after the Ratification of this present Treaty or sooner if possible that is to say as soon as the Convoys can arrive at each Place no parties nor detatchments shall make incursions into the Grounds and Countreys of one another but the Troops and Armies of each Crown shall abide within the extent of such Lands and Countreys as are under the obedience of each Crown That all such Prisoners as shall be taken on either side after the day of the Ratifying of this present Treaty shall be restor'd without ransom even Horses also Cattel Equipages and Merchandises and generally all other things whatsoever That as at the time when the Treaty of Peace shall be executed or betwixt this and then it may be necessary for the Troops of one Crown or it's Allies to pass into such Lands and Countreys as now belong to the other either side shall be at Liberty so to do only for maintaining communication betwixt the several Places in the Low Countreys and to go thence without taking any thing in such Lands and Countreys but Forrage only or Sojourning there any longer than is usual in ordinary marches That from the day of the Ratification of this present Treaty as well the Subjects of each Crown as those of the States General shall be at Liberty to go and come without Pass-Ports within such Lands and Countreys as do at present belong to the Crown or State of which they are Subjects and that there shall be no other need of Pass-Ports than for going from Lands now belonging to one Crown or State to such as do at present belong to the other That from six days after the Ratification of the present Treaty the Troops and Armies of each Crown shall live upon the Lands and Countreys of which each is now in possession without forraging in one another's Countrey it being understood that the word possession is not meant to comprehend or pass as in right of possession such passages and posts as the Armies and Parties have made or do now make in the places where they are or have been That from the day of the Ratification of this Treaty all extraordinary demands of Contributions Cows Prisoners and Carriages shall cease on both sides in one anothers Countrey so as neither party shall be at Liberty to make such demands upon emergent necessities but within such Countreys as each is in possession of That the Arrears of Contributions for the year that will expire the 16th of October next from those Countreys that are actually brought under such Contributions shall continue to be exacted on both sides but in such manner only as shall be agreed by the Lords Plenipotentiaries at Nimeguen That if contrary to all appearance any difficulty shall happen as to the performance of this present agreement in all or in part the same shall be adjusted in a friendly manner by the Generals or such as shall be thereto authorised without altering this agreement upon any such occasion or suffering any recourse to force All this the Deputies underwritten have respectively agreed and have promised to produce to morrow the Ratifications of the same by Monsieur the Duke of Luxemburg Peer and Marshal of France Captain of the Garde-du-corps to the Most Christian King Commander in chief of his Majesties Army in Flanders and by the Duke de Villa Hermosa Gentleman of the Bed-Chamber to his Catholick Majesty Governour and Captain General of the Catholick Low Countreys At the Camp near Mons the 19th day of August 1678. Robert Fagel de Contamougear We approve and Ratifie all the Contents of the foregoing Treaty Montmorgency Luxemburg Duke de Villa Hermosa Conde de Luna The Deputy of the United Provinces to the Army underwritten authorised by his Highness the Prince of Orange approves the foregoing Treaty having been made in his presence and with his participation for so much as it concerns his said Highness and the Army and Troops of the Lords the States General under his Command De Weede His Highness having seen the Convention foregoing made by vertue of the authority which he granted doth approve and Ratifie the same by these presents At the Camp at Roeulx the 20th of August 1678. William Prince of Orange Treaties of Peace and Commerce Navigation and Marine betwixt France and the States General of the United Provinces of the Low-Countreys concluded at Nimeguen the 10th of August 1678. LEWIS by the Grace of God King of France and Navar to all that shall see these presents Greeting Since our most dear and well-beloved Cousin the Sieur Comte D' Estrades Marshal of France and Knight of oùr Orders our faithful and well-beloved the Sieur Colbert Marquis of Croissi Counsellor in Ordinary in our Council of State and our faithful and well-beloved the Sieur De Mesmes Comte d' Avaux Counsellor also in our Councils Our Ambassadors Extraordinary and Plenipotentiaries by vertue of the Plenary Powers which We had given them have Concluded Agreed and Signed the 10th of this month at Nimeguen with the Heer Hierosm van Beverningh Baron of Teylingenham Curator of the University of Leyden late Counsellor and Treasurer General of the United Provinces of the Low-Countreys the Heer Wilhem van Nassau Heer van Odyke Cortgene and first Noble and Representative of the Nobility in the States and Councel of Zeland and the Heer Wilhem van Haren Griedtman van Bildt Ambassadors Extraordinary and Plenipotentiaries of our most Dear and Great Friends the States General of the United Provinces of the Low Countries instructed likewise with full Power the Treaty of Peace according to the Tenour ensuing In the name of God the Creator To all present and to come be it known that as during the course of the War that has been stirr'd for some years betwixt the Most High Most Excellent and Most Mighty Prince Lewis the 14th by the grace of God Most Christian King of France and Navar and the Lords the States General of the United Provinces His Majesty always maintain'd a sincere desire to give back to the said States his principal friendship and they all the sentiments of respect for his Majesty and of acknowledgment for the obligations and considerable advantages which they have received from his Majesty and the Kings his Predecessors it is at last come to pass that these good dispositions seconded by the powerful Offices of the Most High Most Excellent and Most Mighty Prince the King of Great Brittain who during these troublesom times wherein almost all Christendom has been in War hath not ceased by his Counsels and good Advertisements to contribute to the publick weal and repose induced as well his Most Christian Majesty and the said States General as also all other the Princes and Potents that are concerned in the interest of this present War to consent that the Town of Nimeguen should be made choice of for the Treaty of Peace to which end his Most Christian Majesty named for his Ambassadors Extraordinary and Plenipotentiaries the
appointed for this purpose may if they please make use of the Boats and Carriages of the Countrey for two months time and shall have free passage by Water and Land for the carrying away the said Ammunition And the Governors Commanders Officers and Magistrates of the said Town shall give them all the facilities they can for the carriage and conduct of the said Artillery and Ammunition Also the Officers Soldiers Men of War and others that shall leave the said Place may take thence and carry away all their moveable Goods but it shall not be lawful for them to exact any thing from the inhabitants of the Town of Maestricht or it's neighbourhood nor to do any hurt to their houses or carry away any thing belonging to the said inhabitants XI All Prisoners of War on both sides shall be delivered without distinction or exception and without paying any ransom XII The raising of contributions demanded by the Governour of the Town of Maestricht of the Countreys subjected shall continue for all that shall become due till the Ratification of the present Treaty and such Arrears as shall remain shall be paid within three months after that at convenient times for which a valuable caution shall be given in some Town within his Majesties Dominion XIII The said Lords the States General have and do promise not only to maintain a perfect Neutrality without being at Liberty to assist directly or indirectly the enemies of France or it's Allies but also to garrant all such engagements as Spain shall enter into by the Treaty that is to be betwixt Their Most Christian and Catholick Majesties and especially that whereby the Catholick King shall be held to the same Neutrality XIV If through inadvertence or otherwise there happen any want of due observance of this present Treaty or other inconvenience relating thereunto on the part of his said Majesty or of the Lords the States General and their Successors this Peace and Alliance shall remain in full force notwithstanding so as no breach of friendship or of good correspondence shall ensue thereupon but such contraventions shall be speedily repaired if they shall be occasioned by any particular Subjects faults those Subjects only shall be punished XV. And for the better securing Commerce and Friendship hereafter between the Subjects of the said King and those of the States General of the United