other is entituled A Decree of the Soveraign Council of Alsace sitting at Brisac importing that the King shall be put into Possession of the Soveraignty of the Lower Alsace and of other Territories and Seigniories situated in the Upper Alsace this is dated August 9. 1680. Especially since these Expressions and others to be met with in the whole Body of the Decree concerning the detaining and possessing of other Territories at that time acknowledg'd do sufficiently manifest the state of things by the then Treaty of Nimeguen and the time ensuing This likewise was evident and particularly in the Right pretended to Strasburgh Landau and Cronweissemberg by receding from performance of the Peace of Nimeguen the first Article whereof was drawn up in these Terms The Emperor shall forthwith cause his Forces and Troops to withdraw from all the Provinces of the Empire which do not by an Hereditary Right belong to the House of Austria namely from the Circle of Suabia and Franconia as well as from the Electoral Circle of the Rhine and from that of the Upper Rhine and from the Towns and Forts situated thereon From Bon Strasburgh Offenberg Hockberg Landau Cronweissemberg and in general from all such places as neither by the Treaty of Munster nor by that of Nimeguen belong'd to his Imperial Majesty so that immediately before the Tenth of August the said Forces shall be drawn into Bohemia and into other of his Patrimonial States Therefore 't is evident that Bon Strasburgh Offenberg Landau Cronweissemberg and all the other Places of the Empire which were not look'd upon as belonging by an Hereditary Right to the House of Austria neither by the Treaty of Munster nor that of Nimeguen were yet consider'd and absolutely esteem'd to be part of the Empire and comprehended in its Circles and Dependencies From whence it plainly follows that by the Articles propos'd by the French Ambassadors all these Places are to be restor'd and re-establish'd Since the Case stands thus and these Places are the Chief of what ought to be restor'd the Emperor's Ambassadors and those of the Electors Princes and other States here present do reasonably hope that there will be less difficulty about the other Articles to be agreed upon for the speedy Re-establishment of a firm and lasting Peace and therefore they desire that an immediate Consent may be given to the two following Articles as the Foundation and General Rule of the present Peace 1. The Treaty of Westphalia together with that of Nimeguen shall be the Basis and Foundation of the present Peace which shall be executed with respect both to Church and State immediately after the Ratifications shall be exchang'd and for ever after maintain'd in its full force unless in such things as shall be otherwise provided for by the present Treaty Therefore whatever after the said Peace of Munster and the Treaty of its Execution made at Nuremberg has been to this present in the Possession of his most Christian Majesty under pretence of Right or by open Force or in any other manner whatever and which was before possess'd by the Emperor or by the Empire and the States depending thereon including the Three Nobless with their Immediate Dependants and Vassals such Cities Towns Burroughs Citadels Castles Forts Villages Houses Territories Mountains Hills Forests Meadows Mines Quarries Lakes Rivers Islands Bridges Rivulets Jurisdictions and Rights proper and in Fee-simple till'd and untill'd shall be faithfully restor'd to their Ancient Proprietors without demolishing the Fortifications or any Publick or Private Houses without rendring them in a worse state than they are at present or exacting any thing for the Charges they have been at upon them without exacting any Contributions by the Army or in their behalf And this Restitution shall be made without any delay within Ten days at farthest after the Ratifications be exchang'd or sooner if possible together with all the Artillery Ammunitions and Provisions as well such as were in the Places when taken and since quitted and demolished by the Garrisons that were in them and such as are in any other Places whatever together with all Papers and Writings where and however seiz'd That whatever Alterations or Innovations have been made by his most Christian Majesty after the said Peace and the Treaty of Execution made at Nuremberg in Civil or Ecclesiastical Affairs under the Name and Pretence of Suntgau Landgrave of Alsace Provincial Prefecture of Haguenau and the Feudal Union of Dependencies Appendencies Submissions Surrenders Engagements all manner of Grants whether Absolute or Limited or upon any other Cause or Reason whatever shall be cancell'd and re-settled upon its first footing and after it has been thus re-settled shall remain in the perpetual possession of his Imperial Majesty as his Property or Fief Laws General or Special known or unknown made publickly or privately by what Person whatsoever all Edicts Priviledges Dispensations Concessions Donations Investitures Declarations Mandats Prohibitions Registers Incorporations Unions Re-unions Confiscations Arrests Decisions Decrees Sentences Homages Contracts Transactions though ratified by the Oaths and other Pretensions of his most Christian Majesty the Royal Family and Kingdom of France or of his Feudatories and Subjects or the Oppositions of any Courts Councils Chambers or States either National or Provincial and all other Pretences whatsoever past present or to come to the contrary notwithstanding the which Laws c. are cancell'd and abolish'd as far as they respect the present Case notwithstanding likewise all that may be ever surmis'd alledg'd or imagin'd to the contrary and notwithstanding all other Reasons whatever which may seem to deserve a more special and particular mention and to intimate that this present Cancelling and Annulling is void and of no effect 2. For the farther illustrating the foregoing Article and to cut off all occasion of future Debates without mentioning the Reference to be made to Commissioners Umpires and their Decisions it is farther agreed That his most Christian Majesty and the Kingdom of France shall rest satisfied with what has been granted to them by the Peace of Munster in Westphalia namely with the Jurisdictions of the three ancient Bishopricks of Metz Toul and Verdun as far as they had regard to them at the time of the said Peace and likewise with the Rights and Priviledges of Suntgau the Landgravate of Alsace and of the Provincial Government in the same manner as they were formerly possessed by the most Serene House of Austria and which are not to be alter'd upon the Account of any Compensation to be made for Damages done or for the sake of making the Peace more firm and lasting and that they shall not pretend demand or exact from any State Vassal or Subject of the Empire any Oath Obligation or Dependence except within the Jurisdictions of the said three Bishopricks as far as they concern'd them at the time of the said Peace or except within the said Rights possessed by the House of Austria and which are not at present alter'd
and Philipsburgh without any prejudice to the Bishoprick of Spires But upon the account of the manifest Justice of the thing in debate and to make the ensuing Peace the more lasting this Restitution shall be full and intire with all the Fortifications which belong thereto on both sides the Rhine and the Bridge with all the Ammunitions and Provisions which are therein at present and Justice likewise requires that a more particular regard should be had to what is contain'd in the Tenth Article of the Demands of the Imperial Ambassadors excepting always a more particular Account of the Damages and Expences which the States of the Empire have been at leaving the Decision thereof for the sake of Equity and of a good and solid Peace to the known Affections and Endeavours of his Excellency the Mediator Article X. The same Treaty of Nimeguen having regulated all the Conditions upon which his most Christian Majesty oblig'd himself to re-invest Monsieur the Duke of Lorain in his Territories his Majesty being willing that the said Treaty should have its full force does yield that 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 and 22th Articles of the said Treaty of Nimeguen shall have the same Force in the present Treaty as if they were inserted here word for word therein Article XI His most Christian Majesty having caus'd Saar Lewis to be fortifi'd shall keep that place in the same Condition as it is with half a League of Country round about it as shall be regulated by Commissioners appointed by his Majesty and Mons the Duke of Lorrain and the said Duke shall surrender to his Majesty the said Place and half a League round to be enjoy'd for the future by his Majesty with all Right of Soveraignty and Propriety in exchange his said Majesty shall recompence the said Duke in such a manner as shall be to his Content and Satisfaction and that which shall be given him in Exchange and which shall be likewise regulated by the said Commissioners shall for the future be possess'd by the said Duke with all the Rights of Soveraignty and Property Answer to Article X. and XI As to what concerns the Affairs of Lorain as comprehended under the protection of the Empire and as being a Fief thereof upon the Account of several parts of it in the first place what has been said above concerning the Vassals and Clients of the Empire and particularly with respect to the Unions and Re-unions ought to be apply'd here In the next place such things as are the Proprieties of other States of the Empire ought not to be mix'd and confounded with the Affairs of Lorrain Much less by virtue of restoring Lorrain which by all manner of Equity becomes due ought they to detain Strasburgh which has nothing to do with Lorrain or any other Places which are alike to be restor'd to the Empire or to the States dependent thereon In short it is reasonable to have regard to what was formerly produc'd by the Plenipotentiary of Lorain upon this Subject as if it were here inserted word for word Article XII His said Majesty shall take out of all the Places which he promises to demolish or restore to the Emperor all the Provision and Ammunition together with all the Artillery which shall be there at the time of Demolishing or Surrender Answer to Article XII Instead of this Article is repeated what had been express'd in the Third and which is founded on so much the clearer and more indubitable Title as that the Artillery the Ammunitions and Provisions which are at present in the places which are to be surrendered or were there when they were taken or carried thither from other places of the Empire which were ruin'd or deserted or which were rais'd in the Countries belonging to the Empire or gain'd by the Money or Industry of its Subjects together with the Fortifications of such Places as were rais'd augmented or alter'd after the same manner do belong of Right to the Empire without all dispute Not to say that they may be look'd upon as a small Recompence of the Losses which it has suffer'd Article XIII The Elector Palatine shall be resettled in the Possession of the Palatinate as his Predecessors have enjoy'd it since the Peace of Westphalia and the Dutchess of Orleans her Majesty's Sister-in-Law shall be put into possession of all the Rights Territories and Effects which belong'd to her as Heiress of the late Electors Palatine her Father and Brother according to the Laws and Constitutions of the Empire Answer to Article XIII Since the Daughters of the Palatinate by the Golden Bulls of Charles IV. and Sigismund by the Investitures of Emperors and others by the common Feudal Rights by the Wills of Predecessors by the Agreements pass'd and sworn to between the Palatinate Families of the Branch of Bavaria of the Electorate of Simmeren of Newburgh and of Deux Ponts sworn to and ratified particularly by the Treaty of Westphalia by the mutual Substitutions of the Males of the Palatinate by the Agreements concluded between the Palatinate and the House of Baden by the Advice and Mediation of the Counts of Sponheim concerning the mutual Succession between the Male-Heirs of the County of Sponheim by the Renunciations of the Daughters of the Palatinate to the making of which they were always oblig'd and in Justice are supposed to have made without any reserve of their Right to the Jewels or Money unless in Case the Family of the Palatinate be extinct and lastly by a perpetual Custom of force in that Family for several Ages together and founded on a great many Examples both Ancient and Modern were excluded upon Condition of a fixed Dowry which the Father cannot augment from all Succession to Moveables or Immoveables and since likewise the most Serene Dutchess of Orleans by and with the Consent of the Duke her Husband and of the most Christian King has solemnly made these Renunciations three or four times according to the Custom of the House Palatine and since the Elector Philip William for peace and quietness sake has already granted her beside her Dowry more than ever has been or could in justice be granted to any Daughter of the House Palatine she can have no Right or Title to the Revenues or Subjects possess'd by the Electors her Father and Brother and which are devolved to the present Elector Palatine No body that knows any thing of the Affairs of the Palatinate or of Germany or who is minded to cast but the least Eye on the Genealogical Tables of the Palatinate House can question any of these things However for the avoiding all manner of Suspicion and that the Rights of the most Serene Dutchess may not in the least be diminish'd nor those of the House Palatine in which every Branch thereof is concern'd be inhanc'd it is absolutely necessary to cancel and abolish all manner of Pretensions that may be advanc'd against this House of what Nature soever they be
the present Treaty XXXVIII The Articles above mentioned together with the Contents in every one of them have been treated agreed upon concluded and stipulated between the said Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary Ambassadors of the said Lords the Catholick and most Christian Kings and in their Majesties Name which Plenipotentiaries by Virtue of their Power the Copies whereof shall be inserted at the end of the present Treaty have promised and do promise under the Obligation of all the Dominions and States present and to come of the Kings their Masters That they shall be inviolably observ'd and accomplish'd and to cause them to be Ratified purely and simply without any Addition and exhibit the Ratifications by authentick and sealed Letters wherein all the present Treaty shall be inserted Word for Word within the space of six Weeks to be reckoned from the Day and Date of the present Treaty or sooner if possible Moreover the said Plenipotentiaries have promised and do promise in the said Names That after the said Letters of Ratification shall have been delivered the said Lord the Catholick King assoon as possible and in the Presence of such Person or Persons whom the said Lord the most Christian King shall please to appoint shall solemnly Swear upon the Cross the Gospel Canon of the Mass and upon his Honour to observe and perform fully really and sincerely all the Articles contained in the present Treaty And the same shall also be done assoon as possible by the said Lord the most Christian King in the Presence of such Person or Persons the said Lord the Catholick King shall please to appoint In Testimony of all which the said Plenipotentiaries have subscribed the present Treaty with their Names and caused it to be sealed with their Seals and Coat of Arms. Done at Ryswick in Holland the 20th Day of September 1697. Thus Signed in the Original N. Lillieroot L. S. Don Francisco Bernardo de Quiros L. S. The Count of Tirimont L. S. De Harlay Bonneuil L. S. De Crecy Verjus L. S. De Caillieres L. S. Separate Article BEsides all that is concluded and stipulated by the Treaty of Peace made betwixt the Plenipotentiaries and Extraordinary Ambassadors of his Catholick Majesty and those of the most Christian King this present Day the 20th of September 1697. it is moreover agreed by the present separate Article which shall have the same Force and Effect as if it was inserted Word for Word in the said Treaty that his most Christian Majesty shall covenant and agree and by the present Article he does covenant and agree That it shall be free for the Emperor and the Empire until the First Day of November next to accept the Conditions of Peace lately proposed by the most Christian King according to the Declaration made on the First Day of this present Month of September unless in the mean time it shall be otherwise agreed between his Imperial Majesty and the Empire and his most Christian Majesty And in case his Imperial Majesty does not within the time prefix'd accept those Conditions or that it be not otherwise agreed between his Imperial Majesty and the Empire and his most Christian Majesty the said Treaty shall have its full Effect and be duly put in Execution according to its Form and Tenor and it shall not be lawful for the said Lord the Catholick King directly or indirectly on any Account or Cause whatsoever to act contrary to the said Treaty In Testimony whereof We the Ambassadors of their Catholick and most Christian Majesties by Virtue of our respective Powers and in the Names aforesaid have signed this Separate Article and caused it to be sealed with our Seals and Coat of Arms in the Royal Palace of Ryswick in the Province of Holland the 20th of September 1697. N. Lillieroot L. S. Don Francisco Bernardo de Quiros L. S. The Count of Tiâ—imont L. S. De Harlay Bonneuil L. S. Verjus de Crecy L. S. De Caillieres L. S. Ratification of His Catholick Majesty CHARLES by the Grace of God King of Spain c. Whereas Don Francisco Bernardo de Quiros one of my Council of Castille and Don Lewis Alexander de Schockart Count of Tirimont Baron of Gaesbeck one of my supream Council in Flanders and of that of State and Privy Council in the same Countries have concurred in the Royal Palace of Ryswick in Holland with the Ministers of the most Christian King my most dear and well-beloved Brother and Cousin with their respective Orders and Powers as every one was concerned in the Treaty of Peace and have Executed the same in the form and manner contained in the Treaty which shall be here inserted word for word the Conclusion of which was agreed and signed by the said Ministers on both Sides on the 20th of September of the present Year 1697. which is as follows Here the Treaty of Peace was inserted Which Treaty here written and inserted as aforesaid has been sent to me by the said Don Francisco Bernardo de Quiros and Count of Tirimont and having perused and maturely examined the same word by word in my Council I approve and ratifie for my Self my Heirs and Successors as also for the Vassals Subjects and Inhabitants of all my Kingdoms Countries and Lordships all the Contents of the same and every Article in particular therein contained and hold them good firm and valid and I plight and engage the Faith and Word of a King both for my Self and my Heirs and Successors inviolably to follow observe and perform the same according to its Form and Tenor and to cause and order it to be followed observed and performed in the same manner as if I had Treated and Concluded the same in my own Person and that I shall not do or suffer to be done in no manner whatsoever any thing contrary to it And if it should happen that any one should Act contrary to or infringe the Contents of the said Treaty I will cause such Infringement to be effectually and readily repaired and made good by punishing the Delinquents And for the Execution of the Premises I engage all and every one of my Kingdoms Countries and Lordships as also all my other Estates present and to come also my Heirs and Successors without any Exception And for the firmness of this Obligation I renounce all Laws Customs and all other things to it contrary In Testimony of what is above-mentioned I have caused these Presents Signed with my own Hand Sealed with my Privy Seal and Countersigned by my Secretary of State to be dispatched Given at Madrid the 8th of October 1697. Signed Yo El Rey. I the King And at the bottom Don Crispin Gonsales Botello Ratification of the Separate Article by His Catholick Majesty CHARLES by the Grace of God King of Spain c. Whereas it has been agreed at the Royal Palace of Ryswick in Holland between Don Franscisco Bernardo de Quiros one of my Council of Castille and Don Lewis Alexander Schockart
Count of Tirimont one of my Council in Flanders and of that of State and Privy Council in those Countries and the Ministers of the most Christian King my most Dear and most beloved Brother and Cousin with their respective Powers as it concerned every one of them upon a separate Article which shall be here inserted word for word and is as follows Here was inserted the separate Article And this Article having been perused and examined I have resolved to approve and ratifie it as by virtue of these Presents I do approve and ratifie the same in the best and most perfect form that I can And I promise upon the Faith and Word of a King fully and intirely to perform it according to the Contents of it to which purpose I have ordered these Presents Signed with my own Hands Sealed with my privy Seal and Counter-signed by my Secretary of State to be dispatched Given at Madrid the 8th of October 1697. Yo El Rey. Don Crispin Gonsales Botello Ratification of his Most Christian Majesty LEWIS by the Grace of God King of France and Navarre To all those to whom these Presents shall come Greeting Whereas our beloved and trusty Counsellor in Ordinary in our Council of State Nicolas Augustus de Harlay Knight Lord of Bonneuil Count of Cely our dear and well-beloved Lewis Verjus Knight Count of Crecy Marquis of Freon Baron of Couvay Lord of Boulay The two Churches Fort-Isle and Menillet and our dear and well-beloved Francis de Caillieres Knight Lord of Roche-Chellay and Gigny our Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary Ambassadors by Virtue of the full Powers we had given them have concluded agreed and signed on the 20th Day of September last past at Ryswick with Don Francisco Bernardo de Quiros Kt. of the Order of St. James Counsellor to our most dear and most beloved Brother the King of Spain in his Royal and Supream Council of Castille and Lewis Alexander de Schockart Count of Tirimont Baron of Gaesbeck one of the supream Council of State of the Low-Countries in Madrid and of that of State and Privy Council in the same Countries Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary Ambassadors of our said Brother the King of Spain having also their full Powers the Treaty of Peace the Tenor of which is as follows Here was inserted the Treaty of Peace We liking and approving the said Treaty in all and every one of the Points and Articles therein contained and expressed have accepted approved ratified and confirmed and we do accept approve ratifie and confirm the same as well for our Selves as for our Heirs Successors Kingdoms Countries Lands Lordships and Subjects all which we promise upon the Faith and Word of a King and under the Obligation and Mortgage of all and every one of our Estates present and to come inviolably to keep and observe and never to Act contrary to it directly or indirectly in any sort or manner whatsoever In Testimony whereof we have Signed these Presents with our own Hand and caused them to be Sealed with our Seal Given at Fontainebleau the 3d Day of October in the Year of our Lord 1697. and of our Reign the 55th Signed LEWIS By the King Colbert Ratification of the Separate Article by his Most Christian Majesty LEWIS by the Grace of God King of France and Navarre to all those to whom these Presents shall come Greeting Having perused and examined the Separate Article which our beloved and trusty Counsellors in Ordinary in our Council of State Nicolas Augustus de Harlay Knight Lord of Bonneuil Count of Cely our dear and well beloved Lewis Verjus Knight Count of Crecy Marquis of Freon Baron of Couvay Lord of Boulay The two Churches Fort-Isle and Menillet and our dear and well beloved Francis de Caillieres Knight Lord of Roche-Chellay and Gigny our Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary Ambassadors by Virtue of the full Powers we had given them have concluded agreed and signed on the 20th Day of September last past at Ryswick with Don Francisco Bernardo de Quiros Knight of the Order of St. James Counsellor to our most dear and most beloved Brother the King of Spain in his Royal and Supream Council of Castille and Lewis Alexander de Schockart Count of Tirimont Baron of Gaesbeck one of the supream Council of State of the Low-Countries in Madrid of that of State and Privy Council in the same Countries Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary Ambassadors of our said Brother the King of Spain having also their full Powers The Tenor of which Article is as follows Here was inserted the Separate Article We liking and approving the said Separate Article in all its Contents have allowed approved and ratified and we do allow approve and ratifie the same by these Presents Signed with our own Hand And we promise upon the Faith and Word of a King to perform and observe it and cause it to be observed really and sincerely and never to suffer any thing to it contrary to be done directly or indirectly upon any Cause or Account whatsoever In Testimony whereof We have Signed these Presents and caused them to be Sealed with our Seal Given at Fontainebleau the 3d Day of October in the Year of our Lord 1697. and of our Reign the 55th LEWIS By the King Colbert A List and Declaration of the Re-unions made by his Most Christian Majesty in the Provinces of His Catholick Majesty in the Low-Countries since the Treaty of Nimeguen Province of Luxemburgh FRANCE has possess'd it self of the Capital City of that Name and of 35 Villages and Hamlets called Villages of the Provost As also of the Provostship of Luxemburgh consisting in three Bans of Justice to wit Kundzigh or Clemenci Putlange and Pettinguen Of three Land-mayories which are Bettembourg Santweiler and Reeklen And three Mayories Steinsel Lingtgen Schiteringen consisting together in 71 either Villages or Hamlets Of the Castle Burrough and Lordship of Rodenmacheren together with 25 Villages depending upon them Of the Castle and Lordship of Hesperange with Four Villages Of Raville and its Dependencies which consist in 17 Villages Of the Castle and County of Russy which contains Eleven Villages Of the Lordship of Russy with Five Villages Of the Castle and Ban of Justice of Putlange consisting in 15 Villages Of the Castle and Lordship of Preisch containing Two Villages Of the Castle of Agimont with it 's two Burroughs of Givet and the Hamlets depending on the same Of the Lordship of Vilreux Walrand Of the Lands and Lordships of the County of Rochefort with Four Villages Of the Castle and Provostship Dorcymont containing Vienne and 20 other Villages and 10 Lordships inclosed in them Of the Lordships of Chasse-Pierre Riviere Fontenoylle Saint Cecil Lesche-les-Manile Lugnon le Bertrisse Ban of Orio Marpon Dochamps Herbeumont the Ban of Butailles the Ban of Musson Of the County of Montaign with 13 Villages and Hamlets Of Cheflieu and Provostship of St. Marde with 16 Villages Of the Castle and Lordship of Lathour Montquintin la
