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 Royal Highness the Duke of Savoy's Letter, to his Serene Highness the Elector of Brandenburgh.

THE Singular Demonstrations of Friendship I have received of your Electoral Highness, (the acknowledgment whereof shall last to my Death) do engage me to Conceal nothing from you of what happens to me; so that I must by these Lines inform you, of the Offers which Ma∣reschal Catinat has made me, by Letters, which I have Communicated to the principal Heads of my Allies; those Proposals I send, hereunto an∣next, together with the Answer which I caused to be returned to them; and I Communicate the Copies of them to your Electoral Highness, with as much Confidence as I know I may put in the affection you bear me; to which, I on my part, will answer by all the Devoirs which may be most effectual to convince your Electoral Highness of my sincere and constant Love. You will see in the said Letters, that I am offered the Restitution of all that has been taken from me during this War; wherein no Body but my self has lost so much; That the important place of Pignerol, shall be sur∣rendred to me, tho' Demolish'd, with all the Ter∣ritories that depend on it, which heretofore be∣longed to my Ancestors; That a Marriage shall be agreed upon between the Princess my Daugh∣ter, and the Duke of Burgundy; that a Portion and a Dowry shall be given her, without any Expence to me; and all this on Condition I shall contri∣bute to a Neutrality in Italy, which is equally ad∣vantagious

to the House of Austria, especially that Pignerol be taken out of the French Hands; so that I hope your Electoral Highness will not condemn the Resolution I have taken, of not rejecting the aforesaid Offers, and not to put the Recovery of such an important place as Pignerol, to the uncer∣tain Contingency of Time, or to the mutability of Princes Wills; especially since this my Country is reduced to that Desolation, as makes it quite una∣ble of longer bearing the Charges of the War: Your Electoral Highness is also to observe, That to secure the Neutrality of Italy, and before I can partake of these Advantages offered me, the most Christian King desires, That the Confederate Troops do withdraw, and that I reduce mine to seven thousand five hundred Foot, and five hun∣dred Horse; which, together with the loss of Sub∣sidies and Taxes, that will be no longer continued to me, obliges me earnestly to entreat your Electo∣ral Highness, to give such Orders to your Troops as are necessary, in order to withdraw them out of my Country, so soon as I shall have given them the pay that was agreed upon. And I do assure your Serenity, That the Obligations your Highness has laid upon me, shall be always fresh in my Mind, and the lively Sense I have of the same, shall for ever remain engraven on my Heart, with an ex∣tream desire of finding the Opportunities of giving effectual Demonstrations to your Electoral High∣ness, of the steddy Affection with which I shall con∣tinue till my last Breath,

Turin, July 7, 16••6.

Yours, &c.