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
which he has taken upon him till the end of August next but that if within that time his Enemies do not conclude the Peace he will be freed from Engagement and at liberty to treat anew after so much Expence and Bloodshed upon such other Articles as he shall judge suitable to the posture of his Affairs and to the Welfare of Christendom The Memorial of the Ambassadors of the most Christian King for the General Peace deliver'd to the Ambassador Mediator Septemb. 1. 1697. at the Palace of Ryswick THE happy Successes with which it has pleas'd God to bless the Undertakings of the King in this Campagn might give his Majesty a very just occasion of reducing within a narrow compass the Overtures which he has made for the Peace the Term which he fix'd for the accepting of his Propositions being expir'd leaves him at his full Liberty so that he might very well propose new Articles but the same desire which he always had of putting an end to the Miseries of Christendom is still the only Rule which he proposes to himself and his Majesty is pleas'd to make no farther use of the Advantages he has had than for the more speedy re-establishment of the Quiet of Europe 'T is with this design that the King declares that tho' his Majesty was free from his Engagements at the end of August tho' he is very sensible what Benefit he could reap from the Conquest of Barcelona and from other Events of the War yet the sole Interest which influences and weighs most with him is the universal Welfare of Europe that for the promoting thereof by a speedy Peace his Majesty makes use of that Liberty which he has at present only to alter such of the Articles which he has propos'd as seem to retard the Publick Tranquility Upon this account his Majesty forbears offering to the Emperor the choice of taking Strasburgh or the Equivalent propos'd for that City he is resolv'd to keep it and no farther mention shall be made of an Alternative Equivalent at the same time he promises that this Alteration which he thought requisite to determine the Emperor shall make no change in the other Conditions which he formerly offer'd for the keeping of Strasburgh and consequently that Town and the Citadel in the condition they now are shall be for ever annex'd to his Crown with the Dependencies of Strasburgh on this side the Rhine such as are on the other side of that River shall be restor'd to their proper Owners with the same Rights and the same Prerogatives which they formerly enjoy'd That the Fort of Keil shall be restor'd to the Emperor and Empire in the same Condition as it is at present That the Forts of the City of the Islands in the Rhine shall be raz'd That the Cities of Friburgh Brisack and Philipsburgh shall be restor'd by his Majesty to the Emperor upon the same Conditions set down in the Project deliver'd in by his Majesty's Ambassadors Extraordinary to the Ambassador Mediator of Sweden That those Articles which specifie the Restitution of Lorrain in the same Condition as Duke Charles possessed it in the year 1670. with the Clauses therein explain'd and which his Majesty has thought necessary for the maintenance of the Peace shall be punctually put in Execution That lastly for rendring the Peace solid and to assure the Empire that his Majesty's only desire is to preserve it he promises to demolish and abandon the Fortresses which he possesses on the other side the Rhine to pull down the Bridges made by his Orders upon the River reserving only part of the Bridge of Fort Lewis on the Rhine which leads from Alsace to the Fort That he on the other hand demands that the Bridge of Philipsburgh be broken down the Fort rais'd at the end of that Bridge on the side of France demolish'd and that the Rhine being for the future the just Barrier between the Territories of both the Avenues of his Kingdom shall be shut up at the same time that his Majesty makes it appear that he is not willing to reserve any Passage whereby to carry the War into Germany Lastly His Majesty adds to those considerable Overtures which he makes for the keeping of Strasburgh the Restitution of Barcelona which his Majesty promises to restore to the King of Spain assoon as he has the Consent of the Emperor and Empire for the Surrender of Strasburgh and this is all the use which his Majesty pretends to make of the Conquest of one of the most considerable Towns in the Spanish Monarchy His Majesty proposes no Alterations in the Articles by which he offer'd to Treat with the Catholick King and is perswaded that this Prince being sensible of the Moderation which he shews towards him will not insist upon the Demand of a few Villages in the Seigniory of Aeth requisite for the more easie Commerce of the Inhabitants of Tournay and for the Communication of that City with the Town of Condé and that his Majesty pretends to reserve to himself all the Advantages he can reap from the taking of Aeth But whereas it is not reasonable that his Majesty shall be always oblig'd to Sacrifice such considerable Advantages to the good of the Peace he declares that if his Enemies defer taking advantage of those new Expedients which he is pleas'd to offer for the Conclusion of the Treaties shall exceed the term which he hereby gives them of the 20 th of September to accept of his Proposals he will then be at liberty to propose new Conditions and the Miseries of the War are to be charg'd only on those who refuse to concur with his Majesty to the putting an end to them Deliver'd to his Excellency the Mediator Sept. 1. 1697. Articles of Peace between the most Serene and Mighty Prince WILLIAM the Third King of Great Britain and the most Serene and Mighty Prince LEWIS the Fourteenth the most Christian King Concluded in the Royal Palace at Ryswicke the 10 20th Day of September 1697. I. THAT there be an Universal Perpetual Peace and a True and Sincere Friendship between the Most Serene and Mighty Prince William the Third King of Great Britain and the most Serene and Mighty Prince Lewis the Fourteenth the most Christian King Their Heirs and Successors and between the Kingdoms States and Subjects of Both and that the same be so Sincerely and Inviolably Observed and Kept that the One shall Promote the Interest Honour and Advantage of the Other and that on both sides a Faithful Neighbourhood and True observation of Peace and Friendship may daily Flourish and Encrease II. That all Enmities Hostilities Discords and Wars between the said King of Great Britain and the most Christian King and Their Subjects Cease and be Abolished so that on both sides They Forbear and Abstain hereafter from all Plundring Depredation Harm-doing Injuries and Infestation whatsoever as well by Land as by Sea and on Fresh Waters every where and especially throughout all
Count of Cely Ordinary Councellor to the King in his Council of State The Sieur Lewis Verjus Knight Ordinary Councellor to the King in his Council of State Count de Crecy Marquiss of Freon Baron of Couvay Lord of Boulay two Churches of Fort-Isle and other places together with the Sieur Francis de Callieres Lord of Callieres of Rochechellay and Gigny By the Mediation and Intercession of the most Illustrious and most Excellent Lords the Sieur Charles Bonde Count de Biornoo Lord of Hesleby Tyres Toftaholm of Grafsteen Gustavusberg and of Rezitza Councellor to his Majesty the King of Sweden and President of the supreme Senate of Dorpat in Livonia and of the Sieur Nicholas free Baron of Lilieroot Secretary of State to his Majesty the King of Sweden and Extraordinary Ambassador to their High and Mightinesses the States General of the United Provinces both of them Extraordinary Ambassadors and Plenipotentiaries for confirming and establishing a General Peace who have faithfully discharg'd their Duty of Mediatorship with Integrity Application and Prudence The Plenipotentiaries of the Electors Princes and deputed States of the Holy Roman Empire being Present Approving and Consenting after the Invocation of God's Holy Name and the Exchange of their full Powers made in due manner and form did agree for the Glory of God's Holy Name and the Welfare of Christendom upon Conditions of Peace and Concord the Tenor whereof is as followeth I. THere shall be a Christian Universal Perpetual Peace and a true Amity between his Sacred Imperial Majesty and his Successors the whole Holy Roman Empire and the Kingdoms and Hereditary States their Vassals and Subjects on the one part and the most Christian King his Successors Vassals and Subjects on the other part it shall be faithfully and sincerely maintain'd so that the one