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
King of France and Navarre to all those to whom these Presents shall come Greeting Whereas our beloved and trusty Counsellor in Ordinary in our Council of State Nicolas Augustus de Harlay Knight Lord of Bonneuil Count of Cely our dear and well beloved Lewis Verjus Knight Count of Crecy Marquiss of Treon Baron of Couvay Lord of Boulay the Two Churches Fort-Isle and Menillet and our dear and well beloved Francis de Caillieres Knight Lord of Roche-Chellay and Gigny our Plenipotentiaries and Extraordinary Ambassadors by virtue of the full Power we had given them have concluded agreed and signed on the 20th Day of September last past at Ryswick with Anthony Heinsius Counsellor Pensionary of the States of Holland and West-Friesland Keeper of the Great Seal and Superintendent of the Fiefs of the same Province Everhard de Weede Lord of Weede Dyckvelt Rateles c. Lord of the Mannor of the Town of Oudewater Dean and Rector of the imperial Chapter of St. Mary in Vtrecht Dyckgrave of the River Rhine in the Province of Vtrecht President of the States of the said Province and William de Haren Grietman of Bilt Deputy for the Nobility in the States of Friesland and Curator of the University of Franeker Deputies in their Assembly for the States of Holland Vtrecht and Friesland in quality of Extraordinary Ambassadors and Plenipotentiaries of our most dear and great Friends the States General of the United Provinces of the Low-Countries also provided with full Powers for the Treaty of Peace the Tenor of which is as follows In the Name of God c. We liking and approving the said Treaty of Peace in all and every one of the Points and Articles therein contained and expressed have accepted approved ratified and confirmed and we do accept approve ratify and confirm the same as well for us as for our Heirs Successors Kingdoms Countries Lands Lordships and Subjects And we do promise upon the Faith and Word of a King under the Obligation and Mortgage of all and every one of our Estates both present and to come inviolably to keep and observe the same without ever acting or doing any thing to them contrary directly or indirectly in no manner whatsoever In Testimony whereof We have signed these Presents with our own Hand and caused them to be sealed with our Seal Given at Fontainebleau the third Day of October in the Year of our Lord 1697. and of our Reign the 55th Signed LEWIS And a little lower By the King Signed COLBERT The Ratification of their Lordships the States General of the Vnited Provinces of the Low-Countries upon the Treaty of Peace and Friendship THE States General of the United Provinces of the Low-Countries to all those to whom these Presents shall come Greeting Having perused and examined the Treaty of Peace and Friendship made and concluded at Ryswick in Holland on the 20th of September in the present Year 1697. by Nicolas Augustus de Harlay Knight Lord of Bonneuil Count of Celi Counsellor in ordinary to His most Christian Majesty in his Council of State Lewis Verjus Knight Count of Crecy Counsellor in ordinary to His Majesty in his Council of State Marquiss of Treon Baron of Couvay Lord of Boulay the Two Churches Fort-Isle Menillet and other Places and Francis de Caillieres Knight Lord of Caillieres Roche-chellay and Gigny Extraordinary Ambassadors and Plenipotentiaries of His most Christian Majesty in the Assembly of Ryswick in the Name and from His said Majesty And by Anthony Heinsius Counsellor Pensionary of the States of Holland and West-Friesland Keeper of the Great Seal and Superintendent of the Fiefs of the same Province Everhard de Weede Lord of Weede Dyckvelt Rateles and other Places Lord of the Mannor of the Town of Oudewater Dean and Rector of the imperial Chapter of St. Mary in Vtrecht Dyckgrave of the River Rhine in the Province of Vtrecht President of the States of the same Province and William de Haren Grietman of Bilt Deputy for the Nobility in the States of Friesland and Curator of the University of Franeker Deputies in our Assembly for the States of Holland Vtrecht and Friesland our Extraordinary Ambassadors and Plenipotentiaries in the said Assembly of Ryswick in our Name and from us by virtue of their respective full Powers the Tenor of which Treaty is as follows In the Name of God c. And whereas by the said Treaty it is provided that the Letters of Ratification shall be delivered in on both Sides in good and due form within the time of three Weeks or sooner if possible to be reckoned from the Day on which the Treaty was signed We being willing to give Proofs of our Sincerity and acquit the promises which our Ambassadors have made for us we have approved confirmed and ratified and we do approve confirm and ratify by these Presents the said Treaty and every one of its Articles abovementioned and transcribed and do we faithfully and sincerely Promise inviolably to keep maintain and observe the same in all its particulars without ever acting or doing any thing to it contrary directly or indirectly upon any account or in any manner whatsoever In Testimony whereof we have caused these Presents to be Signed by the President of our Assembly Countersigned by our Secretary and sealed with our Great Seal Done at the Hague the 10th of October 1697. The Ratification of his Most Christian Majesty upon the Separate Article LEWIS by the Grace of God King of France and Navarre to all those to whom these Presents shall come Greeting Having perused and examined the Separate Article which our beloved and trusty Counsellor in Ordinary in our Council of State Nicolas Augustus de Harlay Knight Lord of Bonneuil Count of Cely Our dear and well-beloved Lewis Verjus Knight Count of Crecy Marquis of Treon Baron of Couvay Lord of Boulay the Two Churches Fort-Isle and Menillet and our dear and well beloved Francis de Caillieres Knight Lord of Caillieres Roche-chellay and Gigny our Plenipotentiaries and Extraordinary Ambassadors by Virtue of the full Powers We had given them have concluded agreed and signed on the 20th Day of September last past at Ryswick with Anthony Heinsius Counsellor Pensionary of the Province of Holland and West-Friesland Keeper of the Great Seal and Super-intendent of the Fiefs Everhard de Weede Lord of Weede Dyckvelt Rateles c. Lord of the Mannor of the Town of Oudewater Dean and Rector of the Imperial Chapter of St. Mary in Vtrecht Dyckgrave of the River Rhine in the Province of Vtrecht President of the States of the said Province and William de Haren Grietman of Bilt Deputy for the Nobility in the States of Friesland and Curator of the University of Francker and Deputies in their Assembly for the States of Holland Vtrecht and Friesland in Quality of Plenipotentiaries and Extraordinary Ambassadors of our most dear and great Friends the States-General of the United Provinces of the Low-Countries also provided with full Powers of which
made or to be made by France there is acquired any new Right to such as are or shall be so re-established But that if any other have any claim or pretension against them they shall be propounded examined and decided in a convenient place after the making of the said restitution which for this reason ought by no means to be deferred L. So soon as ever the present Treaty of Peace shall have been Signed and Sealed by the Lords Extraordinary Ambassadors and Plenipotentiaries all Hostilities and Violence of what nature soever shall cease as also all demolishing of Edifices all Devastations of Vineyards and Forests all felling of Trees and immediately after the Exchange of the Ratifications all the Troops shall be made to retire from the Unfortified Places belonging to the other Party And as for what concerns Fortified Places that are to be restored by the present Treaty they shall within thirty days after the Ratification of the Peace or sooner if possible be surrendred to and put into the hands of those that are nominated in the preceding Articles or if not expresly nominated then to those who did possess them immediately before their being taken without any demolishing of Fortifications or Edifices either publick or private without making them in a worse condition than they are at present or without exacting any thing for or by reason of any expences in the said Places and the Soldiers shall not exact any thing upon this account or for any other cause whatsoever nor carry any thing away of the Effects belonging to the Inhabitants or of what ought to be left there in pursuance of this Treaty As for all sorts of Demolitions to be made pursuant to the agreements above it shall be wholly and effectually performed in respect of the less considerable things within a Month if possible and in respect of the more considerable within two Months if it may be done without any expence or trouble to the other Party for the said Demolition Likewise shall all the Archives Records Literal Documents be faithfully restored immediately after the exchange of the Ratifications as well those which belong to the Places that are to be surrendred and delivered to his Imperial Majesty's Empire and to its States and Members as those that have been removed and conveyed from the Chamber and City of Spires and other places of the Empire altho' there may be no particular mention made thereof in the present Treaty The Prisoners taken upon occasion of the War shall also be released and set at liberty on both sides without any ransome and in particular such who have been condemned to the Gallies or to any other publick Slavery LI. And to the end that the Subjects of both Parties may speedily enjoy the intire benefit of this Peace it hath been agreed That all Contributions of Money Grain Wine of Forage Wood and Cattel or the like altho' already imposed on the Subjects of the other Party and altho' they have been setled and stated by agreement as also that all Forageing of what nature soever upon the Territories and Jurisdiction of one another shall totally cease upon the very day of the Ratification and what shall be due in Arrears for such like Contributions Impositions or Exactions shall be totally abolished In like manner the Hostages delivered or carried away during this War for what cause soever shall be restored without further delay and that without being obliged to pay any thing for the same LII In like manner the Commerce prohibited during the War between the Subjects of his Imperial Majesty and the Empire and those of his Most Christian Majesty and of the Realm of France shall be re-established presently after the Signing of this Peace with the same liberty as before the War and shall all and every one of them and more particularly the Inhabitants and Citizens of the Hans-Towns Enjoy all manner of Security by Sea and Land together with their Ancient Rights Immunities Privileges and Advantages obtained by Solemn Treaties or by Ancient Custom LIII Whatsoever is concluded and agreed upon by this Treaty shall be firm and inviolable to perpetuity and shall be observed and put in execution notwithstanding whatsoever might have been believed alledged or imagined to the contrary which remains altogether cancelled and abolished altho' it might be of such a nature that we might have been obliged to make a more ample and more particular mention of the same or altho' the cancelling and abrogation seem as if it ought to be lookt upon as null invalid and of none effect LIV. Each of the Stipulating contracting Parties shall be capable of confirming this present Peace and his observance of it by certain Alliances by Fortifications upon his own proper Ground except in the Places in especial manner above excepted the which they may build or inlarge put Garrisons into and use other means they shall judge most necessary for their defence It shall likewise be permitted as well to all the Kings Princes and Republicks in General As to the King of Sweden in particular as Mediator to give their Guarantie to his Imperial Majesty and Empire and to his Most Christian Majesty just as it was by vertue of the Peace of Westphalia LV. And forasmuch as his Imperial Majesty and the Empire and his Most Christian Majesty do acknowledg with Sentiments of Gratitude the continual Cares and good Offices that his Swedish Majesty hath used for re-establishing the Publick Tranquility both parties agree that his Swedish Majesty shall by name be comprehended in the present Treaty with his Realms and Dominions in the best form and manner as possibly may be LVI There are also comprehended in the present Treaty upon the behalf of his Imperial Majesty and the Empire besides the Members of the Empire already named the other Electors Princes States and Members of the Empire and amongst others more especially the Bishop and Bishoprick of Basil with all his Estates Prilvileges and Rights Item the thirteen Swisse Cantons together with their Confederates namely with the City of Geneva and its Dependences the City and County of Neufchatel the Cities of St. Gall Mulhausen and Bienne the three Grison Leagues the Seven Jurisdictions or Dizaines of the Vallais as also the Abbey of St. Gall. LVII On the part of his Most Christian Majesty are in like manner comprised the thirteen Cantons of Switzerland and their Allyes and namely the Republick of Vallais or Wallisland LVIII There shall also be comprehended within this Treaty all such who shall be named by common consent of the one and the other party before the Exchange of the Ratifications or within the space of six Months after LIX The Ambassadors of his Imperial Majesty and of the Most Christian King conjointly with the Plenipotentiaries of the States deputed by the Empire do promise to cause the present Peace thus concluded by the Emperour the Empire and King of France to be ratified in that same form whereof it is
signed delivered and exchanged by our Extraordinary Embassadors and Plenipotentiaries whether all Three conjointly whether Two of them in the absence of the Third or by reason of being employed elsewhere or even by One alone in the absence of the other Two or being elsewhere employed Engaging our Selves by these Presents to cause our Letters of Ratifications to be dispatched and expedited in the good and authentick Form and within the Time that shall be agreed upon In Witness and for Confirmation whereof we have caused these Presents signed with our Hand and Imperial Seal to be confirmed Given at our City of Vienna the Third of February in the Year One thousand six hundred ninety and seven of our Reign of that of King of the Romans the Thirty ninth of that of Hungary the Forty second and of that of Bohemia the Forty first LEOPOLD L.S. Ut. SEBASTIAN WUNIBALD Count de Zeyll By the Express Order of his Imperial Majesty GASPARD FLOREND CONSBRUCH THE GENERAL FULL POWER FOR THE Deputation of the Empire Translated from the German Language THe Electors Princes and States of the H. Empire having thought good to make choice of some certain Persons from amongst themselves to take care of their Interests and to assist on their behalf at the Treaty of Peace that is to be concluded between his Imperial Majesty the Empire and its Great Allies on one Part and the Crown of France on the other Part and according to the Foundation of the Peace heretofore made in Westphalia and afterwards confirmed at Nimeguen have deputed and nominated from the Electoral College the Electors of Mentz Bavaria Saxony and Brandenbourg from the College of Princes and from amongst the Catholicks those of Austria of Saltzbourg the Great Master of the Teutonick Order of Wirtzbourg Spires Constance Hildesheim Liege Munster without prejudice to the alternate Succession Palatine Newbourg Baden Baden and the Prelates in Suabia and from amongst the Protestants those of Magdebourg of Sweden on the behalf of Bremen or Deux Ponts of Saxe Cobourg of Saxe Gotha Brandenbourg-Culenbach Brunswick-Zell Brunswick-Wolfenbuttel of Hesse-Cassel Wirtemberg with respect to their alternative Order of Holstein Gluckstat of Anhalt and the Counts of Weteravia and last of all from the Colledge of the Imperial Cities amongst the Catholicks those of Cologn and Ausbourg and amongst the Protestants those of Franckford and Neurembourg to whom is granted on the behalf of the said Empire and by vertue of this present Act a full power to the end they may speedily send their Ministers to the Place of Treaties there to assist conjointly with the Principal Plenipotentiaries of his Imperial Majesty and in conformity to their Instructions concur to treat regulate according to the Stile observed in the Empire and conclude whatsoever shall be necessary for the obtaining a General sure Honourable and lasting Peace accompanied with the resettlement of the publick Tranquility as also with the restitution and all the satisfaction that shall be found requisite to the States and Members of the Empire that have either sustained Damage or are totally opprest So that they will accept ratifie within the time specified and observe on the part of the whole Empire as well as of the States deputed whatsoever the Ministers of these latter or any one amongst them in case of absence sickness or impediment of the others or for the observing equality the present will give their opinion for the absent shall have conjointly with the Imperial Ambassie treated adjusted concluded with the Crown of France and the States deputed shall therein according to reason and custom always maintain'd and powerfully upheld Signed at Ratisbon the 15. July 1697. L.S. The Electoral Chancery of Mentz or Mayence THE FULL POWER OF FRANCE LEwis by the Grace of God King of France and Navarr to all those to whom these present Letters shall come Greeting As we desire nothing so earnestly as to behold the War wherewith Christendom is afflicted to terminate in a firm and lasting Peace and forasmuch as through the Care and Mediation of our Dearest and very well Beloved Brother the King of Sweden the Cities of Delft and the Hague have been agreed upon by all the Parties for holding the Conferences necessary to this effect We out of the same ardent desire to put a stop as much as in us lyes and by the assistance of Divine Providence to the Desolation and Effusion of Christian Blood give to understand that we intirely confiding in the experience capacity and fidelity of our well beloved and loyal Subject the Sieur de Harlay de Boneuil ordinary Counsellour in our Council of State and of our well beloved the Sieur Verjus Count de Crecy Baron de Couvay Lord de Boulay two Churches Minillet and other places as also in that of our well beloved the Sieur de Callieres de la Rochellay and de Gigny who is actually in the City of Delft by reason of the repeated Tryals that we have made of the same in the several important Employs wherewith we have intrusted them as well at home as abroad for these reasons and other good considerations us thereunto moving we have Commissioned appointed and deputed the said Sieurs Harlay Crecy and Callieres and do Commission appoint and depute by these Presents Signed with our own hand and have given and do give them full Power Commission and special command to repair to the said City of Delft in quality of our Extraordinary Ambassadors and Plenipotentiaries for the Peace and to confer be it directly or by the Intercourse of Ambassadors Mediators respectively admitted and agreed upon with all the Ambassadors Plenipotentiaries and Ministers as well of our most dear and well beloved Brother the Emperour of the Romans as of our most dear and well 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 Allyes all of them being instructed with sufficient Power and there to treat of the ways and means to terminate and pacifie the Differences which cause the War at this time and our aforesaid Embassadors and Plenipotentiaries shall have Power all three together or two in case of the others absence through Sickness or other Impediment or one alone in the absence of the other two in the like case of Sickness or other Impediment to agree about conclude upon and Sign an Honourable and firm Peace and in general act consent to negotiate and promise whatsoever they shall judge necessary for the abovesaid effect of concluding Peace with the same authority as we should and might do were we there present in Person altho' there might be something that might require a more special command and charge not contained in these said Presents promising upon the faith and word of a King to stand to and perform whatsoever by the said Sieurs de Harlay de Crecy de Caillieres either by
