A treaty of commerce, navigation, and marine affairs, concluded and agreed on at Reswick between His Most Christian Majesty's embassadors and plenipotentiaries, on the one part; and the embassadors and plenipotentiaries of the Lords the States General of the United Provinces of the Netherlands, on the other. With some account of the proceedings since between the French and Dutch commissioners relating to the tariff. Never before in English. Translated from the Dutch and French copies.

A TREATY OF Commerce, Navigation, AND Marine Affairs, Concluded and Agreed on at RESWICK,

BETWEEN His Most Christian Majesty's Embassadors and Plenipotentiaries, on the one part;

AND The Embassadors and Plenipotentiaries of the Lords the States General of the United Pro∣vinces of the Netherlands, on the other.

WITH Some Account of the Proceedings since be∣tween the French and Dutch Commissioners rela∣ting to the TARIFF.

Never before in English.

Translated from the Dutch and French Copies.

LONDON Printed, and Sold by A. Baldwin near the Oxford-arms in Warwick-lane, MDCXCIX.

TO THE READER.

THE Business of setling the Tariff between Holland and France has been so long in agitation, so generally talked of, and yet so little understood as to the essential Grounds thereof, that it has been thought a Work not un∣acceptable to the Publick, to give a clear View of it; and since the same can appear no where so well as in the distinct Treaty of Commerce and Na∣vigation, that has been some time since concluded between the said Nations, which has never yet been exposed in English, we have thought fit to publish the same in the full Extent of it, with the separate Article relating to the Imposition of fifty Pence per Tun upon Strangers, (about which the main of the Contest has been) whereby it will appear how Just and Equitable the Dutch Pretentions are, and that it's a meer Sham for their Opponents to say, They understood not what they did, when they a∣greed to it; as it may be of some good use to our selves when we come to treat about Trade with that Nation, who, by what has followed in consequence to the ensuing Treaty, can never be bound too fast.

A Treaty of Commerce, Concluded and Agreed upon at RESWICK in HOLLAND, ON The 20th of September, 1697. BETWEEN His Most Christian Majesty's Embassa∣dors and Plenipotentiaries, on the one part; AND The Embassadors and Plenipotentiaries of the Lords States General of the United Provinces of the Netherlands, on the other.

THE Treaty of Peace that has been concluded this Day between the most Christian King and the Lords States General of the United Provinces, having put a final Period to all the Causes of Discontent, which, for some time past, had alienated the Af∣fection which his most Christian Majesty has always had for their Good and Prosperity, according to the Example of the Kings his Pre∣decessors; and the said Lords the States General returning also to the same Desires, which they have heretofore testified for the Grandeur of France, and into the Sentiments of a sincere Acknowledgment of all the Obligations and considerable Advantages which they have formerly received: His Ma∣jesty

being unwilling to obstruct any thing that may confirm it; and the said States General being no less desirous to perpetuate the same, have thought there could be no better and more assured Means pitch'd upon to effect it, than by establishing a free and perfect Correspondence between their Subjects both on the one side and t'other, and for that purpose to re∣gulate their particular Interests, in point of Commerce, Navigation and Maritime Affairs, by the most proper Laws and Agreements that can be, for the prevention of all the Inconveniencies that may lessen a good Cor∣respondence between them: His said Majesty, in compliance with the Desires of the said States General, appointed the Sieur Nicholas Augustus de Harlay, Knight, Lord of Bonneuil, Count of Celi, Councellor in Ordinary to his Majesty in his Council of State; the Sieur Lovis Verjus, Knight, Count of Crecy, the King's Councellor in Ordinary in his Council of State, Marquess of Treon, Baron of Couvay, Lord of Boulay, of the two Churches of Fortisle, of Me∣villet, &c. and the Sieur Francis de Callieres, Lord of Callieres, la Roche, Chellay and Gigny; to be his Majesty's Embassadors Extraordinary and Plenipo∣tentiaries in the Assembly for the Negotiation of the Peace: And the said Lords the States General, the Sieurs Antony Heinsius, Councellor and Pen∣sionary of the States of Holland and West-Friesland, Keeper of the Great Seal, and Superintendant of the Fiefs; Everhard de Weede, Lord of Weede, Dijckvelt, Rateles, &c. Lord Proprietor of the Town of Oudewater, Dean and Rector of the Imperial Chapter of St. Mary at Ʋtrecht, Dijck-Grave of the River Rhine in the Province of Ʋtrecht, President of the States of the said Province; and William de Haren, Grietman of Bilt, the Nobilities De∣puty of the States of Friesland, and Curator of the University of Frane∣ker, Deputies in their Assembly on the part of the States of Holland, Ʋtrecht and Friesland, to Confer and Agree upon a Treaty of Commerce and Na∣vigation in the following manner, by Vertue of their Powers respective∣ly produced by them, the Copies whereof you have hereafter inserted.