shall not undertake any thing under what Pretence soever to the Ruin or Prejudice of the other nor Afford or Lend Assistance upon any account whatsoever to any one who would attempt it or in any wise do any Wrong to the other that he will not receive protect or assist in any way or manner whatsoever the Rebellious and Disobedient Subjects of the other Party but on the contrary both Parties shall seriously procure the Benefit Honour and mutual Advantage of each other notwithstanding all Promises Treaties and Alliances to the contrary made or to be made in any manner whatsoever which are abolished and made of none effect by the present Treaty II. There shall be on both sides an Amnesty and perpetual Oblivion of all the Hostilities reciprocally committed in what place or manner soever it be so that upon any Cause or Pretence of the same or upon any other account it may not be lawful for the one to express any Resentment to the other nor create any Trouble or Vexation directly or indirectly either by way of Justice or de facto in any place whatsoever nor permit that any such shall be expressed or created but all and singular the Injuries and Violences whether by Word Deed or Writing without any respect to Persons or Things are so intirely and fully abolish'd and cancell'd that whatsoever the one may pretend against the other upon this account shall be bury'd in everlasting Oblivion all and several the Subjects and Vassals of both Parties shall enjoy the Effect and Benefit of the present Amnesty insomuch that the having adhered to such or such a Party shall not be wrested to the Prejudice or Disadvantage of any of them but that he shall be wholly re-establish'd and setled as to his Honours and Estate in the same condition he was in immediately before the War excepting notwithstanding what hath been more especially and particularly regulated in the following Articles in relation to Moveables Ecclesiastical Benefices and Revenues III. The Treaties of Westphalia and Nimeguen shall be look'd upon as the Basis and Foundation of this present Treaty and consequently in pursuance of the same immediately upon the Exchange of the Ratifications the said Treaties shall be fully executed in respect both to Spiritual and Temporal Matters and shall be inviolably observed for the future except in such Cases wherein it is expresly otherwise agreed on by this present Treaty IV. Particularly there shall be deliver'd up to his Imperial Majesty to the Empire and to its States and Members all the Places and Rights situate out of Alsatia that have been in the possession of and occupy'd and enjoy'd by his most Christian Majesty as well during the present War by way of Fact and Deed as by way of Unions and Reunions or that have been exprest in the Catalogue of Reunions produced by the Ambassadors of France nulling to this purpose all the Decrees Determinations Acts and Declarations made upon this account by the Chambers of Metz and Besançon and by the Council of Brisac and all things shall be reduced to the same Condition wherein they were before the foresaid Seisures Unions or Reunions without putting the Possessors of the said Places to any further Trouble or Molestation the Roman Catholick Religion nevertheless remaining setled in the fore-mentioned places in the same manner as it is at present V. And albeit by these general Rules one may easily judge who they be that are to be re-established and in what manner and how far they ought to be so nevertheless upon the earnest Sollicitations of some and for some particular Reasons it hath been thought convenient to make particular mention of some Occasions yet so that those who shall not be expresly named may not be taken for omitted but shall absolutely enjoy the same Right as those that are nominated and may be put in the same Rank and Capacity VI. Namely the Lord Elector of Triers and Bishop of Spires shall be re-invested in the Possession of the City of Triers or Treves in the same Condition wherein it is at present without demolishing or damnifying any thing either in the publick or private Edifices together with the Artillery that was therein at the very time of its last being put into Possession In like manner whatsoever was regulated in the IV. Article aforegoing upon the account of places occupied of Unions and Re-unions must be thought to be repeated in particular in favour of the Churches of Treves and Spires VII The Elector of Brandenbourgh shall likewise enjoy all the Advantages of the present Peace and shall be therein comprised together with all his Territories Possessions Subjects and Rights and more especially those that appertain and belong to him by Virtue of the Treaty of the 29 th of June in the Year 1679. just as if they had been specified each in particular VIII All the States occupied and enjoyed by the most Christian King shall be surrender'd to the Elector Palatine whether they belong to him in particular or whether he possesses them in common with others of what nature soever they may be and particularly the City and Prefecture of Germersheim together with the Prefectures
other is entituled A Decree of the Soveraign Council of Alsace sitting at Brisac importing that the King shall be put into Possession of the Soveraignty of the Lower Alsace and of other Territories and Seigniories situated in the Upper Alsace this is dated August 9. 1680. Especially since these Expressions and others to be met with in the whole Body of the Decree concerning the detaining and possessing of other Territories at that time acknowledg'd do sufficiently manifest the state of things by the then Treaty of Nimeguen and the time ensuing This likewise was evident and particularly in the Right pretended to Strasburgh Landau and Cronweissemberg by receding from performance of the Peace of Nimeguen the first Article whereof was drawn up in these Terms The Emperor shall forthwith cause his Forces and Troops to withdraw from all the Provinces of the Empire which do not by an Hereditary Right belong to the House of Austria namely from the Circle of Suabia and Franconia as well as from the Electoral Circle of the Rhine and from that of the Upper Rhine and from the Towns and Forts situated thereon From Bon Strasburgh Offenberg Hockberg Landau Cronweissemberg and in general from all such places as neither by the Treaty of Munster nor by that of Nimeguen belong'd to his Imperial Majesty so that immediately before the Tenth of August the said Forces shall be drawn into Bohemia and into other of his Patrimonial States Therefore 't is evident that Bon Strasburgh Offenberg Landau Cronweissemberg and all the other Places of the Empire which were not look'd upon as belonging by an Hereditary Right to the House of Austria neither by the Treaty of Munster nor that of Nimeguen were yet consider'd and absolutely esteem'd to be part of the Empire and comprehended in its Circles and Dependencies From whence it plainly follows that by the Articles propos'd by the French Ambassadors all these Places are to be restor'd and re-establish'd Since the Case stands thus and these Places are the Chief of what ought to be restor'd the Emperor's Ambassadors and those of the Electors Princes and other States here present do reasonably hope that there will be less difficulty about the other Articles to be agreed upon for the speedy Re-establishment of a firm and lasting Peace and therefore they desire that an immediate Consent may be given to the two following Articles as the Foundation and General Rule of the present Peace 1. The Treaty of Westphalia together with that of Nimeguen shall be the Basis and Foundation of the present Peace which shall be executed with respect both to Church and State immediately after the Ratifications shall be exchang'd and for ever after maintain'd in its full force unless in such things as shall be otherwise provided for by the present Treaty Therefore whatever after the said Peace of Munster and the Treaty of its Execution made at Nuremberg has been to this present in the Possession of his most Christian Majesty under pretence of Right or by open Force or in any other manner whatever and which was before possess'd by the Emperor or by the Empire and the States depending thereon including the Three Nobless with their Immediate Dependants and Vassals such Cities Towns Burroughs Citadels Castles Forts Villages Houses Territories Mountains Hills Forests Meadows Mines Quarries Lakes Rivers Islands Bridges Rivulets Jurisdictions and Rights proper and in Fee-simple till'd and untill'd shall be faithfully restor'd to their Ancient Proprietors without demolishing