interrupted only during that same time the Process going on still according to the form of the Compromise Done at the Palace of Ryswick the 30 th of October 1697. This Separate Article was Signed by the Imperial and French Plenipotentiaries as also by the Ministers and Plenipotentiaries of the Princes and Cities in the same manner as they had Signed the other Articles But to avoid so tedious and unnecessary a Repetition we omit to set their Names THE Names and Qualities OF THEIR EXCELLENCIES THE Ambassadors Plenipotentiaries Publick Ministers Envoys c. That Assembled at the CONGRESS OF THE General Peace AT THE PALACE at RYSWICK CALLED Neubourg-House And of others who are actually at the HAGUE Ranked according to the Alphabetical Order of each particular KINGDOM and STATE LONDON Printed in the Year 1698. THE NAMES OF THE EMBASSADORS c. ENGLAND HIS Excellency Thomas Earl of Pembroke and Montgomery Baron Herbert of Cardiff Lord Keeper of the Privy Seal of England Privy Counsellor to his Britannick Majesty one of the Lords Justices of the Kingdom of England Principal Extraordinary Embassador and Plenipotentiary at the Treaties of Peace His Excellency Edward Viscount Villers of Darford Baron of Hoo Knight-Marshal of England Envoy Extraordinary from His Britannick Majesty to the States General and one of the Lords Justices for the Kingdom of Ireland Extraordinary Embassador and Plenipotentiary at the Treaties of Peace His Excellency Robert Lord Lexington Baron of Averam one of the Gentlemen of His Majesties Bed-chamber and His Extraordinary Envoy-to His Imperial Majesty as also nominated His Britannick Majesty's Extraordinary Embassador and Plenipotentiary at the Treaties of Peace He is still at Vienna His Excellency Sir Joseph Williamson Knight Privy Counsellor to His Majesty Keeper of the Records and Member of the Parliament of England Extraordinary Embassador and His Britannick Majesty's Plenipotentiary at the Treaties of Peace Mr. Prior Gentleman of the King's Privy-chamber and nominated Principal Secretary of Ireland Secretary to the Embassie for the Peace BAVARIA His Excellency the Baron of Prielmeyer Minister of State to His Electoral Highness of Bavaria and His Extraordinary Embassador and Plenipotentiary at the Treaties of Peace Moâ—â—ieur Reichard Secretary to the Embassie BRANDENBOURG His Exceâ—lency Monsieur de Smettau Counsellor of the Council of State to His Electoral Highness of Brandenbourg and His Chief Extraordinary Embassador and Plenipotentiary at the Treaties of Peace His Excellency Monsieur de Dankelman Counsellor of the Council of State to His Electoral Highness of Brandenbourg and His Extraordinary Embassador and Plenipotentiary at the Treaties of Peace Monsieur Charles Adolf Hus Secretary to the Embassie BRUNSWICK-LUNENBOURG-HANOVER His Excellency Monsieur the Baron de Bodmar Minister of State Intimate Counsellor and Extraordinary Embassador and Plenipotentiary to His Most Serene Highness the Elector of Brunswick-Lunenbourg-Hanover at the Treaties of Peace Monsieur Stambke Secretary to the Embassie COLOGNE His Excellency Monsieur the Baron de Mean Canon and _____ of the Cathedral Church of Liege Counsellor of State and Extraordinary Embassador and Plenipotentiary to His Electoral Highness at the Treaties of Peace DENMARK His Excellency Monsieur Christian Sigfried de Plessen Lord of Parin and Houkendorf Knight of the Order of the Elephant Privy-Counsellor President of the Chamber of Finances Governour of Wardenbourg and Junghoff Chief Embassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary at the Congress of the General Peace for His Majesty the King of Denmark and Norway and Great Chamberlain to His Royal Highness Prince George of Denmark His Excellency Monsieur Christian de Lent Lord of Sarlhaussen Knight of the Order of Danebrogue Privy-Counsellor of State Great Master of the Ceremonies Embassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary at the General Congress of Peace for His Majesty the King of Denmark Norway c. Monsieur Pauwelse Secretary to the Embassie Monsieur Vermekren Secretary of the Embassie who came with His Excellency Monsieur de Plessen EMPEROR His Excellency Monsieur Dominic Andrew of the Holy Empire Count de Caunitz Knight of the Golden Fleece Minister of State Chamberlain and Vice-Chancellor of the Empire Hereditary Lord of Austerliz and Ongerlizbrod Chief Embassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of His Imperial Majesty at the Treaties of the General Peace His Excellency Monsieur Henry of the Holy Empire Count de Straatman and Beurbach Chamberlain and Imperial Aulique Counsellor and Extraordinary Embassador and Plenipotentiary for His Imperial Majesty at the Treaties of the General Peace His Excellency Monsieur the Baron de Seilern c. Imperial Aulick Counsellor His Imperial Majesty's Extraordinary Embassador and Plenipotentiary at the Treaties of the General Peace Monsieur Heyeck His Imperial Majesty's Secretary to the Embassie FRANCE His Excellency Monsieur de Harlay Knight Lord de Boneüil Ordinary Counsellor to the King in His Council of State Chief Embassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of His Most Christian Majesty for the General Peace His Excellency Monsieur de Verjus Count de Crecy Marquis de Freon Fort-Isle Baron de Courcy Lord de Boulay the Two Churches de Menillet and other Places Counsellor to the King in all His Councils and His Most Christian Majesty's Extraordinary Embassador and Plenipotentiary for the General Peace His Excellency Monsieur de Callieres Knight Lord of Callieres Rochechellay and Gigny Counsellor to the King in His Councils His Most Christian Majesty's Embassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary for the General Peace MENTZ His Excellency Monsieur the Baron de Schonborn Brother to His Electoral Highness Great Marshal of His Court Counsellor of State to His Imperial Majesty Embassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of His said Highness for the Peace PALATINATE His Excellency Monsieur le Comte de Veehlen Lieutenant-General Embassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of His Electoral Highness at the Treaties of Peace SPAIN His Excellency Don Francisco Bernardo de Quiros Knight of the Order of S. James Counsellor to His Majesty in the Royal Council of Castile and Principal Extraordinary Embassador and Plenipotentiary of His Catholick Majesty for the General Peace His Excellency Monsieur Lewis Alexander de Schockard Count de Tirimont Baron de Gaesbeck and one of the Supreme Council of State in Flanders erected at Madrid near the Person of His Majesty Counsellor of His Council of State Privy-Counsellor in the Low-Countries and His Extraordinary Embassador and Plenipotentiary for the General Peace Monsieur Brulè Esq Secretary to His Catholick Majesty SWEDEN His Excellency Monsieur Charles Bonde Count. de Bioernoece Lord of Hesleby Tyresiae Tostaholin Graefsteen Gustafsberg and Rezitza Senator of His Majesty the King of Sweden President in the Parliament of Dorpt in Livonia and His Chief Embassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary for the Mediation of the General Peace His Excellency Monsieur Nicholas Baron of Lilieroot His Majesty of Sweden's Secretary of State and His Extraordinary Embassador to Their High and Mightinesses the Lords States of the United Provinces Embassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of His
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
suddenly intended the like Exercises of it that have been practis'd some Years before Therefore the Reader may reasonably hope the Duration of this Peace will add to the Glory of it he will admire the Contriver of that wonderful Machine that made and forc'd a way for it he will wish the Hero a long Enjoyment of it and this is for every English Man's own Interest for it may be this Peace carries something in it resembling the Nature of Creation its continuance may in some measure depend upon the Being of its Maker THE CONTENTS The Acts and Negotiations of the Peace of Savoy MArshal Catinat's Letter to the Marquiss of S. Thomas June 29. 1696. Page 1 The Marquiss of S. Thomas's Answer July 3. 1696. 3 His Royal Highness the Duke of Savoy's Letter to the Pope concerning the Proposals of France for Peace and Neutrality in Italy 4 The Duke of Savoy's Letter to his Imperial Majesty on the same Subject 6 His Letter to their High and Mightinesses the States General upon the same 8 His Letter to his Highness the Elector of Bavaria 9 His Electoral Highness the Duke of Bavaria's Answer to the Duke of Savoy 10 His Royal Highness the Duke of Savoy's Letter to his Serene Highness the Elector of Brandenburg 12 His Electoral Highness of Brandenburg's Answer 14 The Duke of Savoy's Letter to his Majesty the King of Spain 15 The Conditions of the Treaty between his most Christian Majesty and his Royal Highness the Duke of Savoy 16 The Articles of Peace and Neutrality for Italy between his most Christian Majesty and his Royal Highness the Duke of Savoy Concluded on and signed at Turin Aug. 29. 1696. and deliver'd at the Hague to the High Allies Aug. 15. 1697. 17 The Proclamation of Peace publish'd at Paris Sept. 10. 1696. and also at Turin and at the Head of the Army the same day 30 The Letter of the most Christian King to the Archbishop of Paris to cause Te Deum to be sung for the Peace with Savoy 31 The Act of Remission of the Country and Estates of Savoy made by his most Christian Majesty Lewis XIV King of France and Navarre to his Royal Highness Victor Amadaeus II. Duke of Savoy Prince of Piedmont King of Cyprus c. Sept. 28. 1696. 23 Acts and Negotiations of the General Peace concluded at Ryswick THE Preliminaries of the Peace 38 A Description of the Palace of Ryswick and of the first Conferences held there 40 A Memorial of the Plenipotentiary of Lorrain presented and read in the Congress of the High Allies Jan. 16. 1697. 45 Another Memorial which the same Monsieur Canon presented to the same Assembly of the Allies May 22. 1697. 49 The Regulation of the Publick Ceremonies and the Order to be observ'd by the Domesticks of the Plenipotentiaries Prescrib'd by the Mediator May 29. 1697. 51 The Project of the Peace to be made between the Emperor and Empire on one part and the most Christian King on the other part deliver'd by the Ambassadors of France July 20. 1697. to which is added the Answer of the Ambassadors of his Imperial Majesty given in Aug. 5. 1697. 59 A Declaration made by the Ambassadors of his most Christian Majesty but rejected by the Emperial Ambassade 100 A Memorial of the Ambassadors of the most Christian King for a General Peace deliver'd to the Ambassadors Mediators at the Palace of Ryswick Sept. 1. 1697. 102 Articles of Peace between the most Serene and Mighty Prince William III. King of Great Britain and the most Serene and Mighty Prince Lewis XIV the most Christian King Concluded in the Palace at Ryswick the 10 20 day of September 1697. 105 The Substance of the full Power of their Excellencies the Plenipotentiaries of his Britannick Majesty 117 The full Power of their Excellencies the French Plenipotentiaries 122 The Substance of his Britannick Majesty's Ratification 125 The Ratification of his most Christian Majesty 128 The Articles of Peace between his Catholick Majesty and the most Christian King Concluded and signed at the Palace of Ryswick in Holland the 10 20 of September 1697. 129 Separate Article 149 His Catholick Majesty's Ratification 151 His Catholick Majesty's Ratification of the Separate Article 152 His most Christian Majesty's Ratification 153 His most Christian Majesty's Ratification of the Separate Article 155 A List and Declaration of the Re-unions or Occupations made by his most Christian Majesty in the Provinces of the Low Countries belonging to his Catholick Majesty since the Treaty of Nimeguen 157 A List of Exception of the Places which the Ambassadors of France pretend to Reserve 172 The Treaty of Peace between France and the Duke of Savoy 174 The full Power of their Excellencies the Ambassadors of his Catholick Majesty 186 The full Power of their Excellencies the Ambassadors of his most Christian Majesty 189 Articles of Peace made concluded and agreed on at Ryswick in Holland the 10 20 day of Sept. 1697. between the Ambassadors of his most Christian Majesty on one part and the Ambassadors and Plenipotentiaries of the Lords the States General of the United Netherlands on the other part 192 The full Powers of the Ambassadors and Plenipotentiaries of the most Christian King 205 The full Powers of the Ambassadors and Plenipotentiaries of the Lords the States General of the Vnited Netherlands 208 Separate Article 214 His most Christian Majesty's Ratification 216 The Ratification of the Lords the States General of the United Netherlands 218 The Ratification of his most Christian Majesty upon the Separate Article 220 The Ratification of the States General upon the Separate Article 222 Articles of Peace between the Emperor and Empire on one part and France on the other part Concluded at the Royal Palace of Ryswick in Holland on the 30th of October 1697. N. S. 75 The full Powers of the Emperor's Ambassadors 112 The General full Power of the Deputation of the Empire 116 The full Powers of the French Ambassadors 118 Separate Article 120 The Names and Qualities of their Excellencies the Ambassadors Plenipotentiaries Publick Ministers Envoys c. who were present at the Congress for a General Peace held in the Palace at Ryswick call'd Newbourg-House 126 Advertisement Books newly Printed THE Pantheon representing the Fabulous Histories of the Heathen Gods and most Illustrious Heroes in a plain and familiar Method by way of Dialogue Written by Fra. Pomey Author of the French and Latin Dictionary for the Use of the Dauphin The Second Edition wherein the whole Translation is Revised and much Amended and the Work is illustrated and adorn'd with elegant Copper Cuts of the several Deities c. 8 0. Printed for Robert Clavel at the Peacock in S. Paul's Church-yard Joan. 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Thana answered That he received in his Royal Highness's Name the aforesaid Countries Places and Dependencies This done the Marquiss de Thoy repeated once more the Words of the said Surrender and then went out of the Town-House Of all the aforesaid Transactions both the said Marquiss de Thoy and Thana caused an Act to be made before Publick Notaries which was signed As Witnesses Syndics Favre de Charmettes Perin Cugnet Tonce Thoy de Pisien Marquis de Thana I Jasper Chambet Notary and Burgess of Chambery have receiv'd and passed the present Act as required Signed G. Chambet Not. THE ACTS AND NEGOTIATIONS OF THE TREATY of PEACE Held at the Palace of Ryswick TOGETHER With a Description of the Palace wherein it was Concluded And a List of the Names and Qualities of all the Plenipotentiaries that transacted it LONDON Printed for Rob. Clavel and T. Child MDCXCVIII THE ACTS AND NEGOTIATIONS OF THE PEACE Concluded at the PALACE at Ryswick in Holland BEFORE his Imperial Catholick and Britannick Majesty with the other Princes and States their Confederates in the War against the French King would be prevail'd upon to depute Ministers to treat of a Peace the French were obliged to set forth and positively agree to by way of Prelimenary the Terms upon which the said Peace should be made Which Preliminaries being finally adjusted between Messieurs Boreel and Dyckvelt on the Part of the Confederates with Monsieur Caillieres the French King's Minister and his Majesty the King of Sweden being accepted by both Parties as Mediator the Illustrious Allies were pleased to nominate their Plenipotentiaries to assemble at his Majesty the King of Great Britain's Palace at Ryswick there to treat with the Plenipotentiaries of the French King The said Preliminaries are as follows An Extract out of the Register-Book of the Mediator his Majesty the King of Sweden's Publick Minister At the Hague February 10. 1697. THIS Day at Eleven in the Morning Monsieur Caillieres his most Christian Majesty's Minister came in Company with Monsieur Dyckvelt to the House of the Swedish Minister the Mediator and having produced and shewed to the said Mediator his full Power and that of his Imperial Majesty's Minister being also read and Copies of both after being compar'd with the Originals exchang'd He the said Monsieur Cailleires made the following Declaration Preliminary Articles I. THE King of France doth consent and agree That the Treaties of Westphalia and Nimeguen shall be the Basis and Foundation of the Negotiations for a General Peace with all the Confederates II. To Restore Strasbourg in the same Condition it was in when taken by his Majesty III. To restore to the King of Spain Luxemburgh in the Condition it is now in IV. Also the Cities of Mons and Charleroy in the same Condition they are in at present V. The several Places in Catalonia that are now in the King's Hands being taken since the Peace of Nimeguen shall be restored in the Condition they were in when taken VI. To restore to the Bishop of Leige the Town and Cittadel of Dinant in the same State they were in when taken VII To restore all Places that have been taken by Virtue of Re-Union since the Treaty of Nimeguen VIII And Lorrain according to the Condition of the said Treaty of Nimeguen This done the said Minister of France and Monsieur Dyckvelt went together to the House of Monsieur Boreel who by Reason of Indisposition was hindred from being present and the Swedish Minister resorting thither also the said Ministers Boreel and Dyckvelt did declare to the Mediator in the Presence of Monsieur Cailleires That over and above the recited Preliminaries it was also agreed That provided the Peace be concluded the most Christian King shall at the time it is signed own and acknowledge the Prince of Orange as King of Great Britain without any Difficulty Limitation Condition or Reserve to which the said Monsieur Cailleires did reply and declare to the Mediator That in the Name of his Master the most Christian King he did confirm and agree to what Messieurs Boreel and Dyckvelt had said After the Preliminaries were adjusted it was agreed that the Ambassadors and Publick Ministers of the Allies should Reside at the Hague but that the Ambassadors of the most Christian King should make their Residence at Delft and that the Conferences for the General Peace should be held at the Castle of Ryswick from which both those Towns were of equal Distance A Description of the Palace of Ryswick and of the First Conferences that were held there BEfore we begin to give the Particulars of the Conferences held there or produce the Acts themselves it will not be unnecessary to exhibit a Description of the Palace of Ryswick with a Prospect or external View and a Plan or Area of the Inside in Sculpture by which the Reader will be able to form the more exact Idea of the Ceremonies observed at the Conferences This House has sometimes the Title of Newburgh because a Duke of Newburgh laid the first Stone of it when Frederick Henry Prince of Orange caused it to be built It is situate at about an equal Distance between the Hague and Delft a Musquet Shot from the Village of Ryswick and but a little way Distant from the Road between Delft and the Hague One might say that it was built on purpose for a Place of Treaty so convenient it is for such a Work as will be seen by observing the Situation of the Chambers Galleries and Closets as they are laid down in the Draught annexed and by Figures and Letters are pointed to thus THE ROYALL PALLACE AT RYSWICK Where the Conferences for a General Peace were held The Palace at Ryswick where were held the Conferences for a general Pece 1. The Palace 2. The Pavilions or two wings of it 3. The Governors House 4. The Gardiners House 5. The Entrance for the Allyes 6. The Enterance for y e Mediator 7. The Enterance for the French 8. The Bridge for the Allyes 9. The cheif Bridge wich the Mediator passed over 10. The Bridge for the French 11. The Grove before the House 12. The Garden on the East Side 13. The Garden on the West Side 14. The Rocher 15. The Mâ—lonry 16. The Dove House 17. The Fish Ponds 18. The Garden behind the House 19. Lands belonging to his Majestie 20. Lands of Aâ—e â—â—rve 21. The Small Pâ—d to Dâ—lft 22. The City of â—lft 23. The Abreuvâ—s 24. The Canai Delft 2. The Chamber where the Ambassadors and Plenipotentiaries of the Illustrious Allies assemble in Conference where they sit at a large Table cover'd with a green Carpet 3. Another Chamber where the same Ambassadors and Plenipotentiaries of the High Allies assemble where they sit in a Circle without a Table 4 5. Are the Chambers where the Ambassadors of France assemble 6.6 Are two Closets where the Mediator Confers with the Ministers of the Confederates 7.7 Two other Closets wherein the Mediator
Confers with the French Ministers And in that next to the Mediator's Chamber the Peace with France was Sign'd by the Plenipotentiaries of England Spain and the States General on the 10 20 Sept. 1697. The Chimney was cover'd with a Tapistry that there might be no upper end of the Room 8. The Mediator's Chamber where was a Table cover'd with a Carpet of green Cloath A. The great Gate of the House at which the Mediators enter B. The Gate at which the Confederates came in C. The Gate for the French Ambassadors to enter at D. The Gallery by which the Confederates pass into their Apartment E The Gallery which the French pass through into their Rooms F. The Side of the House towards Delft G. The Side of the House towards the Hague H. The Front of the House toward the Village through which the Confederates pass The French came in on the other side except when the Road is extream bad and then they might pass through the Village also but without insisting on it as their Right according to the Regulation made to that purpose The way through the Village both from the Hague and Delft is paved with Brick for two small miles in length The Conferences began on the Ninth of May in the Afternoon The Baron of Lillieroot Ambassador of Sweden and Mediator entred the Palace of Ryswick at half an hour after Three a Clock passing over the middle Bridge and through the great Gate of the Palace He was in a Coach with six Horses he himself and two Gentlemen that were with him being in Mourning but his Coachman and Valets in their Liveries their Clothes not being yet got ready The Baron of Preilmeyer Ambassador and Plenipotentiary of the Elector of Bavaria arriv'd about four a Clock in a Coach with six Horses having his Son and two Gentlemen with him A while after came the Ambassadors and Plenipotentiaries of the States General viz. Mynheer's Boreel Dyckvelt and Van Haren all three in one Coach with six Horses wherein also were their Gentlemen The Emperor's Ambassadors arrived afterwards with five Coaches each drawn by six Horses they had three Coaches more with two Horses each Two Grooms rid before them in Count Kaunitz Livery In the two first Coaches were Monsieur Hayeck Secretary of the Embassy with the other Secretaries and Gentlemen of their Houshold In the third Coach which was Count Kaunitz's he rid himself with Count Straatman and the Baron of Seilern followed immediately by two Querrys and four Pages on Horseback The five Coaches that followed were taken up by Count Caunitz's two Sons the Count de Trautmansdorf the Count de Harach the Count de Dietrichstein the Count de Questemberg two Counts de Lamberg with many other German Gentlemen The King of Spain's Ambassadors arrived a little while after in two Coaches with six Horses In the first was Don Bernard de Quiros and the Count de Tirimont there went before them six Gentlemen on Horseback In the second Coach rode their Gentlemen After them arrived the Ambassadors of England having two Coaches with six Horses each In the first were my Lords Pembrook and Villers In the second were Mr. Prior Secretary of the Ambassy and other Secretaries and Gentlemen Monsieur Mean the Elector of Cologn's Ambassador and Monsieur Norf the Prince of Liege's Envoy came in afterwards in a Coach with six Horses and after them Monsieur Bose Ambassador and Plenipotentiary for the Elector of Saxony in a Coach with six Horses The Elector of Brandenbourg's Ambassador and Plenipotentiary Monsieur Smetau rode with him in his Coach his own following empty drawn also by six Horses After these follow'd the President Canon the Duke of Lorain's Minister in his own Coach Then came after him Monsieur Schrottemberg Plenipotentiary of the Circle of Franconia in a Coach with six Horses he had with him Monsieur Hespen the Duke of Wirtemberg's Envoy All these Ambassadors of whom I have now spoken arrived in less than a quarter of an Hours time that is from four till a quarter of an hour after it They all passed over the first Bridge that was laid over the Canal before the House and came in at the first Passage made in the Wall which incloses the Yard The Ambassadors of France arrived at three quarters past Four with three Coaches drawn by six Horses each Monsieur de Harley the Count de Crecy and Monsieur de Callieres with Monsieur de Harlay Counsellor of State were in the first a Gentleman on Horseback riding before them The two other Coaches were fill'd with Gentlemen They entered by the third Bridge and at the second Gap made in the said Wall that compasses the Court-Yard When they came to the bottom of the Stairs they were received and conducted by Mynheer Rosenboom the States General 's Agent and their Introductor of Ambassadors into the Apartments designed for their Excellencies The Assembly of all these Ambassadors held till a quarter past Seven they deliver'd their Commissions setting forth their Plenipotentiary Power into the hands of the Mediator who was for the time in the middle Hall placed between the Confederate Ministers Chamber and that wherein the French Plenipotentiaries usually met They all went away about half an hour past seven The Emperor's Ambassadors were the first that retir'd and those of France were the last But in the Regulations it was before-hand agreed that the coming or going away first or last was to be lookt upon as immaterial and not to be drawn into any Consequence or Precedency They met again on the Eleventh at Ten in the Morning and sat till Two in the Afternoon and then agreed that their Conferences should be held twice a Week that is on Wednesdays at Nine in the Morning and on Saturdays at Four in the Afternoon which they accordingly exactly performed Advertisement HIS Most Serene Highness the Duke of Lorain's Plenepotentiary having Intelligence that they had begun to treat with Monsieur Cailliere then in Holland about the Preliminaries was the First who put in the Pretensions of his most Serene Master even before the Preliminaries were finish'd and agreed upon The Memorial Presented by the Plenipotentiary of Lorain and read in the Assembly of the High Allies on the 14th of January 1697. THE Queen cannot consent that a Congress be held concerning a Peace before the Preliminaries of it be first made sure and setled which ought not to be regulated according to the Conditions mentioned in the Treaty of Nimeguen I. No one goes to it but with the Assurance of his Preliminary The Emperor to have Strasburgh and the Re-Unions restor'd Spain to have Luxembourgh The Bishop of Liege to have Dinant restored This is the Method of Treating that was demanded of France and which is very commendable But as it has been found necessary to require this Security beforehand which has been termed a Prelimenary I find it necessary to insist upon it that the same may be done in regard