I.

THE Subjects of his Majesty and of the Lords the States General of the United Provinces of the Netherlands, shall reciprocally enjoy the same Liberty, in point of Commerce and Navigation, which they have al∣ready had before this War, in all the Kingdoms, States and Provinces of the one and the other Party.

II.

And thus they shall not for the future exercise any sorts of Hostilities or Violences against each other, either by Sea or Land, or in Rivers, Roads and fresh Waters, under any Name or Pretence whatsoever; and more∣over the Subjects of his said Majesty, cannot take any Commissions for particular Ships, or Letters of Reprizal, from any Princes or States, who are Enemies to the said Lords the States General, and neither trouble nor damnifie them any manner of way, by Vertue of such Commissions or Letters of Reprizal, nor even to rove with them upon the Sea, under the Penalty of being prosecuted and punished as Pirates; which shall be

reciprocally observed by the Subjects of the United Provinces, in respect to his Majesty's Subjects; and to this end there shall be most express and apposite Prohibitions published and renewed, as often as there shall be oc∣casion on either part, that they shall by no means make use of such Com∣missions or Letters of Reprizals, under the fore-mentioned Penalties, which shall be severely executed upon all Offenders in that kind, besides, an en∣tire Restitution to be made to those who have received the Damage.

III.

And in order to obviate, as much as is possible, all those Inconveni∣ences, that may arise by the taking of Prizes through Inadvertency, or otherwise, and more especially in remote Parts; it hath been agreed, That if any such Prizes, on either side, shall be made in the Baltick Sea, or that of the North, from Torneuse, in Norway, to the end of the Chan∣nel, in the space of four Weeks, or from the end of the said Channel, to the Cape of St. Vincent, in the space of six Weeks, and from thence in the Mediterranean Sea, and as far as the Line, in the space of ten Weeks, and on the other side of the Line, and all other parts of the World, in the space of eight Months, the same to be computed from the publicati∣on of these Presents; the said Prizes and Damages, which shall be made on either side, after the Terms prefixed, shall be accounted for, and whatever shall be so taken, shall be restored, with a Compensation made for all Damages that may arise thereby.

IV.

All Letters of Mart or Reprizals, which may have been granted here∣tofore, for any Cause whatsoever, are declared Null, and cannot here∣after be granted by any of the said Allies, to the Prejudice of the other's Subjects; if it be not only in case of a manifest Denial of Justice, which yet cannot be taken for granted, if his Petition, who makes a Demand of the said Reprizals, be not communicated to the Minister that shall be upon the Place, on the part of that State, against whose Subjects they ought to be granted; to the end, that in the space of four Months, or sooner if possible, he may inform himself to the contrary, or procure that Justice be done, as required.

V.

His Majesty's particular Subjects are not to be Sued or Arrested as to their Persons or Goods, for any thing that may be owing from His Ma∣jesty; nor the particular Subjects of the said Lords the States General, for the publick Debts of the said States.

VI.