the Fortifications or any Publick or Private Houses without rendring them in a worse state than they are at present or exacting any thing for the Charges they have been at upon them without exacting any Contributions by the Army or in their behalf And this Restitution shall be made without any delay within Ten days at farthest after the Ratifications be exchang'd or sooner if possible together with all the Artillery Ammunitions and Provisions as well such as were in the Places when taken and since quitted and demolished by the Garrisons that were in them and such as are in any other Places whatever together with all Papers and Writings where and however seiz'd That whatever Alterations or Innovations have been made by his most Christian Majesty after the said Peace and the Treaty of Execution made at Nuremberg in Civil or Ecclesiastical Affairs under the Name and Pretence of Suntgau Landgrave of Alsace Provincial Prefecture of Haguenau and the Feudal Union of Dependencies Appendencies Submissions Surrenders Engagements all manner of Grants whether Absolute or Limited or upon any other Cause or Reason whatever shall be cancell'd and re-settled upon its first footing and after it has been thus re-settled shall remain in the perpetual possession of his Imperial Majesty as his Property or Fief Laws General or Special known or unknown made publickly or privately by what Person whatsoever all Edicts Priviledges Dispensations Concessions Donations Investitures Declarations Mandats Prohibitions Registers Incorporations Unions Re-unions Confiscations Arrests Decisions Decrees Sentences Homages Contracts Transactions though ratified by the Oaths and other Pretensions of his most Christian Majesty the Royal Family and Kingdom of France or of his Feudatories and Subjects or the Oppositions of any Courts Councils Chambers or States either National or Provincial and all other Pretences whatsoever past present or to come to the contrary notwithstanding the which Laws c. are cancell'd and abolish'd as far as they respect the present Case notwithstanding likewise all that may be ever surmis'd alledg'd or imagin'd to the contrary and notwithstanding all other Reasons whatever which may seem to deserve a more special and particular mention and to intimate that this present Cancelling and Annulling is void and of no effect 2. For the farther illustrating the foregoing Article and to cut off all occasion of future Debates without mentioning the Reference to be made to Commissioners Umpires and their Decisions it is farther agreed That his most Christian Majesty and the Kingdom of France shall rest satisfied with what has been granted to them by the Peace of Munster in Westphalia namely with the Jurisdictions of the three ancient Bishopricks of Metz Toul and Verdun as far as they had regard to them at the time of the said Peace and likewise with the Rights and Priviledges of Suntgau the Landgravate of Alsace and of the Provincial Government in the same manner as they were formerly possessed by the most Serene House of Austria and which are not to be alter'd upon the Account of any Compensation to be made for Damages done or for the sake of making the Peace more firm and lasting and that they shall not pretend demand or exact from any State Vassal or Subject of the Empire any Oath Obligation or Dependence except within the Jurisdictions of the said three Bishopricks as far as they concern'd them at the time of the said Peace or except within the said Rights possessed by the House of Austria and which are not at present alter'd
under any Pretence Reason or Matter of Fact or Right whatever The state of the Case as to the Surrendring up of the Rights of the House of Austria being the same now as formerly except only the Manner of Possession forasmuch as what the most Serene House of Austria has receiv'd in Fief from the Empire and held under its Jurisdiction shall be held and possess'd with the Right of Soveraignty by the Kingdom of France and after the same manner as what belongs to the said three Bishopricks within their Jurisdictions is therein included and comprehended And by Consequence all those in general which are reckon'd and are of Right the States Vassals and Subjects of the Empire whether such as are more particularly mention'd in the Treaty of the Peace of Munster or in the Treaty of Execution made at Nuremberg or in the Treaty of Nimeguen all which are supposed to be repeated here or such as were therein omitted of what degree or place soever they be shall from henceforward be ever exempted free from all Obligation Tye or Trouble that may thence ensue towards his most Christian Majesty and the Kingdom of France Article VI. Though the City of Strasburgh was put into the Hands of his most Christian Majesty by a particular and voluntary Agreement and has been since possessed and fortified by the Arms of his said Majesty even after the Treaty of Nimeguen which his Majesty is willing to observe in all its Particulars he consents to withdraw his Forces out of the said City on Condition the Fortifications made by his Orders as well about the said City as the Citadel be first demolish'd the Fort of Kell and other Forts of the Isles of the Rhine and of the said City of Strasburgh remaining for its Fortification in the same Condition it was in before it was possessed by his Majesty and the City restor'd to all its Rights and Priviledges of an Imperial City And because the demolishing the said Fortifications requires the Space of about Eight or Ten Months his Majesty Promises to do it with all possible Diligence and likewise Consents that the Emperor may have a Commissary at Strasbourgh to be an Eye-witness till the said Demolishment be entirely finish'd His Majesty shall keep in the City Citadel and Fort of Strasbourgh a sufficient Garrison to carry on the Work To this Part of the Sixth Article is annexed a Collateral Corolorary which is as follows Whereas the City of Strasbourgh was put into the Hands of his most Christian Majesty in the Year 1681. and continued in his Possession till the Expiration of the Truce in 1684. The Emperor and his most Christian Majesty for the mutual Benefit of the Frontiers of their States are agreed with respect to that Place as follows That the Emperor for himself his Successors and for the Empire shall renounce all Rights of Soveraignty over the City of Strasbourgh shall for ever grant for himself his Successors and for the Empire to the King and Crown of France the said City of Strasburgh with all its Appurtenances and Dependencies to be injoy'd by the King and the Crown with all Right of Property and Soveraignty so as never to be molested therein for any Cause or upon any Occasion whatever In Exchange his Most Christian Majesty shall Surrender to his Imperial Majesty the City and Castle of Friburgh in the State they are in at present together with the Villages of Heu Metshausen and Kirkzand with all and such Rights of Sovereignty and Property as were surrendered to him by his Most Christian Majesty by the Fifth Article of the Treaty of Nimeguen Moreover his Majesty is willing to deliver up to the Emperor the City of Brisac seated on the other side the Rhine in the same Condition wherein it is at present with all its Dependencies except some Villages in Brisgau which are on this side the Rhine And that the Rhine may be the constant Barrier between this Place and his Majesty's Territories it is agreed That the new City of Brisac and the Fort in the Island as also the Bridge shall be utterly demolished never to be raised or re-built again But that the Fort called the Mortar seated on this side the Rhine shall remain in the Possession of his most Christian Majesty His Majesty also Promises to raze the Fortifications that have been made at Hunninghen beyond the Rhine as also the Horn-Work of the Island and to demolish the Bridge of that Place which is upon the Rhine He likewise agrees to restore to the Emperor and Empire the Fort of Kell seated at the End of Strasburgh-Bridge and to raze those of the City the Islands and the Rhine reserving only to himself the City and Citadel of Strasbourgh and the Redoubt on this side the Rhine He will also cause to be demolish'd the Horn-work of the Marquisate and Fort Lewis upon the Rhine and all the Works on the other side that River together with part of that Bridge which has Communication with the Fort of that Horn-work He also engages to restore to the Emperor the City of Philipsbourgh which has been possessed by his Forces during this War But to the end that the Frontiers of France and the Empire may be absolutely bounded