put in Execution whether he desires to have his Servant kept in Prison or set at Liberty X. If any Domestick of an Ambassador or Plenipotentiary should Insult or Quarrel with a Domestick of another Ambassador or Plenipotentiary the Aggressor shall forthwith be delivered up into the Power of the Master of him that has been attacked and insulted who shall punish him as he shall think fit XI All Ambassadors and Plenipotentiaries shall most severely and strictly forbid their Domesticks as well Gentlemen as others to have among them any Quarrels or Differences and if any should be discovered notwithstanding these Prohibitions and that any one should be so bold as to endeavour to decide them by the Way of Arms he shall instantly be turn'd out of the Ambassadors House and even out of the Town without any regard to what he could alledge for his Excuse as the Enormity of the Affront put upon him or his being Assaulted first and he shall likewise be obliged to Answer to the Complaint that may be made before the Tribunal of his Natural Prince where he shall be punished according to the Laws XII All the foregoing Articles agreed on with common Consent for the good Order of this Assembly shall not be alledged for an Example or be a Precedent in any other Place Time or different Conjuncture and no Person shall take advantage from nor receive Prejudice by them upon any other occasion Given at the Hague the 29 th of May 1697. L.S. Signed N. Lilieroot THE PROJECT OF PEACE Between the Emperor Empire On one Part and his Most Christian Majesty On the other Part As it was deliver'd in by the French Ambassadors the 20 th of July 1697. With the Answer of the Imperial Ambassadors to the said Project given in the 5 th of August 1697. Translated from the Latin THE CONDITIONS Upon which his Most Christian Majesty Agrees to make Peace with all the ALLIES The Preamble BE it known unto all Men both present and to come that in the Course of a most bloody War under which Europe has so long groan'd it has pleas'd Divine Providence to prepare at last for Christendom a happy Conclusion of its Miseries by inspiring an ardent Desire of Peace into the Hearts of the most High most Excellent and most Potent Prince Leopold Elected Emperor of the Romans always August King of Germany Hungary c. of the most High most Excellent and most Potent Prince Lewis XIV by the Grace of God most Christian King of France and Navarre of the most High most Excellent and most Potent Prince Charles II. by the Grace of God Catholick King of Spain and of their High and Mightinesses the States General of the United Netherlands All of which Princes and States being equally desirous to concur bonâ fide as far as in them lies towards the Re-establishment of the Publick Tranquility they think of nothing less than rendering it Solid and Lasting by the Equity of the Articles in the ensuing Treaty Whereupon in the first place their Majesties and the said States General have for this purpose unanimously consented to accept of the Mediation of the most High most Excellent and most Potent Prince Charles XI by the Grace of God King of Sweden Goths and Vandals of glorious Memory But whereas an untimely Death afterwards took away that Prince and disappointed the Hopes which all Europe had justly conceived of the happy Issue of his Counsels and good Offices their said Majesties and the States General being still resolved to put a speedy stop to the Effusion of so much Christian Blood have thought they could not make Choice of a Mediator more agreeable to all Parties concern'd and interested in the War than by continuing to acknowledge under the same Character the most High most Excellent and most Potent Prince Charles XII his Son and Successor the present King of Sweden who has already us'd the same Endeavours to promote the Peace between his Imperial Majesty and his Allies on the one part and his most Christian Majesty on the other part in the Conferences actually held for this purpose in the Palace at Ryswick in the Province of Holland between the Ambassadors Extraordinary and Plenipotentiaries nominated and deputed by both Parties Viz. On behalf of the Emperor Count Caunitz Count Straatman and Count Seylern c. On behalf of his most Christian Majesty the Sieurs Harlay Count Crecy and Cailliere c. On behalf of his Catholick Majesty the Sieurs Don Bernardo de Quiros and Count Tirimont c. On the behalf of the States General the Sieurs Boreel Dyckvelt and Van Haren c. Who having implored the Divine Assistance and communicated respectively their full Powers the Copies whereof are inserted word for word at the end of the Treaty and having caused them to be duly exchang'd by the Intervention and Mediation of the Baron of Lilieroot Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the King of Sweden who acquits himself in the Office of a Mediator with all the Prudence Ability and Equity requisite for the Re-establishment of a General Tranquility They shall agree together for the Glory of God and the Welfare of Christendom upon the Articles of Peace and mutual Amity which follow The Answer of the Imperial Ambassadors to the Project of Peace deliver'd in by the French Answer to the Preamble ACcording to established Custom 't is requir'd that in all Treaties between the Emperor and Empire on one part and France on the other the Latin Tongue should be made use of and especially that what is deliver'd in writing on either side should be in that Language Therefore it was but reasonable for them to demand that this Custom might be observ'd with respect to the Project and in all future Negotiations Tho' in this Project there is no mention made but only of