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THE Most Christian King having had all a long, during the Course of this War, a sincere desire of procuring the Repose of Italy, and God having inspired his Royal Highness of Savoy with the same Sentiments, His Majesty, on his part, has given his full Power, Commis∣sion, and Command to Rene, Lord of Froullai, Count of Tesse, Knight of His Majesties Orders, Lieutenant General of his Armies, Colonel Ge∣neral
of the Dragoons of France, Governor of Ypres, Lieutenant General for the King in the Provinces of Maine and Perche, and at this time Commander for His Majesty in the Countries and Places of the Frontier of Piedmont, and his Royal Highness on his part having likewise given his Powers and Commands to Charles Victor Joseph Marquis of St. Thomas, Minister and first Secre∣tary of State to his said Royal Highness, the said Plenipotentiaries having first interchanged the Originals of their full Powers, by Virtue of which they treat, have agreed upon the following Arti∣cles.
I. THere shall be henceforward and for ever, a constant, firm and sincere Peace, be∣tween the King and his Kingdom; and his Royal Highness the Duke of Savoy and his Dominions, as if there had never been any Rupture; and the King resuming the same kind Thoughts he had before for his said Royal Highness, as he begs it of his Majesty, his said Royal Highness does by this present Treaty, entirely renounce and forsake all Engagements entred into, and all Treaties made with the Emperor, Kings and Princes, com∣prehended under the Name of the League: And promises to use all his Endeavours, and do all that lies in his Power, to obtain of the said Po∣tentates, at least of the Emperor and the Catho∣lick King a Neutrality in Italy, till the General Peace: Either by a particular Treaty that shall be concluded, or in default of the said Treaty by Declarations, which the said Emperor and Catholick King shall make to the Pope, and the Republick of Venice, and which shall immediate∣ly
be followed by the Retreat of the Troops which the Allies have at present in Italy, as it shall be exprest hereafter. Moreover, as an evident Testimony of the real and effectual return of the King's Friendship for his Royal Highness, His Majesty is pleased to consent and promise, That the Town and Cittadel of Pignerol, with the Forts St. Brigide la Perouse, and others belonging to them, shall be rased and demolished (as to the Fortifications only) at the King's Charges; and the said Fortifications being demolished, the whole shall be resigned into the Hands of his Royal Highness, as also the Lands and Demains compre∣hended under the name of Government of Pig∣nerol, and which belonged to the House of Savoy, before the Concession, That Victor Amedaeus, first Duke of that Name, had made of them to the King Lewis XIII. Which Town, Cittadel and Fort thus demolished, and Territory to them be∣longing, shall likewise be restored to his Royal Highness, to be held by him in Sovereignty, and enjoyed fully and for ever, both by him and his Successors, as a thing to them properly belong∣ing; and in Consideration of the said present Con∣cession, his Royal Highness engages and promises as well for himself, as for his Heirs and Sucessors, and Assigns, not to rebuild or restore any of the said Fortifications, nor cause new ones to be built upon and within the extent of the said Territory, Ground and Rocks, nor in any other place what∣soever yielded by this present Treaty, by which his Royal Highness, or the Inhabitants of Pigne∣rol, shall only be allowed to enclose the said Pig∣nerol with no other enclosure than a bare Wall, without a Terrass or any Fortifications. With a Proviso, that except within the said Territory
yielded by the present Treaty, his Royal High∣ness shall be at his Liberty to build what Place, Places or Fortifications he shall think fit, without incurring His Majesties ill Will. Furthermore, That His Majesty shall restore to his Royal High∣ness, his Countries and Places Conquered, the Castles of Montmeillan, Nice, Ville-Franche, Suza, and all others without Exception, entire and un∣demolished, with the same quantities of Ammu∣nition and Provisions, Canon and Artillery, as they were provided and stored with when they fell into the Hands of His Majesty, without alter∣ing or diminishing the Buildings, Fortifications, Augmentations and Meliorations made by His Majesty. And after the Restitution of the said Places, his Royal Highness shall be free to keep up and augment the Fortifications as Things to him belonging, without being molested by the King upon that account, or incurring His Majesties ill Will. Still providing, That the King shall carry away out of the Town, Cittadel and Forts of Pignerol, all the Artillery, Ammunition, Provisi∣ons, Arms, and moveable Effects of what nature soever they be. That as to the Revenues of the Town, Dependencies and Territory of Pignerol, the King restores them to his Royal Highness, in the same form and manner as His Majesty enjoys them at present, and the Disposals the King may have made of them, shall subsist and remain in the manner provided by the Contract, Gift, Pos∣session or Acquisition by which they are disposed of. That the said Restitution of the Countries and Places of his Royal Highness, as also the Re∣signation of Pignerol razed, with its Dependencies, as aforesaid, shall be made in consequence of the Signing of this present Treaty, but not before
