by the full Performance of the faid Treaties of Peace, fpeedily enjoy perfect Tranquillity.

V. To facilitate the Establishment of that Tranquillity, his Moft Chriftian Majefty fhall, within the Term of the Two Months, withdraw the Troops and Officers he now has in Spain, and alfo thofe he has in the Kingdom of Sicily, as well as in the other Countries and Territories depending on the faid Monarchy, in Europe, and from the Indies, as foon as poffible; Promifing, on the Faith and Honour of a King, not to fend, hence-forward, to the Duke of Anjou (if he refufes to acquiefce with this) or to his Adherents, any Succour, whether of Troops, Artillery, Ammunition, or Money, directly, or indirectly.

VI. The Monarchy of Spain fhall remain entire in the House of Auftria, in the Manner above-mention'd. None of its Parts fhall ever be difmember'd; neither shall the faid Monarchy, in Whole, or in Part, be united to that of France; nor fhall one and the fame King, or a Prince of the House of France, ever become Sovereign thereof, in any Manner whatsoever, either by Will, Legacy, Succeffion, Marriage Compact, Donation, Sale, Contract, or any other Way whatever: No King who fhall reign in France, nor any Prince of the Houfe of France, fhall ever reign in Spain, or acquire within the Extent of the faid Monarchy, any Towns, Forts, Places or Countries in any Part of it, especially in the Netherlands, by virtue of any Donation, Sale, Exchange, Marriage-Compact, Inheritance, Legacy, Succeffion by a Will, or in Default of a Will, in whatever kind or manner foever, either for himfelf, or for the Princes, his Sons, or Brothers, or their Heirs or Defcendants.

VII. Particularly and efpecially, France hall never become poffefs'd of the Spanish Indies, nor fend Ships thither to exercife Comnierce, under any Pretext whatever.

VIII. His Moft Chriftian Majefty being willing to give fure Proofs of the Intention he has to maintain a firm and lafting Peace, and to put an end to all Umbrage of his Defigns, confents to deliver up to his imperial Majelty and the Empire, the City and Citadel of Strasburgh, in the Condition they

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are now in, with the Fort of Kehl, and its Dependencies and Appurtenances, fituate on either fide of the Rhine; without any demand of Coft or Expences, under what Pretext foever; with 100 Pieces of Brafs-Cannon, of different Sizes, that is to say, 50 Pieces, fome twenty four, fome twelve Pounders, and 50 Pieces, fome of eight, fome of four Pound Ball, and Ammunition in proportion; to be reestablish'd in the Rank, Prerogatives and Privileges of an Imperial City, which it enjoy'd before it came under the Dominion of his Moft Christian Majesty; which faid City of Strasburgh, and its Forts, fhall be deliver'd up and evacuated immediately after the Ratifications of the Emperor, and Empire, fhall be exchang'd at the Hague; and on the Appearance, at the Gates of the faid City and Forts of Strasburgh, of fome Perfon authoriz'd by a full Power from his Imperial Majefty, and the Empire, in the ufual Form, to take poffeffion of them.

IX. That the Town of Brifac, with its Territory, fhall be evacuated by his Moft Chriftian Majefty, and by him reftor'd to his Imperial Majesty, and the Houfe of Auftria; with all the Cannon, Artillery, and Stores of War that shall be found in it, by the end of June, at fartheft; to be henceforward enjoy'd by his Imperial Majefty, as his own Property, fo as his Imperial Majefty has enjoy'd, and ought to have enjoy'd it, in Execution of the Treaty of Peace concluded at Ryfwick; with the Cannon, Artillery, and Warlike-Stores now in it.

X. His Moft Chriftian Majefty fhall from henceforward poffefs Alface in the literal Senfe of the Treaty of Munster; fo that he fhall content himfelf with the Right of Prefecture over the Ten Imperial Towns of the faid Alface, yet without extending the faid Right to the prejudice of the Prerogatives and Rights belonging to them in common with other free Towns of the Empire; and he shall enjoy his faid Right, together with the Prerogatives, Revenues, and Demefnes in fuch Manner as his faid Majefty ought to have enjoy'd them from the Time of the Conclufion of the faid Treaty, putting the Fortifications of the faid Towns into the fame Condition they were in at that Time; excepting the Town of Landau, the Poffeffion and Property of

which shall belong for ever to his Imperial Majefty, and the Empire, with Power to demolish the faid Place, if the Emperor and Empire shall think fit.

XI. In Confequence of the faid Treaty of Munfter, his faid Moft Chriftian Majefty fhall, within the Time agreed, cause to be demolish'd, at his own Expence, the fortified Places he has at present on the Rhine, between Bafil and Philipsburgh, namely, Hunninghen, New Brifac, and Fort Louis, with all the Works belonging to the faid Fort, on each fide of the Rhine, fo that they may never be rebuilt hereafter.

XII. That the Town and Caftle of Rhynfels, with . their Dependencies, fhall be poffefs'd by the Land- . grave of Heffe-Caffel, till it fhall be agreed otherwife.

XIII. The Queen of Great-Britain, and the Lords, the States-General, affirming, That the Claufe inferted in the Fourth Article of the Treaty of Ryfwick, relating to Religion, is contrary to the Tenour of the Peace of Munster, and confequently ought to be repeal'd; 'tis thought fit, that this Affair fhall be referr'd to the Negotiation of the general Peace.

