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A46460	Articles of peace and commerce between the most serene and mighty prince James II by the grace of God, King of Great Britain, France and Ireland, defender of the Christian faith, etc. and the most illustrious lords, the Douletli Basha, Aga & Governours of the famous city and kingdom of Algiers in Barbary / ratified and confirmed by Sir William Soame ..., His Majesties ambassador to the Grand Signior, on the fifth of April, Old Style, 1686.; Treaties, etc. England and Wales, 1686 Apr. 15	Algeria.; Soames, William, Sir.; England and Wales. Treaties, etc. Algeria, 1686 Apr. 15.	1687 (1687)	Wing J153; ESTC R10841	7,454	25

ARTICLES OF Peace and Commerce Between the most Serene and Mighty Prince JAMES II. By the Grace of GOD King of Great Britain France and Ireland Defender of the Christian Faith c. And the most Illustrious LORDS The Douletli Basha Aga Governours Of the famous City and Kingdom of ALGIERS in BARBARY Ratified and Confirmed By Sir William Soame Baronet His Majesties Ambassador to the Grand Signior On the Fifth of April Old Style 1686. Published by His Majesties Command Printed by Thomas Newcomb in the Savoy 1687. ARTICLES OF PEACE COMMERCE Between the most Serene and Mighty PRINCE JAMES II. By the Grace of God King of Great Britain France and Ireland Defender of the Christian Faith c. And the most Illustrious LORDS The Douletli Basha Aga and Governours of the Famous City and Kingdom of Argiers in Barbary Ratified and Confirmed by Sir William Soame Baronet His Majesties Ambassador to the Grand Signior on the Fifth of April Old Style 1686. Article I. IN the first place it is Agreed and Concluded That from this day and for ever forwards that the Peace made by Arthur Herbert Esquire Admiral of His Majesties Fleet in the Mediterranean be renewed and confirmed and be kept inviolable between the most Serene King of Great Britain France and Ireland Defender of the Christian Faith c. And the most Illustrious Lords the Douletli Basha Aga and Governours of the City and Kingdom of Algiers and between all the Dominions and Subjects of either side and that the Ships and other Vessels and the Subjects and People of both sides shall not henceforth do to each other any Harm Offence or Injury either in Word or Deed but shall Treat one another with all possible Respect and Friendship And that all Demands and Pretences whatsoever to this day between both Parties shall cease and be void II. That any of the Ships or other Vessels belonging to the said King of Great Britain or to any of His Majesties Subjects may safely come to the Port of Algiers or to any other Port or Place of that Kingdom there freely to Buy and Sell paying the usual Customs of Ten per Cent. as in former times for such Goods as they sell and the Goods they sell not they shall freely carry on Board without paying any Duties for the same And that they shall freely depart from thence whensoever they please without any stop or hindrance whatsoever As to Contraband Merchandises as Powder Brimstone Iron Planks and all sorts of Timber fit for Building of Ships Ropes Pitch Tar Fusils and other Habiliments of War His said Majesties Subjects shall pay no Duty for the same to those of Algiers Artic. III. That all Ships and other Vessels as well those belonging to the King of Great Britain or to any of His Majesties Subjects as those belonging to the Kingdom or People of Algiers shall freely pass the Seas and Traffick without any search hindrance or molestation from each other And that all Persons or Passengers of what Country soever and all Moneys Goods Merchandises and Moveables to whatsoever People or Nation belonging being on Board of any of the said Ships or Vessels shall be wholly free and shall not be stopped taken or plundered nor receive any harm or damage whatsoever from either Party Artic. IV. That the Algiers Ships of War or other Vessels meeting with any Merchant Ships or other Vessels of His said Majesties Subjects not being in any of the Seas appertaining to His Majesties Dominions may send on Board one single Boat with two Sitters only besides the ordinary Crew of Rowers and that no more shall enter any such Merchant Ship or Vessel without express leave from the Commander thereof but the two Sitters alone and that upon producing a Pass under the Hand and Seal of His Majesty or whomsoever he shall appoint to be Lord High Admiral or to execute the Office of Lord High Admiral for England and Ireland or of the Lord High Admiral of Scotland for the said Kingdoms respectively that the said Boat shall presently depart and the Merchant Ship or Vessel shall presently depart and the Merchant Ship or Vessel shall proceed freely on her Voyage And any of the Ships of War or other Vessels of His said Majesty meeting with any Ships or other Vessels of Algiers if the Commander of any such Algier Ship or Vessel shall produce a Pass firmed by the Chief Governours of Algiers and a Certificate from the English Consul living there the said Algier Ship or Vessel shall proceed freely Artic. V. That no Commander or other Person of any Ship or Vessel of Algiers shall take out of any Ship or Vessel of his said Majesties Subjects any Person or Persons whatsoever to carry them