Three Allies yet it is to be supposed that the Treaty of Peace should be manag'd and concluded with all the Allies engaged in the present War and that several Instruments should be drawn up according to the Number of them Lastly They will readily agree at the end of this Negotiation to the remaining part of the Preamble Article I. There shall be an Universal Perpetual and Christian Peace and a true and sincere Amity between his Imperial Majesty and his Allies on the one part and his most Christian Majesty on the other part their Heirs and Successors their Kingdoms and Provinces especially between the Princes Electors and other States of the Empire comprehended in the Treaty of Peace with their Heirs and Successors This Peace and Amity shall sincerely and faithfully be observ'd and continued in such a manner that each Party shall be for promoting the Honour Welfare and Profit of the other There shall be passed on both sides a perpetual Amnesty and Oblivion of all Acts of Hostility exercis'd during the War in what place or howsoever committed So that for the future no Redress shall be sued for
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
and do give them full Power Commission and special Command to go and repair to the said City of Delft in Quality of our Plenipotentiaries and Extraordinary Ambassadors for the Peace and there to confer either directly or through the interposition of the Ambassadors Mediators respectively received and approved with all the Ambassadors Plenipotentiaries and Ministers as well of our most dear and most beloved Brother the Emperor of the Romans as of our most dear and most beloved Brother and Cousin the Catholick King as also of our most dear and great Friends the States General of the United Provinces of the Low-Countries and of all other Princes their Allies being all provided with sufficient Powers And there to Treat of Means to adjust and pacify those Differences which are at present the occasion of the War and our said Plenipotentiaries all Three together or Two of them in case the other be absent through Sickness or any other hindrance or One of them the other Two being absent in the like Case of Sickness or through any other hindrance shall have Power to agree upon the said Means and accordingly conclude and Sign a good and firm Peace and in general to do negotiate promise and grant all that they shall think necessary for the said Work of the Peace with the same Authority as we should and could do our selves if we were there in Person altho' there may be something that should require a more special Command not contained in these Presents and we do promise upon the Faith and Word of a King to hold good and perform whatever by the said de Harlay de Crecy and Caillieres or by Two of them in case the other be absent through Sickness or other hindrance shall have been stipulated promised and granted and for that purpose to cause our Letters of Ratification to be dispatched within the time that they shall promise in our Name to exhibit and deliver them in for such is our Will and Pleasure in Testimony whereof we have caused these Presents to be Sealed with our Seal Given at Versailles the 25th of February 1697. in the Year of our Reign 54th Signed LEWIS And on the Fold By the King COLBERT And sealed with the Great Seal in Yellow Wax Treaty of Peace Made Concluded and Agreed at Ryswick in Holland the 10 20th of September 1697. Between the Ambassadors and Plenipotentiaries of his Most Christian Majesty on one Part and the Ambassadors and Plenipotentiaries of Their Lordships the States-General of the Vnited Provinces of the Low-Countries on the other Part. 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 Europe by preserving an ardent Desire for Peace in the Heart of the Most High Most-Excellent and Mighty Prince Lewis XIV by the Grace of God the Most Christian King of France and Navarre and his Most Christian Majesty having no other Aim or Prospect than to make it firm and perpetual by the Equity of its Conditions and their Lordships the States-General of the United Provinces of the Low-Countries being desirous to concur sincerely and as far as in them lies to the Restoration of the publick Tranquility and to return to the antient Friendship and Affection of his Most Christian Majesty they have first consented and agreed to own for that purpose the Mediation of the Most High Most Excellent and Mighty Prince Charles XI of Glorious Memory by the Grace of God King of Sueden Goths and Vandals but a sudden Death having frustrated the Hopes which all Europe had justly entertained of his Councils and good Offices his Most Christian Majesty and the said Lords the States-General still persisting in the Resolution to put a stop assoon as possible to the Effusion of so much Christian Blood have thought they could not do better than to acknowledge in the same quality the Most High Most Excellent and Mighty Prince Charles XII King of Sueden his Son and Successor who on his part has continued the same Endeavours to further the Peace betwixt his Most Christian Majesty and the said Lords the States-General in the Conferences held for that purpose in the Royal Palace of Ryswick in the Province of Holland betwixt the Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary Ambassadors named on both Sides To wit by his Most Christian Majesty Nicolas Augustus de Harlay Knight Lord of Bonneuil Count of Cely Counsellor in Ordinary to His 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 de Caillieres Knight Lord of Caillieres Roche-chellay and Gigny and by the said Lords the States-General Anthony Heinsius Counsellor Pensionary of the States of