Provinces of the Low Countreys it is agreed and accorded that in case there shall be in time to come any interruption of friendship or that a breach shall happen between the Crown of France and the said Lords the States General of the said United Provinces which God forbid then six months after such breach shall always be allowed to the Subjects of both parties to retire with their effects and transport them whithersoever they think fit which also they shall be permitted to do as likewise to sell or transport their goods and moveables with all freedom so as no hindrance shall be given to them nor any proceedings be to seize their effects much less to secure their Persons XVI As for the pretences and interests that concern the Prince of Orange upon which there has been a separate Treaty and Agreement by an Act this day Signed the said writing and all the Contents of it shall be effectual and shall be confirmed fulfill'd and executed according to the Form and Tenour thereof neither more nor less than if all it's points in general and every one of them in particular were word for word inserted into this present Treaty XVII And as his Majesty and the Lords the States General acknowledge the powerful Offices that the King of Great Brittain has incessantly imploy'd by his Counsels and good Advertisements for the publick Weal and Repose so it is agreed on both sides that his said Majesty of Great Brittain and his Kingdoms be comprehended by name within this present Treaty according to the best form that may be XVIII Within this present Treaty of Peace and Alliance shall be comprehended on the part of the said Most Christian King the King of Sweden the Duke of Holstein the Bishop of Strasburg and Prince William of Furstemburg as interessed in the present War And there shall likewise be comprehended if they will themselves the Prince and Crown of Portugal the Duke and Seignorie of Venice the Duke of Savoy the Thirteen Cantons of the Ligue-Switzers and their Allies the Elector of Bavaria Duke John Frederick of Brunswick Hanover and all Kings Potentats Princes and States Towns and particular Persons to whom his Most Christian Majesty shall grant at their request to be comprehended within this Treaty on his part XIX And on the part of the Lords the States General the King of Spain and all other their Allies that within six weeks to be computed from the exchange of the Ratifications shall declare their acceptance of the Peace as also the Thirteen laudable Cantons of the Ligue-Switzers and their Allies and Confederates the Town of Embden and moreover all Kings Princes and States Towns and particular Persons to whom they shall grant at their request to be comprehended on their part XX. The said King and the said Lords the States General do consent that the King of Great Brittain as Mediator and all other Potentats and Princes that shall be willing to enter into the like engagement may give his Majesty and the said States General their promise and tie themselves to garrant the performance of all that is contain'd in this present Treaty XXI This present Treaty shall be Ratified and Approved by the said King and the said Lords the States General and each parties Letters of Ratification shall be delivered in proper due form within the Term of six weeks or sooner if it may be reckoning from the day of Signing In witness whereof We the aforesaid Ambassadors of his Majesty and of the Lords the States General by virtue of our respective powers have on their behalfs Signed these presents with our ordinary Seals and have set our Coats of Arms to the same At Nimeguen the 10th of August in the year of our Lord 1678. Le Ma' D' Estrades H. Beverning Colbert W. van Nassaw De Mesmes W. Haren WE liking well the aforesaid Treaty of Peace in all and every the points and Articles therein contained and declared have for our Selves our Heirs Successours Kingdoms Countreys Lands Lordships and Subjects accepted approved ratified and confirmed and do Accept Approve Ratifie and Confirm the same and do promise upon the Word and Faith of a King to keep and observe the whole inviolably without ever acting to the contrary directly or indirectly in any sort or kind whatsoever and thereto we oblige and morgage all and every our goods that are or shall be In witness whereof we have Signed these presents with our own hand and have made our Seal to be set thereto Given at St. Germain en Laye the 18th day of August in the year of Grace one thousand six
of the States General of the United Provinces THe States General of the United Provinces of the Low Countreys to all that shall see these presents Greeting As we desire nothing with greater ardency than to see the War that at this present oppresseth Christendom end in a good Peace and since by the care and mediation of the Most Illustrious King of Great Britain the Town of Nimeguen has been agreed to by all parties for a place of Conference We desiring as far as in us lies to put a stop to the desolation of so many Provinces and the shedding so much Christian blood have been willing to contribute thereto whatever lies in our power and to that end have deputed to that Assembly some Persons of our own body who have given manifold proof as well of their knowledge and experience in publick Affairs as of their affection for the good of our State and since the Heeren Hierosme van Beverning Baron of Teylingham Curator of the University of Leyden late United Provinces Wilhem van Nassaw Heer van Odyke Cortgene c. first noble and representative of the Order of the Nobility in the States Councel of Zeland and Wilhem van Haren Grietman van Bildt Deputed to our Assembly on the behalf of the States of Holland Zeland and Friezland have Signalized themselves in many important employments in our service wherein they have given instances of their fidelity presence of mind and readiness in the managment of Affairs For these causes and other good considerations us thereunto moving we have appointed ordain'd and deputed the said Heeren Van Beverning Van Odyke and Van Haren and do appoint ordain and depute them by these presents and have given them and do hereby give them full Power Commission and special Order to repair to the Town of Nimeguen in quality of our Ambassadors Extraordinary and our Plenipotentiaries for the Peace and there to Confer either directly or by the interposition of Ambassadors Mediators received and agreed to respectively with the Ambassadors Extraordinary and Plenipotentiaries of his Most Christian Majesty and his Allies being qualified with sufficient powers and there to Treat upon means for the determining and appeasing the differences that occasion the War at this day and our aforesaid Ambassadors and Plenipotentiaries all three together or two of them in absence of the third by reason of sickness or other impediment or one onely in absence of the other two in like case of sickness or other impediment may agree and conclude thereupon and Sign a good and sure Peace and generally may act negotiate promise and agree what ever they shall think necessary in order to the said Peace and generally may do whatever we our selves might do if we were there present even in such things as might require more particular power and instructions than are contained in these presents And we do promise truly and faithfully to like well and hold for firm and stable whatever by the said Heeren our Ambassadors and Plenipotentiaries or by two of them in case of sickness absence or other impediment of the third or by one onely in absence of the other two on the like occasion of sickness or other impediment shall have been stipulated promised and agreed and to cause to be dispatched our Letters of Ratification within such time as they shall have promised in our name to exhibit them Given at the Hague in our Assembly under our great Seal Signed by the President and with the sign of our Principal Register this fourth day of January in the year one thousand six hundred seventy and six Signed J. Bootsma And on the fould By Order of the said Lords the States General Signed H. Fagel And sealed with the great Seal with red Wax A separate Article concerning the Prince of Orange LEWIS by the grace of God King of France and Navar to all that shall see these presents greeting Since our most dear and wel-beloved Cosen the Sieur Comte d' Estrades Marshal of France and Knight of our Orders our faithful and wel-beloved the Sieur Colbert Marquess of Croissy Counsellor in ordinary in our Councel of State and our faithful and wel-beloved the Sieur de Mesmes Comte d' Avaux Counsellor also in our Councels our Ambassadors Extraordinary and Plenipotentiaries by vertue of the plenary powers which we had given them have Concluded Agreed and Signed on the tenth day of this month at Nimeguen with the Sieur Hierosene van Beverning Baron of Teylingham Curator of the University at Leyden heretofore Counsellor and Treasurer General of the United Provinces of the Low Countreys the Sieur Wilhem van Nassaw Heer van Odyke Cortgene and first noble and representative of the Nobility in the States and at the Councel of Leyden and the Sieur Wilhem van Haren Grietman van Bildt Ambassadors Extraordinary