any where to be Examined or upon any other pretence nor shall they use any Torture or Violence to any Person of what Nation or Quality soever being on Board any Ship or Vessel of His Majesties Subjects upon any pretence whatsoever Artic. VI. That no Shipwrack belonging to the said King of Great Britain or to any of His Majesties Subjects upon any part of the Coast belonging to Algiers shall be made or become Prize and that neither the Goods thereof shall be Seized nor the Men made Slaves but that all the Subjects of Algiers shall do their best endeavours to save the said Men and their Goods Artic. VII That no Ship nor any other Vessel of Algiers shall have permission to be delivered up or go to Sally or any other Place in Enmity with the said King of Great Britain to be made use of as Corsairs or Sea-Rovers against His said Majesties Subjects Artic. VIII That none of the Ships or other smaller Vessels of Algiers shall remain Cruising near or in sight of any of His Majesties Roads Havens or Ports Towns and Places nor any way disturb the Peace and Commerce of the same Artic. IX That if any Ship or Vessel of Tunis Tripoly or Sally or of any other Place bring any Ships Vessels Men or Goods belonging to any of His said Majesties Subjects to Algiers or to any Port or Place in that Kingdom the Governors there shall not permit them to be sold within the Territories of Algiers Artic. X. That if any of the Ships of War of the said King of Great Britain do come to Algiers or to any other Port or Place of that Kingdom with any Prize they may freely sell it or otherwise to dispose of it at their own pleasure without being molested by any And that His Majesties said Ships of War shall not be obliged to pay Customs in any sort and that if they shall want Provisions Victuals or any other things they may freely Buy them at the Rates in the Market Artic. XI That when any of His said Majesties Ships of War shall appear before Algiers upon notice thereof given by the English Consul or by the Commander of the said Ships to the chief Governors of Algiers Publick Proclamation

shall be immediately made to secure the Christian Captives And if after that any Christians whatsoever make their escape on Board any of the said Ships of War they shall not be required back again nor shall the said Consul or Commander or any other of His Majesties Subjects be obliged to pay any thing for the said Christians Artic. XII That henceforward no Subjects of His Majesty of Great Britain c. shall be bought or sold or made Slaves in any part of the Kingdom of Algiers upon any pretence whatsoever Nor shall His Majesty be obliged by Virtue of this Treaty of Peace to Redeem any of his Subjects now in Slavery but it shall depend absolutely upon His Majesty or the Friends and Relations of the said Persons in Slavery without any limitation or restriction of time to Redeem such and so many of them from time to time as shall be thought fit agreeing of as reasonable a Price as may be with their Patrons or Masters for their Redemption without obliging the said Patrons or Masters against their wills to set any at Liberty whether they be Slaves belonging to the Beylicque or Gally or such as belong to the Bashaw Dey Governor or any other Persons whatsoever And all Slaves being His Majesties Subjects shall when they are Redeemed enjoy the advantage and benefit of abatements of the Duty due to the Royal House and of the other Charges by paying such reasonable Sums as any Slaves of other Nations usually pay when they are Redeemed Artic. XIII That if any Subject of the said King of Great Britain happen to die in Algiers or in any part of its Territories his Goods or Moneys shall not be Seized by the Governors Judges or other Officers who shall likewise make no Enquiry after the same but the said Goods or Moneys shall be possessed or received by such Person or Persons whom the Deceased shall by his last Will have made his Heir or Heirs in case they be upon the Place where the Testator deceased But if the Heirs be not there then the Executors of the said Will lawfully constituted by the Deceased shall after having made an Inventory of all the Goods and Moneys left take them into their custody without any hindrance and shall take care the same be remitted by some safe way to the true and lawful Heirs and in case any of His said Majesties Subjects happen to die not having made any Will the English Consul shall possess himself of his Goods and Moneys upon Inventory for the use of the Kindred and Heirs of the Deceased Artic. XIV That no Merchants being His Majesties Subjects and Residing in or Trading to the City and Kingdom of Algiers shall be obliged to buy any Merchandises against their Wills but it shall be free for them to buy such Commodities as they shall think fit and no Captain or Commander of any Ship or Vessel belonging to His said Majesties Subjects shall be obliged against his Will to Lade any Goods to carry them or make a Voyage to any Place he shall not have a mind to go to And neither the English Consul nor any other Subject of the said King shall be bound to pay the Debts of any other of His Majesties Subjects except that he or they become Sureties for the same by a Publick Act. Artic. XV. That the Subjects of His said