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.

Answer to Article VI.

Every Body knows what was the Opinion of the Re∣publick of Strasburgh, when it was put into the hands of his most Christian Majesty after the Peace of Nime∣guen, and also what was the Opinion of all the Inha∣bitants and Bishops of the said City, of the Count of Hanault, of the Baron of Fleckensteim, and of the Immediate Nobless of the Lower Alsace, nam'd in the Treaty of Rendition, Septemb. 20. 1681. and of all the other Subjects of the Empire, both mediate and im∣mediate. And it is very evident by the preceding Ar∣ticle, what upon the whole ought to be resolved, and what for the future ought to be had conformable to the Treaties of Munster and Nimeguen, which are suppo∣sed

in all these Respects to be here repeated; and more particularly with regard to the full and entire Restituti∣on of the City of Strasburgh, with all its Dependencies and Appurtenances, situated on both sides the Rhine, without demolishing or prejudicing the Edifices or For∣tifications thereof, together with its Arsenal, which has been transferred elsewhere; and lastly, of all the Rights which belonged thereto, before it was taken by France, and especially of its immediate Dependance on the Ro∣man Empire, which things are to be expresly set down in the Treaty of Peace; rejecting all manner of Equiva∣lent that shall be offered, always excepting a more par∣ticular Designation, as far as shall be judged necessary, and which shall at any time be produced. As for the Affairs of Lorrain, and others contained in this Arti∣cle, they are referred to the ensuing Articles.