and Plenipotentiaries of our most Dear and great Friends the States General of the United Provinces of the Low Countreys qualified likewise with plenary powers this Article in Tenour as followeth viz. As in pursuance of the War which for some years has hapned betwixt the Most Christian King and the States General of the United Provinces of the Low-Countreys his Majesty caused to be seized all things belonging to the Prince of Orange as well the Principality of Orange as other his Lands and Seignories lying in France and granted the Revenues thereof to Monsieur the Comte d' Auvengne who enjoys the same at present and since by the grace of God a Peace is setled by the Treaty this day concluded and so all the angry effects of War ought to cease his Majesty hath promised to the said Prince and doth promise by this separate Act that immediately after the Ratifications exchanged his Majesty will take off the said Seizure and cause the said Prince to be restored to the possession of the said Principality and of the Lands which belong to him in France Franche Comte Charleroy Flanders and other Countreys depending upon his Majesties Rule and to all his rights actions priviledge usages and prerogatives in such estate and manner as he enjoyed the same till he was dispossess'd by reason of the present War Nimeguen the 10th day of the month of August in the year 1678. Marshal D' Estrades H. Beverning Colbert W. de Nassaw De Mesmes W. Haren WE well liking the separate Article aforesaid in all and every point thereof have by these presents Signed with our hand allowed approved and ratified and do allow approve and Ratifie the same promising upon the Faith and Word of a King to fulfil observe and cause to be observed the same truly and faithfully without ever suffering any thing to be acted directly or indirectly to the contrary thereof for any cause or upon any occasion whatsoever In witness whereof we have Signed these presents with our hand and have caused our Seal to be put thereto Given at St. Germain in Laye the 18th day of August in the year of Grace One thousand
point according to the form and purport thereof without ever acting to the contrary directly or indirectly upon any pretence whatsoever In token whereof we have caused these Presents to be Signed by the President of our Assembly and underwritten by our Principal Register and our Seal to be set thereto The Treaty of Peace betwixt France and Spain Concluded at Nimeguen the 17th day of September 1678. IN the Name of God the Creator and of the most Holy Trinity To all present and to come be it known That whereas during the course of the War that arose some years since betwixt the most High most Excellent and most Mighty Prince Lewis the 14th by the grace of God Most Christian King of France and Navar and his Allies on the one part and the most High most Excellent and most Mighty Prince Charles the second by the grace of God Catholick King of Spain and his Allies on the other part Their Majesties have desired nothing more vehemently then to see it end in a good Peace and whereas the same desire to put a stop as far as in them lay to the ruine of so many Provinces the tears of so much People and the shedding of so much Christian blood hath induced them to comply with the powerful Offices of the most High most Excellent and most Mighty Prince The King of Great Britain to send their Ambassadors Extraordinary and Plenipotentiaries to the Town of Nimeguen so it is come to pass through an effect of the Divine goodness that hath been pleased to make use of the intire confidence that their Majesties have always reposed in the mediation of the said King of Great Britain that at length the said Ambassadors Extraordinary and Plenipotentiaries to wit on the behalf of his Most Christian Majesty the Sieur Count D' Estrades Marshal of France and Knight of his Majesties Orders the Sieur Colbert Knight Marquiss of Croissy Counsellor in ordinary in his Councel of State and the Sieur De Mesmes Knight Count D' Avaux Councellor also in his Councels and on the behalf of his Catholick Majesty the Sieur Dom Pablo Spinola Doria Marquiss de les Balbases Duke of Sesto Lord of Guinossa Casalnosetta and Ponteucrone Counfellor in his Councel of State and Chief Protonotary in his Councel of Italy Dom Gaspard de Tebes and Cordova Tello and Guzman Count de Venazuza Marquiss de la Fuente Lord of Lerena of the House of Arrucas of the Isles of Gundalupa and Matalione perpetual Master de la Victoire perpetual Major and Recorder of the Town of Sevil Gentleman of the Bed-Chamber to his Imperial Majesty one of his chief Councel of War and General of his Artillery Dom Pedro Ronquillo Knight of the Order of Alcantara Counfellor in his Councels of Castile and of the Indies and Dom John Baptisse Christin Knight Counsellor in the high Councel of Flanders near to his said Catholick Majesty's Person and one of his Councel of State and of his Privy Councel in the Low-Countreys by vertue of the Letters and Commissions which they have communicated to one another and the Copies whereof are word for word inserted at the end of this Treaty have come to an agreement and conclusion upon mutual Conditions of Peace and Friendship in manner following viz. I. It is Covenanted and agreed that from henceforth there shall be a good firm and lasting Peace Confederation and perpetual Alliance and Friendship between the Most Christian and Catholick Kings their Children born and to be born their Heirs Successors and Inheriters their Kingdoms Estates Countreys and Subjects so that they shall love one another as good brethren procuring with all their might one another's good honour and reputation and faithfully preventing as far as they shall be able one anothers dammage II. In pursuance of this good Re-union the Cessation of all manner of Hostilities agreed on and Signed the 19th day of August of this present year shall continue according to the Tenour thereof betwixt the said Kings their Subjects and Vassals as well by Sea and other Waters as by Land and generally in all places where the War is carried on by their Majesties Arms as well between their Troops and Armies as between the Garrisons of their several places and if any Contravention shall have happened to be committed contrary to the said Gessation by the taking of any place or places whether by attack or surprise or by private intelligence nay though Prisoners shall have been taken or other Acts of Hostility committed through some accident that could not be foreseen or by such Persons as could not foresee it contrary to the said Cessation of Hostilities such Contravention shall faithfully be repair'd on both sides without delay or difficulty restoring to the full whatever shall have been taken and delivering the Prisoners without ransom or paying of charges in such manner that all things be restored in such manner to the same condition they were in on the said 19th day of August when the said Cessation was agreed and Signed the Tenour whereof shall be observed till the day of the exchange of the Ratifications of this present Treaty III. All causes of enmity or misunderstanding shall remain for ever extinct and abolished and whatever hath happened or been done by reason of the present War or during the same shall be put into perpetual oblivion so as for the future no inquiry shall be made into the same on either side directly or indirectly by Law or otherwise under any pretence whatsoever nor may their Majesties or their Subjects Servants and Adherents on either side express any manner of resentment of whatever offences may have been committed against them or dammages received by them during the present War IV. In contemplation of the Peace the Most Christian King immediately after the exchange of the Ratifications of this present Treaty shall put into the Catholick King 's power the Place and Fortress of Charleroy the Town of Binche the Town and Fortress of Aeth Oudenard and Coartray with their Provostships and Castellanies Appurtenances and Dependancies in the same manner as his Catholick Majesty possess'd them before the War of the year 1667. All which Towns and Places the Catholick King yielded to the said Most Christian King at the Treaty signed at Aix la Chapelle the 2d of May 1668. from which this present Treaty doth expresly derogate for so much as relates to the said Towns and Places their Appurtenances and Dependances In pursuance whereof the said Catholick King shall take possession of the same and enjoy them to him and his Successors fully and peaceably excepting the Verge of Menin and the Town of Conde which though heretofore pretended by the Most Christian King to be a Member of the Castellany of Aeth shall nevertheless remain to the Crown of France together with all its Dependances by vertue of this present Treaty as shall be said hereafter V. The said most Christian King obligeth himself and promiseth to put likewise
