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.

His Electoral Highness the Duke of Bavaria's Answer, to his Royal High∣ness the Duke of Savoy's Letter.

I Shall always as largely Participate in the good and bad Fortune of your Royal Highnesses Person and Estate, as the Obligations of Consangui∣nity, and the particular Amity of your Royal Highness to me do justly Challenge. It would be therefore with an unspeakable Joy, that I should look on the Articles of an advantagious Peace proposed by France to your Royal Highness, if I could be convinced, That the Neutrality which is offered you, did truly tend to your Royal High∣nesses

greater good, or to the advantage of the common Cause of the Confederates. But because I do not question, but that such a Neutrality will be extreamly displeasing both to his Imperial, and to his Catholick Majesty; therefore in Answer to that Letter wherein your Royal Highness Com∣municated to me the Proffers that are made to you by France, your Royal Highness will give me leave to Exhort you to persevere in the League, and to continue the War with that Constancy, which has rendred your Name so glorious hitherto, and made your Conduct to be highly applauded. I cannot deny, but that (besides those other offers which France makes to your Royal Highness) the Resti∣tution of Pignerol, tho' Demolish'd, is an Article of great Consequence. But, considering the Magnanimity and Generosity of the Confederate Princes, the great Power of their Armies, and what I know of their Intentions, I think my self bound to promise your Royal Highness, that you shall at length, when the War is at an end, reap as great, nay far greater and more secure Advanta∣ges, not only as to Pignerol, but likewise toward••he raising of your Family to a higher Degree, and more agreeable to your Interest. All which I re∣••er to the mature Reflections your Royal High∣nesses great Prudence is capable of; being always ••eady, with inviolable Constancy, to render to your Royal Highness all possible Service.

From the Camp at Normont the 22 th of July, 1696, &c.