace We also grant a Full and Absolute Power with all Authority thereunto necessary to our said Extraordinary Embassadors and Plenipotentiaries to all Three together or to Two in case the Third chance to be absent or employed and busie elsewhere or to One alone in the absence of the other Two or their being busied and employed elsewhere to make conclude and sign for us and in our Name a Treaty of Peace between us and the foresaid Serene and most Puissant Prince the most Christian King to cause to be dispatch'd and deliver'd all Acts necessarily conducing to this End and effectually to promise stipulate conclude and sign the Acts and Declarations to exchange the Articles agreed upon and to perform all other Things appertaining to the said Business of the Peace as freely and in as ample a manner as we our Self could do being there present altho' a more special and more express Order might seem necessary than that which is contained in these Presents Promising upon the whole and faithfully bona fide and upon our Imperial Word declaring to accept and consent to confirm and ratifie whatsoever hath been transacted concluded