and of none effect as if they had not been given or pronounced and the parties at liberty to return to the Countreys from whence they departed personally to enjoy their immovable Goods Rents and Revenues or to settle their abodes elsewhere where they will themselves at their own choice and election without being under any constraint in that respect and if they shall chuse rather to live elsewhere they may depute and appoint such unsuspected Persons as they shall think fit for the disposition and enjoyment of their Goods Rents and Revenues but not with relation to Benefices requiring residence which must be served and administred in Person XXIV Such as have been provided on either side of Benefices which were at the Collation presentation or other disposition of the said Kings or others whether Ecclesiasticks or Laicks or have provisions from the Pope of any Benefices within the obedience of either of the said Kings by whose consent and allowance they have enjoyed the same during the War shall continue in the possession and enjoyment of such Benefices for their lives as well and duely thereof provided but without any future prejudice to the rights of the Lawful Collators who shall enjoy and use the same as they did before the War XXV All Prelates Abbots Priors and other Ecclesiastical Persons that before or during the War have by the said Kings been nominated to Benefices or provided thereof which their Majesties were in possession of a power to provide or nominate before the breach between the two Crowns shall be maintained in the possession and enjoyment of such Benefices without disturbance for any cause or upon any pretence whatsoever And also in the free enjoyment of all such Goods as shall be found to have anciently belonged thereunto and of the right of Collating to the Benefices thereunto belonging wheresoever such Goods and Benefices are situated Provided always that such Benefices be supplied with Persons able and qualified according to the rules observ'd before the War So that hereafter no Administrators shall be sent on either side to govern the said Benefices and receive the profits thereof which shall not be enjoyed but by Titularies Lawfully provided And also all such Places as heretofore acknowledged the jurisdiction of the said Prelates Abbots and Priors wheresoever situated shall acknowledge the same for the future if their right appear to have been anciently settled though the said Places should fall out to be within the extent of the other Princes Dominion or depend upon some Castellanies or Bayliffwicks belonging to the other party XXVI It is agreed and declared that no part of the Pyrenean Treaty is hereby intended to be revoked but what concerns Portugal with which the Catholick King is now at Peace nor any part of the Treaty of Aix La Chappelle but for so much as shall be otherwise disposed in this present Treaty by the yielding up of the Places aforesaid so as the parties shall neither acquire any new right nor irscur any prejudice to their respective pretentions to any thing not expresly mentioned in this present Treaty and consequently whatever was stipulated by the Pyrenean Treaty concerning the Interest of the Duke of Savoy and the Power of the late most Serene Infanta Catharina shall be observed without any hurt or prejudice by this particular Cause to the general stipulation in this present Article concerning the performance of the said Pyrenean Treaty and that of Aix La Chapelle XXVII Though their Most Christian and Catholick Majesties contribute all their Cares towards the setling a general Peace and that so fair a way towards it as that of a general Truce gives them hopes that a conclusion of what-ever may secure the Quiet of Christendom will speedily ensue yet since the said Most Christian King doth insist upon it that the Catholick King shall oblige himself not to assist any of the Princes that are now engag'd in War against France and its Allies his Catholick Majesty hath promised and doth promise to observe a perfect Neutrality during the course of this War without being at liberty to assist his Allies directly or indirectly against France or its Allies XXVIII And whereas their Most Christian and Catholick Majesties do acknowledge the powerful Offices which the King of Great Britain has contributed without intermission by his Counsels and good Advertisements toward the publick safety and repose it is agreed on both sides That his said Majesty of Great Britain and his Kingdoms shall be expresly comprehended in this present Treaty after the best form that can be XXIX Within this Peace Alliance and Friendship on the part of his Most Christian Majesty besides the King of Sweden together with the Duke of Holstein the Bishop of Strasburg and Prince William of Furstemburg as concern'd in the present War shall be comprehended if they please themselves all those that having refused to engage or declare themselves in the present War shall be nominated within six months after the exchange of the Ratifications XXX And on the part of his Catholick Majesty shall likewise be comprehended if themselves please all such as having forborn to engage or declare themselves in the present War shall be nominated within six months after the exchange of the Ratifications and all others that after the said War ended shall likewise be nominated by his said Catholick Majesty XXXI The said Most Christian and Catholick Kings do agree That all Potentates and Princes that shall be willing to enter into the like Obligation may give their Majesties their Promises and Engagements of Warranty as to execution of what-ever is contain'd in this present Treaty XXXII And for the greater security of this Treaty of Peace and of all the Points and Articles therein contained the said present Treaty shall be published attested and registred in the Court of the Parliament of Paris and in all other Parliaments of the Kingdom of France and in the Chamber of Accounts at Paris And also the said Treaty shall be published attested and registred as well in the great and other Councels and Chambers of Account of the said Catholick King in the Low-Countries as in the other Councels of the Crowns of Castille and Arragon according to the form contain'd in the Pyrenean Treaty of the year 1659 of which Publications and Enrollement Exemplifications shall be delivered on both sides within three months after the publication of this present Treaty All which Points and Articles above expressed and the Contents of every of them have been treated agreed passed and stipulated between the said Ambassadors Extraordinary and Plenipotentiaries of the said Most Christian and Catholick Kings which Plenipotentiaries by vertue of their Powers the Copies whereof are inserted at the bottom of this present Treaty have promised and do promise under the Obligation of all and every the Goods and Estates present and to come of the Kings their Masters that they shall inviolably be observed and fulfill'd and that they will cause them
Plenipotentiaries of my most Dear and most beloved Brother and Cosen the Most Christian King and his Allies especially authorised and appointed and having sufficient powers and to treat upon means for appeasing the present War and to this end to enter with them upon a Negotiation to Confer Propose Agree Capitulate Conclude and Sign a good firm and durable Treaty of Peace and Quiet and generally to act with relation thereunto as my self might if present there in Person though more particular Order should be requisite then is contain'd in these presents And I give my Faith and Royal Word for ever to observe precisely and punctually without failure whatsoever shall by you Don Paul Spinola Doria Marquiss de Les Balbases Don Pedro Ronquillo and Don John Baptiste Christin my Ambassadors and Plenipotentiaries all three joyntly or by two of you in the absence or in case of sickness of the other be agreed at the said Treaty with the Ambassadors and Plenipotentiaries of my most beloved Brother and Cosen the Most Christian King and his Allies and likewise to approve and Ratifie the same within such time as shall be limited by both parties In witness whereof I have ordered these presents to be dispatched Signed with my hand and Sealed with my Privy Seal and subscribed by my Secretary of State underwritten Given at Madrid the third day of Decem. 