to the Restitution of Lorain Not according to the Terms of the Treaty of Nimeguen because a Restitution on such Conditions is not to be accepted of and the Queen both as a Mother and a Guardian of her Children cannot allow of it and she cannot act contrary to the Duke her Husband's Deed who was never willing to accept of a Restitution on those Terms Neither ought that Treaty of Nimeguen to stand as a Prelimenary or a Foundation of this Treaty since the King of France himself has in a manner disanulled it by declaring by his Ambassadors that it was as if it had never been and the deceased Duke of Lorain on his part made a Declaration That he would not be held by it Nevertheless that pretended Treaty to which he had never consented nor agreed unto nor signed by his Plenipotentiary but on the contrary protested against has been concluded notwithstanding his Dissent How then can that Treaty be revived without him and made use of it against an August Widow and Four most Serene Orphans whereof the eldest is Duke Leopold of Lorain the first of that Name descended of Sixty Seven Dukes of a continued Line of so illustrious a Blood that there is no King nor Prince in Europe now living but has drops of it in his Veins and even the most Christian King himself Whence it cannot be imagin'd that his Majesty could be willing that this most Serene Family which has in former times rendered such signal Services to the Crown of France should be now destroyed and brought to nothing II. By the Laws of Nature for the Sake of the Quality of this Illustrious House and by the Obligation of Alliances the High Confederates ought to support its Cause The Emperour hath made a Solemn and Authentick Treaty with the States General of the United Provinces in which there is an express Article importing that the Dukedoms of Lorain and Barr with all the Dominions and Countries thereunto belonging shall be fully restored to the late Duke of Lorrain of Glorious Memory He was then alive and contributed very much to promote that Treary and if that Article which related to him had not been admitted to be comprehended in it that Treaty would have never been concluded nor ratified Mynheer Hop who was one of the Publick Ministers concerned in it and signed it knows this to be true And the States General have the Substance of what I have been saying in their own Records The Monarchy of Spain the Crown of England and other consederated Powers consented to that Treaty did concur in it or rather run to take upon them the common Defence of it and engaged themselves into the same Obligation to see this Article relating to Lorrain duly performed whereof they gave their particular Assurances There was no Elector Prince or State of the Empire that opposed it on the contrary the Three Colledges gave their Votes and Resolutions for this Restitution to be made to the full and with allowance for Damages These are the Engagements of the high Allies for the House of Lorain against which France does peremptorily declare by Monsieur Caillieres That the King will not restore Lorrain but on the Conditions mentioned in the Treaty of Nimeguen Does there need more Arguments to move the Allies to cause the Restitution of Lorain to be put among the Prelimenaries according to the Tenour of their Obligations Before Monsieur Caillieres had declared this Negative he gave us some Ground to hope by what he had said at Meastricht and elsewhere that Lorain would be restored on certain Conditions or on Terms more Advantageous than those of the Treaty of Nimeguen These Advantages were then to be Part of the Preliminaries in order to draw on this Treaty But that those fair Promises were to be taken but for meer Complements appears at present plain enough by this absolute Negative of his viz. The King will not Which may give sufficient Warning to the Allies to make use of more Precaution in their Transactions and this obliges them the more to make this so just a Restitution part of the Prelimenary aad that without it the Congress should not be held Seeing without it there can be no Peace unless that the King of France be permitted to triumph doubly over the Allies and subdue them which I hope he must not expect or pretend that they must not without his Leave keep their Promises and Ingagements Signed Canon Another Memorial which the same President Canon presented to the same Assembly of the High Allies on the 22d of May 1697. Gentlemen c. MY Age and ill Disposition of Body will not permit me to wrangle nor use many words and therefore all I shall say is That we are come hither to make a Peace and not to Dispute or Regulate Ranks and Places Every one yields the first to the Emperor only and no Body disputes it with him no not our Enemies themselves We have with common Consent and by the Intervention of our Mediator made an Act of Reservation because of the several Titles which Act has been thought very Prudential and Necessary for it is a Precedent and at the same time secures all other Pretensions of Place and Precedency which every one may arrogate to himself For my part I do not intend to take place of any Body But at the same time I will not suffer any thing to be done that can prejudice the Queen my Mistress or the most Serene Duke her Son who is a Sovereign and that 's enough Otherwise I shall call my self a Representative of the King of Jerusalem There shall come another that will entitle himself King of Cyprus Their Lordships the States General will call themselves Kings of several Kingdoms in the Indies for they are so indeed but that is not the question Gentlemen as I said before we are not here to dispute or regulate what is de gloria mundi but only and solely to Treat of the Peace which shall be concluded and God Almighty will send if we have it first among us the High Allies The under-named Minister and Plenipotentiary of Lorain not to be tedious in the Congress of the Peace and concur in it according to the wise direction proposed by his Excellency the Ambassador Mediator and agreed on by all Parties now in War claims from and in the Name of the Queen his Mistress in Quality of Mother and Guardian of the most Serene Duke of Lorain and Barr Leopold First of the Name her Son a Minor and of three other Princes his Brothers all under Age all four her Sons and lawful Issue by the most Serene Duke of Lorain and Barr lately deceased of glorious Memory her Husband the succinct and general Demand here annexed which her Majesty has made herself and Signed with her own Hand which Monsieur Caillieres then Minister of France and now Extraordinary Ambassador and Plenipotentiary in this Congress having seen and perused did not think
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
under any Pretence Reason or Matter of Fact or Right whatever The state of the Case as to the Surrendring up of the Rights of the House of Austria being the same now as formerly except only the Manner of Possession forasmuch as what the most Serene House of Austria has receiv'd in Fief from the Empire and held under its Jurisdiction shall be held and possess'd with the Right of Soveraignty by the Kingdom of France and after the same manner as what belongs to the said three Bishopricks within their Jurisdictions is therein included and comprehended And by Consequence all those in general which are reckon'd and are of Right the States Vassals and Subjects of the Empire whether such as are more particularly mention'd in the Treaty of the Peace of Munster or in the Treaty of Execution made at Nuremberg or in the Treaty of Nimeguen all which are supposed to be repeated here or such as were therein omitted of what degree or place soever they be shall from henceforward be ever exempted free from all Obligation Tye or Trouble that may thence ensue towards his most Christian Majesty and the Kingdom of France Article VI. Though the City of Strasburgh was put into the Hands of his most Christian Majesty by a particular and voluntary Agreement and has been since possessed and fortified by the Arms of his said Majesty even after the Treaty of Nimeguen which his Majesty is willing to observe in all its Particulars he consents to withdraw his Forces out of the said City on Condition the Fortifications made by his Orders as well about the said City as the Citadel be first demolish'd the Fort of Kell and other Forts of the Isles of the Rhine and of the said City of Strasburgh remaining for its Fortification in the same Condition it was in before it was possessed by his Majesty and the City restor'd to all its Rights and Priviledges of an Imperial City And because the demolishing the said Fortifications requires the Space of about Eight or Ten Months his Majesty Promises to do it with all possible Diligence and likewise Consents that the Emperor may have a Commissary at Strasbourgh to be an Eye-witness till the said Demolishment be entirely finish'd His Majesty shall keep in the City Citadel and Fort of Strasbourgh a sufficient Garrison to carry on the Work To this Part of the Sixth Article is annexed a Collateral Corolorary which is as follows Whereas the City of Strasbourgh was put into the Hands of his most Christian Majesty in the Year 1681. and continued in his Possession till the Expiration of the Truce in 1684. The Emperor and his most Christian Majesty for the mutual Benefit of the Frontiers of their States are agreed with respect to that Place as follows That the Emperor for himself his Successors and for the Empire shall renounce all Rights of Soveraignty over the City of Strasbourgh shall for ever grant for himself his Successors and for the Empire to the King and Crown of France the said City of Strasburgh with all its Appurtenances and Dependencies to be injoy'd by the King and the Crown with all Right of Property and Soveraignty so as never to be molested therein for any Cause or upon any Occasion whatever In Exchange his Most Christian Majesty shall Surrender to his Imperial Majesty the City and Castle of Friburgh in the State they are in at present together with the Villages of Heu Metshausen and Kirkzand with all and such Rights of Sovereignty and Property as were surrendered to him by his Most Christian Majesty by the Fifth Article of the Treaty of Nimeguen Moreover his Majesty is willing to deliver up to the Emperor the City of Brisac seated on the other side the Rhine in the same Condition wherein it is at present with all its Dependencies except some Villages in Brisgau which are on this side the Rhine And that the Rhine may be the constant Barrier between this Place and his Majesty's Territories it is agreed That the new City of Brisac and the Fort in the Island as also the Bridge shall be utterly demolished never to be raised or re-built again But that the Fort called the Mortar seated on this side the Rhine shall remain in the Possession of his most Christian Majesty His Majesty also Promises to raze the Fortifications that have been made at Hunninghen beyond the Rhine as also the Horn-Work of the Island and to demolish the Bridge of that Place which is upon the Rhine He likewise agrees to restore to the Emperor and Empire the Fort of Kell seated at the End of Strasburgh-Bridge and to raze those of the City the Islands and the Rhine reserving only to himself the City and Citadel of Strasbourgh and the Redoubt on this side the Rhine He will also cause to be demolish'd the Horn-work of the Marquisate and Fort Lewis upon the Rhine and all the Works on the other side that River together with part of that Bridge which has Communication with the Fort of that Horn-work He also engages to restore to the Emperor the City of Philipsbourgh which has been possessed by his Forces during this War But to the end that the Frontiers of France and the Empire may be absolutely bounded by the Rhine the Bridge of Philipsburgh and the Fort at the End of the said Bridge on this side the Rhine shall be demolish'd Whereas the Treaty of Nimeguen has regulated the Conditions upon which the King is to restore Lorrain to the deceased Duke of that Name And whereas the Duke his Son supported by the Recommendation of the Emperor has desired his Majesty to grant him new and more favourable Conditions his most Christian Majesty in Consideration of the Emperor's Recommendation and inclin'd thereto by the Good Will and Affection which he bears to the Duke of Lorain is willing to relinquish the Conditions which were granted him by the Treaty of Nimeguen and to re-enstate the Duke of Lorain in possession of his Territories such as his Uncle Duke Charles possess'd in the year 1670. in manner following To this effect his Majesty will restore to him the Old and New Town of Nancy upon Condition that the Fortifications of the New Town shall be entirely demolish'd and never rais'd again for the future that the Bastions and Curtains of the City shall remain untouch'd but the Outworks and Half-moons shall be raz'd that the Gates of the New Town shall stand and that the Duke of Lorrain shall be permitted to enclose the said New Town with a dry Wall not Terrass'd and without a Flank that the Roads which had been granted by the said Treaty and which were to remain in the Sovereignty of his most Christian Majesty to facilitate the Passage of his Troops from S. Dizier to Nancy from Nancy to Alsace from Nancy to Petzon and from Nancy to Metz shall be restored to the Soveraignty and Property of the Duke of Lorrain His Majesty desisting from all the Rights
and to resettle the said House Palatine according to the Articles of the Peace of Westphalia as contain'd in the ensuing Article Besides the Elector Palatine is not so far wedded to his own private Interest to which he has always preferr'd that of the Publick that though he has fuffer'd infinite Losses yet he is willing for the Publick Good and for the particular Respect which he bears to his most Christian Majesty to wave his Pretensions and to agree upon moderate Terms as to what concerns the Quantum The Article relating to the Palatinate The most Christian King shall restore to the whole House Palatine all the States which he is possess'd of belonging to that House either separately or conjunctly with others more particularly the Town and Prefecture of Germersheim with the Provostships and Sub-Prefectures therein comprehended with all the Fortresses Towns Burroughs Villages Hamlets Fiefs and Rights in such manner as they were possess'd by the said House and restor'd thereto by the Peace of Westphalia with all the Writings and Precepts taken from the Archives Chancellor's Court Feudal Court Chamber of Accounts Prefectures or any other Offices belonging to the Palatinate no Place Matter Right or Decree excepted annulling all manner of Pretensions which may be made by France or by the Dutchess of Orleans and her Heirs Satisfaction shall be likewise made to the said Elector for the Revenues withheld or taken away and for all the Losses he has sustain'd about which a separate Agreement shall be made Article XIV The Treaty concluded between his most Christian Majesty and the Duke Savoy in the year 1696. shall be comprehended in this Treaty of Peace as if it were inserted herein word for word Answer to Article XIV His Imperial Majesty for the Kindness and Affection which he bears to the most Serene House of Savoy has already promis'd that he will confirm by this Peace and comprehends therein as well whatsoever is contain'd in the Treaty of Munster and Nimeguen in favour of that Family as what has been concluded in the Treaty last made between the most Christian King and the Duke of Savoy and the Restitution of Pignerol and its Dependencies the Ancient Right of the Empire being still establish'd and confirm'd Article XV. The Cardinal of Furstemberg shall be re-settled in all his Estates Rights Priviledges Dignities and Prerogatives of a Prince and Member of the Empire as well by virtue of his Bishoprick of Strasburgh as by virtue of his Abbey and Principality of Stavelo and there shall be a general Oblivion of all things that may have been decreed against his Person and Servants and neither he nor his Heirs shall directly or indirectly be call'd to an account for the Succession of the late Elector of Cologn nor upon any other pretence whatsoever Article XVI The Canons and Prebendaries of the Chapter of Cologn who have been depriv'd of their Prebends or Dignities for adhering to the said Cardinal of Furstemberg shall likewise have the Benefit of the aforesaid Indemnity and be restor'd to the Possession of their Benefices Dignities and Estates without any Molestation whatsoever Answer to Article XV. and XVI It has been already often declar'd that as all the States of the Empire so particularly the Bishop and Bishoprick of Strasburgh with the Town of the same name and others mention'd in the 87th Section of the Treaty of Munster viz. the Bishop of Basil the Abbots of Murbach and Luders the Abbess of Andlaw the Monastery in the Vale of S. Gregory of the Order of S. Benedict the Princes Palatinate Counts and Barons of Hanault Fleckensteim Obersteim and the Nobless of all the Lower Alsace together with the Ten Imperial Cities as has been mention'd in the third and following Articles shall be restor'd to all the Places Rights Liberty and Possession of immediate Dependence on the Empire which they formerly enjoy'd annulling all Acts made to the contrary except the Imperial Decree of December 9. 1689. granted to the Town of Zellen am Hammersbach upon the account of the Valley of Hammersbach the which Decree shall remain in its full force The same is to be understood with respect to the Abbey of Stavelo Bus as to the Hereditary Right of the Elector Maximilian Henry which is seiz'd upon the Opinion of those who are interested therein is to be attended and afterwards immediatly declar'd These Matters being adjusted if hereafter due respect be paid to the Laws of the Empire as well Cardinal Furstemberg and his Domesticks as the Canons and other Members of the Chapter of Cologn who have espoused his Interest shall have the benefit of the foresaid Amnesty without prejudice however to what shall be explain'd concerning Ecclesiastical Benefices in the ensuing Paragraph which is agreeable to the 28th and 29th Articles of the Project of Peace deliver'd in by the French and which may be plac'd after the Article of Restitution at the beginning of the Article of Amnesty drawn up in these Terms If notwithstanding the said Ecclesiastical and Catholick Benefices mediate or immediate have been collated on fit and capable Persons by either Party in the Places or Dominions which were then subject to them according to the Rule of their Primitive Institution and conformably to the lawful Statutes general or particular made by their Subjects the said Benefices shall remain in the Possession of the new Incumbents as well as those Ecclesiastical and Catholick Benefices which have been collated after the same manner before the present War in the places which are to be restor'd by the present Treaty so that they may and shall not be troubled or molested by any Person whatsoever in the possession and lawful administration of the same nor in the receiving the Profits thereof nor shall they upon this account nor for any other cause past or present be summon'd or cited or any ways disturb'd or molested provided always that they discharge the Offices incumbent upon them on the account of the said Benefices Article XVII And whereas the Peace of Nimeguen is to be the Basis of this present Treaty and whereas his most Christian Majesty is willing to observe the said Treaty in its full force with respect to his Catholick Majesty His Majesty therefore consents to settle all things in the same state wherein they were settled by the said Treaty renouncing the Advantages which his Arms have acquir'd during this War To this effect his Majesty agrees to restore to his Catholick Majesty the Town of Mons as it now is with all its Dependencies such as they were before it was conquer'd by his Majesty and the Town of Charleroy in the state wherein it now is with all its Dependencies as likewise the Town of Courtray upon the same Conditions And for the greater proof of the Sincerity of his Majesties Intentions for a Peace and the entire Re-establishment of the Treaty of Nimeguen his said Majesty is willing to restore to the King of Spain the Town of Aeth
