A collection of all the acts, memorials & letters, that pass'd in the negotiation of the peace with the treaties concluded at Nimeguen / translated from the French copy, printed at Paris with privilege ; The articles of peace between the Emperor and the French King, and those between the Emperor and the King of Sweden, translated from the Latin copy, printed at Nimeguen.

A Declaration of the Ambassador of the Elector of Brandenburg, on Munday the 20th of June, 1678.

THE Ambassador of Brandenburg says, That it was evident, that his Electoral Serenity his Master, before the Most Christian King took up Arms against their Hi. and Mi. the States General, failed not to do all he could to divert him, and that likewise since the fire of this War has been kindled, he has desired nothing more earnestly, than to see it quench'd as soon as might be, and the publick repose every where establish'd; and that it was upon the sole consideration of promoting the Peace, that his Electoral Serenity entred into such strict Bonds with

his Allies, and especially with their Hi. and Mi. that he hath expos'd and sacrific'd his Person and Estates for that, and hath enjoyn'd his Plenipoten∣tiaries at this Congress, and renews his Orders time after time, to labour for a Peace with their utmost endeavours, according to the Alliances betwixt the Confederates, which prescribe a method to be ob∣served for obtaining a general Peace, that was agreed on joyntly by them all. That their Excellencies, the Ambassadors of their Hi. and Mi. alledged two days since, that their Lordships, the States, both in respect of the condition of their own Provinces, and that of others, find themselves at present redu∣ced to a necessity of making a Peace with France, whether they will or no. That at the same time, to observe their Alliances, they express a desire to have their Allies joyn with them in it; but that withal they think themselves necessitated, for the saving their Common-wealth from the shipwrack that threatens it, to make a Peace alone, or with∣out the Confederates, in case they cannot accept the Conditions that France hath prescribed; that there∣upon they required the resolution of their Allies with all speed, that they might take their Measures thereby, at the Consultation that is to be held this Week at the Hague.

The Plenipotentiary Ambassador of his Electoral Serenity says to it, That he knows not what resolu∣tion his Master will take, for that he could not re∣ceive Instructions from him in so short a time, upon the Declaration which the Most Christian King de∣livered on the first of this Month of June, to the Heer Ambassador Van Beverning. That in the mean time he partly explain'd himself, as to his own private Sentiment, in the Memorial of the 10th of

June, which he presented to the Ambassadors of their Hi. and Mi. and that he doubted not, but they made all due and fitting Reflexions thereupon. That for the rest, he was fully perswaded, though some un∣conquerable necessity might dispence with the States General, or should oblige them to depart from any point of their Alliance with his Electoral Serenity, that yet they will always proceed in it with such caution and sincerity, as the foundation may subsist notwithstanding, and his Electoral Serenity be at no prejudice, nor the band of their friendship and good understanding to be weakned.

The said Ambassador added two Points, requiring the said Lords the States to consider them, when they should take this matter into consideration. The one, That France, in the Project of Peace, which its Ambassadors proposed here, doth not mention any Conditions, upon which it is willing to make a Peace with his Electoral Serenity; whereas, on his behalf, there have been Proposals made to that end, both with relation to France and Sweden, inso∣much that he knows not yet whether France will make any Peace with himself or no. The other, That the Conditions propos'd in that Project, with relation to Sweden, were so abject, and even so con∣trary to what their Hi. and Mi. have engaged them∣selves to procure his Electoral Serenity, that it must be believed, that France is not willing that a Peace should be made with Sweden, inasmuch as their Hi. and Mi. that see there is no room left for his Electo∣ral Serenity to enter into the Peace, in conjunction with themselves.

Finally, The said Ambassador promiseth to com∣municate the resolution of his Most Serene Master, upon the said Declaration of France, as soon as he

shall receive it, referring himself for other matters to his said Memorial.