1675. I the King Don Pedro Coloma DOn Charles the second by the Grace of God King of Castile Leon Arragon both Sicilies Jerusalem Navar Granada Toledo Valentia Galicia Majorca Seville Sardinia Cordova Corsica Murcia Jaen Algarves Algeriza Gibraltar the Canary Islands the East and West-Indies the Isles of Terra Firma and of the Ocean Sea Arch-Duke of Austria Duke of Burgundy Brabant and Milan Count of Auspurg Flanders Tiroll and Barcelona Lord of Biscay and Molina c. Forasmuch as by the Mediation and good Offices of the King of Great Britain the Town of Nimeguen has been chosen and pitch't on by the common consent of all the parties now engaged in the War for a place of meeting in order to a Treaty of Peace and I desiring to contribute on my part whatever lies in me towards the appeasing and ending the present War that so much afflicteth Christendom through his means have nominated to be my Ambassadors and Plenipotentiaries to assist in my Name at the said Assembly Don Paul Spinola Doria Marquess de los Balbases one of my Councel of State Don Pedro Ronquillo one of my Councels of Castille and of the Indies and Don John Baptiste Christin of my Councel of Flanders by vertue of the plenary Power which I dispatched the third of December 1675. signed with my Hand and sealed with my Seal and under-written by Don Pedro Coloma my Secretary of State as appears by the Original to which I refer To the end that all three joyntly or two of them in case of absence or other hindrance of the third or one only in the like case of absence or other hindrance of the other two might assist treat and confer immediately or by the interposition of the Ambassadors Extraordinary and Plenipotentiaries the Mediators allowed and admitted respectively with the Ambassadors and Plenipotentiaries of my most dear and most beloved Brother and Cousin the Most Christian King and his Allies specially authorized and appointed which accordingly they have done and now actually do in my Name And judging it to be for the interest of my service to add one Plenipotentiary more to the other three to assist at the Conferences and Affairs there with like character and authority And considering the sufficiency integrity prudence experience understanding and zeal for my service which are found in you Don Gaspar de Teves and Gusman Marquess de la Fuente Count de Venazuza and by reason of the satisfaction which you have always given me in many and important Affairs whereof I have intrusted you with the management and that you will have regard to the interest of my service I nominate you to be my second Ambassador and Plenipotentiary to repair to the said Town of Nimeguen and joyntly with my three Ambassadors above-named or with two of them in the absence or in case of other impediment of the third or by your self alone in case of absence or other hindrance of the other three either by the mediation of the Ambassadors Extraordinary and Plenipotentiaries the Mediators respectively allowed or immediately with the Ambassadors and Plenipotentiaries of my most dear and most beloved Brother and Cousin the Most Christian King and his Allies particularly appointed and authorized confer propose agree conclude and sign a good firm and durable Treaty of Peace and Quiet and generally to act with relation thereunto what-ever I my self might do if I were present there in person though some more particular Order should be requisite thereunto than is herein expressed And I give my Faith and Royal Word that what-ever you Don Gaspar de Teves and Guzman Marquess de la Fuente my second Plenipotentiary joyntly with the said Marquess de los Balbases Don Pedro Ronquillo and Don John Baptiste Christin my Ambassadors and Plenipotentiaries or sole in the absence or other hindrance of any of them shall agree and capitulate at the said Treaty with the said Ambassadors and Plenipotentiaries of my most dear and most beloved Brother and Cousin the Most Christian King and his Allies I will always observe precisely and punctually without any failure and will likewise approve and ratifie the same within such time as shall be reciprocally agreed on Declaring from this time forward that nothing is hereby derogated from the Power which I gave on the third of December to the said Marquess de los Balbases Don Pedro Ronquillo and Don John Baptiste Christin but that on the contrary it remains in full and perfect force and vertue notwithstanding these presents or any other circumstance whatsoever In token whereof I have ordered these presents to be dispatched being signed with my Hand and sealed with my privy Seal and subscribed by my Secretary of State under-written Given at Madrid the 16th of July 1678. I the King Don Pierre Coloma Articles of Peace between the Emperor and the French King Concluded and Signed at Nimeguen the 5th day of February 1678. Translated out of Latin according to the Copy Printed at Nimeguen by Adrian Moetiens IN the Name of the most Holy and Undivided Trinity Be it known to all and every one whom it doth or may any way concern That whereas from the beginning of the War commenced some years ago between the most Serene and Mighty Prince and Lord LEOPOLD Elect Emperor of the Romans always August King of Germany Hungary Bohemia Dalmatia Croatia and Sclavonia Arch-Duke of Austria Duke of Burgundy Brabant Stiria Carinthia Carniola Marquiss of Moravia Duke of Luxemberg of the Upper and Lower Silesea Wirtemburg and Tecka Prince of Swaben Earl of Hapsburg Tirol Kyburg and Goritia Marquiss of the sacred Roman
Empire Burgovia and of the Upper and Lower Lusatia Lord of the March of Sclavonia of the Port of Naon and the Salt-Pits on the one part and the most Serene and Mighty Prince and Lord LEWIS the xiv the Most Christian King of France and Navar on the other part Their Imperial and Most Christian Majesties have desired nothing more passionately than the prevention of the desolation of so many Countreys and the further effusion of Blood by restoring a Peace never to be broken It hath by the Blessing of Almighty God been at length brought to pass that by the endeavours of the most Serene and Mighty Prince and Lord Charles the second King of Great Britain Who being received as a General Mediator by all the Parties hath in these difficult Conjunctures of Christendom to his immortal Glory with indefatigable care employed his utmost Offices and Counsels for the Publick Tranquility and General Peace Their Imperial and Most Christian Majesties have agreed that the Congress for treating the Peace should be held here at Nimeguen in Guelderland In which place Ambassadors Extraordinary and Plenipotentiaries in due form authorized having appeared on both sides viz. on the part of the Emperor the most Reverend Illustrious and Excellent Lords John Bishop of Gurgg Prince of the Sacred Roman Empire and Counsellor to his Imperial Majesty as likewise Francis Udalrick Count of the sacred Roman Empire of Khinscky Chemitz and Tettau Lord of Klumetz Counsellor to his Imperial Majesty of his Bed-Chamber Lord Lieutenant Assistant of the Royal Provincial Court President for Appeals and Lord Steward of the Royal Court in the Kingdom of Bohemia and Theodore Athletus Henry Stratman of his Imperial Majesty's Autick Council And on the part of the Most Christian King the most Illustrious and Excellent Lords Godfrey Count D' Estrades Marshal of France Knight of his Majesties Orders Viceroy in America Governor of the City and Fort of Dunkirk and the Places thereupon depending Charles Colbert Kt. Marquiss of Croissy Counsellor in ordinary to the Most Christian King and John Anthony de Mesmes Kt. Count d' Avaux one of his Most Christian Majesties Privy Council after having humbly implored the assistance of Almighty God and in due form presented and shewn their Commissions the Copies whereof are word for word inserted in the end of this Treaty with the Interposition and Pains of the most Illustrious and Excellent Lords Lawrence Hyde Esq Sir William Temple Baronet and Sir Leoline Jenkins Kt. Ambassadors Extraordinary and Plenipotentiaries of his Majesty of Great Britain who from the year 1675. until this present have with great impartiality Industry and Prudence performed the Office of Mediators in order to the restoring the Publick Tranquility to the Glory of God and Welfare of Christendom they have mutually agreed on the following Conditions of Peace and Friendship I. First That there be a Christian Universal true and Sincere Peace and Friendship between their Imperial and Most Christian Majesties their Heirs and Successors Kingdoms and Provinces as also between all and every the Confederates of his said Imperial Majesty more particularly the Electors Princes and States of the Empire comprehended in this Peace their Heirs and Successors on the one part and all and every the Confederates of his said Most Christian Majesty comprehended in this Peace their Heirs and Successors on the other Which said Peace and Friendship shall be so sincerely observed and improved that each party shall promote the Honour Advantage and Interest of the other And there shall be so perpetual an Oblivion and Amnesty of all Hostilities committed on each side since the beginning of the present Troubles that neither Party shall upon that or any other account or pretence give nor cause or suffer to be given hereafter to the other any Trouble directly or indirectly under colour of Law or way of Fact within or without the Empire any former agreements to the contrary notwithstanding But all and every the injuries Violences Hostilities Dammages and Charges sustained on each side by Words Writing or Deeds shall without respect of Persons or things be so entirely abolished that whatsoever may upon that account be pretended against the other shall be buried in perpetual Oblivion II. And forasmuch as the Peace concluded the 24th day of October 1648. at Munster in Westphalia is to be the Foundation and Basis of the present Friendship and Publick Tranquility The said Peace shall from henceforth be restor'd in all and every it's Points and remain in full force and vigour as if the same were word for word inserted herein except in such Points as are derogated from it by this present Treaty III. And whereas in vertue of the said Peace of Munster his Most Christian