by the Rhine the Bridge of Philipsburgh and the Fort at the End of the said Bridge on this side the Rhine shall be demolish'd Whereas the Treaty of Nimeguen has regulated the Conditions upon which the King is to restore Lorrain to the deceased Duke of that Name And whereas the Duke his Son supported by the Recommendation of the Emperor has desired his Majesty to grant him new and more favourable Conditions his most Christian Majesty in Consideration of the Emperor's Recommendation and inclin'd thereto by the Good Will and Affection which he bears to the Duke of Lorain is willing to relinquish the Conditions which were granted him by the Treaty of Nimeguen and to re-enstate the Duke of Lorain in possession of his Territories such as his Uncle Duke Charles possess'd in the year 1670. in manner following To this effect his Majesty will restore to him the Old and New Town of Nancy upon Condition that the Fortifications of the New Town shall be entirely demolish'd and never rais'd again for the future that the Bastions and Curtains of the City shall remain untouch'd but the Outworks and Half-moons shall be raz'd that the Gates of the New Town shall stand and that the Duke of Lorrain shall be permitted to enclose the said New Town with a dry Wall not Terrass'd and without a Flank that the Roads which had been granted by the said Treaty and which were to remain in the Sovereignty of his most Christian Majesty to facilitate the Passage of his Troops from S. Dizier to Nancy from Nancy to Alsace from Nancy to Petzon and from Nancy to Metz shall be restored to the Soveraignty and Property of the Duke of Lorrain His Majesty desisting from all the Rights
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
Most-Excellent and Mighty Prince Charles XI by the Grace of God King of Sueden Goths and Vandals but a sudden Death having frustrated the Hopes which all Europe had justly entertained of the happy Effect of his Counsels and good Offices their said Majesties still persisting in the Resolution to put a Stop assoon as possible to the Effusion of so much Christian Blood have thought they could not do better than to acknowledge in the same Quality the Most-High Most-Excellent and Mighty Prince Charles XII King of Sueden his Son and Successor who on his Part has also continued the same Endeavours to further the Peace betwixt their Catholick and Most Christian Majesties in the Conferences held for that purpose in the Royal Palace at Ryswick in Holland betwixt the Extraordinary Ambassadors and Plenipotentiaries named on both sides to wit by his Catholick Majesty Don Francisco Bernardo de Quiros Knight of the Order of St. James one of the Members of the King 's Royal and Supream Council of Castille and the Sieur Lewis Alexander de Scockart Count of Tirimont Baron of Gaesbeke one of the supream Council of State of the Netherlands in Madrid and of that of State and Privy Council in the same Countries And by his most Christian Majesty the Sieur Nicolas Augustus de Harlay Knight Lord of Bonneuil Count of Cely Counsellor in ordinary to his Majesty in his Council of State the Sieur Lewis Verjus Knight Count of Crecy Counsellor in ordinary to his Majesty in his Council of State Marquis of Treon Baron of Couvay Lord of Boulay the two Churches Fort-Isle Menillet and other Places and the Sieur Francis Callieres Kt. Lord of Callieres of Rochechellay and Gigny who having first implored the Divine Assistance and communicated to each other their respective Full Powers the Copies of which shall be inserted Word for Word at the end of the present Treaty and duly exchanged the same by the Intervention and Mediation of the Baron of Lillieroot Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of his Majesty the King of Sueden who has discharged the Function of a Mediator with all the necessary Prudence Capacity and Equity they have agreed to the Glory of God and the Good of Christendom upon the following Conditions I. IT is agreed That for the future there be a good firm and lasting Peace and a perpetual Confederacy Alliance and Friendship between the Catholick and most Christian Kings their Children born or that shall be born their Kingdoms States Lands and Subjects that they shall love one another like good Brothers and that the one as far as in him lies shall promote the Interest Honour and Reputation of the other carefully and sincerely avoiding whatever may cause any Damage to each other II. That upon Account of this Peace and good Union all Hostilities shall cease betwixt the said Lords Kings their Subjects and Vassals as well by Sea and on fresh Waters as by Land and generally in all Places where War is made by their Majesties Arms both betwixt their Armies and the Garisons of their Places And if contrary to this Article any Place or Places should be taken either by Attack Surprize or Intelligence Prisoners made or any other Hostilities committed through Inadvertency or otherwise Reparation shall be made on both Sides with Honesty by restoring without any Diminution what shall have been taken and setting Prisoners at liberty without Ransom or Payment of Expences III. All Enmities and Causes of Misunderstanding shall be extinguished and abolished for ever There shall be on both Sides a perpetual Oblivion of the Injuries done or Damages suffered during this War or on Account of the same so that no Person shall hereafter be called to Account or be obliged to make any Restitution upon any Pretence whatsoever directly or indirectly by way of Justice or otherwise and their said Majesties their Subjects Servants or Adherents shall never shew a Resentment or demand any Reparation for the same IV. The Towns and Places of Gironne Roses and Belver shall be restored and left in the Possession Dominion and Sovereignty of his Catholick Majesty in the same Condition they were in when taken with the Artillery that was found in them at the same time and in general all other Towns Places Forts and Chastelenies whatsoever that have been possessed during this War by the Arms of his most Christian Majesty and since the Treaty of Nimeguen in the Principality of Catalonia or elsewhere in Spain their Appurtenances and Dependencies shall be restored in the Condition they are now in without any Reservation Diminution or Deterioration whatsoever Likewise shall be restored to the Power Dominion and Sovereignty of his Catholick Majesty the City of Barcelona the Fort and Fortifications belonging to it with all the Artillery in the Condition wherein they were found on the Day the same was taken with all its Appurtenances and Dependencies V. The Town and Fortress of Luxemburg in the Condition it is now in without demolishing altering diminishing weakening or deteriorating any of its Works Forts and Fortifications with the Artillery that was found in it when taken Together with the Province and Dutchy of Luxemburg and County of Chiny in all their Consistencies and all the Appurtenances and Dependencies belonging to them shall be faithfully resigned and restored to the Power Sovereignty Dominion and Possession of the Catholick King to be by the said Lord the Catholick King enjoyed as he has done or may have done at the time of and before the Treaty of Nimeguen without any with-holding or reservation except what has been yielded to his most Christian Majesty by the preceding Treaties of Peace VI. The Fortress of Charleroy shall likewise be restored to the Power and under the Sovereignty of His Catholick Majesty with its Dependencies in the Condition it is in at present without Breaking Demolishing Weakening or Deteriorating any thing in it together with the Artillery therein found when taken VII There shall also be restored to the Sovereignty Dominion and Possession of His Catholick Majesty the City of Mons Capital of the Province of Hainault with its Works and Fortifications in the same Condition they are in at present without Breaking Demolishing Weakening or Deteriorating any thing in them together with the Artillery found in it when taken and the Precincts Provostship Appurtenances and Dependencies to the said City belonging in all its Consistency and in the same manner as the Catholick King enjoyed it or may have enjoyed it at the time of and before the said Treaty of Nimeguen As well as the City of At h in the Condition it was in when last taken without Breaking Demolishing Weakening or Deteriorating any thing in its Fortifications with the Artillery therein found on the same Day together with the Precincts Chastelenies Appurtenances and Dependencies of the said City as they were yielded by the Treaty of Nimeguen except the places next following viz. the Burrough of Anthoin Vaux Guavrian Ramecroix Bethome Constantin the