the Foreign Troops are actually gone out of Italy, and are arrived, viz. The Germans, Bavarians, Brandenburgers, Protestants in English Pay, and other Auxiliaries are really come into Germany; and the Spaniards, and other Troops now in the Pay of the Catholick King, are restored into the Milanese, so that none of the Articles shall be put in Execution, nor the Restitution of any Place made, till after the going out and departure of the Troops, such as is before exprest, shall be entirely accomplished; always provided, that the said departure of the Troops shall be deemed en∣tirely accomplished, altho' it should happen, as perhaps it may, that the Spaniards should take out of them some small Number of Soldiers, to Re∣cruit the Regiments that are in their Pay; and if any of those Troops List themselves, and do actually enter the Dominions of the Republick of Venice, they shall be look'd upon as entred into Germany, as soon as they shall be in the Venetian Territories, and put into the Hands of the Re∣publick of Venice. And after the Ratification of the present Treaty, Men shall be immediately set on Work to make Mines, in order to blow up and demolish the said Town, Cittadel, and Forts of Pignerol; But in Case that his Royal Highness should think it convenient to keep the present Treaty secret, beyond the time of the said Rati∣fication, it is agreed, That to avoid the noise which the working on the said Mines may make in the World, the same shall not be begun, till so long after the time of the said Ratification, as his Royal Highness shall think fit. Which Demolition shall be made, and carried on in that manner, that after two or three Months, after the departure of the Troops forementioned, the whole shall be
restored to his Royal Highness, to which purpose it shall be lawful for him to send a Commissary to be there present; and till the Things aforesaid be put in Execution, His Majesty is willing for his Royal Highness's greater Satisfaction and Security, to cause two Dukes and Peers of France to be de∣livered into the Hands of his Royal Highness, as soon as he shall require it of his Majesty, to re∣main with him as Hostages, and whom he shall treat according to their Rank and Dignity.
II. His Majesty shall not make any Treaty of Peace or Truce, with the Emperor or Catholick King, without including and comprehending his Royal Highness, in convenient and forcible Terms; and this present Treaty shall be confirmed in that of the General Peace, as also those of Gueresque, Mun∣ster, Pirenees and Nimeguen, as well for the 494000 Crowns of Gold, particularly mentioned in that of Munster, for the Discharge of his Royal High∣ness, whereof the King shall still remain a Guaran∣tee against the Duke of Mantua, as for all that they contain not contrary to the present, which shall be irrevocable, and shall remain in its Force and Vigor, notwithstanding the present concession of Pignerol and its Dependences: And as for the other Concerns and Pretensions of the House of Savoy, his Royal Highness reserves to himself to claim the same by Protestations, Memorials or Envoys; and this present Treaty shall not be de∣rogatory to the said Pretensions.
III. That the Marriage of the Lady Princess Daugh∣ter to his Royal Highness, shall be incessantly Treated of, to be Faithfully effected, as soon as she shall be of Age, and that the Contract shall be
made when this Treaty comes to be put in Ex∣ecution; after the Publication of which Treaty, the Princess shall be put into the King's Hands. That in the said Contract of Marriage, which shall be considered as an essential part of this pre∣sent Treaty, and wherein the said Princess shall make the Usual Renunciations, with Promise not to claim any thing beyond the following Dowry, to the Dominions and Succession of his Royal Highness; his said Royal Highness shall give in Dowry or Portion, to the Lady the Princess his Daughter Two hundred thousand Crowns of Gold: For the Payment of which, his Royal Highness shall make an Acquittance of a Hundred thousand Crowns, remaining due for the Portion of her Highness the Royal Dutchess, with the Interests expired and promised, and as for the rest, His Majesty remits it, in consideration of this present Treaty. Moreover, his Royal High∣ness obliges himself to give to the Princess his Daughter at the time of the Ce∣lebration of her Marriage, what in Piedmontese is called Fardel, and in French, Trousseau or Nuptial Present, and in the Contract of Marriage it shall be Stipulated, what Dower His Majesty shall give according to the Custom of France.