The Subjects and Inhabitants, of the Countries under his Majesty's O∣bedience, and of the Lords States General, shall Live, Converse, and keep Company one with another, with all good Friendship and Correspon∣dence,

and mutually enjoy the liberty of Commerce and Navigation in Europe, in all the Bounds of each others Country, of all sorts of Mer∣chandizes and Wares, whereof the Commerce and Transportation is not generally and universally Prohibited to all, as well Subjects as Strangers, by the Laws and Constitution of either of the States.

VII.

And for this end, his Majesty's Subjects, and those of the Lords States General of the United Provinces, may freely, and without Interruption frequent, with their Ships and Merchandizes, the Countries, Lands, Towns, Ports, Places and Rivers, that belong to either States, to carry thi∣ther and Sell the same to all sorts of Persons without distinction; to Buy, Traffick and Transport all kinds of Merchandizes, whose Importation or Exportation and Transport, is not forbidden to his Majesty's Subjects and those of the States General, without that this Liberty ought to be recipro∣cally prohibited, limited or restrained, by any Priviledge, Commission or particular Grant; and without its being lawful for either the one or the other, to concede or bestow upon their Subjects any Immunities, Bene∣fits, free Gifts, or other Advantages, above those of the other, or to their Prejudice; and without the said Subjects being obliged on either side, to pay greater, or other Customs, Charges, Gabels, or Impositions what∣soever laid upon their Persons, Goods, Wares, Ships or Fraughts, directly or indirectly, under whatever Name, Title or Pretence it may be, above those which shall be paid by the proper and natural Subjects, both of the one and the other Party.

VIII.

The Subjects of the States General are not to be treated otherwise, or in a worse manner, in respect to the Custom due for Anchorage, Paris Sol, and all other Charges and Impositions, however denominated, whe∣ther under the Title of the Custom of Strangers, or otherwise, without any Exception or Reserve, than the Subjects themselves of his most Chri∣stian Majesty, who are not Freemen of the said Places, where the said Customs are raised.

IX.

As to what concerns the Levant Trade into France, and the Twenty per Cent. which is raised upon that Account; the Subjects of the States General of the United Provinces, shall also enjoy the same Liberty and Immunity as the most Christian King's Subjects, so far, that it shall be lawful for the said Subjects of the States General to carry Merchandizes into the Levant, Marseilles, and other free Ports in France, as well in their own Bottoms, as in French Vessels; and that neither upon the one nor the other Account, shall the said Subjects of the States General be liable to the said Twenty per Cent. but in such Cases only wherein the French them∣selves are liable, who carry Merchandizes in their own Vessels to Marseil∣les,

or other free Ports, and when this same shall effect no alteration to the Prejudice of the said Subjects of the said States General.

X.

It shall be lawful for the Subjects of the States General to import, en∣ter and sell both in France and the New Conquests, with all freedom and without any molestation, pickled Herring, without distinction, and with∣out being obliged to Pack them again; and, notwithstanding all the E∣dicts, Declarations and Orders of Council that have been made to the contrary, and particularly those of July the 15th and 14th of September, 1687. whereby it's prohibited to import or bring into the Ports of France or New Conquests any Herring, otherwise than in Pickle and salted with Brovage Salt, and enjoyned that the said Herrings be brought into the Sea-Ports pickled in Barrels, eighteen whereof should make twelve of packed Herring, which Arrests shall be revoked and remain of none ef∣fect.

XI.

The Subjects both of the one and the other Nation shall have a reci∣procal Dispatch of their Business at the Custom-house or Offices as well in France as in the Countries of the States General equally and without any distinction, as soon as possibly can be, without retarding of or work∣ing any impediment to them whatsoever.

XII.

There shall be a new Tariff established that is common to both, and pursuant to both their conveniences, in the space of three Months, and in the mean time the Tariff of 1667. shall be executed by way of pro∣vision; and, in case they do not agree upon a new Tariff within the said space of time, the Tariff of 1664. shall take place for the future.

XIII.