Holland and West-Friesland Keeper of the Great Seal and Super-intendant of the Fiefs of the same Province Everhard de Weede Lord of Weede Dyckvelt Rareles and other places Lord of the Mannor of the Town of Oudewater Dean and Rector of the Imperial Chapter of St. Mary in Vtrecht President of the States of the said Province and William de Haren Grietman of Bilt Deputy from the Nobility to the States of Friesland and Curator of the University of Franeker Deputies in their Assembly from the States of Holland Vtrecht and Friesland who having first implored the Divine Assistance and Communicated to each other their respective Full-Powers the Copies of which shall be inserted Word for Word at the end of this Treaty and duly exchanged the same by the Intervention and Mediation of the Baron of Lillieroot Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the King of Sueden who has discharged the Function of a Mediator with all the necessary Prudence Capacity and Equity they have agreed to the Glory of God and for the good of Christendom upon the following Conditions I. THere shall- be for the future betwixt his Most Christian Majesty and his Successors Kings of France and Navarre and his Kingdoms on one Part and their Lordships the States-General of the United Provinces of the Low Countries on the other Part a good firm sincere and inviolable Peace and upon account of the same all Hostilities of what kind soever they be shall cease and be left off between the said Lord King and the said Lords the States-General as well by Land as by Sea and on fresh Waters in all their Kingdoms Countries Lands Provinces and Lordships and between all their Subjects and Inbitants of what Quality or Condition soever they be without any Exception of Places or Persons II. There shall be an Oblivion and general Amnesty of all that has been committed on both Sides on the occasion of the late War either by those who being born Subjects of
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
Royal Highness doth therefore oblige himself not to keep in times of Neutrality any more than Six thousand Foot on this side the Alps and One thousand five hundred on the other side of the Mountains for the Garrisons of Savoy and of the County of Nice and One thousand five hundred Horse or Dragoons and this Obligation is to continue only till the General Peace be Concluded We the above-mentioned Plenipotentiaries have Agreed upon and Signed these present Articles and we do promise and engage to procure them to be ratified and confirmed by his Majesty and by his Royal Highness promising likewise that they shall be kept secret till the end of September next and if at that time new Articles are made to the same sense and purpose then these shall be suppressed Dated at Turin the 29th of August 1696. Rhene de Froullay and Saint Thomas The Proclamation of the Peace Publish-at Paris the 10th of September 1696. N. S. as also at Turin and at the Head of the Army on the same Day BE it known to all Persons whatsoever That a good sure lasting and solid Peace with entire Amity and sincere Reconciliation has been made and agreed upon by and between the most high most excellent and most powerful Prince Lewis by the Grace of God King of France and of Navar our Sovereign Lord and the most high and most powerful Prince Victor Amadeus II. Duke of Savoy their Vassals Subjects and Servants in all their Kingdoms States Countries Lands and Lordships under their Subjection That the said Peace is general and absolute between them their said Vassals and Subjects and by vertue of the said Peace it is permitted to the Subjects of both Princes to go come return and sojourn in all Places of the said Kingdoms States and Countries to Negotiate and Traffick Correspond and have a free Converse the one with the other in all Freedom and Safety as well by Land as by Sea and on Rivers c. And in order to maintain the same all manner of People of what Quality or Condition soever they may be are hereby strictly forbid to undertake attempt or innovate any thing contrary thereunto upon the Penalty of being severely Punished as Disturbers of the Publick Peace Given at Varsaille the 8 th day of December 1696. Signed Lewis And lower Philypeaux The most Christian King's Letter to the Archbishop of Paris to cause Te Deum to be Sung for the Peace Concluded with Savoy c. Cousin AS in this War which I have alone sustain'd for these Nine Years past against the Confederated Force of Europe I had no other Aim than to Defend Religion and Vindicate the Majesty of Kings God has protected his own Cause he has Guided my Designs and Assisted my Enterprises The happy Successes which have accompanied my Arms have been the more agreeable to me because I have always Flatter'd my self they would Conduce to a Peace and I have made no other Profit of those Successes than to offer my Enemies Conditions more Advantagious then they could hope for even tho' they had obtain'd that Superiority over me as I have gain'd upon them I have omitted nothing that might advance the Happiness of Europe and I have made use of all means to convince my Brother the Duke of Savoy with what ardor I desired to see that good Correspondence renewed which has been established for so many Ages founded upon such Bonds of Consanguinity and Friendship and which had never been interrupted but by the Artifices of our Enemies My Vows have been heard this Prince has at last acknowledg'd his true Interest and my good Intentions and the Peace is Concluded It is to be hoped that the Confederated Powers touch'd by this Example and the Evils that their People suffer will follow his Example Or if they will still persist in the same Sentiments they shall more than ever be made sensible that nothing is impossible to Troops accustomed to Victory and which are Conducted by a Desire of Peace It is to give thanks to the God of Armies who has been pleased to shew himself a God of Peace and to pray him to give to all Europe a Tranquility so necessary and which he only can give That I have resolved to cause Te Deum to be Sung in the Cathedral Church of my good City of Paris on the Thirteenth of this present Month as the great Master of Ceremonies will more particularly inform you whom I have ordered to invite also to this Ceremony my Courts and those that use to assist at it Whereupon c. Versailles Sept. 11. 