Majesty had Right to keep a Garrison in the Fortress of Philipsburg for it's Protection and that the said Fortress hath during this War been taken by the Emperor's Arms and the Castle and Town of Friburg by the Arms of France Their Imperial and Most Christian Majesties have agreed concerning those Places in manner following IV. His Most Christian Majesty as well for himself as his Heirs and Successors doth for ever renounce and quit to his Imperial Majesty his Heirs and Successors all Right of Protection maintaining a Garrison and all other things which belonged unto him with relation to the Fortress of Philipsburg in vertue of the Treaty of Munster Reserving nothing under any pretence or Title to himself his Heirs and Successors or the Kingdom of France upon the said Fortress the Forts adjoyning to it and erected as well on this as on the other side of the Rhine any Laws Constitutions and Statutes or other things whatsoever to the contrary notwithstanding all and every of which are expresly derogated from by this present Treaty V. In like manner his Imperial Majesty doth as well for himself as his Heirs and Successors and the whole House of Austria renounce and for ever quit to his Most Christian Majesty his Heirs and Successors the Castle and Town of Friburg together with the 3. Villages of Lehn Mezhauzen and Kirchzart thereunto belonging with their Districts as they appertain to the Community of the said Town of Friburg together with all Propriety Superiority Right of Patronage Sovereignty and other things whatsoever which belonged unto him with relation to Friburg Reserving to himself his Heirs and Successors or the Empire no Right or Claim thereunto under any Title or Pretence whatsoever any Laws Constitutions Statutes or any thing to the contrary notwithstanding all and every of which are expresly derogated from by this present Treaty Provided still that the Priviledges and Immunities formerly obtained of the House of Austric for the said City remain inviolate as also the Right of Episcopacy Revenues and other Emoluments be reserved to the Bishop and Church of Constance VI. His Most Christian Majesty shall as often as he has occasion without any hindrance or molestation have a free and easy passage from
from all which as also the annulling Clauses of Derogations the Most Christian King hath expresly derogated by this present Treaty XVIII And in case the District of the City of Thoul shall be found to be of less bigness and value than the District of the City of Nancy the same shall be otherwise compensated to the Duke so that the Districts of both Cities shall be of an equal greatness and value XIX The Most Christian King shall as by this present Treaty he doth for ever renounce for himself his Heirs and Successors the Right of nominating or presenting the Bishop of Thoul unto the hands of the Pope procured by him of Pope Clement ix so that the said Duke may make his recourse to the Apostolick See to obtain the same XX. It is further covenanted and agreed That it shall in no wise be lawful for the said Duke to make any alteration or change in the Benefices bestowed by his Most Christian Majesty until the day of this present Treaty and those who are inducted into the said Benefices shall continue in quiet possession of them so that the said Duke shall in no wise trouble or molest nor dispossess them of the same XXI It is further agreed That all Proceedings at Law Sentences and Decrees made and given by the Council Judges or other the Officers of his Most Christian Majesty in Suits and Actions that are finished as well between the Subjects of the said Dutchy of Lorrain and Bar as others during the time the said States were under the Dominion of the Most Christian King shall take place and have their full and entire effect in as ample manner as if the Most Christian King had still continued Lord and Possessor of those Countreys nor shall it be lawful to question annull delay or hinder the Execution of the said Sentences and Decrees But the Parties concerned may according to what is prescribed and appointed by the Laws desire a Revision of the Proceedings that have been thereupon had yet so that the Sentences shall remain in full force and vigour XXII The Charters Deeds and Writings which were in the Exchequers of Nancy and Bar and in the two Chambers of accompts or elsewhere and have been since removed from thence shall be forthwith restored to the Duke XXIII His Imperial Majesty doth agree that Prince Francis Egon Bishop of Strasburg and his Brother Prince William Egon of Furstenberg together with their Nephew Prince Anthony Egon of Fustenberg and their Officers and Ministers shall be fully restored to the State Reputation Dignities Rights Suffrages Session Benefices and Offices Goods holden in Fee-simple Fee-base and in Capite together with the Profits that have been sequestred and generally to all other Goods which they did or of right ought to have enjoyed before their Deprivation upon occasion of this War any Proceedings Transactions or Decrees whatsoever to the contrary notwithstanding The said Prince William Egon shall immediately after the Ratification of the Peace be restored to his full liberty And whatsoever hath been said written or done by the Chapter of Strasburg and others who administred the Goods and Benefices belonging to the said Bishop and Prince shall be buried in perpetual Oblivion nor shall they upon that account be impeached or under any other pretence whatsoever molested XXIV All the Vassals and Subjects Ecclesiastical and Secular of both Parties shall be restored to the Honours Dignities and Benefices which they enjoyed before the breaking out of the War as also to all Goods Moveable and Immoveable Revenues casual and subject to redemption seized and confiscated upon occasion of the War together with all Rights Actions and Inheritances fallen unto them even during the same yet so that nothing shall be demanded for the Profits and Rents received for the said Goods Moveables Revenues and Benefices from the time of the Confiscation and Seisure till the day of the Ratification of the Peace and in like manner the Debts Effects Merchandise and Moveables confiscated before the said day so that neither the Creditors of private Debtors nor those in whose hands such Effects and Merchandise have been deposited nor their Heirs or Assigns may prosecute or pretend to any restitution or satisfaction for the same which restitutions shall be extended to those also who have been of the contrary Party and consequently they shall in vertue of this Treaty be restored to the favour of their Prince as also to their Goods in such condition as they shall be found to be at the Conclusion and Signing of this Treaty all which things shall be effectually executed any Donations Confiscations Orders Interlocutory and Definitive Sentences given and made without hearing and in the absence of the Parties through contumacy Which Sentences and Judgments shall be made null and deemed to be of no more force than if they had never been judged and pronounced full and entire liberty remaining to the said Parties to return into the Countrey from whence they departed and enjoyed the Goods Moveables Estates and Revenues or inhabit in what place soever they shall please and make choice without any violence or compulsion and in case they have a mind to transport themselves to some other place they may by Atturneys not suspected administer and enjoy their Goods and Revenues such Benefices only accepted as require residence which they ought Personally to perform and execute XXV The agreement this day made between his Imperial Majesty and the Empire and the King and Kingdom of Sweden as well with relation to himself as to the Duke of Holstein-Gottorp shall be esteemed to be comprehended in this Treaty in such manner that as well this as the aforementioned Treaty between the Emperor and Sweden shall be judged and looked upon as one and the same and held to be of the same force and vertue as if it were word for word inserted in this Treaty XXVI And because it is highly necessary in order to the preservation of the publick Peace That the War which yet continues between his Most Christian Majesty and the King and Kingdom of Sweden on the one part and the King of Denmark the Elector of Brandenburg the Bishop of Munster and the Princes of Lunenburg namely the Bishop of Osnaburg and the Dukes of Zel and Wolfembutel be with all speed composed as well his Imperial as his Most Christian Majesty shall employ their utmost Offices towards the said Princes and the King of Sweden That a Peace between the aforesaid Parties be speedily made and to that end a Cessation of Arms in order to it be forthwith agreed to by them But if contrary to all expectation the said Offices should want their desired effect His Imperial Majesty and the Electors Princes and States of the Empire included in this Peace do promise that after the Term for the Cessation of Hostilities is expired they will in no wise under any pretence whatsoever directly or indirectly assist the aforesaid Enemies of France and Sweden or in
