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.

A Regulation touching Publick Ceremonies and Order among Domesticks, drawn up by his Excellency the Mediator.

WE the Baron of Lilieroot, Extraordinary Ambassador and Plenipotentiary of his Sacred Royal Majesty of Sweden, for the Me∣diation of Peace, make it known and declare, That all the most Illustrious and most Excel∣lent Lords Ambassadors and Plenipotentiaries, who come to the Conferences which are held here for the Peace, have unanimously consented to, and approved the Proposal We have made of revi∣ving, and causing to be observed on this Occasion, the Regulations heretofore made at Nimeguen con∣cerning Ceremonies and Orders, with some Addi∣tions or Alterations which We have thought fit to be made, in order to make them more proper and suitable to this Place and present Conjuncture, and that upon mature Deliberation the following Arti∣cles have been agreed upon.

I. That all Notifications of the Arrival of Am∣bassadors and Plenipotentiaries, and all Visits, as well to be made and received, as to be paid and re∣turned, and which may require some Ceremony, shall be entirely left off and suppressed, and it shall be free to all to see and visit one another, when, and in what manner they please, but so that such Visits shall not be exacted as a Duty, or be a Prece∣dent for the time to come. However, those that shall come hereafter, in order to their Admittance to the Conferences, shall be obliged to Communi∣cate their full Powers to his Excellency the Ambas∣sador Mediator, who shall Impart it to their Ex∣cellencies the Ambassadors and Plenipotentiaries of the Allies that shall be of the Assembly; and it shall not be lawful for the New Comers to be there present, before the same be perform'd.

II. That the Ambassadors and Plenipotentiaries shall come to the Place of the Conferences with no other Retinue than a small number of Gentlemen, one or two Pages at most, and very few Footmen; that they shall suffer no other Coach than that of their Bodies to come into the Court of the Palace; and if they had occasion for one or two Coaches more for their Attendants, these last shall stand with∣out, that they may cause no Confusion or Stop: The same shall also be observed in all other Pub∣lick Places, where there may happen to be a great∣er Concourse of People, as at Plays, Publick Feasts, Balls, &c.

III. That care shall be taken to prevent Quar∣rels on both sides betwixt Coachmen and other mean Servants, who shall also be commanded to use

one another with Reciprocal Civility and Kind∣ness, and to be ready in doing one another all sorts of mutual Services and good Turns upon all Occa∣sions.

IV. That the Gentlemen of the Retinue of the Ambassadors shall take care that the said Servants do exactly observe the present Regulation as to that Particular, and shall cause those to be punish∣ed who shall act contrary to it.

V. That the Ambassadors and Plenipotentiaries who assist at the Conferences from the Emperor and the Allies, shall come into the Court of the House where the Conferences are held, by the Gate made on purpose on the side of the said Houses that looks towards the Hague, and shall go up to their Apartments by the Stair-Case on the same side; and the Ambassadors of the most Christian King shall make use of the Gate and Bridge lately made, on the side of Delft, as also of the Stair-Case adjoyn∣ing to their Apartments, on the same side; and the Ambassador Mediator shall go alone over the Bridge and through the Gate of the middle, and shall go up to his Apartments by the great Stair-Case.

VI. If two Coaches happen to meet in a place too narrow for them both to go through at the same time, instead of disputing the Wall, and thereby causing any Stop, the Coachmen on the contrary shall be oblig'd to open and make the Pas∣sage easie reciprocally, as much as possible; and he who shall have the first notice of the Difficulty given him, shall stop and make room for the other, if it appears that he can do it more easily on his side.

VII. In Publick Walks, such as the Voorhout and Malls, there shall be observed the Custom esta∣blished among those that meet there, which is to keep the right hand every one on his side, as well as in the Streets and Publick Ways, and in general, wherever it may conveniently be done, without the least Contest or Affectation of Precedence.

VIII. The Pages, Footmen, and generally all Livery-Servants, shall carry neither Sticks nor Arms, such as Swords, Knives, Pocket-Pistols, or others of whatsoever kind they may be, either hid or openly, both in Town as in the Walks, and when they go to Ryswick. However, the Pages shall be allowed, if they will, small Sticks. Moreover, all Domesticks shall be forbid to go out of their Hou∣ses in the Night, unless it be by express Orders from their Masters, so that none may be found a∣broad upon any other account, at unseasonable hours; and those that shall go contrary to this shall be severely punished, and turned out forth∣with.

IX. When any Servant of an Ambassador or Plenipotentiary shall stand Convicted of any Crime capable of disturbing the Publick Tranquility, the Ambassador or Plenipotentiary to whom he shall belong, shall wave his Right and Priviledge of pu∣nishing him himself, and withdrawing his Prote∣ction, shall cause him to be delivered into the hands of the ordinary Judge of the Place where the Of∣fence shall have been committed, either in the Town or elsewhere, and shall even prosecute the Offender according to the established Laws: And if in the same Case the Criminal Judge, vulgarly call'd Schout, should Arrest and take any one in

the Fact, either himself, or by his Officers, or others, it shall be lawful for them to seize such a Person, and even commit him to Goal, although they known him to be Servant, or of the Retinue of some Ambassador or Plenipotentiary, till they can give Notice of it to his Master, which they shall be obliged to do forthwith, and without de∣lay. After which, what the Ambassador or Ple∣nipotentiary shall order, shall be punctually put in Execution, whether he desires to have his Servant kept in Prison, or set at Liber∣ty.

X. If any Domestick of an Ambassador or Plenipotentiary should Insult or Quarrel with a Domestick of another Ambassador or Pleni∣potentiary, the Aggressor shall forthwith be de∣livered up into the Power of the Master of him that has been attacked and insulted, who shall pu∣nish him as he shall think fit.

XI. All Ambassadors and Plenipotentiaries shall most severely and strictly forbid their Dome∣sticks, as well Gentlemen as others, to have a∣mong them any Quarrels or Differences; and if any should be discovered notwithstanding these Prohibitions, and that any one should be so bold, as to endeavour to decide them by the Way of Arms, he shall instantly be turn'd out of the Am∣bassadors House, and even out of the Town, without any regard to what he could alledge for his Excuse; as the Enormity of the Affront put upon him, or his being Assaulted first; and he shall likewise be obliged to Answer to the Com∣plaint that may be made before the Tribunal of

his Natural Prince, where he shall be punished ac∣cording to the Laws.

XII. All the foregoing Articles agreed on with common Consent, for the good Order of this Assembly, shall not be alledged for an Example, or be a Precedent in any other Place, Time, or dif∣ferent Conjuncture; and no Person shall take ad∣vantage from, nor receive Prejudice by them up∣on any other occasion.

Given at the Hague the 29th of May, 1697.

(L.S.) Signed N. Lilieroot.