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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A27483	The acts and negotiations, together with the particular articles at large of the general peace, concluded at Ryswick, by the most illustrious confederates with the French king to which is premised, the negotiations and articles of the peace, concluded at Turin, between the same prince and the Duke of Savoy / translated from the original publish'd at the Hague.; Actes et mémoires des négociations de la paix de Ryswick. English. Selections.	Bernard, Jacques, 1658-1718.; France. Treaties, etc. Savoy (Duchy), 1696 Aug. 29.; England and Wales. Treaties, etc. France, 1697 Sept. 20.	1698 (1698)	Wing B1994; ESTC R10805	141,649	305

Envoys at the Courts of those Princes and receives and entertains at his own Court Envoys and Embassadors from them and that the King shall in no ways take ill his so doing comprehending under that Word Princes the Emperor Kings and Sovereign Powers of Europe V. His Majesty doth ingage and declare that the ordinary and extraordinary Embassadors of Savoy shall receive at the Court of France all the Honours without Exception and with all the Circumstances and Ceremonies that are paid to the Embassadors of Crowned Heads that is to say they shall be received as Embassadors from Kings and that his Majesty's ordinary as well as extraordinary Embassadors in all the Courts of Europe without Exception and even the King's Embassadors at Rome and Vienna shall likewise treat and use the said ordinary and extraordinary Embassadors and Envoys from Savoy as they do those from Kings and Crowned Heads But in regard that this Addition of Honour as to the Treatment of the Embassadors from Savoy has been never hitherto settled nor raised to that Degree that his Majesty doth now allow it His Royal Highness is sensible and doth acknowledge that it is in Consideration of this Treaty or Contract of Marriage of the Duke of Burgundy with the Princess his his Daughter and his Majesty doth promise that this Augmentation of Honour shall take Place from the Day that the aforesaid Treaty of Marriage is Signed VI. That the Trade between France and Italy shall be renewed and maintained in the same manner as it was settled before this War from the time of Charles Emanuel II. his Royal Highness's Father and the same shall be observed and practised in all Points and in all Places between the Kingdom and the several parts of his Majesty's Dominions and those of his Royal Highness's which was used and practised in all things in the Lifetime of the said Charles Emanuel II. on the Roads of Suza in Savoy and Pont Beauvoisin and Villefranche every one paying the Duties and Customs on both Sides the French Ships shall continue to pay the ancient Duties at Villefranche as it was wont to be paid in the time of the said Charles Emmanuel about which there shall be no Contest or Opposition made any more than used to be done in those Days The Couriers and ordinary Posts of France shall pass as formerly through his Royal Highness's Estates and Countries and according to the Regulations there they shall pay the Duties for the Merchandizes wherewith they shall be charged VII His Royal Highness shall cause an Edict to be published by which he shall upon the Penalty of severe corporal Punishments forbid the Inhabitants of the Vallies of Lucern called Vaudois to have any Communication in Matters of Religion with the King's Subjects and his Royal Highness shall ingage not to suffer at any time from the Date of this Treaty any of his Majesty's Subjects to make any Settlement in the Protestant Vallies under Colour of Religion of Marriage or for any other Pretence of Settlement Conveniency taking Possession of Inheritances or any other Pretence whatsoever and that no Protestant Minister shall come from thence into any of his Majesty's Dominions without incurring the severest of Corporal Punishments That however his Majesty shall take no Cognisance of his Royal Highness's Usage towards the Vaudois in regard of their Religion yet his Royal Highness shall be bound not to suffer the Exercise of the Reformed Religion in the City of Pignerol nor in the Territories that are restored to his Royal Highness in like manner as his Majesty neither doth nor will allow the exercise of it in his Kingdom VIII That there shall be on both sides a perpetual Act of Oblivion and Indemnity of all that has been done since the beginning of this War in what Place soever the Acts of Hostility have been committed That in this Act of Grace all those shall be comprehended who have served his Majesty in what Station soever although they were his Royal Highness's Subjects so that no Prosecution shall be made against them neither shall they be molested either in their Persons or Estates by Reprisals Executions or Judicial Processes or