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
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
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
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
the said Dignities and Revenues and in the mean time each of them according to the Order they have amongst them shall obtain the new Prebendaries that shall become vacant And there is no question but this may be approved of by the abovesaid Ecclesiasticks whom this Regulation may concern The Heirs likewise of the Canons who have been deprived of their Dignity and are dead during the War whose Goods Chattels and Revenues have been sequestred or confiscated shall enjoy the intire Benefit for the Recovery of them by the Article which begins thus All the Vassals and Subjects of both Parties together with this express and particular Clause That Pious Legacies bequeath'd by the Deceased shall be paid forthwith without delay according to their Disposal out of the Revenues by them assigned XLV The Landgraves of Hesse Reinfeldt shall be in a more especial manner included in the Amnestie and shall be re-instated in respect of the Fortress of Rheinfeldt and all the Lower County of Catzenelboguen with all Rights and Dependences in the same Condition and Circumstances wherein the Landgrave Ernest their Father was before the beginning of this War Excepting always and in all Cases the Rights appertaining to Monsieur the Landgrave of Hesse Cassel XLVI All the Vassals and Subjects of both Parties Ecclesiasticks and Seculars Corporations Universities and Colleges shall be re-settled in their Honours Dignities and Benefices whereof they were in quiet Possession before the War as also in all their Rights Goods movable and immovable Rents and Revenues also those that are capable of being redeemed or which are for Life provided that the Principal thereof be not consumed and have been employed or retained during or upon the Occasion of this War with all the Rights Actions Successions and Entails that are fallen to them during the said War yet so that they may not demand any thing back again upon occasion of Fruits or Revenues received or Pensions granted after the taking or detaining until the Day of the Ratification of the present Treaty Provided nevertheless that Merchandise Debts and Movables shall not be re-demanded if confiscated during or upon account of the War or converted to other Uses by Publick Authority nor shall the Creditors of the said Debts or the Proprietors and Owners of such Merchandise and Movables or their Heirs or Executors ever sue for them nor pretend to any Restitution or Satisfaction for them The said Restitutions shall also extend to those who have followed a contrary Party who have thereupon been suspected and who have been deprived of their Estates after the Peace of Nimeguen for having absented themselves to go to inhabit elsewhere or because they have refused to pay Homage or for such like Causes or Pretences which said Persons consequently by virtue of this Peace shall return into their Prince's Favour and into all their ancient Rights and Estates whatsoever such as they are at the time of the Conclusion and Signing of this Treaty and all that hath been said in this Article shall be executed immediately after the Ratification of the Peace notwithstanding all Donations Concessions Alienations Declarations Confiscations Faults Expences Meliorations interlocutory and definitive Sentences past out of Contumacy and Contempt the Persons absent not being heard to speak for themselves which said Sentences shall be null and of none effect and look'd upon as though they had never been pronounc'd they all of them being left to their Liberty to return into their Country to enter upon their aforesaid Estates and enjoy them as well as their Rents and Revenues or to go sojourn or take up their Habitation elsewhere in what Place they shall think fit and such as they have a mind to make choice of without any Violence or Constraint And in such Case it shall be permitted to them to cause their Estates and Revenues to be administred by Sollicitors or Proctors that are not suspected and may peaceably enjoy them excepting only Ecclesiastical Benefices that require Residence which shall be regulated and administred personally Lastly It shall be free for every Subject of either Party to sell exchange alienate and convey by Testament Deed of Gift or otherwise their Estates Goods movable and immovable Rents and Revenues which they may possess in the States or Dominions of another Sovereign so that any ones Subject or a Foreigner may buy them or purchase them without having need of further Permission from the Sovereign besides that which is contained in this present Article XLVII If any Ecclesiastical Benefices mediate or immediate have been during this War conferr'd by one of the Parties in the Territories and Places that were then under his Dominion upon Persons rightly qualified according to the Canon or Rule of their first Institution and the Lawful Statutes general or particular made on this behalf or by any other Canonical disposal made by the Pope The said Ecclesiastical Benefices shall be left to the present Possessors as likewise the Ecclesiastical Benefices conferr'd after this manner before this War in the Places that ought to be restored by the present Peace so that henceforth no Person may or ought to trouble or molest them in the possession and lawful administration of the same neither in receiving the Fruits and Benefits nor upon that account may they at any time be