Majesty in Algiers ot its Territories in matter of Controversie shall be liable to no other Jurisdiction but that of the Dey or Divan except they happen to be at Difference between themselves in which case they shall be liable to no other Determination but that of the Consul only Artic. XVI That in case any Subject of His said Majesty being in any part of the Kingdom of Algiers happen to Strike Wound or Kill a Turk or a Moor if he be taken he is to be punished in the same manner and with no greater severity then a Turk ought to be being guilty of the same Offence but if he escape neither the said English Consul nor any other of His said Majesties Subjects shall be in any sort questioned and troubled therefore Artic. XVII That the English Consul now or at any time living in Algiers shall be there at all times with entire freedom and safety of his Person and Estate and shall be permitted to choose his own Druggerman and Broker and freely to go on Board any Ships in the Road as often and when he pleases and to have the liberty of the Country And that he shall be allowed a Place to Pray in and that no man shall do him any Injury in Word or Deed. Artic. XVIII That not onely during the continuance of this Peace and Friendship but likewise if any Breach or War happen to be hereafter between the said King of Great Britain and the Kingdom of Algiers the said English Consul and all other His said Majesties Subjects inhabiting in the Kingdom of Algiers shall always and at all times both of Peace and War have full and absolute Liberty to depart and go to their own or any other Countrey upon any Ship or Vessel of what Nation soever they shall think fit and to carry with them all their Estates Goods Families and Servants without any interruption or hindrance Artic. XIX That no Subject of His said Majesty being a Passenger and coming or going with his Baggage from or to any Port shall be any way molested or meddled with although he be on Board any Ship or Vessel in Enmity with Algiers And in like manner no Algerine Passenger being on Board any Ship or Vessel in Enmity with the said King of Great Britain shall be any way molested whether in his Person or in his Goods which he may have Laden on Board the said Ship or Vessel Artic. XX. That at all times when any Ship of VVar of the King of Great Britains carrying His said Majesties Flag at the Main-Top-Mast-head shall appear before Algiers and come to an Anchor in the Road That immediately after notice thereof given by His said Majesties Consul or Officer from the Ship unto the Dey and Government of Algiers they shall in Honour to His Majesty cause a Salute of One and twenty Cannon to be shot from the Castles and Forts of the City and that the said Ship shall return an Answer by shooting off the same Number of Cannon Artic. XXI That presently after the Signing and Sealing of these Articles by the Bashaw Dey Aga and Governours of Algiers all Injuries and Damages sustained on either part shall be quite taken away and forgotten and this Peace shall be in full force and virtue and continue for ever And for all Depredations and Damages that shall be afterwards committed or done by either Side before notice can be given of this Peace full Satisfaction shall immediately be made and whatsoever remains in kind shall be instantly restored Artic. XXII That in case it shall happen hereafter That any thing is done or

committed contrary to this Treaty whether by the Subjects of the one or the other Party the Treaty notwithstanding shall subsist in full force and such Contraventions shall not occasion the Breach of this Peace Friendship and good Correspondence but the Party Injured shall amicably demand immediate Satisfaction for the said Contraventions before it be lawful to break the Peace and if the Fault was committed by any Private Subjects of either Party they alone shall be punished as Breakers of the Peace and Disturbers of the Publick Quiet And Our Faith shall be Our Faith and Our Word Our Word Confirmed and Sealed in the Presence of Almighty God the Fifth day of April in the Year of our Lord Jesus Christ One thousand Six Hundred and Eighty Six And in the Year of the Hegira One Thousand Ninety seaven and the three and Twenty day of the Moon Gemasilavel L.S. L.S. FINIS Confirmation of the Articles of Peace between the most Serene and Mighty Prince JAMES the Second King of Great Britain France and Ireland Defender of the Faith c. And the most Excellent Signiors present Governors of the Noble City and Kingdom of Tunis Hadge Bectash Hogia Dey Mahomet Bey and Ibrahim Aga of the Divan and Militia of the said City and Kingdom Concluded by Thomas Goodwin Esq His Majesties Agent and Consul the Second day of October 1686. WHereas there hath been for many years past a firm Peace and Friendship between the most Serene and Mighty Prince Charles the Second by the Grace of God of England Scotland France and Ireland King Defender of the Christian Faith and the most Illustrious Lords the Governors of the Noble City and Kingdom of Tunis as appears by Articles of Peace and Commerce made and firmed in the Month of October Anno 1662 by the most Excellent Signiors Mahomet Bassa Mustapha Dey Moratt Bey and the Divan of the said City of Tunis of the one part and Sir