upon any pretext whatsoever and the King's Subjects that have served his Royal Highness shall be used in the like manner IX That Ecclesiastical Benefices in such parts of his Royal Highness's Country as hath been conquered by the King having been filled up by his Majesty from time to time as the same became vacant during the time that his Majesty possessed the said Countries it is agreed that the said Collation to Benefices shall be valid and the Persons who have been promoted by the King and invested by Authority of the Pope's Bulls shall remain in full Possession thereof But as to Promotions to the Livings belonging to the Military Order of St. Maurice or to Places of Judicature or Magistracy his Royal Highness shall have Liberty to alter the Nominations made by the King and all Grants made by his Royal Highness of Offices in the Law become vacant by the Person 's leaving them during the War shall remain good and valid X. As for Contributions that were imposed on the Lands of his Royal Highness's Dominions altho' they are lawfully imposed and are become due and that they amount to considerable Sums his Majesty does out of his Liberality fully discharge his Royal Highness of them so that from the Day of this Treaty's Ratification the King will not pretend to nor require any of the said Contributions leaving his Royal Highness in full Possession of his Revenues throughout his Dominions as well as in Savoy Nice about Pignerol and Suza his Royal Highness on the other side not demanding any Contributions of the King XI As to the Pretensions of the Dutchess of Nemours on his Royal Highness his Majesty leaves those Controversies to be determined among themselves by due Course of Law without concerning himself further therein XII That it shall be Lawful for his Royal Highness to send Intendants and Commissaries into Savoy the County of Nice the Marquisate of Susa and Barcellonet into Pignerol and its Dependencies in order to Regulate his Interests Rights and Revenues and to settle his Customs and Excises upon Salt and other things And the said Deputed Persons shall be admitted and authorised in their Offices immediately after the Ratification of this present Treaty after which the said Duties shall belong to his Royal Highness without Exception or Contradiction XIII That if the Neutrality for Italy be accepted or that a General Peace be Concluded as in such Cases a great many Troops would become altogether useless and Chargeable to his Royal Highness and that besides the excessive Charges requisite for the maintaining of them they commonly become an occasion of creating a mis-understanding among Princes when more Troops are kept on foot then are necessary in a State either for its own Conservation or for the maintaining of the Dignity of a Sovereign Prince his

at present Effectually and Faithfully as aforesaid all the Engagements he may have against France he hopes also that His Majesty will Correspond to it with all the kind Sentiments which his Royal Highness begs and desires and that having the Honour of being so nearly Related to the King and entring now in the splendor of a new Alliance His Majesty will grant and promise him his powerful Protection the return of which his Royal Highness requests of his Majesty and which His Majesty returns in its full Extent And because his Royal Highness is desirous to keep a perfect Neutrality with the Kings Princes and Potentates now his Allies His Majesty promises not to lay any Constraint on the desire his Royal Highness has of keeping with them all the outward Measures of Decency as it becomes a Sovereign Prince who has Ambassadors and Envoys at the Court of those Princes and receives and entertains at his own Court Ambassadors and Envoys of the same Princes without incurring his Majesties ill Will comprehending under the Word of Princes the Emperor Kings and Potentates of Europe V. His Majesty does promise and declare That the Ambassadors of the D. of Savoy both Ordinary and Extraordinary shall receive at the Court of France all the Honours without exception and in all the Circumstances which the Ambassadors of Crowned Heads receive that is such as are Ambassadors of Kings and that all ordinary and extraordinary Ambassadors of his Majesty in all the Courts of Europe without any Exception not even of that of Rome and Vienna shall also treat the said Ambassadors both Ordinary and Extraordinary and Envoys of Savoy in the same manner as those of Kings and Crowned Heads however because this addition of Honour in the Treatment of the Ambassadors of Savoy had never been settled to that height as His Majesty grants it his Royal Highness acknowledges that it is in consideration of the present Treaty and the Contract of Marriage of the Princess his Daughter and His Majesty promises that the said Addition shall take place from the Day on which