presented summoned or cited to appear in a Court of Judicature or any other way whatsoever disturbed or molested Upon condition notwithstanding that they discharge themselves honestly and perform what they are bound to by vertue of the said Benefices XLVIII Forasmuch as it conduceth much to the publick Peace and Tranquility that the Peace concluded at Turin the 29 th of August 1696 between his Most Christian Majesty and his Royal Highness be exactly and duly observed it hath likewise been found expedient to confirm it and to comprise it in this present Treaty and to make it of the same value and for ever to subsist and be in force The Points that have been regulated in favour of the House of Savoy in the Treaties of Westphalia and Nimeguen re-established above are confirmed in particular and judged as here repeated word for word yet so nevertheless that the restitution of Pignerol and its Dependencies already made may not in any case deminish or alter the Obligation wherein his Most Christian Majesty hath engaged himself to pay to the Duke of Mantua the Sum of Four hundred ninety four thousand Crowns for discharge of the Duke of Savoy as is explained more at large in the Treaty of the Peace of Westphalia And to the end that this may be more fully and more strongly confirmed All and every one the Princes that participate of the General Peace do promise to the Duke of Savoy and will reciprocally receive from him the Promises and Securities that they stipulate amongst themselves for a more firm assurance of the matter XLIX Upon the whole it is not meant that by whatsoever restitution of Places Persons Estates Rights
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
Royal Highness doth therefore oblige himself not to keep in times of Neutrality any more than Six thousand Foot on this side the Alps and One thousand five hundred on the other side of the Mountains for the Garrisons of Savoy and of the County of Nice and One thousand five hundred Horse or Dragoons and this Obligation is to continue only till the General Peace be Concluded We the above-mentioned Plenipotentiaries have Agreed upon and Signed these present Articles and we do promise and engage to procure them to be ratified and confirmed by his Majesty and by his Royal Highness promising likewise that they shall be kept secret till the end of September next and if at that time new Articles are made to the same sense and purpose then these shall be suppressed Dated at Turin the 29th of August 1696. Rhene de Froullay and Saint Thomas The Proclamation of the Peace Publish-at Paris the 10th of September 1696. N. S. as also at Turin and at the Head of the Army on the same Day BE it known to all Persons whatsoever That a good sure lasting and solid Peace with entire Amity and sincere Reconciliation has been made and agreed upon by and between the most high most excellent and most powerful Prince Lewis by the Grace of God King of France and of Navar our Sovereign Lord and the most high and most powerful Prince Victor Amadeus II. Duke of Savoy their Vassals Subjects and Servants in all their Kingdoms States Countries Lands and Lordships under their Subjection That the said Peace is general and absolute between them their said Vassals and Subjects and by vertue of the said Peace it is permitted to the Subjects of both Princes to go come return and sojourn in all Places of the said Kingdoms States and Countries to Negotiate and Traffick Correspond and have a free Converse the one with the other in all Freedom and Safety as well by Land as by Sea and on Rivers c. And in order to maintain the same all manner of People of what Quality or Condition soever they may be are hereby strictly forbid to undertake attempt or innovate any thing contrary thereunto upon the Penalty of being severely Punished as Disturbers of the Publick Peace Given at Varsaille the 8 th day of December 1696. Signed Lewis And lower Philypeaux The most Christian King's Letter to the Archbishop of Paris to cause Te Deum to be Sung for the Peace Concluded with Savoy c. Cousin AS in this War which I have alone sustain'd for these Nine Years past against the Confederated Force of Europe I had no other Aim than to Defend Religion and Vindicate the Majesty of Kings God has protected his own Cause he has Guided my Designs and Assisted my Enterprises The happy Successes which have accompanied my Arms have been the more agreeable to me because I have always Flatter'd my self they would Conduce to a Peace and I have made no other Profit of those Successes than to offer my Enemies Conditions more Advantagious then they could hope for even tho' they had obtain'd that Superiority over me as I have gain'd upon them I have omitted nothing that might advance the Happiness of Europe and I have made use of all means to convince my Brother the Duke of Savoy with what ardor I desired to see that good Correspondence renewed which has been established for so many Ages founded upon such Bonds of Consanguinity and Friendship and which had never been interrupted but by the Artifices of our Enemies My Vows have been heard this Prince has at last acknowledg'd his true Interest and my good Intentions and the Peace is Concluded It is to be hoped that the Confederated Powers touch'd by this Example and the Evils that their People suffer will follow his Example Or if they will still persist in the same Sentiments they shall more than ever be made sensible that nothing is impossible to Troops accustomed to Victory and which are Conducted by a Desire of Peace It is to give thanks to the God of Armies who has been pleased to shew himself a God of Peace and to pray him to give to all Europe a Tranquility so necessary and which he only can give That I have resolved to cause Te Deum to be Sung in the Cathedral Church of my good City of Paris on the Thirteenth of this present Month as the great Master of Ceremonies will more particularly inform you whom I have ordered to invite also to this Ceremony my Courts and those that use to assist at it Whereupon c. Versailles Sept. 11. 