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.

The Ratification of the States-General of the Ʋnited Pro∣vinces of the Low-Coun∣tries, upon the Separate Ar∣ticle.

THE States-General of the United Provin∣ces of the Low-Countries,

to all those to whom these Presents shall come, Greeting:

Whereas besides the Treaty of Peace and Friend∣ship made and concluded at Ryswick in Holland, the 20th Day of September, of the present Year, 1697. There has also been made a Separate Article, by Nicolas Augustus de Harlay, Knight, Lord of Bonneuil, Count of Cely, Counsellor in Ordinary to his Most Christian Majesty in his Council of State; Lewis Verjus, Knight, Count of Crecy, Counsellor in Ordinary to His Majesty in his Council of State, Marquis of Treon, Ba∣ron of Couvay, Lord of Boulay, The Two Chur∣ches, Fort-Isle, Menillet, and other Places; and Francis Callieres, Knight, Lord of Callieres, Ro∣che-Chellay and Gigny, Extraordinary Ambassa∣dors and Plenipotentiaries of his Most Chri∣stian Majesty in the Assembly of Ryswick, in the Name and from his said Majesty: And by Anthony Heinsius, Counsellor Pensionary of the

Province of Holland and West-Friesland, Keeper of the Great Seal, and Superintendent of the Fiefs of the said Province; Everhard de Weede, Lord of Weede, Dyckvelt, Rateles, and other Places, Lord of the Mannor of the Town of Oudewater, Dean and Rector of the Imperial Chapter of St. Mary in Ʋtrecht, Dyckgrave of the River Rhine, in the Province of Ʋtrecht, and President of the States of the said Pro∣vince; and William de Haren, Grietman of Bilt, Deputy for the Nobility in the States of Friesland, and Curator of the University of Franeker, Deputies in our Assembly for the States of Holland, Ʋtrecht and Friesland. Our Extraordinary Ambassadors and Plenipo∣tentiaries in the said Assembly of Ryswick, in Our Name and from Us, by Virtue of their respective full Powers, of which Separate Ar∣ticle, the Tenor is as follows,

Besides all that is Concluded, &c.

We likeing and accepting the said Separate Article, have approved and ratified, and We approve and ratifie the same by these Pre∣sents, as if it was inserted in the forementi∣oned Treaty of Peace and Friendship; and We promise inviolably to keep, maintain and observe all that is contained in it, without ever acting contrary to it, directly or indirectly, upon any account whatsoever.

In Testimony whereof We have caused these Presents to be Signed by the President of Our Assembly, Countersigned by Our Secretary, and Sealed with Our Great Seal.

Given at the Hague, the 10th of October, in the Year, 1697.