1696. Signed Lewis And lower Philypeaux An Act of Surrender 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 Amadeus II. Duke of Savoy Prince of Piedmont King of Cyprus c. on the 28th of September 1696. By his Royal Highness BE it known to all Persons whatsoever That in pursuance of a Treaty of Peace made and signed between his most Christian Majesty Lewis XIV King of France and Navarre on the one part and his Royal Highness Victor Amadeus II. Duke of Savoy Prince of Piedmont King of Cyprus c. on the other Part That his most Christian Majesty hath given Orders to Monsieur Anthony Balthasar Marquis de Thoy Major General of the Armies of France and Governour of Savoy to restore entirely to his Royal Highness all the Countries Places Castles and Fortresses of all Savoy except Montmelian and to draw out all the Troops that are there pursuant to his Majesty's Letters Patents To this end his Royal Highness hath sent the Marquis of Thana Captain of his Life Guards Major General of his Army and Governour of Savoy with a Power to receive in his Royal Highness's Name all the said Estates and Places The said Marquiss de Thoy having therefore personally appeared in the Council-Chamber of the Town-Hall of Chambery and having there assembled the Nobility the Syndics and Counsellors of the said City and the said Marquiss of Thana there likewise appearing did then and there receive from the said Marquis de Thoy an absolute and full Surrender in the Name of his most Christian Majesty of all the Countries and of all the Places of the Dutchy of Savoy Montmelion only excepted according to the Treaty of Peace The said Marquiss de Thoy expressing the same in these following Words viz. My Lord Marquiss de Thana in Pursuance of an Order from the King my Master and according to the Power you have also received from his Royal Highness I do hereby make an entire Surrender and Restitution to his Royal Highness in your Person of all the Countries and Places and of all the Dependencies of the Estate of Savoy Montmelian excepted and his Royal Highness may accordingly dispose of the same in like manner as he had done before those Estates were conquered by the King 's Arms. To which the Marquiss of
Most-Excellent and Mighty Prince Charles XI by the Grace of God King of Sueden Goths and Vandals but a sudden Death having frustrated the Hopes which all Europe had justly entertained of the happy Effect of his Counsels and good Offices their said Majesties still persisting in the Resolution to put a Stop assoon as possible to the Effusion of so much Christian Blood have thought they could not do better than to acknowledge in the same Quality the Most-High Most-Excellent and Mighty Prince Charles XII King of Sueden his Son and Successor who on his Part has also continued the same Endeavours to further the Peace betwixt their Catholick and Most Christian Majesties in the Conferences held for that purpose in the Royal Palace at Ryswick in Holland betwixt the Extraordinary Ambassadors and Plenipotentiaries named on both sides to wit by his Catholick Majesty Don Francisco Bernardo de Quiros Knight of the Order of St. James one of the Members of the King 's Royal and Supream Council of Castille and the Sieur Lewis Alexander de Scockart Count of Tirimont Baron of Gaesbeke one of the supream Council of State of the Netherlands in Madrid and of that of State and Privy Council in the same Countries And by his most Christian Majesty the Sieur Nicolas Augustus de Harlay Knight Lord of Bonneuil Count of Cely Counsellor in ordinary to his Majesty in his Council of State the Sieur 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 the Sieur Francis Callieres Kt. Lord of Callieres of Rochechellay and Gigny who having first implored the Divine Assistance and communicated to each other their respective Full Powers the Copies of which shall be inserted Word for Word at the end of the present Treaty and duly exchanged the same by the Intervention and Mediation of the Baron of Lillieroot Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of his Majesty the King of Sueden who has discharged the Function of a Mediator with all the necessary Prudence Capacity and Equity they have agreed to the Glory of God and the Good of Christendom upon the following Conditions I. IT is agreed That for the future there be a good firm and lasting Peace and a perpetual Confederacy Alliance and Friendship between the Catholick and most Christian Kings their Children born or that shall be born their Kingdoms States Lands and Subjects that they shall love one another like good Brothers and that the one as far as in him lies shall promote the Interest Honour and Reputation of the other carefully and sincerely avoiding whatever may cause any Damage to each other II. That upon Account of this Peace and good Union all Hostilities shall cease betwixt the said Lords Kings their Subjects and Vassals as well by Sea and on fresh Waters as by Land and generally in all Places