tho' taken by his Forces since the opening of the Conferences for the Peace Article XVIII His Majesty likewise promises to restore to Spain the Towns of Roses Gironne and Belver in Catalonia in the same state they were in when taken by his Majesty's Forces Article XIX The most Christian King will likewise restore to his Catholick Majesty the Town of Luxemburgh in the Condition it now is with the Dutchy of that name and the County of Chiny Article XIX Although the Treaty of Nimeguen is to be the Basis and Foundation of this and accordingly the Town and Dutchy of Luxemburgh and the County of Chiny ought to be restor'd by virtue of the said Treaty to the Catholick King yet by common consent it has been agreed to recede from the same by the present Article therefore by the present Treaty his Catholick Majesty yields and makes over to his most Christian Majesty the Town and Dutchy of Luxemburgh the County of Chiny and in general all that has ever been included in the said Dutchy and Province of Luxemburgh to be enjoy'd by his Majesty with all Right of Soveraignty And in exchange of the said Town and Dutchy of Luxemburgh the most Christian King yields and makes over to his Catholick Majesty the Towns of .................................... with the same Rights of Soveraignty which he acquired by the Treaty of Nimeguen of which his Catholick Majesty shall enjoy c. Article XX. Whereas since the Treaty of Peace concluded at Nimeguen several Reunions of Villages Towns c. situated in the Dominions of the King of Spain have been made by Order of the most Christian King it is hereby agreed that all such Re-unions made since the said Treaty of Nimeguen shall be absolutely repeal'd and made void and that the said Villages c. shall be restor'd to to his Catholick Majesty to enjoy the same as he did before the said Re-unions Article XXI But whereas by the Fifteenth Article of the Treaty of Nimeguen it was agreed to appoint Commissioners on both sides to settle the Limits of the States and Dominions which were to remain to his most Christian Majesty and to the King of Spain in the Netherlands as also to agree about all other Difficulties that might arise upon account of the Villages situated in these Countries which were then yielded to or formerly enjoy'd by the most Christian King and whereas Commissioners being accordingly appointed on both sides to put the said Articles in Execution the Conferences which they had begun were interrupted by the Troubles and Wars that have since happen'd it is now expresly agreed that in Execution of the Fourteenth Fifteenth and Sixteenth Articles of the Treaty of Nimeguen Commissioners shall be appointed on both sides two Months after the Publication of the present Treaty to regulate all the Matters contain'd in the said Articles Article XXII But in Case the said Commissioners cannot agree about fixing the said Limits and other Points their said most Christian and Catholick Majesties do hereby agree to refer it to the Determination and Arbitration of the States General of the United Provinces Answer to Article XVII and the Five following 'T is reasonable to leave the Discussing of what relates to the Affairs of his Catholick Majesty to their Excellencies the Ambassadors of Spain However they particularly insist upon the promis'd Restitution of the Town and Dutchy of Luxemberg and the County of Chiny and very strenuously oppose all manner of Treaty and so much as the bare mention of Surrendring the said States always reserving the Right of his Imperial Majesty the Empire and the States dependent thereon Article XXIII Whereas the Town and Castle of Dinant have been in the Possession of the Forces of his most Christian Majesty both before and during the present War his Majesty is willing to restore them to the Bishop and Prince of Liege upon Condition that the new Fortifications made by his Orders be raz'd and the said Town and Castle shall be restor'd to the said Bishop of Liege in the same state wherein they were before they were taken by his Majesty's Forces Answer to Article XXIII Whereas the Town and Castle of Dinant are comprehended in the Dependencies of the Empire the Restitution thereof ought to be wholly made according to the Third and Fourth Articles before-mention'd to which Articles it ought to be referr'd The Restitution likewise of the Dutchy of Bullogn ought to be added thereto and to execute the other Matters which the moct Serene Elector of Cologn or the Bishop of Liege has express'd in the following Article The Prince and Church of Liege shall be restor'd to their most ancient Possession and Propriety continu'd to them for near Six Centuries together and confirm'd by the Peace of Cambray in the years 1529 and 1559 of the Castle Town and Dutchy of Bullogn with all their Appurtenances and Dependencies and the most Christian King shall restore the said Castle Town and Dutchy to the Prince and Church of Liege within _____ days after the Ratification of this present Treaty in the same Condition wherein they are at present with all the Decrees and Precepts Artillery and Ammunition without demolishing the Walls Houses or Fortifications and without pretending to any Restitution to be made for any Charges they have been at upon any account whatsoever And also the Article inserted in the Treaty of Nimiguen without the Consent and Approbation of the said Prince and Chapter of Liege shall be look'd upon as not inserted and shall be of no force or virtue for the future to diminish the Right Property or Possession of the said Prince and Church of Liege with respect to the said Castle Town and Dutchy In like manner the Castle and Town of Dinant with all its Rights Appurtenances and Dependencies shall be faithfully restor'd to the said Prince and Church of Liege within _____ days after the Ratification of the present Treaty without demolishing any Houses Fortifications or Walls and without exacting any thing for Charges Reparations or any Expences whatsoever with all the Writings Decrees Artillery and Ammunition which were therein when taken by the French nor shall his most Christian Majesty have or pretend any Right or Claim to the said Castle Town and its Dependencies upon any account or reason whatsoever but the whole shall be fully and entirely remitted to the Bishoprick of Liege In like manner the said Prince and Church of Liege shall remain in the Possession of all Towns Lordships Castles Villages Places Territories Dependencies Rights Pretensions Jurisdictions Profits and Revenues and the whole shall be restor'd in the same Condition as the said Church formerly possess'd it within _____ days after the Ratification of the present Treaty He shall restore to them expresly by name the Places specified in a List or Separate Article and in general all others which are contain'd under the Name and Title of Places Territories Jurisdictions Proprieties Possessions Rights Profits and Revenues and which
have been possess'd by the most Christian King by force of Arms or by virtue of the Re-unions of the Chamber of Metz or otherwise in what nature soever Moreover the said King shall take care to indemnifie the Prince Chapter and his other Private Subjects for their Goods confiscated within the Territories of Liege and shall not exact the Remainder of the Contributions of the present War Article XXIV All the Provisions Ammunitions and Artillery that shall be found in the Places which are to be restor'd to the King of Spain or demolish'd shall be taken away by his most Christian Majesty Article XXV It is also agreed that the Collection of all Duties which the said most Christian King is in possession of in all those Dominions which he restores to the Catholick King by virtue of this Treaty shall be continu'd to him till the very day whereon these Countries are depending shall be actually restor'd and the Arrears which shall be due at the time of the said Restitution shall be paid bonâ fide to the Farmers of the said Duties It is likewise agreed that the Proprietors of the Forests that have been confiscated in the Dependencies of the Places to be restor'd to his Catholick Majesty shall be restor'd to the Possession of the same and of all the Timber that shall be found upon the Spot It being to be understood that after signing of this present Treaty it shall not be lawful on either side to destroy the said Forests or to Fell any Trees Article XXVI All Papers Letters and Precepts concerning the Countries Lands and Lordships which are to be surrendred and restor'd by the present Treaty shall be faithfully restor'd on both sides within three Months after the Exchanging of this present Treaty in what Places soever those Papers and Precepts may be found Answer to Article XXVI Besides what is contain'd already in any other Articles care shall be taken with respect to Germany in general that France immediately after the Ratification of the Peace shall restore the Writings and Decrees relating to the places which ought to be restor'd to the Emperor and Empire or which do otherwise belong to his Imperial Majesty or to the States of the Empire and particularly such as are detain'd at Friburgh or have been remov'd thence as well as from the Chamber and Town of Spires the County of Leininghen or other places hereafter to be specified without prejudice to the other Things which shall or may be propos'd hereafter with respect to the Chamber of Spires Article XXVII All the Subjects on both sides both Ecclesiastical and Secular shall be restor'd as well to the Possession of the Honours Dignities or Benefices which they enjoy'd before and of which they were dispossess'd by the present War as of their Real and Personal Estates that have been seiz'd and possess'd upon account of this War as also to their Rights Actions and Successions that have faln to them since the beginning of the said War without exacting or pretending to demand the Fruits and Revenues arising from the said Estates to the time of the publication of the present Treaty Article XXVIII and XXIX Those two Articles which are the 24 th and 25 th of the Treaty of Nimiguen being common to all Treaties relate only to such Benefices as have been collated to any Person during the present War and therefore those on whom such Benefices have been conferr'd since this War shall be confirm'd in the Possession of the same Article XXX The Catholick King shall restore to the Duke of Parma the Fort and Island of Ponza which he has taken from the said Prince during this present War Article XXXI And whereas by the present Treaty a good firm and inviolable Peace is establish'd between his most Christian Majesty and the Catholick King and the Lords States General of the United Netherlands both by Sea and Land through all their Kingdoms Countries Territories Provinces and Dominions and that all Acts of Hostility are to cease for the future it is stipulated by the present Treaty that all Prizes that shall be made on either side in the Baltick Sea or the Northern Ocean from Newfoundland to the Channel from and after the space of four Weeks after the Publication of this Peace or from the Channel to the Cape of S. Vincent six Weeks after the same from the said Cape into the Mediterranean and to the Line ten Weeks after the same and beyond the Line in all parts of the World eight Months after the Publication of the said Peace the said Prizes taken after the prefix'd Times shall be allow'd void and return'd to the true Owners on either side with full Satisfaction for the Damages and Losses sustain'd thereby Article XXXII If any Places Countries or Colonies have been taken by the Arms of the most Christian King upon the Coasts of Africa or in the East or West Indies or if the States General have taken any Places Countries or Colonies belonging to his most Christian Majesty all such Conquests shall be restor'd on both sides in the same Condition they were in before they were taken Article XXXIII All Prisoners of War taken by the Forces of the Emperor and of his Allies and by those of his most Christian Majesty and are still detain'd shall be releas'd without any Ransom after the Ratifications are exchang'd Article XXXIV And whereas their Majesties and the Lords States General do acknowledge the Good Offices and Care which the most Serene King of Sweden has us'd to procure the Peace and Publick Tranquility it is on both sides agreed that his Swedish Majesty his Kingdoms and States be especially and by name comprehended in the present Treaty in the best manner and form that the same may be done Article XXXV All such as shall be nam'd by common Consent of both Parties before or within six Months after the Ratifications of the Treaty are exchang'd shall be comprehended in this present Treaty Article XXXVI Their said Majesties and the Lords States General do agree that his Swedish Majesty as Mediator and all other Kings Princes and Republicks may give their Guarantee to their said Majesties and the said Lords States General for the Exemption of all and every particular Article contain'd in this present Treaty Answer to Article XXXIII XXXIV XXXV and XXXVI It will be easie to agree to what is contain'd in these Articles when once the Articles of the Treaty of Peace between the Emperor and France are adjusted But for the preventing all farther Contests and all occasions of molesting the Subjects on either side 't is not only requisite to put a stop to the Contributions rais'd upon the Subjects on both sides from the day of signing the Peace but 't is likewise necessary absolutely and entirely to disannul all Pretensions upon the account of Contributions which remain still unpaid all Hostages given or taken upon that account being immediately restor'd gratis in the same manner as the Prisoners on
Sea and as far as the Aequinoctial Line within the space of ten Weeks Lastly beyond the said Line throughout the whole World within the space of eight Months to be reckoned from the Publication of the present Treaty the said Prizes that shall be taken on either side after the prefixed Time shall be restored with a recompence for all Damages sustained thereby XXVI In case of a Rupture which God forbid the whole space of six Months shall be allowed to the Subjects of both of the said Kings to carry away and transport their Effects and Persons whithersoever they shall think fit which they shall be permitted to do with all manner of Liberty without any Molestation and it shall not be lawful during the said time to seize their said Effects and much less arrest their Persons XXVII The Troops and Armies on both sides shall withdraw and retire immediately after the Ratification of the present Treaty to the Lands and Countries of their own Sovereigns and into the Towns and Places that shall respectively belong to and remain in the possession of Their Majesties after or according to the present Treaty and it shall not be lawful for them to continue upon any pretence soever in the Countries of the other Sovereign or in the Places that shall likewise hereafter to him belong and remain And immediately after the Signing of this present Treaty there shall be a Cessation of Arms and all Hostilities throughout the Dominions of the said Lords Kings as well by Land as by Sea and on fresh Waters XXVIII It is also agreed That the Receipt of the Duties which the said Lord the most Christian King enjoys in all the Countries which he resigns or restores to the said Lord the Catholick King shall be continued till the Day of the actual restitution of the Places upon which the said Countries depend and that what shall remain due at the time of the said restitution shall be honestly paid to the Farmers of the said Duties Likewise that within the same time the Owners of Woods confiscated in the Dependencies of the Places that are to be resign'd to his Catholick Majesty shall be restored to the Possession of their Estates and all the Woods that shall be found standing always provided That from the Day of the Signing of the present Treaty all selling of Wood shall cease on both Sides XXIX The Treaty of Nimeguen and others made before it shall be put in Execution according to their Form and Tenor except in those Points and Articles that have been before derogated to or altered now by the present Treaty XXX All Prosecutions and Processes made and Judgments given between private Persons by the Judges and other Officers of his most Christian Majesty Established as well in the places which the said King has enjoyed by Virtue of the Treaty of Aix la Chapelle and which he has since yielded to His Catholick Majesty as in those that belong to the most Christian King by Virtue of the Treaty of Nimeguen or which he has possessed since the said Treaty and likewise the Sentences of the Parliament of Tournay given upon the account of the Differences and Law Suits prosecuted by the Inhabitants of the said Towns and their Dependences during the time they have been under the Obedience of his most Christian Majesty shall take place and have their effect fully and intirely in the same manner as if the said Lord King remained Lord and Possessor of the said Towns and Countries neither shall the said Judgments and Sentences be called in question and annulled or their Execution otherwise hindred or retarded However it shall be lawful for the Parties to Sue for Redress by Bill of Review and according to the Laws and Constitutions the said Judgments still remaining in their force and vigor without any Derogation to what is stipulated to that purpose in the 21st Article of the said Treaty of Nimeguen XXXI The Town and Castle of Dinant shall by his most Christian Majesty be resigned and restored to the Bishop and Prince of Liege in the Condition they were in when taken by His Majesties Arms. XXXII His most Christian Majesty having exprest a Desire that the Isle of Ponza in the Mediterranean Sea should be restored to the Duke of Parma His Catholick Majesty in Compliance thereto has been pleased to declare That he will cause the Soldiers and Troops which he may have in the said Island to withdraw from thence and restore the same to the Power and Possession of the said Duke of Parma immediately after the Ratification of the present Treaty XXXIII And whereas it greatly concerns the publick Tranquility that the Peace concluded at Turin on the 22d of August 1696. betwixt his most Christian Majesty and his Royal Highness the Duke of Savoy be also exactly observed It has been thought fit to confirm and comprehend the same in the present Treaty in all its Articles such as are contained in the Copy Signed and Sealed by the Plenipotentiaries of Savoy which shall be annexed to the present Treaty For the performance of which Treaty and of the present their said Majesties Promise to become Guarantees for the said Royal Highness as he may become for them XXXIV Their said Majesties gratefully acknowledging the good Offices and constant Endeavours which have been employed by the most Serene King of Sueden for the Restoration of the Tranquility of Europe have agreed That his Suedish Majesty his Kingdoms and States shall be included and comprehended in the present Treaty in the best Form and Manner that can be XXXV Under this Peace Alliance and Friendship shall be comprehended all those that shall be named on both Sides with common Consent before the Exchange of the Ratifications and within the space of six Months after XXXVI The said Lords the Catholick and most Christian Kings consent and agree That his Suedish Majesty in quality of Mediator and all other Kings Princes and Republicks that shall be willing to enter into the same Engagement may give to their Majesties their Promises and Deeds of Warranty for the Execution of all that is contained in the present Treaty XXXVII And for the greater Security and Confirmation of this Treaty of Peace and all the Articles in it contained the present Treaty shall be published verified and registred as well in the great Council and other Councils and Chamber of Accompts of the said Lord the Catholick K. in the Low-Countries as in the other Councils of the Crowns of Castille and Arragon the Whole according to and in the Form contained in the Treaty of Nimeguen of the Year 1678. And likewise the said Treaty shall be published verified and registred in the Court of Parliament of Paris and in all other Parliaments of the Kingdom of France and Chamber of Accompts of the said Paris and Copies of the said Publications and Registrings shall be exhibited and delivered on both Sides within the space of three Months after the Publication of
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
present Treaty all Contributions shall cease on both Sides with respect to the Countries of the most Christian and Catholick Kings XI And the more to confirm this Treaty and make it lasting it is also stipulated and agreed betwixt His Majesty and their Lordships the States General That this Treaty being duly put in Execution there shall be as there is by this present one a Renunciation both general and particular to all sorts of Pretensions both of the time past and present of what nature soever they be which one Party may claim from the other thereby to take away for the future all occasions that may cause and raise new Dissentions and Differences XII The ordinary Administration of Justice shall reciprocally be set open and it shall be free for the Subjects of either Party to claim and pursue their Rights Actions and Pretensions according to the Laws and Statutes of each Countries and obtain one against another without distinction all lawful Satisfaction And if there have been any Letters of Reprisal granted on either Side either before or after the Declaration of the late War the same shall remain null and void with a Proviso for the Parties to whom they have been granted to sue for redress by the ordinary course of Justice XIII If it happens through Inadvertency or any other Cause that the present Treaty should be either not fulfilled or infringed in any particular Article either by His said Majesty or the said Lords the States General and their Successors this Peace and Alliance shall not on that Account be interrupted but shall remain in all its force and vigor without any Rupture of Friendship and good Correspondence But the said Infringement shall speedily be made good and if it has happened through the Fault of any particular Subjects they alone shall be Punished and Chastised for the same XIV And the better to settle and secure the Commerce and Friendship for the future between the Subjects of the said Lord King and those of the said Lords the States General of the United Provinces of the Low Countries it is hereby stipulated and agreed that in case there should be hereafter any Interruption of Friendship or open Rupture between the Crown of France and the said Lords the States of the said Provinces which God forbid the space of Nine Months after the said Rupture shall be allowed to the Subjects on both Sides to retire and withdraw with their Effects and Transport the same whither they think fit Which they shall be permitted to do as also to Sell or Transport their moveable Goods in all manner of Liberty without any Molestation And it shall not be lawful during the said Time to seize their said Effects and much less to Arrest their Persons XV. The Treaty of Peace concluded between the most Christian King and the late Elector of Brandenburg at St. Germans en Laye the 29th June 1679. shall be restored in all its Articles and remain in its former Vigour between His most Christian Majesty and his present Electoral Highness of Brandenburg XVI Whereas it greatly concerns the publick Tranquillity That the Treaty be observed which was concluded between His most Christian Majesty and his Royal Highness the Duke of Savoy on the 9th of August 1696. It is agreed to confirm the same by this present Treaty XVII And because His Majesty and their Lordships the States General do gratefully acknowledge the powerful Offices and good Counsels which the King of Sueden has continually used and employed for the publick Safety and Repose It is agreed on both Sides that his Suedish Majesty and his Kingdoms shall be included and comprehended in the present Treaty in the best form and manner that can be XVIII Under this present Treaty of Peace and Alliance shall be comprehended all those who shall be named by the said most Christian King before the Exchange of Ratifications and within the space of Six Months after XIX And all those who shall be named by their Lordships the States General the King of Great Britain and the King of Spain and all their other Allies who within the space of six Weeks to be reckoned from the Exchange of Ratifications shall declare that they accept the Peace as also the Thirteen laudable Cantons of the Consederate Switzers and particularly in the best form and manner that can be the Republicks and Evangelical Cantons Zurich Bern Glaris Basil Schafhausen and Appenzel with all their Allies and Consederates namely the Republick of Geneva and its Dependencies the City and County of Neufchatel the Towns of St. Galles Milhausen and Bienne Item the Confederacy of the Grisons and their Dependencies the Cities of Bremen and Embden and moreover all Kings Princes and States Cities and private Persons whom upon their Request the said Lords the States General shall admit into the said Treaty XX. The said Lord King and the said Lords the States General consent and agree That his Suedish Majesty in quality of Mediator and all other Potentates and Princes that shall be willing to enter into the same Engagement may give to His Majesty and the said Lords the States General their Promises and Deeds of Warranty for the performance of all the Contents of this present Treaty XXI The present Treaty shall be Ratified and approved by the said Lord King and the said Lords the States General and the Letters of Ratification shall be delivered within the time of three Weeks or sooner if possible to be reckoned from the Day on which the present Treaty is Signed XXII And for the greater security of this Treaty of Peace and all the Articles in it contained the said present Treaty shall be published verified and registred in the Court of Parliament of Paris and in all other Parliaments of the Kingdom of France and Chamber of Accompts of the said City of Paris and likewise the said Treaty shall be published verified and registred by the said Lords the States General in the Courts and other places