IV. That his Royal Highness renouncing and for∣saking at present, Effectually and Faithfully as aforesaid, all the Engagements he may have against France, he hopes also that His Majesty will Correspond to it with all the kind Sentiments which his Royal Highness begs and desires, and
that having the Honour of being so nearly Rela∣ted to the King, and entring now in the splendor of a new Alliance, His Majesty will grant and promise him his powerful Protection, the return of which, his Royal Highness requests of his Majesty, and which His Majesty returns in its full Extent. And because his Royal Highness is de∣sirous to keep a perfect Neutrality with the Kings, Princes and Potentates now his Allies, His Ma∣jesty promises not to lay any Constraint on the desire his Royal Highness has of keeping with them all the outward Measures of Decency, as it be∣comes a Sovereign Prince, who has Ambassadors and Envoys at the Court of those Princes, and receives and entertains at his own Court Ambassa∣dors and Envoys of the same Princes, without incurring his Majesties ill Will, comprehending under the Word of Princes, the Emperor, Kings and Potentates of Europe.
V. His Majesty does promise and declare, That the Ambassadors of the D. of Savoy, both Ordinary and Extraordinary, shall receive at the Court of France, all the Honours without exception, and in all the Circumstances, which the Ambassadors of Crowned Heads receive, that is, such as are Ambassadors of Kings; and that all ordinary and extraordinary Ambassadors of his Majesty, in all the Courts of Europe, without any Exception, not even of that of Rome and Vienna, shall also treat the said Ambassa∣dors both Ordinary and Extraordinary, and Envoys of Savoy, in the same manner as those of Kings and Crowned Heads; however, because this ad∣dition of Honour in the Treatment of the Am∣bassadors of Savoy, had never been settled to that height, as His Majesty grants it, his Royal High∣ness
acknowledges that it is in consideration of the present Treaty, and the Contract of Marriage of the Princess his Daughter; and His Majesty promises that the said Addition shall take place from the Day on which the Contract of Marriage aforementioned is Signed.
VI. That the ordinary Commerce and Trade of Ita∣ly shall be set open, kept up and entertained, as it was settled before this War, in the time of Charles Emmanuel II. Father to his Royal High∣ness; and that all that was done, observed and practised during the Life of the said Charles Em∣manuel II. shall also be done, observ'd and prac∣tised in all Points and Circumstances betwixt the Kingdom, and all the Parts of his Majesties Dominions, and those of his Royal Highness, through the Way and Road of Suza, Savoy, le Ponte, Beauvoisin and Villa Franca, every one Paying the Duties and Customs on both Sides. The French Ships shall continue to Pay the ancient Duty of Villa Franca, as it was practised in the time of Charles Emmanuel, without any opposi∣tion that might have been made at that Time. The Couriers and ordinary Posts of France shall pass as before through the States of his Royal Highness, and according to the Statutes, shall pay the Duties due for the Goods they shall carry.
VII. His Royal Highness shall cause an Edict to be Publish'd, whereby under severe Penalties he shall Command the Inhabitants of the Valleys of Luser∣ne called Vaudois, not to entertain any Correspon∣dence upon the Account of Religion, with the
King's Subjects: And his Royal Highness shall oblige himself not to suffer, from the Date of this Treaty, any of His Majesties Subjects to settle in the Protestant Vallies, under Colour of Re∣ligion, Marriage, or other reasons of Settlement, as Conveniency, Inheritance, or any other Pretence; nor any Protestant Minister to come within the ex∣tent of His Majesties Dominions, without being se∣verely punished by Corporal Punishment. As for the rest, His Majesty shall take no Cognizance how and in what manner his Royal Highness uses the Vaudois, as to their Religion; and his Royal Highness obliges himself not to suffer the Exer∣cise of the pretended Reformed Religion in the Town of Pignerol, and Territories Resigned, as His Majesty neither suffers, nor shall ever suffer it in his Kingdom.