any wise hinder them in the carrying on of the War nor suffer the Forces of the aforesaid Enemies of France and Sweden to take any Winter-Quarters without their Territories in the Empire And for the aforesaid end only it shall be free for his Most Christian Majesty to keep a Garrison in the following Places in the Empire yet without endammaging the Owners of the said Places and their Subjects and at the charges of the Most Christian King viz. in the Towns and Cities of Chasselet Huy Verviers Aix la Chapelle Dueren Linnick Nuys and Zons in which Places no new Fortifications shall be made further than shall be necessary for the safety of the Garrisons and without giving just cause of suspicion Nor shall it be lawful for the Most Christian King to retain those Places upon account of the charges made therein nor under any other pretence whatsoever but shall evacuate and restore the same to those from whom he took them so soon as a Peace shall be concluded and Ratified between the aforesaid Parties as to the Provinces scituate in the Empire or that more fit means shall by common consent be found out to restore it In like manner his most Christian Majesty doth promise that he will in no wise nor under any pretence whatsoever directly or indirectly assist the present Enemies of the Emperor and Empire It shall be likewise free for the Emperor and Empire to employ their Offices Counsels and Endeavours joyntly with the Most Christian King for the speedy composing the War by common consent XXVII Pursuant to the Peace of Munster confirmed by the second Article in all its Points and Clauses Places shall be restored and such as are to be restored shall be bonâ fide evacuated To which end Commissioners shall be named at the same time this Treaty is Ratified on both sides that the aforesaid Evacuation and Restitution be without further delay made within one month after the Ratification of the Peace Those Places only excepted which are otherwise for a time to be disposed of by the preceding Article XXVIII Whereas there hath been an ancient difference concerning the Castle and Dutchy of Bovillon between the Bishop and Prince of Liege and the Dukes of that name it is hereby agreed That the Duke of Bovillon continuing in the possession he hath of it the said difference shall amicably or by Arbiters to be named by the Parties within 3 months after the Ratification of the Peace be composed without proceeding to Acts of force XXIX Immediately after the Signing and subscribing of this Treaty of Peace by the Extraordinary Ambassadors and Plenipotentiaries all Acts of Hostility shall cease And in case within 14 days after the Signing of the Treaty any thing shall be attempted or altered it shall be forthwith repaired and restored to its first condition XXX Contributions shall continue to be demanded and levyed by the one and the other Party in those Provinces Countreys and Places where before the Signing of this Treaty they were settled until the Ratification of the same and what shall then remain in Arrear shall within 4 months after the said Ratification be paid Yet so that the payment of the same shall not after the Ratifications are exchanged be forcibly required of those Places who will give sufficient security to pay the Proportion assessed upon them XXXI Although in the second Article of this Treaty it hath been sufficiently declared that the Peace of Munster shall in all and every its Points be confirmed yet it hath been thought fit particularly that all things stipulated in the said Peace of Munster with relation to the business of Montferrat remain hereafter in full force and vertue amongst which those things shall more particularly continue firm and valid which are stipulated therein in behalf of the Duke of Savoy XXXII Their Imperial and Most Christian Majesties retaining a grateful sence of the Offices and continual Endeavours the most Serene King of Great Britain hath used to restore a general Peace and the publick Tranquility It is mutually agreed between the Parties that he with his Kingdoms be included in this Treaty after the best and most effectual manner that may be XXXIII In this Peace those also shall be comprehended who shall be named by either Party with common consent before the exchange of the Ratifications or within 6 months after XXXIV The Emperor and the Most Christian King do agree That all Kings Princes and States shall and may give their Guaranties to their Imperial and Most Christian Majesties for the execution and performance of all and every the Points contained in this present Treaty XXXV The Peace being thus concluded the Ambassadors Extraordinary and Plenipotentiaries of both Parties do promise that the same shall be Ratified in the manner mutually agreed on by the Emperor and Empire and the Most Christian King respectively and take effectual care that Authentick Ratifications be within the space of 8 weeks to be computed from the day of the Signing thereof or sooner if possible reciprocally and in due form exchanged here XXXVI And whereas his Imperial Majesty hath been humbly desired by the Electors Princes and States of the Empire in vertue of a Resolution dated the 31. May 1677. under the Seal of the Chancery of Mentz and delivered to the French Ambassadors to take care by his Imperial Ambassadors in this Congress of the Interests of the said Electors Princes and States of the Empire as well the Imperial as the French Ambassadors have in testimony and for the greater validity of all and every thing and things contained in this Treaty of Peace Signed and Sealed the same with their Names and Seals and promised interchangeably to deliver sufficient Ratifications thereof within the space abovementioned and the form therein agreed on nor shall any Protestation or Contradiction from the Directory of the Empire against the subscription of this Treaty be received or esteemed valid Done at Nimeguen the 5th day of Feb. A. D. 1679. Ls John Bishop and Prince of Gurgh Ls Francis Udalrick Count Kinsky Ls T. A. Hen. Stratman Ls The Marshal D'Estrades Ls Colbert Articles of Peace between the Emperor and the King of Sweden Concluded and Signed at Nimeguen the 5 th day of February 1679. Translated out of Latin according to the Copy Printed at Nimeguen by Adrian Moetiens IN the Name of the most Holy and Undivided Trinity Be it known to all and every one whom it doth or any way may concern That whereas from the beginning of the War commenced some years ago between the most Seiene and Mighty Prince and Lord LEOPOLD Elect Emperor of the Romans always August King of Germany Hungary Bohemia Dalmatia Croatia and Sclavonia Arch-Duke of Austria Duke of Burgundy Brabant Stiria Carinthia Carniola Marquiss of Moravia Duke of Luxemberg of the Upper and Lower Silesea Wirtemburg and Tecka Prince of Swaben Earl of Hapsburg Tirol Ferrette Kyburg and Goritia Marquiss of the sacred Roman Empire of
Burgovia and of the Upper and Lower Lusatia Lord of the Marck of Sclavonia of the Port of Naon and the Salt-Pits on the one part and the most Serene and Mighty Prince and Lord Charles King of Suedes Goths and Vandals Great Prince of Finland Duke of Schonen Estotiland Lieftland Carelia Bremen Ferden Stetin Pomerania Cassubia and Vandalia Prince of Rugen Lord of Ingria and Wismar and also Count Palatine of the Rhine Duke of Bavaria Juliers Cleves and Berghen on the other part His Imperial and his Royal Majesty of Sueden have desired nothing more passionately than the preventing the further desolation of so many Countreys and Effusion of Blood by restoring a Lasting Peace It hath by the Blessing of Almighty God been at length brought to pass that by the Endeavours of the most Serene and Mighty Prince and Lord Charles the Second King of Great Britain Who being received as General Mediator by all the Parties hath in these difficult Conjuncture of Affairs in Christendom to his Immortal Glory with indefatigable pains employed his utmost Offices and Counsels for the Publick Tranquility and General Peace His Imperial and his Royal Majesty of Sweden have agreed That the Congress for treating the Peace should be held here at Nimeguen in Guelderland In which Place Ambassadors Extraordinary and Plenipotentiaries in due form authorized having appeared on both sides viz. on the part of the Emperor the most Reverend and the most Illustrious and Excellent Lords John Bishop of Gurck Prince of the Sacred Roman Empire and Counsellor to his Imperial Majesty as likewise Francis Udalrick Count of the Sacred Roman Empire of Khinschy Chinitz and Tettau Lord of Klumetz of his Imperial Majesties Privy Council Chamberlain Lord Lieutenant one of the Judges of the Royal Provincial Court President for Appeals and Lord Steward of the Royal Court in the Kingdom of Bohemia and Theodore Athletus Henry Stratman of his Imperial Majesty's Aulick Council And on the part of the King of Sweden the most Illustrious and Excellent Lords Benedict Oxenstiern Earl of Korshorlm and Wasa free Baron in Mohrby and Lindholm Lord of Kapuria and Kattila Senator to his Majesty and the Kingdom of Sweden and President of the Chief Court of Judicature at Wismar also as Chief Judge of Ingria and Kexholm and John Paulin Olivencrans Lord of Ulffhol and Hofmanstorp Counsellor in Chancery to