1696. Signed Lewis And lower Philypeaux An Act of Surrender of the Country and Estates of Savoy made by his most Christian Majesty Lewis XIV King of France and Navarre to his Royal Highness Victor Amadeus II. Duke of Savoy Prince of Piedmont King of Cyprus c. on the 28th of September 1696. By his Royal Highness BE it known to all Persons whatsoever That in pursuance of a Treaty of Peace made and signed between his most Christian Majesty Lewis XIV King of France and Navarre on the one part and his Royal Highness Victor Amadeus II. Duke of Savoy Prince of Piedmont King of Cyprus c. on the other Part That his most Christian Majesty hath given Orders to Monsieur Anthony Balthasar Marquis de Thoy Major General of the Armies of France and Governour of Savoy to restore entirely to his Royal Highness all the Countries Places Castles and Fortresses of all Savoy except Montmelian and to draw out all the Troops that are there pursuant to his Majesty's Letters Patents To this end his Royal Highness hath sent the Marquis of Thana Captain of his Life Guards Major General of his Army and Governour of Savoy with a Power to receive in his Royal Highness's Name all the said Estates and Places The said Marquiss de Thoy having therefore personally appeared in the Council-Chamber of the Town-Hall of Chambery and having there assembled the Nobility the Syndics and Counsellors of the said City and the said Marquiss of Thana there likewise appearing did then and there receive from the said Marquis de Thoy an absolute and full Surrender in the Name of his most Christian Majesty of all the Countries and of all the Places of the Dutchy of Savoy Montmelion only excepted according to the Treaty of Peace The said Marquiss de Thoy expressing the same in these following Words viz. My Lord Marquiss de Thana in Pursuance of an Order from the King my Master and according to the Power you have also received from his Royal Highness I do hereby make an entire Surrender and Restitution to his Royal Highness in your Person of all the Countries and Places and of all the Dependencies of the Estate of Savoy Montmelian excepted and his Royal Highness may accordingly dispose of the same in like manner as he had done before those Estates were conquered by the King 's Arms. To which the Marquiss of
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
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
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
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
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
its Appurtenances and Dependences shall also remain in the Power of the said Most Christian King his Heirs and Successors with all Superiority Sovereignty and Property without the said Duke his Heirs or Successors pretending henceforward to claim any Right therein but in exchange of the said City and Prefectship his said Most Christian Majesty will put another Prefectship into the Hands of the said Duke in one of the three Bishopricks of the same Extent and Value whereof the said Commissioners shall bona fide agree upon And the said Prefectship so made over and conveyed by the Most Christian King to the said Duke he the said Duke as well as his Heirs and Successors shall possess it to the Worlds end with all the Rights of Superiority Sovereignty and Property XXXIV The Passage shall be always open through the Territories of the said Duke without any Obstacle or Impeachment to the Most Christian King's Troops who shall go or come from the Frontiers upon Condition nevertheless that timely Notice of it shall be given before-hand that the Soldier that passes shall not go out of his Way but may pursue the shortest and usual Way and duly continue his Road as he ought without delay He shall not commit any Violence nor do any Damage to the Places and Subjects of the Duke and shall pay ready Money for Victuals and other Necessaries that shall be delivered to him by the Commissioners of Lorrain Mutually abolishing and causing the High-ways and Places that his Most Christian Majesty had reserved to himself by the Peace of Nimeguen to return to the Power and Jurisdiction of the Duke without any Exception XXXV The Ecclesiastical Benefices conferred by his Most Christian Majesty till the very day of the present Treaty shall remain in Enjoyment and Possession of those who possess them at present and who have obtained them of his most Christian Majesty without being liable to be disturbed therein XXXVI It hath moreover been concluded that the Law-Suits Sentences and Decrees passed by the Council Judges and other his Most Christian Majesty's Officers concerning the Differences and Actions that have been determined as well between the Subjects of the Dutchies of Lorrain and of Barr as others at the time when the most Christian King possest those States shall take place and obtain their full and due effect in the same manner as if his said Christian Majesty had remained in possession of the said Estates it not being permitted to call in question the validity of the said Sentences and Decrees or to impede or stop