either by Course of Law or otherwise within the Empire the Kingdoms and Territories of his most Christian Majesty his Catholick Majesty nor the States General and Allies notwithstanding all Agreements which may formerly have been concluded upon to the contrary But all Injuries Violences Hostilities Damages and Expences without any Distinction of Things or Persons which may have been caus'd on either side whether by Words Writings or Deeds shall be entirely Cancell'd so that whatever may be pretended under this Colour by one against the other shall be buried in an Eternal Oblivion Answer to Article I. When this Article was last debated the Imperial Ambassadors urg'd and the French agreed that the Empire and Emperor should not be separated but be joyn'd together according to ancient Custom and as it was observ'd in the Treaty of the Twenty years Truce made at Ratisbonne That it was requisite not only to express what might conduce to the preserving the Peace in order to observe it but likewise to take notice of what might obstruct or destroy it in order to avoid it That lastly It would be no difficult matter to adjust a general Amnesty when once an Agreement was made about the Reparation of the Losses sustain'd and the Charges they had been put to adding withal a necessary Limitation with respect to Ecclesiastical Benefices to be hereafter mention'd From these Proposals two Arcicles do Arise I. There shall be a Christian Universal and Perpetual Peace and a true Amity between his Sacred Imperial Majesty and his Successors the whole Roman Empire the Kingdoms and Hereditary Dominions his Vassals and Subjects and all his Allies on the one part and his Sacred Majesty the most Christian King and his Successors his Kingdom and the Subjects of France on the other part That this Peace shall be maintain'd and preserv'd with that Sincerity that neither Party shall attempt any thing to the ruin or prejudice of the other under what pretence soever nor directly or indirectly aid or assist any Person or Persons who shall or may endeavour any thing to the prejudice of either Party That neither Party shall receive protect or abet the Rebellious and Refractory Subjects of the other Party but both shall promote and advance the Welfare Honour and Interest of each other all Promises Contracts and Alliances made or to be made to the contrary notwithstanding all which are null'd and made void by these Presents Always provided that the Amnesty granted by this Peace and contain'd in the following Articles shall remain in full force and not be diminished in the least by this Article 2. There shall be a perpetual Amnesty and Oblivion of all Acts of Hostility on either side in what place and after what manner soever committed so that neither upon this Account nor for any other Reason or Pretence whatsoever the one shall not raise or cause to be raised directly or indirectly any Enmity or Disturbance against the other under Colour of Justice or by Matter of Fact But on the contrary All and singular the Injuries and Violences offer'd by Words Writings or Deeds shall be absolutely cancell'd without respect to either Persons or Things against whom they may have been committed so that all Pretences of either Party upon this Account shall be buried in an Eternal Oblivion Provided always that Satisfaction be made for the Losses and Charges herein after to be mention'd The Benefit of which Amnesty all and singular the Vassals and Subjects of both Parties shall enjoy so that no Person shall be prejudiced or molested for having adhered to either Party but may be restor'd fully to all the Estates and Dignities which he was in possession of immediately before the beginning of the War Provided always and Excepted whatever shall be resolved in the following Articles upon the Account of Ecclesiastical Benefices Chattels and Fruits Article II. Forasmuch as the Treaties of Munster and Nimeguen ought to be the Basis and Foundation of the present Treaty and just as they are joyn'd to each other by that of Nimeguen so that this latter may be said to contain both The foresaid Treaty of Nimeguen shall have the same force here as if inserted word for word and executed in all its Points and Articles unless it be otherwise expresly provided Answer to Article II. It is very true if things be duly consider'd that the Treaty of Westphalia and that of Nimeguen may and ought to be reckon'd one and the same since the former is so ratified and confirm'd by the latter as if the Instrument of the Westphalian Treaty were inserted word for word in the Treaty of Nimiguen unless in such cases wherein the former was abrogated by the latter so that in effect by promising to renew the one it was likewise promised to renew the other However because in reality they were two distinct Treaties of Peace made at several Times and in several Places carried on by different Ministers for several particular Reasons and drawn up in different Forms It is likewise requisite that in settling the Foot of this present Peace which is the Subject Matter of this Article a particular mention should be made of both Treaties since there are real Differences in the Second Treaty from what his Excellency Monsieur Cailliere agreed to in the Preliminaries which were exhibited on the Tenth of February last Article III. Whereupon there shall be an entire Oblivion of all that has pass'd during the present War and all Things shall be remitted on either side in the same State wherein they were by the foresaid Treaty Article IV. To this purpose whereas divers Re-unions of several Territories situated in the Empire have been made by the Chambers of Metz and Bezancon and the Soveraign Council of Brisac since the said Treaty of Nimeguen of which his most Christian Majesty has been put into Possession his said Majesty does covenant that they shall be entirely revok'd without regarding the Sentences which have been pass'd by the foresaid Chambers and Council and Things shall be restor'd in the same State and Condition wherein they were before the said Sentences and Re-union and as they were at the Time of the Treaty of Nimiguen Article V. His most Christian Majesty promises upon Honour to withdraw his Forces from all the Countries and Places they have been possess'd of in the Empire during the present War Answer to Article III IV V. The former part of the Third Article has been already discussed in the Second What follows is part of the Restitution to be made by the ensuing Peace In consequence whereof all Decrees of Union and Re-union are to be Cancell'd and Abolish'd some of which have been printed at Paris Cum Privilegio and consequently by the King's Authority among the rest Two whose Titles run thus A Decree of the Soveraign Council of Alsace sitting at Brisac importing that the King shall be put into Possession of the Soveraignty of the Lower Alsace it bears date March 22. 1680. The
the Kingdoms Territories Dominions and Places belonging to each other of what Condition soever they be III. That all Offences Injuries Damages which the said King of Great Britain and His Subjects or the said most Christian King and His Subjects have suffered from each other during this War shall be forgotten so that neither on Account of them or for any other Cause or Pretence neither Party or the Subjects of either shall hereafter do cause or suffer to be done any Hostility Enmity Molestation or Hindrance to the other by himself or others Secretly or Openly Directly or Indirectly by Colour of Right or Way of Fact IV. And since the most Christian King was never more desirous of any thing than that the Peace be Firm and Inviolable the said King Promises and Agrees for Himself and His Successors That he will on no Account whatsoever disturb the said King of Great Britain in the free Possession of the Kingdoms Countries Lands or Dominions which He now Enjoys and therefore Engages His Honour upon the Faith and Word of a King that He will not Give or Afford any Assistance directly or indirectly to any Enemy or Enemies of the said King of Great Britain And that He will in no manner whatsoever favour the Conspiracies or Plots which any Rebels or ill disposed Persons may in any Place Excite or Contrive against the said King And for that End Promises and Engages That He will not Assist with Arms Ammunition Provisions Ships or Money or in any other way by Sea or Land any Person or Persons who shall hereafter under any pretence whatsoever Disturb or Molest the said King of Great Britain in the free and