his Sacred Majesty of Sweden Secretary of State and Judge of the Territory of Widloe after having humbly implored the Assistance of Almighty God and in due form exchanged and shewn their Commissions the Copys whereof are word for word inserted in the end of this Treaty by the Intervention and means of the most Illustrious and Excellent Lords Lawrence Hyde Esquire Sir William Temple Baronet and Sir Leoline Jenkins Kt. Ambassadors Extraordinary and Plenipotentiaries for his Majesty of Great Britian who from the year 1675. until this present have with great Impartiality Diligently and Wisely performed the part of a Mediator in order to the restoring the Publick Tranquility to the Glory of God and Welfare of Christendom they have mutually agreed on the following Conditions of Peace and Friendship I. There shall be a Christian Inviolable and Perpetual Peace and a true and Sincere Friendship between His Imperial Majesty the German Empire and all and every of their Allies comprehended in this Peace and their respective Heirs and Successors on the one part and his Majesty and the Kingdom of Sweden and their Allies comprehended in this Peace and their respective Heirs and Successors on the other and therefore all acts of Hostility shall forthwith cease throughout all and every the Kingdoms States Dominions and Countreys of both Parties wheresoever Situate and between all and every their Subjects and Inhabitants of what Degree soever they be so as that neither Party hereafter do any wrong or unkindness to the other privately or openly directly or indirectly by himself or by others but rather promote the Advantage Honour and Interests of the other to the end that a faithful Neighbourhood and mutual Offices of Friendship and Peace may remain and for ever continue between them II. And for greater Security hereof it hath been thought fit by both Parties that there be a Perpetual Oblivion and Amnesty of all Enmities or Hostilities committed on each side since the begining of the present Troubles in what place or manner soever so that neither Party shall upon that nor any other Cause or Pretence whatsoever do and give nor cause or suffer to be done and given to the other any Hostility Trouble or Molestation in their Persons Estates Rights or Security by himself or by others openly or privately directly or indirectly under colour of Right or way of Fact within or without the Empire any former Agreements to the contrary notwithstanding But all and every the Injuries Violences Hostilities Prejudices Losses and Charges sustained on each side as well before as during the War by Words Writing or Deeds shall without respect of Persons or things be so entirely abolished that whatsoever the one part may upon that account pretend against the other shall be buryed in perpetual Oblivion Likewise all and every the Vassals and Subjects of both Partys shall enjoy this Amnesty and have the benefit and effect of it so that none of them shall be rendred culpable endammaged or prejudiced for having taken part with the one or the other from being fully restored to the same Condition as to Honours and Goods that he was in immediately before the War III. According to this Foundation of an Universal and unlimited Amnesty and to the end a more certain Rule of Friendship and Peace may be setled between the Parties it hath been by mutual Consent agreed between them That the Peace Concluded at Osnabrug in Westphalia on the 24th Octob. 1648. shall remain the Basis and Rule of the present Pacification in such manner that it shall be restored to its first Force and Vigour and inviolably kept hereafter and continue as it was before the present War a Pragmatick Sanction and Fundamental Law of the Empire whereby the Parties shall stand bound and obliged to each other any Acts Decrees Commands or Alterations made upon occasion of the War to the contrary notwithstanding IV. And for the greater strength of this Friendship and nearer Union Neither of the Parties shall have any Treaties contrary to this Nor shall hereafter give their Consent to any Treaty or Negotiation tending to the Dammage or Prejudice of the other but rather shall oppose the same Nor shall either of them afford any succours by Soldiers Arms Ammunition Ships Mariners or other things appertaining to War or Subsidies in money to prosecute it directly or indirectly either on publick or private account to the present or future Enemys of the other Nor supply them or direct that they be supplyed with any Quarters or Accommodation within the Dominions of the Empire and the Kingdom of Sweden saving the Article of
Guaranty hereafter inserted V. And forasmuch as it highly imports the Publick Tranquility That the War which yet continues between his Majesty and the Kingdom of Sweden and their Allies and the King of Denmark the Elector of Brandenburg the Bishop of Munster and the Dukes of Brunswick-Lunenbourg namely the Bishop of Osnabrug and the Dukes of Zell and Wolfembutel be with all possible speed composed His Imperial Majesty and the Empire aswell by themselves as joyntly with others shall most effectually interpose their Offices to procure a Peace saving always to the Emperour and the Empire the King and Kingdom of Sweden the reciprocal Obligation of not assisting each others Enemys stipulated in the preceding Article And so long as the Peace shall not be made between the aforesaid Partys no hinderance or impediment shall be given to his Majesty of Sweden in the prosecuting the War against his said Enemies but the Peace being made the same shall be deemed to be in such manner comprehended in this Treaty as if it were therein specifically inserted VI. A free Liberty of Trade and Commerce by Sea and Land shall be restored on both sides and the same Freedom Immunity Rights Priviledges and Advantages shall be and remain to the Subjects of his Imperial Majesty and the Empire more particularly to the Hanse Towns in the Kingdom Countrys Dominions and Ports of Sweden and in like manner to the Subjects of Sweden within the Empire that both Parties mutually enjoyed before the War VII His Imperial Majesty sutable to his Obligation shall afford his Protection aswell to the Lord Christian-Albert Duke of Sleswick and Holstein Gottorp as to the other States of the Empire pursuant to the Laws and Constitutions of it to the end his Dominions situate therein and the Rights belonging unto him may be preserved entire and shall interpose his Offices that the other Disputes depending between the King of Denmark and the said Duke be also composed VIII The Emperor and the King of Sweden do Consent That the King of Great Britain as Mediator as also all Kings Princes and States may give their Guaranties to his said Imperial Majesty and his Majesty of Sweden for the due Execution and Performance of all and every thing and things contained in this present Treaty IX And whereas his Imperial Majesty and his Royal Majesty of Sweden retain a Grateful Sense of the Offices and continual Endeavours the Most Serene King of Great Britain hath used to restore a General Peace and the Publick Tranquillity it is mutually agreed That he together with his Kingdoms be included in this present Treaty in the best and most effectual manner that may be X. In this Peace those also shall be comprehended who shall be named by either Party with common Consent before the Exchange of the Ratifications or within 6. months after Those things also which have been agreed between his Imperial Majesty and the Empire and the Most Christian King shall be deemed to be in the same manner comprehended in this Treaty as if they were word for word inserted therein XI The abovementioned Ambassadors Extraordinary and Plenipotentiaries of the Emperor and the Empire on the one part and the King of Sweden on the other do promise that the Peace thus concluded shall be ratified in the manner mutually hereby agreed on and that they will take effectual care that Authentick Ratifications be within the space of 8 weeks to be computed from the day of the Signing thereof or sooner if possible reciprocally and in due form exchanged here XII And whereas his Imperial Majesty hath been humbly desired by the Electors Princes and States of the Empire in pursuance of a Resolution of the 31. May 1677. delivered under the Seal of the Chancery of Mentz to the Ambassadors of Sweden to take care by his Imperial Ambassadors in this Congress of the Interests of the said Electors Princes and States of the Empire as well the Imperial as the Swedish Ambassadors have in testimony and for the greater validity of all and every thing and things contained in this present Treaty of Peace Signed and Sealed the same with their Names and Seals and promised interchangeably to deliver sufficient Ratifications thereof within the space of time abovementioned and the former therein agreed on nor shall any Protestation or Contradiction from the Directory of the Empire against the Subscription of this Treaty be received or esteemed valid Done at Nimeguen the 5th day of February A. D. 1679. Ls John Bishop and Prince of Gurk Ls Francis Udalrick Count Khinsky Ls T. A. Henr. Stratman Ls Benedict Oxenstiern Ls John Paulin Olivencrans FINIS