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 FULL POWER OF THE EMPEROUR, Translated from the Latin.

WE LEOPOLD by the Grace of God elected Emperour of the Romans, Semper Augustus, and King of Germany, Hungary, Bohemia, of Dalmatia, Croatia, Slavonia, &c. Archduke of Austria, Duke of Burgundy, Brabant, Stiria, Carin∣thia, and Carniola, &c. Marquis of Moravia, Duke of Luxembourg, of the High and Low Silesia, of Wirtemberg and of Teck, Prince of Suabia, Count of Habsbourg, Tyrol, Ferrette, Kybourg, and of Go∣ricia, Marquis of the Holy Roman Empire, Bur∣gaw, of the High and Low Lusatia, Lord of the Sclavonian Marches, Port Naon, and Salins, &c. do certifie and make known, That desiring no∣thing more ardently, than that the present War

wherewith Christendom hath been afflicted for some Years last past, may speedily be converted into an Honourable and Equitable Peace, and that it hath seemed good to all the Parties engaged in the present War to enter upon a Treaty and Confe∣rence of Peace, in a Place that shall be by them chosen, and appointed by unanimous Consent. Wherefore being desirous with all our Heart to contribute all that lies in our Power to pro∣cure the Repose of the Christian Commonweal; and we confiding in the Fidelity and Prudence of our Trusty and Well-beloved the Illustrious and Magnificent Dominic Andrew Count de Kau∣nitz, Hereditary Lord of Austerlitz, Hungarisch∣brod, Mahrispruss, and of Great Orzechau, our Counsellor of State, Chamberlain and Vice-chancellor of the Empire, Knight of the Or∣der of the Golden Fleece; of the Illustrious and Magnificent Henry John Count de Stratman, Lord of Peurbach, Orth, Smiding, of Spatenbrun and Carlsberg, our Imperial Aulique Counsellor and Chamberlain; and of the Magnificent John Frederick, Free-Baron of Seilern, &c. our Imperial Aulique Counsellor, and Con-Commissioner Plenipotentiary in the Imperial Diets; have no∣minated, appointed, chosen, and constituted them, as we do by these Presents nominate, chuse, ap∣point, and constitute them, our Extraordinary Embassadors and Plenipotentiaries in the afore∣said Assemblies and Conferences of Peace that are to be held. To whom we give in charge, and command them in especial manner, to repair with all expedition imaginable to the Place agreed upon between the Parties, and being there, to enter into a Conference of Peace, either directly, or by the Interposition

and Means of a Mediator acknowledged by both Parties, with the Embassadors or Deputies of the most High, most Mighty, and most Christian Prince LEWIS King of France, our most Dear Cousin and Brother; the said Embassadors being authorized with sufficient Power to terminate and put an end to the present War, and regulate the Differences that relate thereto, by a good and solid Peace. We also grant a Full and Absolute Power, with all Authority thereunto necessary, to our said Extraordinary Embassadors and Pleni∣potentiaries, to all Three together, or to Two, in case the Third chance to be absent, or employ∣ed and busie elsewhere; or to One alone, in the absence of the other Two, or their being busied and employed elsewhere, to make, conclude, and sign for us, and in our Name, a Treaty of Peace between us and the foresaid Serene and most Puissant Prince the most Christian King, to cause to be dispatch'd and deliver'd all Acts necessarily conducing to this End, and effectually to pro∣mise, stipulate, conclude, and sign the Acts and Declarations, to exchange the Articles agreed up∣on, and to perform all other Things appertain∣ing to the said Business of the Peace, as freely, and in as ample a manner, as we our Self could do being there present; altho' a more special and more express Order might seem necessary, than that which is contained in these Presents. Pro∣mising, upon the whole, and faithfully, bona fide, and upon our Imperial Word declaring, to accept and consent to, confirm and ratifie, whatsoever hath been transacted, concluded, signed, deli∣vered, and exchanged by our Extraordinary Em∣bassadors and Plenipotentiaries, whether all Three conjointly, whether Two of them in the ab∣sence

of the Third, or by reason of being em∣ployed elsewhere, or even by One alone, in the absence of the other Two, or being elsewhere employed; Engaging our Selves by these Presents to cause our Letters of Ratifications to be dis∣patched and expedited, in the good and authen∣tick Form, and within the Time that shall be agreed upon. In Witness, and for Confirma∣tion whereof, we have caused these Presents, signed with our Hand and Imperial Seal, to be confirmed.

Given at our City of Vienna, the Third of February, in the Year One thousand six hundred ninety and seven; of our Reign of that of King of the Romans the Thirty ninth, of that of Hungary the Forty second, and of that of Bo∣hemia the Forty first.

LEOPOLD. (L.S.)

Ut. SEBASTIAN WUNIBALD, Count de Zeyll.

By the Express Order of his Imperial Majesty, GASPARD FLOREND CONSBRUCH.