full Possession of His Kingdoms Countries Lands and Dominions The King of Great Britain likewise Promises and Engages for Himself and Successors Kings of Great Britain That He will Inviolably Do and Perform the same towards the said most Christian King His Kingdoms Countries Lands and Dominions V. That there be a free use of Navigation and Commerce between the Subjects of both the said Kings as was formerly in the time of Peace and before the Declaration of the late War so that every one of them may freely come into the Kingdoms Marts Ports and Rivers of either of the said Kings with their Merchandises and may there Continue and Trade without any Molestation and shall Use and Enjoy all Liberties Immunities and Priviledges Granted by Solemn Treaties and Antient Custom VI. That the Ordinary Administration of Justice shall be Restored and Set open throughout the Kingdoms and Dominions of both Kings so that it shall be Free for all the Subjects of Either to Claim and Obtain their Rights Pretensions and Actions according to the Laws Constitutions and Statutes of each Kingdom VII The most Christian King shall Restore to the said King of Great Britain all Countries Islands Forts and Colonies wheresoever situated which the English did Possess before the Declaration of this present War And in like manner the King of Great Britain shall Restore to the most Christian King all Countries Islands Forts and Colonies wheresoever situated which the French did Possess before the said Declaration of War And this Restitution shall be made on both Sides within the Space of Six Months or sooner if it can be done And to that end immediately after the Ratification of this Treaty each of the said Kings shall Deliver or cause to be Delivered to the other or to Commissioners Authorized in His Name for that Purpose all Acts of Concession Instruments and necessary Orders duly Made and in proper Form so that they may have their Effect VIII Commissioners shall be appointed on both sides to Examine and Determine the Rights and Pretensions which either of the said Kings hath to the Places Situated in Hudsons-Bay But the Possession of those Places which were taken by the French during the Peace that preceded this present War and were retaken by the English during this War shall be left to the French by virtue of the foregoing Article The Capitulation made by the English on the Fifth of September 1696. shall be Observed according to its Form and Tenor The Merchandises therein mentioned shall be Restored The Governour of the Fort taken there shall be set at Liberty if it be not already done The differences arisen concerning the Execution of the said Capitulation and the Value of the Goods there lost shall be Adjudged and Determined by the said Commissioners who immediately after the Ratification of the present Treaty shall be Invested with sufficient Authority for settling the Limits and Confines-of the Lands to be restored on either side by virtue of the foregoing Article and likewise for exchanging of Lands as may conduce to the mutual Interest and Advantage of both Kings And to this end the Commissioners so appointed shall within the space of Three Months from the time of the Ratification of the present Treaty meet in the City of London and within Six Months to be reckoned from their First Meeting shall Determine all Differences and Disputes which may arise concerning this matter After which the Articles the said Commissioners shall Agree to shall be Ratified by both Kings and shall have the same Force and Vigour as if they were inserted Word for Word in the present Treaty IX All Letters as well of Reprisal as of Marque and Counter-Marque which hitherto have for any cause been Granted on either side shall be and remain Null and Void Nor shall any the like Letters be hereafter Granted by either of the said Kings against the Subjects of the Other unless it be first made manifest that Right hath been denied and it shall not be taken for a denial of Right unless the Petition of the Person who desires Letters of Reprisal to be Granted to him be first shewn to the Minister residing there on the part of the King against whose Subjects those Letters are desired That within the space of Four Months or sooner he may inquire into the contrary or procure that satisfaction be made with all speed from the Party offending to the Complainant But if the King against whose Subjects Reprisals are demanded have no Minister residing there Letters of Reprisal shall not be Granted till after the space of Four Months to be Reckoned from the day on which his Petition was made and presented to the King against whose Subjects Reprisals are desired or to his Privy Council X. For cutting off all Matter of Dispute and Contention which may arise concerning the Restitution of Ships Merchandises and other Moveable Goods which either Party may complain to be taken and detained from the other in Countries and on Coasts far distant after the Peace is concluded and before it be notified there All Ships Merchandises and other Moveable Goods which shall be taken by either side after the Signing and Publication of the present Treaty within the space of Twelve Days in the British and North Seas as far as the Cape
City of Delft or elsewhere where they shall be actually either directly or through the Mediation of Ambassadors Receiv'd and Accepted for that purpose the Ambassadors Plenipotentiaries and Ministers of Our Dearest and Welbeloved Brother the King of Great Britain and his Allies each being provided with Power sufficient to Treat of and Determine the several Differences which have occasion'd this War Our said Plenipotentiaries have also Power either all Three together or Two of them in case of Absence Sickness or any other Impediment or One if the other Two be not able to be Present to Agree upon Conclude and Sign a Firm and Lasting Peace and generally to Do Negotiate Promise and Grant whatever they shall think Necessary to Effect so good a Work with the same Authority that We Our selves could Act if We were present at the said Conferences in Person although there had been something which was not Contain'd in these Presents which Required a more especial Authority Hereupon We Promise on the Faith and Word of a King to Keep inviolably and to Confirm whatever the said Sieurs de Harlay de Crecy and de Caillieres or Two of them in Case of the Absence of the other on Account of Sickness or any other Impediment or of One only in Case of the Incapacity of the rest shall Stipulate Promise or Grant in Our Name And We likewise give Our Royal Word that We will Dispatch the Letters of Ratification in the Time Promis'd by Our said Ministers for such is Our Pleasure In Testimony whereof We have caus'd these Presents to be Seal'd with Our Seal Given at Fontainebleau the 26 of Septemb. in the Year of Our Lord 1697. and of Our Reign the Fifty fifth Lewis And upon the Fold By the King Colbert The Substance of the King of Great Britains Ratification of the Peace WIlliam III. by the Grace of God King of Great Britain France and Ireland Defender of the Faith c. To all Persons to whom these Presents shall come Greeting It having pleased the Divine Providence that after a War wherewith the greater part of Christendom was not long since Afflicted a true and sincere Peace should be Concluded by means of the Mediation of the most Serene and most Potent Prince Charles XI late King of Sueden and since his Death by that of the most Serene and most Potent Prince Charles XII his Son and Successor as likewise by the Conferences held at Our Palace at Ryswick in the Province of Holland between Our Ambassadors Extraordinary and Plenipotentiaries together with those of the Allies on one part and the Ambassadors Extraordinary and Plenipotentiaries of the most Serene and most Potent Prince Lewis XIV the most Christian King on the other part The Conditions whereof are these That there be an Vniversal Peace c. We after having Seen and Examined the said Treaty have Approved and Ratified all and every of the Articles and Clauses thereof as by these Presents We do Approve Ratifie and Declare them Valid against Us Our Heirs and Successors Promising and Obliging Our Selves upon the Word of a King to Fulfil and Observe Sincerely and Faithfully all Matters therein Contained And further to give the greater Credit and Force to this present Ratification We have caused it to be Sealed with the Great Seal of England Given at Our Palace at Loo in the Province of Guelderland the Twenty fifth of September in the Year of our Lord 1697. and in the Ninth of Our Reign Signed William Rex His Most