where War is made by their Majesties Arms both betwixt their Armies and the Garisons of their Places And if contrary to this Article any Place or Places should be taken either by Attack Surprize or Intelligence Prisoners made or any other Hostilities committed through Inadvertency or otherwise Reparation shall be made on both Sides with Honesty by restoring without any Diminution what shall have been taken and setting Prisoners at liberty without Ransom or Payment of Expences III. All Enmities and Causes of Misunderstanding shall be extinguished and abolished for ever There shall be on both Sides a perpetual Oblivion of the Injuries done or Damages suffered during this War or on Account of the same so that no Person shall hereafter be called to Account or be obliged to make any Restitution upon any Pretence whatsoever directly or indirectly by way of Justice or otherwise and their said Majesties their Subjects Servants or Adherents shall never shew a Resentment or demand any Reparation for the same IV. The Towns and Places of Gironne Roses and Belver shall be restored and left in the Possession Dominion and Sovereignty of his Catholick Majesty in the same Condition they were in when taken with the Artillery that was found in them at the same time and in general all other Towns Places Forts and Chastelenies whatsoever that have been possessed during this War by the Arms of his most Christian Majesty and since the Treaty of Nimeguen in the Principality of Catalonia or elsewhere in Spain their Appurtenances and Dependencies shall be restored in the Condition they are now in without any Reservation Diminution or Deterioration whatsoever Likewise shall be restored to the Power Dominion and Sovereignty of his Catholick Majesty the City of Barcelona the Fort and Fortifications belonging to it with all the Artillery in the Condition wherein they were found on the Day the same was taken with all its Appurtenances and Dependencies V. The Town and Fortress of Luxemburg in the Condition it is now in without demolishing altering diminishing weakening or deteriorating any of its Works Forts and Fortifications with the Artillery that was found in it when taken Together with the Province and Dutchy of Luxemburg and County of Chiny in all their Consistencies and all the Appurtenances and Dependencies belonging to them shall be faithfully resigned and restored to the Power Sovereignty Dominion and Possession of the Catholick King to be by the said Lord the Catholick King enjoyed as he has done or may have done at the time of and before the Treaty of Nimeguen without any with-holding or reservation except what has been yielded to his most Christian Majesty by the preceding Treaties of Peace VI. The Fortress of Charleroy shall likewise be restored to the Power and under the Sovereignty of His Catholick Majesty with its Dependencies in the Condition it is in at present without Breaking Demolishing Weakening or Deteriorating any thing in it together with the Artillery therein found when taken VII There shall also be restored to the Sovereignty Dominion and Possession of His Catholick Majesty the City of Mons Capital of the Province of Hainault with its Works and Fortifications in the same Condition they are in at present without Breaking Demolishing Weakening or Deteriorating any thing in them together with the Artillery found in it when taken and the Precincts Provostship Appurtenances and Dependencies to the said City belonging in all its Consistency and in the same manner as the Catholick King enjoyed it or may have enjoyed it at the time of and before the said Treaty of Nimeguen As well as the City of At h in the Condition it was in when last taken without Breaking Demolishing Weakening or Deteriorating any thing in its Fortifications with the Artillery therein found on the same Day together with the Precincts Chastelenies Appurtenances and Dependencies of the said City as they were yielded by the Treaty of Nimeguen except the places next following viz. the Burrough of Anthoin Vaux Guavrian Ramecroix Bethome Constantin the
of Italy should be accepted or the General Peace Concluded because a great number of Troops would be altogether useless and burthensom to his Royal Highness and that besides the Excessive Charges for keeping them it is often an occasion of misunderstanding the maintaining of more standing Forces than are necessary either for the Defence and Preservation or the Dignity of the Sovereign his Royal Highness obliges himself not to keep and maintain in time of Neutrality above Six Thousand Men of Foot on this side the Mountains and Fifteen Hundred beyond the Mountains for the Garrisons of Savoy and County of Nice and in all Fifteen Hundred Horse or Dragoons which last Obligation of his Royal Highness shall not take place before the General Peace We the above-mentioned Plenipotentiaries have Concluded and Signed the present Articles and we do Promise and Engage to cause the same to be Ratified and Confirmed by His Majesty and his Royal Highness Moreover We do promise that they shall be religiously kept secret till the end of the Month September next at which time if others be made of the same Substance and Tenor the present ones shall be suppressed Done at Turin the 29th of August 1696. Rene de Frouillay Tesse de St. Thomas A Translation of the full Power of their Excellencies the Ambassadors of His Catholick Majesty CHARLES by the Grace of God King of Spain c. We make it known and declare That having no greater Passion and Desire than to see the end of this present and fatal War and a speedy and solid Peace restored in Christendom We do acknowledge with due Affection and