where Publications Verifications and Registrings are used to be done In Testimony whereof We the Ambassadors of His said Majesty and of the said Lords the States-General by Virtue of our respective Powers and in the said Names have signed these Presents with our manual Sign and caused them to be sealed with our Seals and Coats of Arms at Ryswick in Holland the 20th of September 1697. Signed N. Lillieroot L. S. De Harlay Bonneuil L. S. Verjus de Crecy L. S. De Caillieres L. S. A. Heinsius L. S. E. de Walde L. S. W. Van Haren L. S. The Tenor of the full Power of the Ambassadors and Plenipotentiaries of His most Christian Majesty LEWIS by the Grace of God King of France and Navarre to all those to whom these Presents shall come Greeting Whereas 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 Delft 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 Bonneuil 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 with which we have entrusted them both within and without our Kingdom For these Reasons and other weighty Considerations us moving we have committed appointed and deputed the said de Harlay de Crecy and Cailliers and we do commit appoint and depute them by these Presents Signed with our own Hand and have given 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 the Ambassadors Plenipotentiaries and Ministers of our most dear and great Friends the States General of the United Provinces of the Low-Countries and being all provided with and authorized by 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 and conducing to effect the said 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 the other being absent through Sickness or other hindrance or One of them the other Two being absent in the like Case of Sickness or through any 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 54th Year of our Reign Signed LEWIS And on the Fold was written By the King Signed COLBERT The Tenor of the full Powers of the Ambassadors and Plenipotentiaries of Their High and Mightinesses the States-General THE States-General of the United Provinces of the Low-Countries to all those to whom these Presents shall come Greeting Whereas it is the most ardent of our Wishes to see the War which now afflicts Christendom concluded and ended by a good Peace and whereas through the Endeavours and Mediation of the most serene King of Sweden the Palace of Ryswick has been pitched and agreed upon by all Parties for the place of Conference We out of the same desire to put a stop as far as in Us lies to the Desolation of so many Provinces and the Effusion of so much Christian Blood have been willing to contribute to it all that is in our Power and for that purpose Depute to the said Assembly some Persons out of the Body of ours who at several times have given sufficient Proofs of their Knowledge and Experience in publick Affairs as likewise of their Affection for the good of our States And whereas James Boreel Lord of Duynbeeck Westhoven and Meresteyn Senator and Burghmaster of the City of Amsterdam and Counsellor Deputy of the Province of Holland Everhard de Weede Lord of Weede Dyckvelt Rateles c. Lord of the Mannor of the Town of Oudewater Dean and Rector of the Imperial Chapter of St. Mary in Vtrecht Dyckgrave of the River Rhine in the Province of Vtrecht President of the States of the said Province and William de Haren Grietman of Bilt Deputy for the Nobility in the States of Friesland and Curator of the University of Franeker Deputies in our Assembly for the States of Holland Vtrecht and Friesland have signalized themselves in several important Employments for our Service wherein they have given Proofs of their Fidelity Diligence Address and Skill in the management of Business For these Reasons and other Considerations Us moving We have committed ordained and deputed the said Boreel de Weede and de Haren and We do commit ordain and depute them by these Presents and have given and do give them full Power Commission and special Command to go and repair to Ryswick in Quality of our Extraordinary Ambassadors and Plenipotentiaries for the Peace and there to Confer either directly or through the interposition of the Ambassadors Mediators respectively received and approved with the Extraordinary Ambassadors and Plenipotentiaries of his Most Christian Majesty and his Allies being provided with sufficient Powers and there to treat of Means to determine and compose the Differences which are the occasion of this present War And our said Ambassadors and Plenipotentiaries or Two of them in Case the other be absent through Sickness or 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 to Effect the said Peace and do in general all that We could do our Selves if We were there present altho' for that purpose there should be required a more special Power and Command not contained in these Presents And We do sincerely and faithfully promise to approve and hold firm and constant whatever by the said our Ambassadors and Plenipotentiaries or by Two of them in Case the Third be absent through Sickness or other hindrance or by One of them the other Two being absent in the like Case of Sickness or through any other hindrance shall have been stipulated promised and granted and to
Count of Cely Ordinary Councellor to the King in his Council of State The Sieur Lewis Verjus Knight Ordinary Councellor to the King in his Council of State Count de Crecy Marquiss of Freon Baron of Couvay Lord of Boulay two Churches of Fort-Isle and other places together with the Sieur Francis de Callieres Lord of Callieres of Rochechellay and Gigny By the Mediation and Intercession of the most Illustrious and most Excellent Lords the Sieur Charles Bonde Count de Biornoo Lord of Hesleby Tyres Toftaholm of Grafsteen Gustavusberg and of Rezitza Councellor to his Majesty the King of Sweden and President of the supreme Senate of Dorpat in Livonia and of the Sieur Nicholas free Baron of Lilieroot Secretary of State to his Majesty the King of Sweden and Extraordinary Ambassador to their High and Mightinesses the States General of the United Provinces both of them Extraordinary Ambassadors and Plenipotentiaries for confirming and establishing a General Peace who have faithfully discharg'd their Duty of Mediatorship with Integrity Application and Prudence The Plenipotentiaries of the Electors Princes and deputed States of the Holy Roman Empire being Present Approving and Consenting after the Invocation of God's Holy Name and the Exchange of their full Powers made in due manner and form did agree for the Glory of God's Holy Name and the Welfare of Christendom upon Conditions of Peace and Concord the Tenor whereof is as followeth I. THere shall be a Christian Universal Perpetual Peace and a true Amity between his Sacred Imperial Majesty and his Successors the whole Holy Roman Empire and the Kingdoms and Hereditary States their Vassals and Subjects on the one part and the most Christian King his Successors Vassals and Subjects on the other part it shall be faithfully and sincerely maintain'd so that the one shall not undertake any thing under what Pretence soever to the Ruin or Prejudice of the other nor Afford or Lend Assistance upon any account whatsoever to any one who would attempt it or in any wise do any Wrong to the other that he will not receive protect or assist in any way or manner whatsoever the Rebellious and Disobedient Subjects of the other Party but on the contrary both Parties shall seriously procure the Benefit Honour and mutual Advantage of each other notwithstanding all Promises Treaties and Alliances to the contrary made or to be made in any manner whatsoever which are abolished and made of none effect by the present Treaty II. There shall be on both sides an Amnesty and perpetual Oblivion of all the Hostilities reciprocally committed in what place or manner soever it be so that upon any Cause or Pretence of the same or upon any other account it may not be lawful for the one to express any Resentment to the other nor create any Trouble or Vexation directly or indirectly either by way of Justice or de facto in any place whatsoever nor permit that any such shall be expressed or created but all and singular the Injuries and Violences whether by Word Deed or Writing without any respect to Persons or Things are so intirely and fully abolish'd and cancell'd that whatsoever the one may pretend against the other upon this account shall be bury'd in everlasting Oblivion all and several the Subjects and Vassals of both Parties shall enjoy the Effect and Benefit of the present Amnesty insomuch that the having adhered to such or such a Party shall not be wrested to the Prejudice or Disadvantage of any of them but that he shall be wholly re-establish'd and setled as to his Honours and Estate in the same condition he was in immediately before the War excepting notwithstanding what hath been more especially and particularly regulated in the following Articles in relation to Moveables Ecclesiastical Benefices and Revenues III. The Treaties of Westphalia and Nimeguen shall be look'd upon as the Basis and Foundation of this present Treaty and consequently in pursuance of the same immediately upon the Exchange of the Ratifications the said Treaties shall be fully executed in respect both to Spiritual and Temporal Matters and shall be inviolably observed for the future except in such Cases wherein it is expresly otherwise agreed on by this present Treaty IV. Particularly there shall be deliver'd up to his Imperial Majesty to the Empire and to its States and Members all the Places and Rights situate out of Alsatia that have been in the possession of and occupy'd and enjoy'd by his most Christian Majesty as well during the present War by way of Fact and Deed as by way of Unions and Reunions or that have been exprest in the Catalogue of Reunions produced by the Ambassadors of France nulling to this purpose all the Decrees Determinations Acts and Declarations made upon this account by the Chambers of Metz and Besançon and by the Council of Brisac and all things shall be reduced to the same Condition wherein they were before the foresaid Seisures Unions or Reunions without putting the Possessors of the said Places to any further Trouble or Molestation the Roman Catholick Religion nevertheless remaining setled in the fore-mentioned places in the same manner as it is at present V. And albeit by these general Rules one may easily judge who they be that are to be re-established and in what manner and how far they ought to be so nevertheless upon the earnest Sollicitations of some and for some particular Reasons it hath been thought convenient to make particular mention of some Occasions yet so that those who shall not be expresly named may not be taken for omitted but shall absolutely enjoy the same Right as those that are nominated and may be put in the same Rank and Capacity VI. Namely the Lord Elector of Triers and Bishop of Spires shall be re-invested in the Possession of the City of Triers or Treves in the same Condition wherein it is at present without demolishing or damnifying any thing either in the publick or private Edifices together with the Artillery that was therein at the very time of its last being put into Possession In like manner whatsoever was regulated in the IV. Article aforegoing upon the account of places occupied of Unions and Re-unions must be thought to be repeated in particular in favour of the Churches of Treves and Spires VII The Elector of Brandenbourgh shall likewise enjoy all the Advantages of the present Peace and shall be therein comprised together with all his Territories Possessions Subjects and Rights and more especially those that appertain and belong to him by Virtue of the Treaty of the 29 th of June in the Year 1679. just as if they had been specified each in particular VIII All the States occupied and enjoyed by the most Christian King shall be surrender'd to the Elector Palatine whether they belong to him in particular or whether he possesses them in common with others of what nature soever they may be and particularly the City and Prefecture of Germersheim together with the Prefectures
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
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
considerable Advantages are of no less Consequence to your Majesty's Interest than they are to mine which shall be inseparable I doubt not therefore but that to the innumerable and perpetual Obligations I owe to your Majesty you will add this one more which I look upon as one of the chiefest I beseech your Majesty to be perswaded That the deep sense I have of all the Favours received at your Majesty's Hands and the inviolable Zeal I bear to your Service shall not leave me but with the last Breath of my Life being your Majesty's Turin July 10 1696. Most Humble and most Affectionate Servant and Cousin Victor Amadeus of Savoy King of Cyprus A Copy of the Articles of the Treaty between his most Christian Majesty and his Royal Highness the Duke of Savoy as it was sent from Madrid I. THE most Christian King shall Restore to the Duke all he has taken from him during this present War II. His Majesty will restore Pignerol with all its Dependencies and the Fortress after it is Demolish'd receiving in Exchange from the Duke the Valley of Barcelonetta III. The King will give the Duke of Burgundy in Marriage to the Duke's Daughter without expecting any Portion with her IV. To repair and make good the Damages sustained during this present War the most Christian King shall pay to the Duke Four Millions of Livres V. In case that any Prince whatsoever shall undertake to make War against the Duke his Majesty will assist him with eight thousand Foot and four thousand Horse which shall be maintained at his Majesty Cost VI. For the better Security of this present Treaty the most Christian King will give the Guarrantee of the Pope and the Republick of Venice The Treaty of Peace and Neutrality for Italy between his most Christian Majesty and his Royal Highness the Duke of Savoy Concluded and Signed at Turin Aug. 29. 1696. and Delivered at the Hague to the most Illustrious Allies Aug. 15 1697. THE most Christian King having all along during this War maintained a sincere desire of procuring the Quiet of Italy and it having pleased Almighty God to inspire his Royal Highness with the same thoughts his Majesty has given his full Power Commission and Command to the Sieur René de Troullay Count de Tessè Knight of the Orders of the King Lieutenant General of his Armies Colonel General of the Dragoons of France Governor of Ipres Lieutenant General for the King in the Provinces of Maine and Perche and at present Commanding for the King in the Countries and Places on the Frontiers of Piedmont His Royal Highness having likewise on his part given his Power and Commands to the Sieur Charles Victor Marquiss de Saint Thomas Minister of State and his said Royal Highnesses Principal Secretary of State the said Plenipotentiaries having reciprocally Exchanged the Original of their Commissions by virtue of which they Treat have agreed on these following Articles I. That there shall be from henceforth and for ever a firm and a sincere Peace between the King and his Kingdom and his Royal Highness the Duke of Savoy and his Dominions as if the said Peace had been never interrupted and the King resuming the same Sentiments of Bounty he hath heretofore had for his Royal Highness which he desires his Roval Highness to be perswaded of his Royal Highness doth by this present Treaty entirely renounce all Engagements and all Treaties made with the Emperor with the Kings and Princes comprehended under the Name of the League or Confederacy and doth undertake to employ all his Endeavours and to do all that he can in order to obtain of those Sovereign Powers at least of the Emperor and King of Spain a Neutrality for Italy until the general Peace shall be Concluded and to signifie their Consents by a particular Treaty which shall be made to that purpose or for want of such a Treaty by Declarations which the said Emperor and the King of Spain shall make to the Pope and to the Republick of Venice and which shall be at the same time followed by the Retreat and withdrawing of all the Forces which the Allies have at present in Italy as it shall be hereafter more particularly specified And in case the abovementioned Princes do not Consent to such a Neutrality in Italy at his Royal Highnesses Instance to the Emperor and to the King of Spain his Royal Highness doth engage to enter into an Offensive and Defensive League with the King until a General Peace be Concluded acting joyntly with his Majesty's and his own proper Forces as becomes good and sincere Allies for the Common Interest and to make War against the State of Milan and against all those who shall oppose this present Treaty's taking effect And as an evident Demonstration of a Return of the King's Amity towards his Royal Highness his Majesty does willingly Consent and doth Promise That the City and Cittadel of Pignerol the Fort of St. Bridgit the Perouse with other Forts depending on the same shall be Demolished as to the Fortifications only at the King's Charges and after the aforesaid Fortifications are Demolished they shall all be Restored to his Royal Highness as well as all the Territories and Dominions comprised under the name of the Government of Pignerol and which did belong to the House of Savoy before the Cession or Surrender that Victor Amadeus the first Duke of that Name made unto Lewis the XIIIth The which City dismanttled Cittadel and Demolished Forts and Territories shall be likewise Surrendred to his Royal Highness to be held in Soveraignty and to be by him enjoyed fully and perpetually by him and his Successors from henceforth as things to him of Right belonging By vertue of which present Surrender his Royal Highness doth Engage and Promise as well for himself his Heirs and Successors or others by any ways Claiming neither to Rebuild nor cause to be Rebuilt the aforesaid Fortifications nor to cause any new ones to be Built upon and in the space and limits of the said Territories Funds and Rocks neither in any place whatsoever so surrendred by this present Treaty according to which his Royal Highness or the Inhabitants of the said Town of Pignerol shall be allowed to inclose it with a bare Wall only not Terrassed and without Fortifications That notwithstanding these mentioned his Royal Highness shall be free to Build any strong Places or Fortifications in this said Territory now delivered up as he thinks fit without the King 's taking any exception at it That moreover the King shall restore to his Royal Highness the Countries Castles and Places of Montmelian Nice Villefranche Suze and all other the Conquer'd Places without Exception entire and undemolish'd or damag'd and with the same quantity of Ammunitions of War Provisions Stores Canon and Artillery and such Places to be left furnished as they were when they fell into his Majesty's Hands and so that the Buildings Fortifications Inlargements and Improvements made
either by Course of Law or otherwise within the Empire the Kingdoms and Territories of his most Christian Majesty his Catholick Majesty nor the States General and Allies notwithstanding all Agreements which may formerly have been concluded upon to the contrary But all Injuries Violences Hostilities Damages and Expences without any Distinction of Things or Persons which may have been caus'd on either side whether by Words Writings or Deeds shall be entirely Cancell'd so that whatever may be pretended under this Colour by one against the other shall be buried in an Eternal Oblivion Answer to Article I. When this Article was last debated the Imperial Ambassadors urg'd and the French agreed that the Empire and Emperor should not be separated but be joyn'd together according to ancient Custom and as it was observ'd in the Treaty of the Twenty years Truce made at Ratisbonne That it was requisite not only to express what might conduce to the preserving the Peace in order to observe it but likewise to take notice of what might obstruct or destroy it in order to avoid it That lastly It would be no difficult matter to adjust a general Amnesty when once an Agreement was made about the Reparation of the Losses sustain'd and the Charges they had been put to adding withal a necessary Limitation with respect to Ecclesiastical Benefices to be hereafter mention'd From these Proposals two Arcicles do Arise I. There shall be a Christian Universal and Perpetual Peace and a true Amity between his Sacred Imperial Majesty and his Successors the whole Roman Empire the Kingdoms and Hereditary Dominions his Vassals and Subjects and all his Allies on the one part and his Sacred Majesty the most Christian King and his Successors his Kingdom and the Subjects of France on the other part That this Peace shall be maintain'd and preserv'd with that Sincerity that neither Party shall attempt any thing to the ruin or prejudice of the other under what pretence soever nor directly or indirectly aid or assist any Person or Persons who shall or may endeavour any thing to the prejudice of either Party That neither Party shall receive protect or abet the Rebellious and Refractory Subjects of the other Party but both shall promote and advance the Welfare Honour and Interest of each other all Promises Contracts and Alliances made or to be made to the contrary notwithstanding all which are null'd and made void by these Presents Always provided that the Amnesty granted by this Peace and contain'd in the following Articles shall remain in full force and not be diminished in the least by this Article 2. There shall be a perpetual Amnesty and Oblivion of all Acts of Hostility on either side in what place and after what manner soever committed so that neither upon this Account nor for any other Reason or Pretence whatsoever the one shall not raise or cause to be raised directly or indirectly any Enmity or Disturbance against the other under Colour of Justice or by Matter of Fact But on the contrary All and singular the Injuries and Violences offer'd by Words Writings or Deeds shall be absolutely cancell'd without respect to either Persons or Things against whom they may have been committed so that all Pretences of either Party upon this Account shall be buried in an Eternal Oblivion Provided always that Satisfaction be made for the Losses and Charges herein after to be mention'd The Benefit of which Amnesty all and singular the Vassals and Subjects of both Parties shall enjoy so that no Person shall be prejudiced or molested for having adhered to either Party but may be restor'd fully to all the Estates and Dignities which he was in possession of immediately before the beginning of the War Provided always and Excepted whatever shall be resolved in the following Articles upon the Account of Ecclesiastical Benefices Chattels and Fruits Article II. Forasmuch as the Treaties of Munster and Nimeguen ought to be the Basis and Foundation of the present Treaty and just as they are joyn'd to each other by that of Nimeguen so that this latter may be said to contain both The foresaid Treaty of Nimeguen shall have the same force here as if inserted word for word and executed in all its Points and Articles unless it be otherwise expresly provided Answer to Article II. It is very true if things be duly consider'd that the Treaty of Westphalia and that of Nimeguen may and ought to be reckon'd one and the same since the former is so ratified and confirm'd by the latter as if the Instrument of the Westphalian Treaty were inserted word for word in the Treaty of Nimiguen unless in such cases wherein the former was abrogated by the latter so that in effect by promising to renew the one it was likewise promised to renew the other However because in reality they were two distinct Treaties of Peace made at several Times and in several Places carried on by different Ministers for several particular Reasons and drawn up in different Forms It is likewise requisite that in settling the Foot of this present Peace which is the Subject Matter of this Article a particular mention should be made of both Treaties since there are real Differences in the Second Treaty from what his Excellency Monsieur Cailliere agreed to in the Preliminaries which were exhibited on the Tenth of February last Article III. Whereupon there shall be an entire Oblivion of all that has pass'd during the present War and all Things shall be remitted on either side in the same State wherein they were by the foresaid Treaty Article IV. To this purpose whereas divers Re-unions of several Territories situated in the Empire have been made by the Chambers of Metz and Bezancon and the Soveraign Council of Brisac since the said Treaty of Nimeguen of which his most Christian Majesty has been put into Possession his said Majesty does covenant that they shall be entirely revok'd without regarding the Sentences which have been pass'd by the foresaid Chambers and Council and Things shall be restor'd in the same State and Condition wherein they were before the said Sentences and Re-union and as they were at the Time of the Treaty of Nimiguen Article V. His most Christian Majesty promises upon Honour to withdraw his Forces from all the Countries and Places they have been possess'd of in the Empire during the present War Answer to Article III IV V. The former part of the Third Article has been already discussed in the Second What follows is part of the Restitution to be made by the ensuing Peace In consequence whereof all Decrees of Union and Re-union are to be Cancell'd and Abolish'd some of which have been printed at Paris Cum Privilegio and consequently by the King's Authority among the rest Two whose Titles run thus A Decree of the Soveraign Council of Alsace sitting at Brisac importing that the King shall be put into Possession of the Soveraignty of the Lower Alsace it bears date March 22. 1680. The