Christian Majesties Ratification of the Peace LEwis by the Grace of God King of France and Navarre to all Persons to whom these Presents shall come Greeting Whereas Our Trusty and Welbeloved Councellor in Ordinary Nicolas Augustus de Harlay Knight Lord of Bonneuil and Count of Cely Our Trusty and Welbeloved Lewis Verjus Knight Count of Crecy Marquis of Freon Baron of Couvay Lord of Boulay the two Churches Fort-Isle and Menillet and Our Trusty and Welbeloved Francis de Caillieres Knight Lord of Rochechellay and Gigny Our Ambassadors and Plenipotentiaries by Virtue of full Powers granted them by Us have Concluded Agreed on and Signed a Peace on the 20 th of September last at Ryswick with Thomas Earl of Pembroke and Montgomery Baron Herbert and Cardiffe Keeper of the Privy Seal of England and Privy Councellor to Our Dearest and Welbeloved Brother the King of Great Britain and moreover one of the Lords Justices in the Kings Absence Edward Viscount Villers and Dartford Baron of Hoo Knight Marshal of England and one of the Justices of Ireland Robert Lord Lexington Baron of Averam and one of the Lords of the King of Great Britains Bed-Chamber and lastly Sir Joseph Williamson Knight one of His Britannick Majesties Privy Council and Keeper of the Records of Parliament Ambassadors Extraordinary and Plenipotentiaries of Our said Brother the King of Great Britain for that purpose The Particulars whereof follow Here were Incerted the Articles at length Now We being well pleased with the abovesaid Treaty in every Point and Article thereof have as well for Our Self as for Our Heirs Successors Kingdoms Countreys Lands Lordships and Subjects Accepted Approved Ratified and Confirmed and by these Presents do Accept Approve Ratifie and Confirm the same and moreover do Promise on the Faith and Word of a King and under the Obligation and Mortage of all and every Our Goods present and to come that We will Observe and Keep Inviolable the said Treaty nor will ever Act any thing to the contrary either Directly or Indirectly in what manner or kind soever In Testimony whereof We have Signed these Presents with Our Hand and Affixed Our Royal Seal Given at Fontainebleau the Third day of October in the Year of our Lord 1697. and of Our Reign the 55. Signed Lewis And lower By the King Colbert Sealed with the great Seal of Yellow Wax Articles of Peace betwixt His Catholick Majesty and the Most Christian King Concluded at the Royal Palace of Ryswick the 10 20th September 1697. IN the Name of God and the Most Holy Trinity Be it known to All both present and to come that during the Course of the most Bloody War that ever afflicted Europe for these many Years past it has pleased the Divine Providence to prepare the End of the Miseries of Christendom by preserving an ardent Desire for Peace in the Hearts of the Most-High Most-Excellent and Mighty Prince Charles II. by the Grace of God Catholick King of Spain c. and of the Most High Most-Excellent and Mighty Prince Lewis XIV by the Grace of God the Most Christian King of France and Navarre who wishing equally and concurring heartily to contribute as far as in them lies to the Restoration of the Tranquility of Europe and having no other Aim than to make the said Peace firm and lasting by the Equity of its Conditions Their said Majesties have consented and agreed in the first Place to own the Mediation of the Most-High
Count of Tirimont one of my Council in Flanders and of that of State and Privy Council in those Countries and the Ministers of the most Christian King my most Dear and most beloved Brother and Cousin with their respective Powers as it concerned every one of them upon a separate Article which shall be here inserted word for word and is as follows Here was inserted the separate Article And this Article having been perused and examined I have resolved to approve and ratifie it as by virtue of these Presents I do approve and ratifie the same in the best and most perfect form that I can And I promise upon the Faith and Word of a King fully and intirely to perform it according to the Contents of it to which purpose I have ordered these Presents Signed with my own Hands Sealed with my privy Seal and Counter-signed by my Secretary of State to be dispatched Given at Madrid the 8th of October 1697. Yo El Rey. Don Crispin Gonsales Botello Ratification of his Most Christian Majesty LEWIS by the Grace of God King of France and Navarre To all those to whom these Presents shall come Greeting Whereas our beloved and trusty Counsellor in Ordinary in our Council of State Nicolas Augustus de Harlay Knight Lord of Bonneuil Count of Cely our dear and well-beloved Lewis Verjus Knight Count of Crecy Marquis of Freon Baron of Couvay Lord of Boulay The two Churches Fort-Isle and Menillet and our dear and well-beloved Francis de Caillieres Knight Lord of Roche-Chellay and Gigny our Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary Ambassadors by Virtue of the full Powers we had given them have concluded agreed and signed on the 20th Day of September last past at Ryswick with Don Francisco Bernardo de Quiros Kt. of the Order of St. James Counsellor to our most dear and most beloved Brother the King of Spain in his Royal and Supream Council of Castille and Lewis Alexander de Schockart Count of Tirimont Baron of Gaesbeck one of the supream Council of State of the Low-Countries in Madrid and of that of State and Privy Council in the same Countries Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary Ambassadors of our said Brother the King of Spain having also their full Powers the Treaty of Peace the Tenor of which is as follows Here was inserted the Treaty of Peace We liking and approving the said Treaty in all and every one of the Points and Articles therein contained and expressed have accepted approved ratified and confirmed and we do accept approve ratifie and confirm the same as well for our Selves as for our Heirs Successors Kingdoms Countries Lands Lordships and Subjects all which we promise upon the Faith and Word of a King and under the Obligation and Mortgage of all and every one of our Estates present and to come inviolably to keep and observe and never to Act contrary to it directly or indirectly in any sort or manner whatsoever In Testimony whereof we have Signed these Presents with our own Hand and caused them to be Sealed with our Seal Given at Fontainebleau the 3d Day of October in the Year of our Lord 1697. and of our Reign the 55th Signed LEWIS By the King Colbert Ratification of the Separate Article by his Most Christian Majesty LEWIS by the Grace of God King of France and Navarre to all those to whom these Presents shall come Greeting Having perused and examined the Separate Article which our beloved and trusty Counsellors in Ordinary in our Council of State Nicolas Augustus de Harlay Knight Lord of Bonneuil Count of Cely our dear and well beloved Lewis Verjus Knight Count of Crecy Marquis of Freon Baron of Couvay Lord of Boulay The two Churches Fort-Isle and Menillet and our dear and well beloved Francis de Caillieres Knight Lord of Roche-Chellay and Gigny our Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary Ambassadors by Virtue of the full Powers we had given them have concluded agreed and signed on the 20th Day of September last past at Ryswick with Don Francisco Bernardo de Quiros Knight of the Order of St. James Counsellor to our most dear and most beloved Brother the King of Spain in his Royal and Supream Council of Castille and Lewis Alexander de Schockart Count of Tirimont Baron of Gaesbeck one of the supream Council of State of the Low-Countries in Madrid of that of State and Privy Council in the same Countries Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary Ambassadors of our said Brother the King of Spain having also their full Powers The Tenor of which Article is as follows Here was inserted the Separate Article We liking and approving the said Separate Article in all its Contents have allowed approved and ratified and we do allow approve and ratifie the same by these Presents Signed with our own Hand And we promise upon the Faith and Word of a King to perform and observe it and cause it to be observed really and sincerely and never to suffer any thing to it contrary to be done directly or indirectly upon any Cause or Account whatsoever In Testimony whereof We have Signed these Presents and caused them to be Sealed with our Seal Given at Fontainebleau the 3d Day of October in the Year of our Lord 1697. and of our Reign the 55th LEWIS By the King Colbert A List and Declaration of the Re-unions made by his Most Christian