Thankfulness the charitable and laudable intentions which have moved the most serene and mighty Prince our Brother Cousin and most dear Friend the Lord Charles by the Grace of God King of Sueden Goths and Vandals Great Prince of Finland Duke of Scania Esthonia Livonia Carelia Bremen Wherden Stetin Pomerania Cazubia and Vandalia Prince of Rugia Lord of Lingria and Vismaria Count Palatine of the Rhine Duke of Bavaria Juliers Cleves Deuxponts c. To take upon him the Office of Mediator and use all his Endeavours and good Offices to restore the publick Tranquility And that nothing may be wanting on our side that may contribute to so good and salutary an Intention assoon as we have been inform'd that it had been agreed by all the Parties concerned to pitch upon and name Ryswick as the most fit and convenient Place to treat of a General Peace We have without any delay named and appointed for our Extraordinary Ambassadors and Plenipotentiaries and as we name and appoint by these Presents Don Francisco Bernardo de Quiros one of our Council of Castille and our Ambassador to the States-General of the United Provinces of the Low-Countries and Don Alexander Schockart Count of Tirimont one of the State and Privy Council of the Low-Countries of Flanders that they may treat that Negotiation from us and in our Name And being fully assured and perswaded and entirely trusting to their Fidelity Prudence and Experience in the management of Affairs We do specially Charge and Command them to go and repair with all possible speed to the Village of Ryswick and enter upon the Conferences and Treaties of Peace with the Extraordinary Ambassadors and Plenipotentiaries of the most high and mighty Prince Lewis the most Christian King of France our most dear Brother and Cousin together with all the other Extraordinary Ambassadors and Plenipotentiaries of our most high and mighty Allies and by the intervention and good Offices of the Extraordinary Ambassadors and Plenipotentiaries of the most high and mighty Prince Charles King of Sueden our most dear Brother And that they may have a lawful and sufficient Faculty for the same end We also give and grant a full and entire Authority and all the Power requisite for the same purpose to our said Extraordinary Ambassadors and Plenipotentiaries Don Francisco Bernardo de Quiros and the Count of Tirimont to them both together and each of them in particular in case of absence or indisposition of either to Settle Conclude and Sign for Us and in our Name the Treaty of Peace betwixt Us and our most Potent Allies and the most high and mighty Prince the most Christian King of France As also to draw dispatch and deliver all Deeds and Instruments necessary for that purpose and generally to do promise and stipulate and conclude Acts and Declarations to exchange Agreements and do all other things belonging to the said Negotiations of Peace with the same liberty and faculty as We could do our Selves if We were present Even also in those Affairs and Acts that may require a more special and explicite Order than what is contained in these Presents And We promise assure and plight our Faith and royal Word That We shall solemnly ratifie in the best form and manner that can be and within the time agreed on by common Consent whatever our said Extraordinary Ambassadors and Plenipotentiaries shall have done Treated Promised Signed and Concluded together or separately in the form aforesaid In Testimony of which Premises and for their greater Force and Validity we give these Presents Signed with our own Hand Sealed with our Privy Seal and Countersigned by our Secretary of State Madrid the 21st of April 1697. Sign'd I the King Concordat cum Originali Don Crispin Gonsales Botello Full Power of their Excellencies the Ambassadors of His most Christian Majesty LEWIS by the Grace of God King of France and Navarr to all those to whom these Presents shall come Greeting Whereas it is our most ardent Desire to see the War which now afflicts Christendom concluded and ended by a good Peace and whereas through the Endeavours and Mediation of our most Dear and most Beloved Brother the King of Sueden the Cities of Delf and the Hague have been pitched and agreed upon by all Parties there to hold the Conferences necessary for that purpose we out of the same desire to put a stop as far as in us lies and with the assistance of Divine Providence to the Desolation of so many Provinces and the Effusion of much Christian Blood make it known and declare That we fully and intirely trusting in the Experience Capacity and Fidelity of our beloved and trusty Harlay de Bonnevil Counseller in Ordinary in our Council of State of our well beloved Verjus Count of Crecy Baron of Couvay Lord of Boulay the Two Churches Manillet and other Places and of our well beloved De Caillieres Lord of Roche-Chellay and Gigny by the trial we have made and the pregnant Proofs we have had of them in the several important Employments wherewith we have entrusted them both within and without our Kingdom For these Reasons and other weighty Considerations us moving we have committed ordained and deputed the said de Harlay de Crecy and Cailliers and we do commit ordain and depute them by these Presents Signed with our own Hand and have given
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