the Contract of Marriage aforementioned is Signed VI. That the ordinary Commerce and Trade of Italy shall be set open kept up and entertained as it was settled before this War in the time of Charles Emmanuel II. Father to his Royal Highness and that all that was done observed and practised during the Life of the said Charles Emmanuel II. shall also be done observ'd and practised in all Points and Circumstances betwixt the Kingdom and all the Parts of his Majesties Dominions and those of his Royal Highness through the Way and Road of Suza Savoy le Ponte Beauvoisin and Villa Franca every one Paying the Duties and Customs on both Sides The French Ships shall continue to Pay the ancient Duty of Villa Franca as it was practised in the time of Charles Emmanuel without any opposition that might have been made at that Time The Couriers and ordinary Posts of France shall pass as before through the States of his Royal Highness and according to the Statutes shall pay the Duties due for the Goods they shall carry VII His Royal Highness shall cause an Edict to be Publish'd whereby under severe Penalties he shall Command the Inhabitants of the Valleys of Luserne called Vaudois not to entertain any Correspondence upon the Account of Religion with the King's Subjects And his Royal Highness shall oblige himself not to suffer from the Date of this Treaty any of His Majesties Subjects to settle in the Protestant Vallies under Colour of Religion Marriage or other reasons of Settlement as Conveniency Inheritance or any other Pretence nor any Protestant Minister to come within the extent of His Majesties Dominions without being severely punished by Corporal Punishment As for the rest His Majesty shall take no Cognizance how and in what manner his Royal Highness uses the Vaudois as to their Religion and his Royal Highness obliges himself not to suffer the Exercise of the pretended Reformed Religion in the Town of Pignerol and Territories Resigned as His Majesty neither suffers nor shall ever suffer it in his Kingdom VIII That there be on both Sides a perpetual Oblivion and Amnesty of all that has been done since the beginning of this War in what manner or in what place soever the Hostilities have been committed That in this Amnesty shall be comprehended all those that served His Majesty during the War in any Employment whatsoever altho' they be natural Subjects of his Royal Highness so that they shall not be called to account nor molested in their Persons or Estates either by way of Fact or of Justice or under any other Pretence whatsoever The same shall be observed with respect to the King's Subjects who have served his Royal Highness IX That the Ecclesiastical Benefices that have been Collated till this present time by the King in the Countries of his Royal Highness Conquered by His Majesty during the space of Time his said Majesty has enjoy'd them shall remain to those to whom the Collation was made by the King and the Pope's Bulls And that for what belongs to the Commanderies of St. Maurice Offices of Judicature and Magistracy his Royal Highness shall have no regard to the Nomination the King has made about them during the Possession of his Royal Highnesses Dominions And the Patents or Warrants granted by his Royal Highness for Offices of the Gown to those that have abandoned their Functions during the War shall remain in force X. That as for the Contributions laid upon the Countries in his Royal Highnesses Dominions altho' they be lawfully imposed and due and amount to very considerable Sums His Majesty as an affect of his Liberality does entirely remit them to his Royal Highness So that from the Day of the Ratification of the present Treaty His Majesty shall neither claim nor exact any of the said Contributions But shall leave his said Royal Highness to the free Enjoyment of all his Revenues in all his Dominions as also of Savoy Nice Precincts of Pignerol and Suza And reciprocally his Royal Highness shall exact no Contributions from the Subjects and Countries of the King's Dominions XI That for what concerns the Pretensions and Demands of the Dutchess of Nemours upon his Royal Highness His Majesty shall leave his said Royal Highness and the said Dutchess of Nemours to discuss and debate the said Pretensions by the ordinary ways of Justice without taking any Cognizance of them XII That it shall be lawful for his Royal Highness to send Intendants or Commissioners into Savoy County of Nice Marquisate of Suza and Barcelonette Pignerol and its Dependencies to regulate his Concerns Duties Revenues and settle his Customs and Impositions upon Salt and others and the said Deputies shall be received and authorized in their Functions after the Ratification of the present Treaty after which the said Duties shall belong to his Royal Highness without Exception or Contradiction XIII That if the Neutrality