VIII. That there be on both Sides a perpetual Obli∣vion, and Amnesty of all that has been done since the beginning of this War, in what manner, or in what place soever the Hostilities have been com∣mitted. That in this Amnesty shall be compre∣hended all those that served His Majesty during the War, in any Employment whatsoever, altho' they be natural Subjects of his Royal Highness; so that they shall not be called to account, nor molested in their Persons or Estates, either by way of Fact or of Justice, or under any other Pretence whatsoever: The same shall be observed with respect to the King's Subjects, who have served his Royal Highness.
IX. That the Ecclesiastical Benefices that have been Collated till this present time by the King, in the Countries of his Royal Highness, Conquered
by His Majesty, during the space of Time his said Majesty has enjoy'd them, shall remain to those to whom the Collation was made by the King, and the Pope's Bulls; And that for what belongs to the Commanderies of St. Maurice, Offices of Judicature and Magistracy, his Royal Highness shall have no regard to the Nomination the King has made about them, during the Possession of his Royal Highnesses Dominions; And the Patents or Warrants granted by his Royal Highness for Offices of the Gown, to those that have aban∣doned their Functions during the War, shall re∣main in force.
X. That as for the Contributions laid upon the Countries, in his Royal Highnesses Dominions, altho' they be lawfully imposed and due, and amount to very considerable Sums, His Majesty, as an affect of his Liberality, does entirely remit them to his Royal Highness; So that from the Day of the Ratification of the present Treaty, His Majesty shall neither claim nor exact any of the said Contributions: But shall leave his said Royal Highness to the free Enjoyment of all his Revenues in all his Dominions, as also of Savoy, Nice, Precincts of Pignerol, and Suza. And re∣ciprocally his Royal Highness shall exact no Con∣tributions from the Subjects and Countries of the King's Dominions.
XI. That for what concerns the Pretensions and Demands of the Dutchess of Nemours, upon his Royal Highness, His Majesty shall leave his said Royal Highness, and the said Dutchess of Nemours, to discuss and debate the said Pretensions, by the ordinary ways of Justice, without taking any Cognizance of them.
XII. That it shall be lawful for his Royal Highness to send Intendants or Commissioners into Savoy, County of Nice, Marquisate of Suza, and Barce∣lonette, Pignerol, and its Dependencies to regulate his Concerns, Duties, Revenues, and settle his Customs and Impositions upon Salt and others, and the said Deputies shall be received and au∣thorized in their Functions, after the Ratification of the present Treaty, after which the said Du∣ties shall belong to his Royal Highness, without Exception or Contradiction.
XIII. That if the Neutrality of Italy should be ac∣cepted, or the General Peace Concluded, because a great number of Troops would be altogether useless, and burthensom to his Royal Highness, and that besides the Excessive Charges for keeping them, it is often an occasion of misunderstand∣ing the maintaining of more standing Forces, than are necessary either for the Defence and Pre∣servation, or the Dignity of the Sovereign; his Royal Highness obliges himself not to keep and maintain, in time of Neutrality, above Six Thou∣sand Men of Foot, on this side the Mountains, and Fifteen Hundred beyond the Mountains, for the Garrisons of Savoy, and County of Nice, and in all Fifteen Hundred Horse or Dragoons; which last Obligation of his Royal Highness, shall not take place before the General Peace.
We the above-mentioned Plenipotentiaries, have Concluded and Signed the present Articles, and we do Promise, and Engage to cause the same to be Ratified and Confirmed by His Majesty, and his Royal Highness: Moreover, We do pro∣mise that they shall be religiously kept secret till
the end of the Month September next, at which time, if others be made of the same Substance and Tenor, the present ones shall be suppressed.
Done at Turin the 29th of August, 1696.
Rene de Frouillay Tesse. de St. Thomas.
This answers to that which in the Common Law is called Paraphanalia, and in the Civil Paraphernalia.