either side are to be restor'd without Ransom Article XXXVII There is Liberty left and reserv'd to add any other Articles in Case of any Omission whether they relate to any General Affairs or to any Particular Pretensions to be adjusted in this General Peace Deliver'd to his Excellency the Mediator July 20. 1697. Signed D. Harlay Bouneuil Place for the Seal Verjus de Crecy Place for the Seal De Caillieres Place for the Seal Concordare Vidi N. Lillienroot Answer to the last Article In the Instrument of the Treaty of Peace beeween the Emperor and France 't is requisite likewise to insert in their proper place the following Articles Francis Lewis Prince Palatine Grand Master of the Teutonick Order and Bishop of Wormes shall be fully restor'd to the Commendams Places Subjects and Revenues which have been taken from him by France and which have anciently been possess'd by the said Order or by the said Bishop of Wormes and other Churches with all their Rights and Priviledges without infringing the other Rights which shall be the same to him as to the other States of the Empire not shall he or his Successors be any ways molested in the Use and Exercise of the said Rights and Revenues much less shall any thing that has been done attempted or hitherto said to the contrary upon any account whatsoever turn to his prejudice As for what concerns the Satisfaction for Damages sustain'd such things shall be perform'd as are contain'd in a particular Article The House of Wirtemberg and expresly Duke George of the Branch of Montbeliard shall be absolutely restor'd in behalf of himself and his Successors with all his Rights to all and every his Demeans situated in Alsace or elsewhere and to the State Rights and Prerogatives and especially to his immediate Dependence on the Sacred Roman Empire which he formerly enjoy'd and which the other Princes of the Empire do or ought to enjoy for ever annulling the paying or acknowledging any Homage to the Crown of France which was made for a time in the year 1681. And the said Princes shall henceforward freely enjoy all the Revenues belonging to them whether Secular or Ecclesiastical which they were in possession of before the Troubles or which they ought to have enjoy'd by virtue of the Peace of Westphalia together with the Fiefs which have been granted in their behalf since the time of their being detain'd by France and which they have not surrender'd to others such as are the Fiefs which the Counts of Rappolstein and which the Lords of Rathsamhauson have recogniz'd in the County of Harburgh and others such like In like manner they shall be restor'd to the full and entire Possession as well of their Fiefs in Burgundy Granges Clereval Passerant Hericourt Blamont Chatelot and Clermont as of their Territories with all the Rights and Revenues which they formerly possessed annulling and absolutely rejecting all that may be done or pretended upon any account whatsoever to the contrary As to Duke Everhard Lewis for the Losses he has suffer'd as well during the present War as before the Declaration thereof contrary to particular Treaties such Satisfaction shall be made him as is express'd in a Separate Article After these particular Restitutions 't is requisite to add farther in general By the Restitution or Surrendring of Places Persons Things or Rights made by France pursuant to this Treaty of Peace 't is not to be understood that any new Right or Priviledge is acquir'd against others But to the Empire in general and to each State in particular and to all others except France are reserv'd all Rights Pretensions Actions and Exceptions which belong'd to them on both sides before their Destitution and which are not expresly limited or entirely null'd by the present Treaty the which shall remain in their full force after Restitution made which therefore ought not to be delay'd and which are to be propos'd examin'd and decided in their proper place 'T is requisite likewise to insert the following Article upon the Subject of the Fiefs of the Empire which are situated in Italy It shall not be lawful for France either voluntarily or by the sollicitation of others either directly or indirectly to innovate any thing in the Fiefs of the Empire and other Rights of which it is in possession in Italy or to invert the Order of Succession in them or to assist any others who design to make any Innovation or Interruption therein But all the Rights which at present belong or have before they were seiz'd belong'd to the Emperor or Empire in general or to all the Feudatories and Vassals both present and to come who may succeed according to the Imperial Grants in such places as are either restor'd or to be restor'd by France as also in such as France have not taken shall be left in their entire Force and never be disturb'd or molested by France To conclude the Emperor and Empire reserve to themselves the same Priviledge as France has reserv'd in the last Clause provided always that a proper Answer may be given to all other Propositions that may be offer'd by the French Ambassadors Deliver'd to his Excellency the Mediator Aug. 5. 1697. Sign'd A. D. C. de Caunitz Place for the Seal Henry C. de Straatman Place for the Seal J. F. L. B. de Seilern Place for the Seal The Declaration of the Ambassadors of his most Christian Majesty which was rejected by the Emperial Ambassade THE many Demonstrations which his Majesty has given of the Sincerity of his Intentions for the General Peace of Europe and the advantageous Conditions which he has been pleas'd to deposite in the Hands of the Ambassador Extraordinary of Sweden the Tenth of February last since he ought to have look'd upon as more than sufficient for the concluding the Treaty several Months ago but since at present he perceives that notwithstanding the utmost Diligence which his Ambassadors Extraordinary have us'd in the Conferences of Peace for the finishing and compleating so great a Work the Time so precious for the Welfare of Christendom is run out with so little Success that the Campagn is very far advanc'd and the Events of War are capable of bringing a new Scene on the Face of Publick Affairs his Majesty being still mov'd with the same desire of procuring a speedy Repose and Quiet to Europe does farther declare by his Ambassadors Extraordinary to the Ambassador Mediator of Sweden that he is ready to sign the Peace without any delay upon the same Conditions which have already been communicated to him But whereas it is not reasonable that the Conclusion of the Peace being still suspended by the delay of his Enemies he should be ty'd up whilst they think themselves free to accept or refuse the Conditions thereof and even to demand new and unallowable ones his Majesty therefore declares by his Ambassadors Extraordinary to the Ambassador Mediator of Sweden that he is willing to continue under the same Obligation
St. Vincent Within the space of Ten Weeks beyond the said Cape and on this side of the Equinoctial Line or Equator as well in the Ocean and Mediterranean Sea as elsewhere Lastly Within the space of Six Months beyond the said Line throughout the whole World shall belong and remain unto the Possessors without any Exception or further Distinction of Time or Place or any Consideration to be had of Restitution or Compensation XI But if it happens through Inadvertency or Imprudence or any other Cause whatever that any Subject of either of the said Two Kings shall do or commit any thing by Land or Sea or on Fresh Water any where contrary to the present Treaty or that any Particular Article thereof is not Fulfilled This Peace and good Correspondence between the said Two Kings shall not on that Account be Interrupted or Infringed but shall remain in its former Force Strength and Vigour and the said Subject only shall Answer for his own Fact and undergo the Punishment to be Inflicted according to the Custom and Law of Nations XII But if which God forbid the Differences now Composed between the said Kings should at any time be renewed and break out into open War the Ships Merchandises and all kind of Moveable Goods of either Party which shall be found to be and remain in the Ports and Dominions of the Adverse Party shall not be Confiscated or brought under any Inconveniency but the whole space of Six Months shall be Allowed to the Subjects of both the said Kings that they may carry away and transport the foresaid Goods and any thing else that is theirs whither they shall think fit without any Molestation XIII For what concerns the Principality of Orange and other Lands and Dominions belonging to the said King of Great Britain The separate Article of the Treaty of Nimeguen Concluded between the most Christian King and the States General of the United Provinces the Tenth day of August 1678. shall according to its Form and Tenor have full Effect and all things that have been Innovated and Altered shall be Restored as they were before All Decrees Edicts and other Acts of what kind soever they be without exception which are in any manner contrary to the said Treaty or were made after the conclusion thereof shall be held to be null and void without any revival or consequence for the future And all things shall be restored to the said King in the same state and in the same manner as he held and enjoyed them before he was dispossessed thereof in the time of the War which was ended by the said Treaty of Nimeguen or which he ought to have held and enjoyed according to the said Treaty And that an end may be put to all Trouble Differences Processes and Questions which may arise concerning the same Both the said Kings will name Commissioners who with full and summary Power may compose and settle all these matters And forasmuch as by the Authority of the most Christian King the King of Great Britain was hindred from enjoying the Revenues Rights and Profits as well of His Principality of Orange as of other His Dominions which after the Conclusion of the Treaty of Nimeguen until the Declaration of the present War were under the Power of the said most Christian King The said most Christian King will Restore and cause to be Restored in reality with Effect and with the Interest due all those Revenues Rights and Profits according to the Declarations and Verifications that shall be made before the said Commissioners XIV The Treaty of Peace Concluded between the most Christian King and the late Elector of Brandenburgh at St. Germains in Laye the 29 June 1679. shall be Restored in all its Articles and remain in its former Vigour between His Sacred most Christian Majesty and His Electoral Highness of Brandenburgh XV. Whereas 't will greatly conduce to the Publick Tranquility that the Treaty be Observed which was Concluded between His Sacred most Christian Majesty and His Royal Highness of Savoy on the Ninth of August 1696. 't is Agreed that the said Treaty shall be confirmed by this Article XVI Under this present Treaty of Peace shall be comprehended those who shall be named by either Party with common Consent before the Exchange of Ratifications or within Six Months after But in the mean time the most Serene and Mighty Prince William King of Great Britain and the most Serene and Mighty Prince Lewis the most Christian King gratefully acknowledging the sincere Offices and Indefatigable Endeavours which have been employed by the most Serene and Mighty Prince Charles King of Sueden by the Interposition of His Mediation in bringing this Happy Work of the Peace with the Divine Assistance to the desired Conclusion And to shew the like Affection to him 't is by consent of all Parties Stipulated and Agreed That His said Sacred Royal Majesty of Sueden shall with all His Kingdoms Countries Provinces and Rights be included in this Treaty and comprehended in the best manner in the present Pacification XVII Lastly The Solemn Ratifications of this present Agreement and Alliance made in due Form shall be delivered on both sides and mutually and duly Exchanged at the Royal Palace of Ryswicke in the Province of Holland within the space of Three Weeks to be reckoned from the Day of the Subscription or sooner if it can be In Testimony of all and every the things before mentioned and for their greater Force and to give them all the Vigour and full Authority they ought to have the Under-written Ambassadors Extraordinary and Plenipotentiaries together with the most Illustrious and Excellent the Extraordinary Ambassador Mediator have Signed and Sealed the present Instrument of Peace Done c. Signed by the English and French Ambassadors and by the Mediator Separate Article Besides all that is Concluded and Stipulated by the Treaty of Peace Signed this present Day the 20th of September It is moreover agreed by the present Separate Article which shall have the same Force and Effect as if it was inserted word for word in the said Treaty That the most Christian King shall Covenant and Agree and by the present Article he does Covenant and Agree That it shall be free for the Emperor and the Empire until the First Day of November next to accept the Conditions of Peace lately proposed by the most Christian King according to the Declaration made on the First Day of this present Month unless in the mean time it shall be otherwise agreed between His Imperial Majesty and the Empire and His most Christian Majesty And in case His Imperial Majesty does not within the time prefixed accept those Conditions or that it be not otherwise agreed between His Imperial Majesty and the Empire and His most Christian Majesty the said Treaty shall have its full Effect and be duly put in Execution according to its Form and Tenor And it shall not be lawful for the King of Great Britain
directly or indirectly on any account or cause whatsoever to act contrary to the said Treaty The Substance of the full Power and Authority of the Lords Ambassadors and Plenipotentiaries of the King of Great Britain WIlliam III. by the Grace of God King of Great Britain France and Ireland Defender of the Faith c. To all those to whom these Presents shall come or in any wise appertain Greeting The Affairs of Europe being at this Juncture in so good Condition and the Persons therein concerned so very well Disposed We have just reason to hope that together with the Assistance of the Divine Providence and the good Offices of Our dearest Brother the most Serene and most Potent Prince the King of Sueden who is pleased to Officiate as Mediator the War that has so long afflicted Christendom may at length by a firm Agreement be brought to a happy Conclusion We having no other thoughts then of a just and lasting Peace which from the bottom of Our Heart We wish may be speedily Effected and as exactly Observed We joyfully lay hold on this Occasion to Reestablish the Publick Tranquility And whereas Our Ministers together with those of the Allies and those of the most Christian King are at present Convened to Negotiate a General Peace between Us and Our said Allies on one part and the said most Christian King on the other And since for the accomplishing of a Work so good and beneficial for the repose of Christendom it is an absolute Necessity to choose Persons of try'd Abilities and known Experience We give therefore to understand That having an entire Confidence in the Fidelity Capacity and Prudence of Our Trusty and Welbeloved Cousin and Councellor Thomas Earl of Pembroke and Montgomery Baron Herbert of Cardiffe c. Keeper of Our Privy Seal and one of Our Privy Council Edward Viscount Villers Our present Ambassador in Extraordinary to their High and Mightinesses the States General of the United Provinces Robert Lord Lexington Baron of Averam one of the Gentlemen of Our Bed Chamber and Our Ambassador in Extraordinary with the most Serene and most Potent Prince the Emperour of the Romans and lastly of Our Faithful and Welbeloved Sir Joseph Williamson Knight a Member of Our Privy Council and Keeper of the Records of Parliament And moreover being well satisfied of their Abilities which have been sufficiently demonstrated by the different Imployments Functions and Negotiations which they have executed from time to time both at home and abroad and of which they have so well acquitted themselves as well within the Kingdom as without We have Named Made Constituted and Appointed and by these Presents do Name Make Constitute and Appoint the aforesaid Thomas Earl of Pembroke and Montgomery Edward Viscount Villers Robert Lord Lexington and Sir Joseph Williamson Our True and Faithful Ambassadors Extraordinary Commissioners Deputies Ministers and Plenipotentiaries giving to them or any Two of them in case the others should be either Sick or Absent full Power and Authority with express Command both General and Special the General not derogating from the Special or the Special from the General to Repair to _____ or any other Place that shall be Agreed upon to Meet at to Perform and Celebrate the Treaty and Negotiations of Peace and to Confer and Negotiate the said Peace with the Commissioners and Plenipotentiaries of the Allies on one part and those whom the most Christian King shall please to Depute on the other part as likewise with all such as shall be sent to the Conference from the other Kings Princes Republicks or Free Towns being always provided with a sufficient Authority to Debate and Determine amicably and entirely all the Differences and Disputes which have happened during this present War as likewise to Conclude a firm and lasting Peace and to Sign for Us and in Our Name all the Conditions and Articles which shall be Agreed therein and moreover to Draw up and Dispatch all sorts of Acts and Instruments in such manner and number as there shall be occasion found and further to Give and Receive them from one anothers hands reciprocally when drawn We Grant moreover to Our said Ambassadours a power to make Passes and such like Securities for all Persons and Things which shall be imployed in the Service of this Treaty as also to renew their Dates from time to time whenever they see convenient Our Ambassadors in a word are hereby Impowered to Sign Grant and Exhibit and generally to Treat of all the aforesaid Matters as likewise to Promise Stipulate Agree and Do in Relation to the abovementioned Premisses whatever they shall find necessary and in such Manner and Time as they shall think fit and with the same Force and Virtue as We could do if We Our Selves were present at the said Conferences We promise moreover on the word of a King That We will Approve of and be Concluded by whatever Our aforesaid Ambassadours and Plenipotentiaries or any Two of them in case the others should be either Sick or Absent shall do in Our Name And lastly to give the greater Force and Authority to these Presents We have Signed them with Our Royal Hand and caused them to be Sealed with the Great Seal of England Given at Our Palace at Kensington the Sixteenth of February in the Year 1697. and the Ninth of Our Reign Signed William Rex The Full Powers of the Ambassadors and Plenipotentiaries of His Most Christian Majesty LEwis by the Grace of God King of France and Navarre to all Persons to whom these Presents shall come Greeting As We desire nothing more earnestly than that this War which has so long afflicted Christendom may conclude by a good Peace and since the Towns of Delft and the Hague have been Agreed upon through the Care and Mediation of Our Dearest and Welbeloved Brother the King of Sueden for the Conferences to that purpose We being mov'd with the same good Inclinations to prevent as much as in Us lies the Ruin of so many Provinces and the Effusion of so much Christian Blood do make known that upon entire Confidence in the Experience Capacity and Fidelity of Our Trusty and Welbeloved Councellor in Ordinary of Our Privy Council the Sieur de Harlay de Bonneuil Our Trusty and Welbeloved the Sieur Verjus Count of Crecy Baron of Couvay Lord of Boulay the two Churches Menillet and other Places and of Our Trusty and Welbeloved the Sieur de Caillieres Rochechellay and Gigny and by the several Advantagious Proofs which We have had of their Abilities as well within the Kingdom as withouâ— and for several other good Causes and Considâ—rations Us thereunto moving have Constituted Appointed and Deputed and by these Presents Signed with Our Hand do Constitute Appoint and Depute the said Seiurs de Harlay de Crecy and de Caillieres Our Ambassadors Extraordinary and Plenipotentiaries for the Peace giving them full Power and Authority and moreover Commanding them expresly to Confer with in the