XIV. As to Great Britain, his Moft Coriftian Majefty fhall, from this Time, and in the Negotiation of the Treaties of Peace to be made, acknowledge the Queen of Great Britain in that Quality.

XV. His faid Majefty fhall also acknowledge the Succeffion of the Crown of Great Britain, in the Proteftant Line, as 'tis fettled by Acts of the Parliament of Great Britain.

XVI. The Most Christian King shall deliver up to the Crown of Great-Briiain,what France poffeffes in the Ifland of Newfoundland; and on the Part of the Queen of Great-Britain, as well as on the Part of his Moft Christian Majefty, all the Countries, Inlands, Forts and Colonies, which have been poffets'd by the Arms of either Side, during the prefent War, in what Part foever of the Indies fituate, fhall be mutually reftor❜d.

XVII. His faid Majefty promises to caufe all the Fortifications of the Town of Dunkirk, its Harbour and Rysbanks, with what belongs thereto, to be raz'd at his Expence, without Exception, fo that one half of the faid Fortifications fhall be raz'd, and one half of the Harbour fill'd up within the fpace of

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two Months, and the other half of the Fortifications fhall be raz'd, as well as the other half of the Harbour fill'd up in the space of two Months more, to the fatisfaction of the Queen of Great Britain, and of the Lords, the States-General of the United Provinces: Nor fhall it be permitted ever to rebuild the Fortifications, or make the Harbour navigable again, directly, or indirectly.

XVIII. The Perfon who pretends to be King of Great Britain, having defir'd to depart the Kingdom of France, to prevent the Demand which the Queen of Great Britain, and the British Nation have made, he shall retire into fuch Country, and in fuch Manner, as by the next enfuing Treaty of a general Peace, fhall be agreed, as to the Means of his retiring.

XIX. In the principal Negotiation of the Treaties to be made, care fhall be taken to fettle a Treaty of Commerce with Great-Britain.

XX. As to the King of Portugal, his Moft Chriftian Majefty fhall confent, that he shall enjoy all the Advantages ftipulated in his Favour, by the Treaties made between him and his Allies.

XXI. His Majefty fhall acknowledge the King of Pruffia in that Quality, and promife not to difturb him in the poffeffion of the Principality of Neufchatel, and of the County of Valengin.

XXII. And as to the Lords, the States-General, his Majefty fhall yield, and make over to them, in the most exprefs Terms, that fhall be judg'd proper, the Place of Furnes, with its Diftrict, (the Fort of Knocque being therein included) Menin, with its Verge, Ipres, with its Caftellany and Dependencies, which from hence-forward fhall be Baillen, or Belle, Warneton, Comines, Werwick, Poperingen, and what depends on the Places above-mention'd, (the Town and Caftellany of Caffel, remaining to his Moft Christian Majefty) Lille, with its Caftellany, (the Town and Government of Doway, to be excepted) Condé and Maubeuge, with all their Dependencies; the whole in fuch Condition as the faid Places are at prefent, and particularly with the Cannon, Artillery, and Stores of War therein; to ferve with the relt of the Spanish-Netherlands, for the Barrier of the faid Lords, the States-General, upon which they

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may agree with the faid King Charles, according to the Tenour of the Grand Alliance, as well with regard ro the Garrifons which the faid Lords, the States-General, fhall maintain therein, as to all other things in the Spanish-Netherlands, and particularly as to their having the Property and Sovereignty of the Upper-Quarter of Gelderland, according to the 52d Article of the Treaty of Munster, in the Year 1648, as from time to time they fhall think fit. But 'tis understood, that if there is a general Magazine in Tournay, the Quantity and Quality of the Artillery and Ammunition to be left in the faid Place, fhall be agreed.

XXIII. His Moft Chriftian Majefty fhall alfo deliver up all the Towns, Forts, and Places which he fhall have poffefs'd himself of in the Spanish-Netherlands, in the Condition they are now in, with their Cannon, Artillery, and Warlike-Stores. But 'tis understood, that if fince the Troops of the Moft Chriftian King enter'd Namur, any Magazin has been erected, or Stores of Artillery and Ammunion laid up, in that Town and Castle, more than for their defence, they fhall be remov'd by the Officers of his Moft Chriftian Majefty, in concert with thofe of the States-General, at the Time of the Evacuation, which fhall not, on this account, be retarded, but fhall be done within the Time that fhall be limited; the whole on this exprefs Condition, that the Roman Catholick Religion fhall be maintain'd in all the faid Places to be deliver'd up, and in their Dependencies, in the fame manner as 'tis now establish'd there; except, that the Garrisons of the States may exercife their own Religion, as well in the Places yielded and made over for enlarging the Barrier, as in the Places of the Spanish-Netherlands, that are to be reftor'd.

XXIV. And to the End that this Agreement may have its full Effect, his Moft Chriftian Majefty promifes not to caufe to be remov'd from this time, any Cannon, Artillery, or Ammunition, out of the Towns and Forts which are to be reftor'd and yielded up, by virtue of these Articles.

XXV. His Majefty fhall grant to the faid Lords, the States-General, in relation to their Commerce, what is ftipulated by the Treaty of Ryfwick, the

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