Majesty in the Provinces of His Catholick Majesty in the Low-Countries since the Treaty of Nimeguen Province of Luxemburgh FRANCE has possess'd it self of the Capital City of that Name and of 35 Villages and Hamlets called Villages of the Provost As also of the Provostship of Luxemburgh consisting in three Bans of Justice to wit Kundzigh or Clemenci Putlange and Pettinguen Of three Land-mayories which are Bettembourg Santweiler and Reeklen And three Mayories Steinsel Lingtgen Schiteringen consisting together in 71 either Villages or Hamlets Of the Castle Burrough and Lordship of Rodenmacheren together with 25 Villages depending upon them Of the Castle and Lordship of Hesperange with Four Villages Of Raville and its Dependencies which consist in 17 Villages Of the Castle and County of Russy which contains Eleven Villages Of the Lordship of Russy with Five Villages Of the Castle and Ban of Justice of Putlange consisting in 15 Villages Of the Castle and Lordship of Preisch containing Two Villages Of the Castle of Agimont with it 's two Burroughs of Givet and the Hamlets depending on the same Of the Lordship of Vilreux Walrand Of the Lands and Lordships of the County of Rochefort with Four Villages Of the Castle and Provostship Dorcymont containing Vienne and 20 other Villages and 10 Lordships inclosed in them Of the Lordships of Chasse-Pierre Riviere Fontenoylle Saint Cecil Lesche-les-Manile Lugnon le Bertrisse Ban of Orio Marpon Dochamps Herbeumont the Ban of Butailles the Ban of Musson Of the County of Montaign with 13 Villages and Hamlets Of Cheflieu and Provostship of St. Marde with 16 Villages Of the Castle and Lordship of Lathour Montquintin la
and do give them full Power Commission and special Command to go and repair to the said City of Delft in Quality of our Plenipotentiaries and Extraordinary Ambassadors for the Peace and there to confer either directly or through the interposition of the Ambassadors Mediators respectively received and approved with all the Ambassadors Plenipotentiaries and Ministers as well of our most dear and most beloved Brother the Emperor of the Romans as of our most dear and most beloved Brother and Cousin the Catholick King as also of our most dear and great Friends the States General of the United Provinces of the Low-Countries and of all other Princes their Allies being all provided with sufficient Powers And there to Treat of Means to adjust and pacify those Differences which are at present the occasion of the War and our said Plenipotentiaries all Three together or Two of them in case the other be absent through Sickness or any other hindrance or One of them the other Two being absent in the like Case of Sickness or through any other hindrance shall have Power to agree upon the said Means and accordingly conclude and Sign a good and firm Peace and in general to do negotiate promise and grant all that they shall think necessary for the said Work of the Peace with the same Authority as we should and could do our selves if we were there in Person altho' there may be something that should require a more special Command not contained in these Presents and we do promise upon the Faith and Word of a King to hold good and perform whatever by the said de Harlay de Crecy and Caillieres or by Two of them in case the other be absent through Sickness or other hindrance shall have been stipulated promised and granted and for that purpose to cause our Letters of Ratification to be dispatched within the time that they shall promise in our Name to exhibit and deliver them in for such is our Will and Pleasure in Testimony whereof we have caused these Presents to be Sealed with our Seal Given at Versailles the 25th of February 1697. in the Year of our Reign 54th Signed LEWIS And on the Fold By the King COLBERT And sealed with the Great Seal in Yellow Wax Treaty of Peace Made Concluded and Agreed at Ryswick in Holland the 10 20th of September 1697. Between the Ambassadors and Plenipotentiaries of his Most Christian Majesty on one Part and the Ambassadors and Plenipotentiaries of Their Lordships the States-General of the Vnited Provinces of the Low-Countries on the other Part. IN the Name of God and the Most Holy Trinity Be it known to All both present and to come that during the Course of the most Bloody War that ever afflicted Europe for these many Years past it has pleased the Divine Providence to prepare the End of the Miseries of Europe by preserving an ardent Desire for Peace in the Heart of the Most High Most-Excellent and Mighty Prince Lewis XIV by the Grace of God the Most Christian King of France and Navarre and his Most Christian Majesty having no other Aim or Prospect than to make it firm and perpetual by the Equity of its Conditions and their Lordships the States-General of the United Provinces of the Low-Countries being desirous to concur sincerely and as far as in them lies to the Restoration of the publick Tranquility and to return to the antient Friendship and Affection of his Most Christian Majesty they have first consented and agreed to own for that purpose the Mediation of the Most High Most Excellent and Mighty Prince Charles XI of Glorious Memory by the Grace of God King of Sueden Goths and Vandals but a sudden Death having frustrated the Hopes which all Europe had justly entertained of his Councils and good Offices his Most Christian Majesty and the said Lords the States-General still persisting in the Resolution to put a stop assoon as possible to the Effusion of so much Christian Blood have thought they could not do better than to acknowledge in the same quality the Most High Most Excellent and Mighty Prince Charles XII King of Sueden his Son and Successor who on his part has continued the same Endeavours to further the Peace betwixt his Most Christian Majesty and the said Lords the States-General in the Conferences held for that purpose in the Royal Palace of Ryswick in the Province of Holland betwixt the Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary Ambassadors named on both Sides To wit by his Most Christian Majesty Nicolas Augustus de Harlay Knight Lord of Bonneuil Count of Cely Counsellor in Ordinary to His Majesty in his Council of State Lewis Verjus Knight Count of Crecy Counsellor in Ordinary to His Majesty in his Council of State Marquis of Treon Baron of Couvay Lord of Boulay the Two Churches Fort Isle Menillet and other places and Francis de Caillieres Knight Lord of Caillieres Roche-chellay and Gigny and by the said Lords the States-General Anthony Heinsius Counsellor Pensionary of the States of Holland and West-Friesland Keeper of the Great Seal and Super-intendant of the Fiefs of the same Province Everhard de Weede Lord of Weede Dyckvelt Rareles and other places Lord of the Mannor of the Town of Oudewater Dean and Rector of the Imperial Chapter of St. Mary in Vtrecht President of the States of the said Province and William de Haren Grietman of Bilt Deputy from the Nobility to the States of Friesland and Curator of the University of Franeker Deputies in their Assembly from the States of Holland Vtrecht and Friesland who having first implored the Divine Assistance and Communicated to each other their respective Full-Powers the Copies of which shall be inserted Word for Word at the end of this Treaty and duly exchanged the same by the Intervention and Mediation of the Baron of Lillieroot Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the King of Sueden who has discharged the Function of a Mediator with all the necessary Prudence Capacity and Equity they have agreed to the Glory of God and for the good of Christendom upon the following Conditions I. THere shall- be for the future betwixt his Most Christian Majesty and his Successors Kings of France and Navarre and his Kingdoms on one Part and their Lordships the States-General of the United Provinces of the Low Countries on the other Part a good firm sincere and inviolable Peace and upon account of the same all Hostilities of what kind soever they be shall cease and be left off between the said Lord King and the said Lords the States-General as well by Land as by Sea and on fresh Waters in all their Kingdoms Countries Lands Provinces and Lordships and between all their Subjects and Inbitants of what Quality or Condition soever they be without any Exception of Places or Persons II. There shall be an Oblivion and general Amnesty of all that has been committed on both Sides on the occasion of the late War either by those who being born Subjects of
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
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