the execution thereof It shall notwithstanding be permitted to the Parties to demand a Review of what shall have been enacted according to the order and disposition of the Laws and Constitutions the Sentences nevertheless remaining in their full force and vertue XXXVII There shall be restored to the said Duke after the Ratification of the present Treaty the Archives and written Documents and Precedents that was in the Treasury of the Records of Nancy and Barr and in both Chambers of Accounts or other places and that have been taken thence XXXVIII The said Duke immediately after the Ratification of the Peace shall have Power to send Commissioners to the Dutchies of Lorrain and Barr to have a watchful eye upon his Affairs administer Justice take care of the Imposts Taxes upon Salt and other Duties dispose of publick Treaties and perform all other necessary things so that the said Duke may within the same time enter into the full possession of his Government XXXIX As to what relates to Imposts and Customs and concerning the Exemption in the Transportation of Salt or Wood either by Land or Water the Custom settled in the Year 1670 shall be observed without permitting any Innovation XL. The ancient Custom and Liberty of Commerce between Lorrain and the Bishopricks of Metz Toul and Verdun shall be still in being and shall henceforth be observed to the Benefit and Advantage of both Parties XLI The Contracts and Agreements made between the Most Christian Kings and the Dukes of Lorrain shall be in like manner observed in their ancient Force and Vigour XLII The said Duke and his Brethren shall be impowered to prosecute the Right they pretend to belong to them in divers Causes by the ordinary Course of Law notwithstanding the Sentences past in their absence without being heard XLIII In Matters not here expresly agreed to the contrary shall be observed in respect of the Duke his Estates and Subjects what hath been concluded upon by the present Treaty and more especially in the Article that begins All the Vassals and Subjects of both Parties In that which begins So soon as the present Treaty of Peace shall be And that which beginneth And to the end that the Subjects of both Parties may as speedily as may be enjoy Just as if they had been here particularly recited XLIV The Cardinal of Furstembourg shall be reinvested in all the Rights Estates Feudal and Allodial Benefices Honours and Prerogatives that belong to the Princes and Members of the Holy Roman Empire as well in respect of the Bishoprick of Strasbourg on the Right-hand of the Rhine as of his Abby of Stavelo and others and shall enjoy with his Cousins and Relations that adhered to his Party and his Domestick Servants a full and absolute Amnestie and Security for whatsoever hath been done or said and for whatsoever hath been decreed against him or them and that neither he his Heirs Cousins Relations nor Domesticks shall ever be proceeded against in any Cause by the Lords Electors of Cologne and Bavaria their Heirs or any other Persons whatsoever upon the account of the Inheritance of the late Maximilian Henry And reciprocally the Lord Cardinal his Cousins Relations and Domesticks or any that have any Cause depending upon their Behalf shall not demand any thing upon what account soever from the Lords Electors or others from the said Inheritance Legacies that were left them or any Things that have been given them all Right Pretension or Action Personal or Real being totally extinct Such of the Canons who have adhered to the Cardinal's Paâ—â—y and who have been outed of their Prebendaries or Canonical Benefices shall receive the same Amnestie and Security and shall make use of the same Privilege and shall be re-settled in all the Canonical Rights Benefices and Dignities and in the same Degree and Dignity in the Chapter of the Collegiate Churches and Cathedral Church as they were before their Deposition Yet so however that the Revenues remaining in the Power of those that possess them at present these same may enjoy just as the others that shall be re-settled do the Titles and common Functions of the said Dignities and Benefices the Chief Place and Rank notwithstanding is to be deferr'd and yielded to those who shall be re-settled and after Death or the voluntary Resignation of those who are in Possession those only that are re-established shall solely enjoy
two of them in case of the others absence through Sickness or other Impediment or by one alone in the absence of the other two in the like case of Sickness or other Impediment shall have been Stipulated promised or agreed to and to cause our Letters of Ratification thereof to be dispatched within the time they shall have promised in our Name to produce them For such is our will and pleasure in Witness whereof we have caused our Seal to be set to these Presents Given at Versailles the 25 th day of February in the Year of Grace 1697 and of our Reign the Forty fourth Signed Louis And upon the fold By the King Colbert Sealed with the Great Seal of Yellow Wax SEPARATE ARTICLE FOR the clearer Explanation of the eighth Article of the Treaty of Peace this day Signed which Article begins thus All the States possest by the Most Christian King shall be restored to the Elector Palatine It hath been thought convenient to resolve over and above that this Order will be observed in the Proposal of the Claims and Rights of Madame the Dutchess of Orleans exhibited against the Elector Palatine at such time as the Arbitrators shall be agreed at the time appointed for the Ratification of the Peace about a