John Lawson Knight on the other part and Renewed and Confirmed in the year of our Lord Jesus Christ 167â…˜ being the year Hegira 1085 by Mustapha Bassa Hadge Mamme Dey Moratt Bey Mahomet Hofse Bey and the Divan of the said City and Kingdom of Tunis on the one part and by Sir John Narborough Knight his late Majesties late Admiral in the Mediterranean Seas on the other part and whereas it hath pleased God Almighty to take out of this World his said Majesty Charles the Second whereby the Kingdoms of England Scotland France and Ireland are Justly Legally Descended to His Royal Brother His now Majesty the most Serene and Mighty Prince James the Second by the Grace of God of England Scotland France and Ireland King Defender of the Christian Faith and whereas these our Dominions having of late been grievously afflicted and disordered by Civil War are now thanks be to Almighty God in some measure restored to a quiet and setled Government We the most Excellent Signiors present Governors of the Noble City and Kingdom of Tunis Hadge Bectash Hogia Dey Mahomet Bey and Ibrahim Aga of the Divan and Militia of this our said City and Kingdom have seen perused approved the above recited Articles of Peace and do now for our selves and the whole Body of our Militia by these present Accept Approve Ratifie and Confirm all and every the afore-mentioned Articles of Peace and Commerce in the same Manner and Form as they are Inserted and Declared in and by the said recited Articles of Peace hereby firmly promising on our Faith Sacredly and Inviolably to observe and maintain the said Peace in every particular with his said now Majesty James the Second King of Great Britain France and Ireland and all his Subjects and to cause all our People of what Degree and Quality soever punctually to observe and keep all and every Article thereof from henceforth for ever and that if any of our People shall at any time violate and break any part of the said Articles they shall be punished with the greatest severity at their return into our Dominions of Tunis And for the Money due unto the English Nation from the Divan and several other Persons belonging to these our Dominions according to an account which we have received from Thomas Goodwin Esq Agent and Consul for his said Majesty James the Second King of Great Britain c. in this our said City and Kingdom of Tunis we do hereby firmly promise to see that intire satisfaction shall be given them within the time and space of Twelve Months at furthest next after the date hereof And whereas we have lately made an Abatement unto the French Nation of Seaven per Cent. in the Customs of all such Goods as they bring into and carry out of our Dominions having reduced the said Customs from Ten to Three per Cent. We do likewise firmly promise in manner aforesaid that at the end of Six Months at furthest we will either allow the said Abatement unto the English Merchants that Trade here and from thence forward and for ever take no more than Three per Cent. on all such Goods whatsoever as they shall bring unto and carry out of these our Dominions or else we will at the end of the said Six Months aforesaid without any further stay cause the French Nation to pay their antient Customs of Ten per Cent. as formerly and to all that is in these presents contained we do strictly oblige our selves promising on our Faith sacredly to observe the same and every part thereof and have therefore Sealed in the presence of Almighty God in our House in our Noble City of Tunis the Second day of October Anno 1686. L.S. L.S. L.S. L.S. FINIS Confirmation of the Articles of Peace between the most Serene and Mighty Prince JAMES the Second King of Great Britain France and Ireland Defender of the Faith c. And the most Illustrious Lords Ismael Basha Brahem Dey Joseph Bey Hassan Calligee Admiral Aga of the Divan of the City and Kingdom of Tripoly Concluded by Nathaniel Lodington His Majesties Consul the Seventh day of February 1686 / 7. WHereas His Sacred Majesty James the Second King of Great Britain France and Ireland c. hath pleased to signifie by his Letters to the Governors of this City and Kingdom of Tripoly that His Majesty doth fully Impower his Consul Nathaniel Lodington here Resident to confirm those Articles of Peace that were agreed on the First day of May 1676 being the 26th day of the Moon Zaphire and the 1087 year of the Hegira by Hallil Basha Mustapha Dey and Aga of the Divan on the one part and Sir John Narborough on the other part in behalf of his late Majesty Charles the Second of Glorious Memory with whom we enjoy'd entire Friendship For the continuance of which Amity with his now Sacred Majesty James the Second We Ismael Basha Brahem Dey Joseph Bey Hassan Calligee Admiral Aga of the Divan having perused the said Articles We do by these Presents confirm them all to and with the said Consul Nathaniel Lodington in the same manner as they are written Hereby promising on our Faiths to maintain the said Peace now Ratified We and all Our People punctually for ever Confirmed and Sealed in the Presence of Almighty God at our Castle in the City of Tripoly the Seventh day of February 1686 Old Style being the Second day of the Moon Herby in the year 1098 of the Hegira L. S. L. S. L. S. L. S. FINIS