said Majesty for the Mediation of the said General Peace Monsieur Charles Gustavus Baron of Frisendorf Secretary to the Embassie of Sweden SAXONY His Excellency Monsieur the Baron de Bosen Treasurer for the Empire for Upper and Lower Saxony Commissary-General of the War and Privy-Counsellor Knight of the Order of St. John Embassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of His Electoral Highness for the Peace Monsieur Kirchner Secretary of the Embassie The STATES GENERAL of the UNITED PROVINCES His Excellency Monsieur James Borcel Lord of Duynbeeck Westhoven and Meresteen Senator and Burgomaster of the City of Amsterdam and Counsellor deputed from the Province of Holland Embassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary for the Peace on the behalf of Their High and Mightinesses the Lords States General He died before the Signing of the Peace His Excellency Monsieur Anthony Heinsius Counsellor Pensionary of the States of Holland and West-friezland Keeper of the Great Seal Superintendent of the Fiefs and Director of the East-India Company Embassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary for the Peace on the behalf of their High and Mightinesses the Lords States General His Excellency Monsieur Everhard de Weede Lord de Weede Dijckvelt Rateles c. Lord of the Mannor of the City of Oudewater Dean and Rector of the Imperial Chapter of St. Maries at Utrecht Dijckgrave of the River Rhine in the Province of Utrecht President of the States of the said Province Deputy of the Province of Utrecht Embassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary for the Peace on the behalf of Their High and Mightinesses the Lords States General His Excellency Monsieur William de Haaren Grietman of Bielt Deputy on the Part of the Nobility in the States of Friseland and Curator of the University of Franeker Deputy of the Province of Friseland and Embassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary for the Peace on the behalf of Their High and Mightinesses the Lords States General Monsieur Hamel Bruninx Secretary of the Embassie TRIERS or TREVES His Excellency Monsieur the Baron Leyen Lord of Saffig Efferen and Wesseling Intimate Counsellor Grand Marshal and Bailiff of Munster Cobern and Alcken Extraordinary Embassador and Plenipotentiary to His Electoral Highness of Triers at the Treaty of Peace THE NAMES OF THE Ministers Plenipotentiaries Deputies and Envoys of the Empire AUSBOURG The Imperial City of MOnsieur John Christopher de Dierheim Councellor and Plenipotentiary of the Imperial City of Ausbourg at the Treaties of Peace AUSTRIA Francis Rudolph Baron of Helden Lord of Trasberg c. Regent Councellor of the Provinces of the Upper Austria for his Imperial Majesty and his Plenipotentiary for the House of Austria at the Treaties of Peace BADEN BADEN Monsieur Charles Ferdinand Baron de Phittersdorf Lord of Walesteeg and Neuhaz Privy Councellor to his Serene Highness the Margrave Lewis of Baden and Hochberg and his Plenipotentiary at the Treaties of Peace BREMEN and DEUX-PONTS Mons .... Snoilsky Councellor to his Majesty the King of Sweden and his Envoy Extraordinary at the Imperial Diet of Ratisbon Plenipotentiary on the part of the Dutchies of Bremen and Deux-ponts at the Treaties of Peace BRUNSWICK LUNENBOURG Monsieur Huneken Councellor and Resident for his Electoral Highness of Brunswick Lunenbourg Plenipotentiary at the Congress of the High Allies BRUNSWICK WOLFENBUTTEL Monsieur the Baron Frederick de Steinberg intimate Councellor and Marshal of the Court Plenipotentiary to his Most Serene Highness the Duke of Brunswick Wolfenbuttel Brunswick Lunenbourg Zell and Wolfenbuttel Monsieur Seigel Councellor and Resident of their Most Serene Highnesses the Dukes of Brunswick Lunenbourg Zell and Wolfenbuttel Plenipotentiary at the Congress of the Mighty Allies COLOGNE The Imperial City of Monsieur Harman Joseph Bullenger Syndic of the Imperial City of Cologne and its Plenipotentiary at the Treaties of Peace DENMARK for the Dutchy of Holstein Monsieur Detlef Nicholas de Lawencron Councellor to his Majesty of Denmark and Norway his Envoy for the General Diet of the Empire and Plenipotentiary at the Treaties of Peace EGMONT Monsieur Michael de Ghillet Esquire Lord de Feppen Councellor and Intendant of the Houses Demesus and Affairs of the Count d' Egmont Envoy Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of that Prince at the Treaty of Peace EMPEROR Monsieur the Count d' Aversberg Chamberlain to His Imperial Majesty one of the Imperial Aulique Council and His Envoy Extraordinary with His Majesty the King of Great Britain FRANCONIA Monsieur the Baron Wolfganck Philip de Schrottenberg Minister and Intimate Counsellor of the Episcopal Court of Bamberg Plenipotentiary at the Peace on the part of the Circle of Franconia Monsieur Erdman Baron of Stein Knight of the Teutonic Order Burggrave of Noremberg Hereditary Gentleman of the Horse to the Court of His Highness of Brandenbourg Bareith and Plenipotentiary at the Treaties of Peace FRANCFORT The Imperial City of Monsieur John James Muller Plenipotentiary of the Imperial City of Francfort at the Treaties of Peace Monsieur John Melchior Lucius Doctor in Law Syndic and Plenipotentiary of the Imperial City of Francfort at the Treaties of Peace HAMBOURG The Imperial City of Monsieur de Bostel Counsellor and Syndic of the City of Hambourg and its Plenipotentiary at the Treaties of Peace HANAU Monsieur F. C. de Ecclesheim Counsellor to the Prince of Hanau and His Plenipotentiary at the Treaty of Peace HESSE-CASSEL Monsieur the Baron de Goretz Lord of Schiltz Burggrave of Friedberg Minister and Counsellor of State and of War to His Imperial Majesty and to the King of Great Britain President of the Privy-Chamber to His Serene Highness the Landtgrave of Hesse-Cassel and Plenipotentiary at the Treaties of Peace HILDESHEIM Monsieur Charles Paul de Zimmermans Counsellor of State Chancellor in the Consistory and President of His most Reverend Highness the