Place to meet in this Place shall be notified to each Party The Deputies on the Arbitrators part shall be sent thither within the space of two Months to reckon from the very time the Elector Palatine shall be fully re-established in conformity to the Article above mention'd In the Month following shall the said Lady Dutchess produce in the same place the whole and intire explanation of her Pretensions or Demands against the Elector which shall be communicated to him within eight days following There shall be within the space of four Months next ensuing explain'd and delivered to the Deputies of the Lords Arbitrators who shall set down the day that the four Months shall begin the Reasons and Grounds of the two Parties whereof four Copies shall be delivered that is to say one for each Arbitrator and a third to be annext to the common Acts of the Arbitration and a fourth to be interchangeably communicated within seven days to each Party They shall in like manner answer and four Copies of the Answer of each Party shall be given the same day to the Envoys of the Lords Arbitrators which shall be once more communicated within seven days to the Parties interchangeably In the four Months following the Instruction of the Business shall be terminated on each side the Parties shall declare they are willing to submit to the Verdict of the Arbitrators and this conclusion of the Instruction and Commission shall be communicated to the Parties that they may take cognisance of the same and the Deeds shall be Enrolled in presence of the Solicitors of the said Parties After that the Arbitrators and their Deputies who shall have taken an Oath having viewed and examined the Right of the Parties during the space of six Months ensuing shall pronounce their Sentence publickly in the place where the Conference is held according to the Laws and Constitutions of the Empire now if it be found conformable it shall be effectually put in execution but if so be the Arbitrators or their Deputies do not agree in their Verdict the common Acts of the Arbitration shall be conveyed to Rome at the joint Charges of the Parties and that within the space of two Months beginning at the day next ensuing the Judgment given and shall be delivered to the Pope as Supreme Arbitrator to be committed by him for its Examination within six Months more to Deputies no way suspected by the Parties who shall likewise be sworn and these same upon the former Proceedings it not being allowed to the Parties to draw up a new Declaration of their Titles shall pronounce within the space of six Months next ensuing and as it hath been said conformable to the Laws and Constitutions of the Empire the last Definitive Sentence which cannot be nulled or made void but the Lord Arbitrators shall cause to be executed without any delay or contradiction Now if so be one of the Parties demurr and delay to propound explain and prove his Title and Right within the time required it shall nevertheless be lawful for the other Party to explain and deduce his Title within the time prefixt which may never be prolonged and lawful also for the Arbitrators and Supreme Arbitrator to proceed according to the method just now explain'd and to pronounce and execute their Sentence according to the Acts and Deeds produced and proved Notwithstanding this procedure the Parties themselves and the Lords Arbitrators on their part shall not cease attempting some amicable way of accommodation and shall omit nothing that may any way contribute to the amicable terminating this Affair Since it is also agreed in the Article of Peace afore cited that till this difference be terminated the Elector Palatine shall Annually pay to Madam the Dutchess of Orleans the Summ of Two hundred thousand French Livres or an hundred thousand Florins of the Rhine they have also agreed in particular as to the payment of the said Summ upon the time when it shall commence that it shall commence only after that according to the Contents of the said Article the States and Places therein specified shall be intirely restored to the Elector And to the end that Madam the Dutchess of Orleans may be the more assured of the payment of the said Summ the Elector shall nominate before the Ratification of the Peace a sufficient number of Renters or Receivers of the Prefectship of Germersheim and other places of the Palatinate that shall undertake to pay the said Summ to the said Lady Dutchess or to those impower'd by her and that every year at Landaw to wit the moiety every six Months who if they do not keep time shall be lyable to be constrained to the payment by the ordinary course of Justice or if need require by Military execution from the Most Christian King Upon the whole this payment shall be made upon this condition viz. that what shall have been paid by vertue of this Annual obligation to Madam the Dutchess of Orleans during the Canvassing of the Cause before the Arbitrators shall be in compensation and put upon the accompt of that which the said Arbitrators shall adjudge to her in case they do adjudge any thing at all but if so be they adjudge nothing or less than the said Summ then there shall be a restitution and this compensation allowance or restitution as also the fund and charges of the Process shall be regulated by the Sentence of the Arbitrators But if Madam the Dutchess of Orleans do not give satisfaction to the form of the Compromise either in the Instruction of the Process or in the Answer that shall be produced by the Elector Palatine or if she delays it the course of the said yearly payment shall be