France and ingaged in the Service of the Most Christian King by the Employments and Estates which they enjoyed throughout the Kingdom of France are entred into and have continued in the Service of their Lordships the States-General of the United Provinces of the Low-Countries or by those who being born Subjects of the said Lords the States-General or ingaged in their Service by the Employments and Estates which they enjoyed within the extent of the United Provinces are entred into or have remained in the Service of his Most Christian Majesty And the said Persons of what Quality or Condition they may be without Exception shall be permitted to come and return and shall accordingly return and be effectually left and restored to the quiet Possession and Enjoyment of all their Estates Honours Dignities Priviledges Franchises Rights Exemptions Constitutions and Liberties without being called in question troubled or vexed or molested either in general or in particular upon any cause or pretence whatsoever for what has been done since the breaking out of the said War And by Virtue of the present Treaty assoon as the same shall have been Ratified both by his Most Christian Majesty and the said Lords the States-General it shall be free for all and every one of them with any Letters of Abolition and Pardon to return in Person to their own Houses and the Enjoyment of their Lands and all their other Goods or to dispose of them as they shall think fit III. And if it should happen that any Prizes or Ships should be taken on either Side in the Baltick and North Seas from Terneuse to the end of the Channel after the space of four Weeks or from the end of the said Channel to Cape St. Vincent after the space of six Weeks and beyond that in the Mediterranean Sea and as far as the Aequinoctial Line after the space of ten Weeks Lastly beyond the said Line throughout the whole World after the space of eight Months to be reckoned from the Day of the Publication of the Peace at Paris and at the Hague the said Prizes that shall be taken on either Side after the Times aforesaid shall be restored and the Damages sustained thereby made good and repaired IV. Moreover there shall be between the said Lord King and the said Lords the States-General their respective Subjects and Inhabitants a sincere firm and perpetual Friendship and good Correspondence as well by Land as by Water in all Things and in all Places both in Europe and all other parts of the World And they shall maintain no Resentment for the Injuries or Damages done or received as well in times past as on the occasion of the said Wars V. And by Virtue and upon the account of the said Friendship and Correspondence as well His Majesty as their Lordships the States-General shall faithfully procure and promote the good advantage and prosperity of each other by all manner of Support Help Counsel and real Assistance in all Times and upon all Occasions and shall not for the future give their Consent to any Treaties or Negotiations that might bring damage to either of them but shall break them and give notice of them reciprocally with Diligence and Sincerity as soon as they shall have Knowledge of them VI. Those whose Goods or Estates have been seized and confiscated upon account of the said War their Heirs or Assigns of what Condition or Religion soever they may be shall enjoy the said Goods and Estates and shall take possession of them by their own private Authority and by virtue of this present Treaty without having recourse to any Court of Justice notwithstanding all incorporations to the Publick Treasury Ingagements Gifts by Deeds preparatory or definitive Sentence given by default in the absence of and without hearing the Parties Treaties Agreements and Transactions what Renunciations soever may have been made by the said Transactions to debar of part of the said Estates those to whom they belong And it shall be lawful for the first Proprietors of all and every one of the said Estates which pursuant to this present Treaty shall be restored or are reciprocally to be restored their Heirs or Assigns to Sell and Dispose of the said Estates without Suing or obtaining any private Consent for that purpose And afterwards it shall also be lawful for the Proprietors of those Rents which by the Officers of the Publick Treasury shall be settled instead of the Estates so Sold as also of those Rents and Actions respectively belonging to the Publick Treasuries to dispose of the property of the same either by Rent or otherwise as of their other Estates VII And whereas the Marquisate of Bergen op Zoom and all the Rights and Revenues depending upon the same and generally all the Lands and Estates belonging to the Count d'Auvergne Colonel General of the Light Horse of France and which under the Power and Dominion of the said Lords the States General of the United Provinces have been seized and confiscated on the occasion of the War which the present Treaty shall bring to a happy Conclusion It has been agreed That the said Count D'Auvergne shall be restored to the Possession of the said Marquisate of Bergen op Zoom its Appurtenances and Dependencies as also to all his Rights Actions Priviledges Customs and Prerogatives which he enjoyed at the time of the Declaration of the War VIII All Countries Towns Places Lands Forts Islands and Lordships as well in Europe as out of Europe that may have been taken and possessed since the beginning of the present War shall be restored on both Sides in the same Condition they were in as to the Fortifications when taken and as to the other Buildings in the Condition they shall be found in without destroying demolishing or indamaging any thing in the same as also without demanding any Recompence for what may have been demolished before and namely the Fort and Settlement of Pontichery shall be restored upon the forementioned Terms to the East-India Company settled in France As for the Artillery that has been carried away by the East-India Company of the United Provinces it shall be left in their Possession and likewise the Provisions and Ammunition Slaves and all other Effects to be disposed of as they shall think fit as also of the Lands Rights and Priviledges which they have purchased as well of the Prince as of the Inhabitants of that Country IX All Prisoners of War shall be released on both Sides without distinction or reservation and without paying any Ransom X. The Raising of Contributions shall cease on both Sides from the Day of the Exchange of the Ratifications of the present Treaty of Peace and no Arrears of the said Contributions before demanded and granted shall be exacted but all Pretensions and Claims that may remain on that Score upon what Title or Pretence soever shall be entirely nulled and made void on both Sides As also after the Exchange of the said Ratifications of the
cause our Letters of Ratification to be dispatched within the time that they shall promise in our Name to exhibit and deliver them in Given at the Hague in our Assembly under our great Seal the Flourish and Signature of the President of our Assembly and the Signature of our Secretary the 6th of April in the Year 1697. Signed F. B. de Reede Upon the Fold was written By Order of the said Lords the States-General Signed F. FAGEL And Sealed with the Great Seal in Red Wax THE States-General of the United Provinces of the Low-Countries 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 as through the Endeavours and Mediation of the most serene King of Sueden the Royal Palace of Ryswick has been pitched and agreed upon by all Parties for the place of Conferences We out of the same Desire to put a stop as far as in Us shall lie to the Desolation of so many Provinces and the Effusion of so much Christian Blood have been willing to contribute to it all that is in our Power and for that purpose we have already deputed in Quality of our Extraordinary Ambassadors and Plenipotentiaries to the said Assembly some Persons who are Members of Ours who have at several times given Proofs of their Knowledge and Experience in publick Affairs and of their Affection for the good of our State To wit James Boreel Lord of Duynbeeck Westhoven and Meresteyn Senator and Burghmaster of the City of Amsterdam and Counsellor Duputy of the Province of Holland Everhard de Weede Lord of Weede Dyckvelt Rateles c. Lord of the Mannor of the Town of Oudewater Dean and Rector of the Imperial Chapter of St. Mary in Vtrecht Dyckgrave of the River Rhine in the Province of Vtrecht President of the States of the said Province and William de Haren Grietman of Bilt Deputy for the Nobility in the States of Friesland and Curator of the University of Franeker Deputies in our Assembly of the States of Holland Vtrecht and Friesland And whereas we now think it convenient to join a Fourth Person to our Extraordinary Ambassadors and Plenipotentiaries aforenamed for the same purpose and that Anthony Heinsius Counsellor Pensionary of the States of Holland and West-Friesland Keeper of the Great Seal Superintendent of the Fiefs and Deputy in our Assembly for the same Province has signalized himself in several important Employments for our Service wherein he has approved his Fidelity Diligence and Skill in the management of Affairs For these Causes and other Considerations Us moving We have constituted ordained and deputed and We do constitute ordain and depute the said Heinsius and to him We have given and do give full Power Commission and special Command to go and repair to Ryswick in Quality of our Extraordinary Ambassador and Plenipotentiary for the Peace and there to Confer either directly or through the interposition of the Ambassadors Mediators respesitively received and approved with the Extraordinary Ambassadors and Plenipotentiaries of his Most Christian Majesty and his Allies being provided with sufficient Powers And there to treat of Means to adjust and pacifie the Differences which occasion this present War and our same Ambassadors and Plenipotentiaries together with the said Boreel de Weede and de Haren our three other Extraordinary Ambassadors and Plenipotentiaries or with two or one of them in Case the other be absent through Sickness or other hindrance or he alone in Case all the other three be absent through Sickness or 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 he shall think necessary to effect the said Peace and to do in general all that we could do our Selves if we were there present altho' there should be required for that purpose a more special Power and Command not contained in these Presents and we sincerely and faithfully do promise to approve and hold firm and constant whatever by the said Heinsius together with our three other Extraordinary Ambassadors and Plenipotentiaries or with two or one of them in Case the other be absent through Sickness or other hindrance or by him alone all the other three being absent through Sickness or other hindrance shall have been stipulated promised and granted and to cause our Letters of Ratification to be dispatched within the time that he shall promise in our Name to exhibit and deliver them in Given at the Hague in our Assembly under our Great Seal the Flourish and Signature of the President of our Assembly and the Signature of our Secretary the 5th of August 1697. Signed F. B. de Reede Upon the Fold was written By Order of the said Lords the States-General Signed F. FAGEL And Sealed with the Great Seal in Red Wax Separate Article BEsides all that is concluded and stipulated by the Treaty of Peace made betwixt the Plenipotentiaries and Extraordinary Ambassadors of the Most Christian King and those of their Lordships the States-General of the United Provinces this present Day the 20th of September 1697. It is moreover agreed by this Separate Article which shall have the same Force and Effect as if it was inserted Word for Word in the said Treaty That his Most Christian Majesty shall Covenant and Agree and by the present Article he does covenant and agree That it shall be free for the Emperor and the Empire until the 1st Day of November next to accept the Conditions of Peace lately proposed by the Most Christian King according to the Declaration made on the 1st Day of this present Month of September unless in the mean time it shall be otherwise agreed between his Imperial Majesty and the Empire and his Most Christian Majesty And in Case his Imperial Majesty does not within the time prefixed accept those Conditions or that it be not otherwise agreed between his Imperial Majesty and the Empire and his Most Christian Majesty the said Treaty shall have its full Effect and be duly put in Execution according to its Form and Tenor and it shall not be lawful for the said Lords the States-General directly or indirectly on any account or cause whatsoever to Act contrary to the said Treaty In Testimony whereof We the Ambassadors of his said Majesty and the said Lords the States-General by Virtue of our respective Powers and in the Names aforesaid have Signed this Separate Article and caused it to be Sealed with our Seals and Coat of Arms at Ryswick in Holland the 20th Day of September 1697. Here were Signed N. A. de Harlay Bonneuil L. S. Verjusde Crecy L.S. De Caillieres L. S. A. Heinsius L. S. E. de Weede L. S. W. Van Haren L. S. The Ratification of His most Christian Majesty upon the Treaty of Peace and Friendship LEWIS by the Grace of God
and Vice-Prefectures therein comprised with all the Fortresses Cities Burroughs Towns Villages Hamlets Fiefs Funds and Rights according as they were surrendred by the Peace of Westphalia together with all Instruments Instructions and Acts taken away or plunder'd from the Archives or Records Chancery Court of Fiefs from the Chamber of Counts of Prefectures and other Palatinate Offices not any Place Effect Right or Document being excepted and as to what relates to the Claims and Rights of the Dutchess of Orleans it is agreed upon that the aforesaid Restitution being first made the Business shall be decided and judged in Form of Compromise by his Imperial Majesty and by his most Christian Majesty as Arbitrators which shall be decided according to the Imperial Laws and Constitutions But if they do not agree in their Verdict the Business shall be referr'd to the Pope to judge of it as Supreme Arbitrator Nevertheless they shall not forbear in the mean time endeavouring to procure an amicable Concord between the Parties and till such time as the Business be determined and ended the said Elector shall give every Year to the said Dutchess of Orleans the Summ of Two hundred thousand French Livres or One hundred thousand Florins of the Rhine in such manner and upon the same Condition as is specified by a particular Article of the same Power and Force as the present Treaty and that the Right of the two Parties as also that of the Empire shall remain intire in respect of the Possessor as well as Pretender IX There shall be restored to the King of Sweden in quality of Prince Palatine of the Rhine the County of Sponheim Veldents his ancient Dutchy of Deux Ponts intire and with all its Appurtenances Dependences and Rights which the Counts Palatines of the Rhine and Dukes of Deux Ponts Predecessors of his Swedish Majesty have enjoyed or may have enjoyed conformable to the Peace of Westphalia so that whatsoever the Crown of France hath hitherto pretended to as to this Dutchy in whole or in part by what Title soever may rightfully return to his Swedish Majesty and to his Heirs as being Counts Palatines of the Rhine There shall in like manner be restored all the Acts Documents Instructions concerning the said Dutchy together with the Artillery that was therein at the time when France seized upon it and all other Things agreed upon in the preceding Articles relating to Restitutions X. As to what concerns the Principality of Veldents and what the late Prince Leopold Lewis Count Palatine of the Rhine hath possest by virtue of the said Principality or of that of Lautrec it shall be restor'd in pursuance to the IV Article and to the Inventory or List exhibited by the Ambassadors of France saving only the Rights of each of the Pretenders as well in regard to the Possessor as to the Claimer XI There shall be restored to Prince Francis Lewis Palatine Great Master of the Teutonick Order and Bishop of Wormes all the Commands wholly without exception taken by France from the said Order and which have been assigned to him or which he hath anciently possest together with the Places Revenues and Rights and the said Order shall enjoy by vertue of the said Commands and Estates situate within the Dominion of France as well in respect of Collation as Administration the same Customs Privileges and Exemptions that it enjoyed heretofore according to its Statutes and Laws and which the Order of St. John of Jerusalem were wont to enjoy likewise all that hath been decreed in relation to Restitutions of Places Contributions and otherwise shall take place in behalf of the Bishop of Wormes and of other Churches of the said Prince XII There shall be restored to the Elector of Cologne in quality of Bishop and Prince of Liege the Castle and City of Dinant in the same Condition they were in when the French possest themselves of them together with all the Rights and Dependences and all the Artillery and Instructions that were found therein at that time As for the rest whatsoever hath been determined and regulated in the IV Article in relation to what hath been taken to Unions and Re-unions shall be look'd upon as repeated in particular in favour of the Churches of Cologne and Liege XIII The Family or House of Wirtemberg and particularly Duke George shall be re-established for him and his Successors with respect to the Principality and County of Monbelliard in the same Condition Rights and Prerogatives and particularly in the same Immediate Dependence upon the Roman Empire it hath heretofore enjoy'd and which the Princes of the Empire did enjoy or ought to have enjoyed making void and of none effect all Acknowledgment in quality of Vassal made to the Crown of France in 1681. And they the said Princes shall henceforward freely enjoy all the Revenues that depend upon the said Principality and County as well Secular as Ecclesiastick that they enjoyed before the Peace of Nimeguen as likewise all Fiefs that have been opened in favour of them or which they have made over or granted to others during the Detension of France excepting only the Village of Baldenheim together with the Appurtenances which the Most Christian King hath bestowed on the Commander of Chamlay Camp-Master-General to his Armies which said Donation ought still to subsist yet in such a manner notwithstanding that Homage be paid for it to the foresaid Duke of Wirtemberg and his Successors as to the direct Lord and that he be oblig'd to beg of him to be invested in it In like manner the said Princes shall be reinstated in the full and free Possession as well of their Inheritance possest in Burgundy of Clereval and Passevant as of the Lordships of Granges Herricourt of Blamont Chatelart and of Clermont and others situate and being in Burgundy and in the Principality of Monbelliard with all their Rights and Revenues intire and just in the same manner as they possest them before the Peace of Nimeguen abolishing totally all that has been done and pretended to the contrary under what Pretence at what Time and after what manner soever it may be XIV In like manner the Marquis of Baden's Family shall enjoy all the Right and Benefit of the present Treaty and consequently of that of Westphalia and Nimeguen and more particularly of the Fourth and Fifth Articles of the present Treaty XV. The Princes and Counts of Nassau of Hanaw and of Leininguen and all other States of the Holy Roman Empire who are to be re-instated by the Fourth Article of this Treaty and others shall likewise be re-instated accordingly in all and several the Estates and Dominions in the Rents and Revenues that depend thereon and in all the other Rights and Benefits of what nature soever they may be XVI And because for the better securing and confirming the Peace it hath been judged meet and expedient here and there to exchange some Countries his Imperial Majesty and the Empire do yield up
improper to be presented to his most Christian Majesty by means of a Copy of it which the Sieurs Boreel and Dyckvelt Ministers of their Lordships the States General and now their Plenipotentiaries and Extraordinary Ambassadors in this same Congress treating together have given him Which demand therefore cannot be more anthentick nor suit better with a most great and mighty King to work upon his Magnanimity and Justice the Effect which that August Queen expects for her four most Serene Orphans With a Proviso to add to it hereafter what may concern their lawful Rights and Pretensions Demand of the Queen THE Queen Demands the Restitution of the Dominions and Countries belonging to the Duke of Lorain her Son with the Soveraignty and Rights upon the same depending Which she hopes from the Justice of his most Christian Majesty and the Merits of her Cause Given at Vienna the 8 th of October 1696. Signed Eleonora Queen A Regulation touching Publick Ceremonies and Order among Domesticks drawn up by his Excellency the Mediator WE the Baron of Lilieroot Extraordinary Ambassador and Plenipotentiary of his Sacred Royal Majesty of Sweden for the Mediation of Peace make it known and declare That all the most Illustrious and most Excellent Lords Ambassadors and Plenipotentiaries who come to the Conferences which are held here for the Peace have unanimously consented to and approved the Proposal We have made of reviving and causing to be observed on this Occasion the Regulations heretofore made at Nimeguen concerning Ceremonies and Orders with some Additions or Alterations which We have thought fit to be made in order to make them more proper and suitable to this Place and present Conjuncture and that upon mature Deliberation the following Articles have been agreed upon I. That all Notifications of the Arrival of Ambassadors and Plenipotentiaries and all Visits as well to be made and received as to be paid and returned and which may require some Ceremony shall be entirely left off and suppressed and it shall be free to all to see and visit one another when and in what manner they please but so that such Visits shall not be exacted as a Duty or be a Precedent for the time to come However those that shall come hereafter in order to their Admittance to the Conferences shall be obliged to Communicate their full Powers to his Excellency the Ambassador Mediator who shall Impart it to their Excellencies the Ambassadors and Plenipotentiaries of the Allies that shall be of the Assembly and it shall not be lawful for the New Comers to be there present before the same be perform'd II. That the Ambassadors and Plenipotentiaries shall come to the Place of the Conferences with no other Retinue than a small number of Gentlemen one or two Pages at most and very few Footmen that they shall suffer no other Coach than that of their Bodies to come into the Court of the Palace and if they had occasion for one or two Coaches more for their Attendants these last shall stand without that they may cause no Confusion or Stop The same shall also be observed in all other Publick Places where there may happen to be a greater Concourse of People as at Plays Publick Feasts Balls c. III. That care shall be taken to prevent Quarrels on both sides betwixt Coachmen and other mean Servants who shall also be commanded to use one another with Reciprocal Civility and Kindness and to be ready in doing one another all sorts of mutual Services and good Turns upon all Occasions IV. That the Gentlemen of the Retinue of the Ambassadors shall take care that the said Servants do exactly observe the present Regulation as to that Particular and shall cause those to be punished who shall act contrary to it V. That the Ambassadors and Plenipotentiaries who assist at the Conferences from the Emperor and the Allies shall come into the Court of the House where the Conferences are held by the Gate made on purpose on the side of the said Houses that looks towards the Hague and shall go up to their Apartments by the Stair-Case on the same side and the Ambassadors of the most Christian King shall make use of the Gate and Bridge lately made on the side of Delft as also of the Stair-Case adjoyning to their Apartments on the same side and the Ambassador Mediator shall go alone over the Bridge and through the Gate of the middle and shall go up to his Apartments by the great Stair-Case VI. If two Coaches happen to meet in a place too narrow for them both to go through at the same time instead of disputing the Wall and thereby causing any Stop the Coachmen on the contrary shall be oblig'd to open and make the Passage easie reciprocally as much as possible and he who shall have the first notice of the Difficulty given him shall stop and make room for the other if it appears that he can do it more easily on his side VII In Publick Walks such as the Voorhout and Malls there shall be observed the Custom established among those that meet there which is to keep the right hand every one on his side as well as in the Streets and Publick Ways and in general wherever it may conveniently be done without the least Contest or Affectation of Precedence VIII The Pages Footmen and generally all Livery-Servants shall carry neither Sticks nor Arms such as Swords Knives Pocket-Pistols or others of whatsoever kind they may be either hid or openly both in Town as in the Walks and when they go to Ryswick However the Pages shall be allowed if they will small Sticks Moreover all Domesticks shall be forbid to go out of their Houses in the Night unless it be by express Orders from their Masters so that none may be found abroad upon any other account at unseasonable hours and those that shall go contrary to this shall be severely punished and turned out forthwith IX When any Servant of an Ambassador or Plenipotentiary shall stand Convicted of any Crime capable of disturbing the Publick Tranquility the Ambassador or Plenipotentiary to whom he shall belong shall wave his Right and Priviledge of punishing him himself and withdrawing his Protection shall cause him to be delivered into the hands of the ordinary Judge of the Place where the Offence shall have been committed either in the Town or elsewhere and shall even prosecute the Offender according to the established Laws And if in the same Case the Criminal Judge vulgarly call'd Schout should Arrest and take any one in the Fact either himself or by his Officers or others it shall be lawful for them to seize such a Person and even commit him to Goal although they known him to be Servant or of the Retinue of some Ambassador or Plenipotentiary till they can give Notice of it to his Master which they shall be obliged to do forthwith and without delay After which what the Ambassador or Plenipotentiary shall order shall be punctually