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Separate Article.
BEsides all that is concluded and stipulated by the Treaty of Peace made betwixt the Ple∣nipotentiaries and Extraordinary Ambassadors of the Most Christian King, and those of their Lord∣ships the States-General of the United Provinces this present Day, the 20th of September, 1697. It is moreover agreed by this Separate Article, which shall have the same Force and Effect as if it was inserted Word for Word in the said Treaty, That his Most Christian Majesty shall Covenant and Agree, and by the present Article he does covenant and agree, That it shall be free for the Emperor and the Empire, until the 1st Day of November next, to accept the Condi∣tions of Peace lately proposed by the Most Chri∣stian King, according to the Declaration made on the 1st Day of this present Month of Sep∣tember, unless in the mean time it shall be other∣wise agreed between his Imperial Majesty and the Empire, and his Most Christian Majesty. And in Case his Imperial Majesty does not within the time prefixed accept those Conditions, or that it be not otherwise agreed between his Im∣perial Majesty and the Empire, and his Most Christian Majesty, the said Treaty shall have its full Effect, and be duly put in Execution accord∣ing to its Form and Tenor, and it shall not be lawful for the said Lords the States-Gene∣ral, directly or indirectly, on any account or cause whatsoever, to Act contrary to the said Treaty.