Bishop of Hildesheim and Plenipotentiary Deputy of the Empire at the Treaties of Peacee LIEGE Monsieur Norf Counsellor to His Electoral Highness of Cologne Prince of Liege His Resident Ordinary with the States General and Envoy Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary at the Treaties of Peace LORRAIN Monsieur Claudius Francis Canon Baron Counsellor and Secretary of State and President of the Sovereign Court of Lorrain and Barre Plenipotentiary of His Most Serene Highness the Duke of Lorrain at the Treaties of Peace Monsieur Joseph le Begue Baron of Thelod and Germiny Lord of Olchey and Chantreyne Counsellor and Secretary of State and Plenipotentiary-Minister of the Queen Dowager of Poland Dutchess of Lorrain and Barr at the Treaties of Peace LUBECK Monsieur George Radau Provost of the Cathedral and Syndic of the City of Lubeck and its Plenipotentiary at the Treaties of Peace MENTZ or MAYENCE Monsieur Ignatius Anthony Otten of the Aulique Council and of the Regency of His Electoral Highness of Mentz and of Bamberg and His Plenipotentiary at the Treaties of Peace Monsieur George William Moll of the Aulique and Regency Council of his Electoral Highness of Mentz and Bamberg and his Plenipotentiary at
the Treaties of Peace MUNSTER Monsieur the Baron de Plettenbourg de Lenhausen Intimate Counsellor Dean Canon and Capitulary of the Cathedrals of Paderborn Munster and Hildesheim Plenipotentiary at the Treaties of Peace NEMOURS Dutchess of Monsieur Bourret Counsellor and Treasurer to Her Most Serene Highness Madam the Dutchess of Nemours Sovereign Princess of Neufchatel and Valengin in Suitzerland Envoy Extraordinary at the Treaties of Peace ORLEANS Duke of Monsieur the Abbot Thejeu Counsellor in Ordinary to His Royal Highness the Duke of Orleans and His Envoy Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary at the Treaties of Peace PALATINE NEUBOURG Monsieur John Henry Hetterman Counsellor of State to His Electoral Highness Palatine and Plenipotentiary for Neubourg at the Treaties of Peace PORTUGAL Monsieur Pacieco Envoy Extraordinary with the Lords States General on the Part of His Majesty the King of Portugal RHINE The Upper Monsieur de Savigny Counsellor to His Excellency the Lord Count of Nassau Weilbourg and Envoy from the Circle of the Upper Rhine at the Treaties of Peace SALM. Monsieur d' Uffling Privy-Counsellor to His Most Reverend Highness the Lord Prince and Abbot de Fulda Privy-Counsellor and Envoy of His Most Serene Highness the Prince of Salm at the Treaties of Peace SAVOY Mons Philibert Count de la Tour Baron of Bourdeaux Counsellor of State to His Royal Highness of Savoy President of His Finances Superintendent of His Houshold and His Plenipotentiary at the Congress for the General Peace Monsieur Peter Francis de Frichignono Count de Castellengo Counsellor of State to His Royal Highness of Savoy His Attorney-General in Piedmont and His Plenipotentiary at the Congress for a General Peace De SAXE-COBOURG Monsieur the Baron de Hagen President of the Cabinet-Council of His Most Serene Highness of Saxe-Cobourg Privy-Counsellor and Commissary-General of War to all the Serene Families of Saxe c. Plenipotentiary at the Treaties of Peace SAXE-GOTHA Monsieur d' Aveman Intimate Counsellor of State and War to His Most Serene Highness the Duke of Saxe-Gotha and Plenipotentiary to the Most Serene Family at the Treaties of Peace STRASBOURG Bishop of Monsieur Herman de Halveren Intimate Counsellor and Vice-Chancellor to His Most Eminent Highness the Cardinal Landtgrave of Furstemburg Bishop and Prince of Strasbourg at the Treaties of Peace SUABIA Monsieur Frederick de Durheimb Minister of State and Chancellor to His Most Reverend Highness the Lord Bishop of Constans Plenipotentiary-Minister at the Treaties of Peace Monsieur de Kulpis Nobleman of the Empire Minister of State Director of the Ecclesiastical Council His Most Serene Highness the Duke of Wirtemberg's Minister-Plenipotentiary of the Circle of Suabia at the Treaties of Peace SUABIA The Prelates and Deputies of Monsieur Anthony Eusebius Baron of Halden Neidberg and Autenriedt Plenipotentiary of the Prelates of Suabia TREMOILLE Prince of Monsieur John Gabriel de Sanguiniere Lord of Charansac His Majesty's Counsellor in the Chatelet of Paris and Proctor-General and Plenipotentiary to His Serene Highness the Prince of Tremoille at the Treaties of Peace TREVES or TRIERS Monsieur John Henry Keyservelt Counsellor and Resident at the Hague Plenipotentiary to His Most Serene Highness the Elector of Triers at the Treaties of Peace TEUTONIC ORDER Monsieur Charles de Loe Baron de Wissen Knight of the said Order Commander of Pitzenbourg at Mechlen or Malines Intimate Counsellor Principal Envoy Extraordinary of His Most Serene Highness the Prince Palatine Grand Master of the Teutonic Order at the Treaties of Peace Monsieur Victor de Beughem Counsellor to His Most Serene Highness the Prince Palatine Grand Master of the Teutonic Order His Ordinary Resident with the States General WETTERAVIA Deputies of the Counts of Monsieur Charles Ottom Count of Solms Plenipotentiary of the Counts of Wetteravia at the Treaties of Peace WIRTEMBERG Monsieur Anthony Gunther de Hespen Counsellor in the Supreme Council of Wirtemberg and Plenipotentiary at the Treaties of Peace WIRTZBOURG Monsieur John Conrade Philip Ignatius Baron de Taston Grand Marshal to His Royal Highness the Bishop of Wirtzbourg and His Extraordinary Envoy and Plenipotentiary at the Treaties of Peace FINIS * This answers to that which in the Common Law is called Paraphanalia and in the Civil Paraphernalia * Is the XLVI †Is the L. ‖ Is the LI. * It is the XLVI