The Men of War both of the one and the other Nation shall always find the Roads, Rivers, Ports and Havens free and open to come in, go out and ride at anchor, so long as they shall have occasion, without be∣ing obliged to be visited; but yet this Freedom is to be used with Discre∣tion, that they may administer no Matter of Jealousie, by too long and affected an aboad, or otherwise to the Governors, of the said Places and Ports, to whom the Captains of the said Ships are to give the Reason of their Arrival and Stay.

XIV.

His Majesty's and the said Lords States Generals Men of War, and those of their Subjects that may be fitted out for War, may with all man∣ner of freedom carry off the Prizes, which they may have taken from their Enemies, whithersoever they please, without their being obliged to pay

any Customs, whether to the Admirals or Admiralty, or any other: And also the said Ships or said Prizes, when they enter into any Havens or Ports belonging to his Majesty or the States General cannot be stopped or seized, neither must any of the Officers in the said Places pretend to take an Estimate of the Value of the said Prizes, which may go out and be conducted freely and with all manner of liberty to the Places implied in the Commissions, which the Captains of the said Men of War are obliged to shew: And, on the contrary, There shall no Refuge nor Re∣treat be allowed in their Ports or Havens, to those Ships that have made Prizes of such as have belonged to his Majesty or the said Lords the States Generals Subjects; but in case they put in through Stress of Wea∣ther or Danger at Sea, they must be obliged to go out as soon as possible can be.

XV.

The Subjects of the said Lords the States General are not to be repu∣ted Aubains in France, and are exempted from the Law of Aubain, and may dispose of their Estates by Will, Gift or otherwise; and their Heirs, continuing to be Subjects to the States General, as well in France, as else where, may receive their Succession, even ab intestato, altho' they have obtained no Letters of Naturalization; and yet the effect of this Concessi∣on is not to be hindred or contested, under pretence of any Right or Pre∣rogative of the Provinces, Cities or private Persons, but they may in like manner, without the said Letters of Naturalization, establish themselves with all freedom in any of the Cities of the Kingdom, there to carry on their Commerce and Traffick, yet without acquiring any right of being Citizens there, without they have obtained Letters of Naturalization from his Majesty in due Form; and all those of the United Provinces shall be ge∣nerally in every thing and throughout as favourably treated, as his Majesty's own natural Subjects; and particularly shall not be included in the Taxes which may be laid upon Strangers: And all that is contained in the pre∣sent Article, shall be observed in reference to the King's Subjects living in those Countries that are under the Obedience of the said States General.

XVI.

Those Ships that are laden by one of the Allies, and passing near unto the others Coast, or are forced into the Roads or Ports by contrary Winds, Storms or otherwife, shall not be forced to unlade or sell their Merchan∣dizes there, or part of the same, nor be obliged to pay any Customs, without they unlade their Merchandizes in that Place voluntarily and of their own free-will.

XVII.

The Masters of Ships, their Pilots, Officers and Soldiers Seamen and other seafaring Men, the Ships themselves, with the Wares and Mer∣chandizes wherewith they are laden, are not to be seized nor stopped,

by vertue of any general or private Order whatsoever, or for any Matter or Cause that can be assigned, no nor under the pretence of the Preserva∣tion and Defence of the State; and generally nothing can be taken from the Subjects of either Party, but by the Consent of those to whom it be∣longs, and by paying the things which shall be desired of them, wherein however its not meant, that this should take in those Seizures and Ar∣rests that are made by Order and Authority of Justice, and the ordinary Courses; and for just Debts, Contracts, and other lawful Causes, upon the Account of which, process shall be made by way of Right according to the form of Law.

XVIII.

All the Subjects and Inhabitants of France, and the United Provinces, may, with all freedom and safety, sail with their Ships, and traffick with their Merchandizes, without any distinction who may be the Owners thereof, from their own Ports, Kingdoms and Provinces, as also from the Ports and Kingdoms of other States or Princes, towards such Places as belong to those who are already declared Enemies, as well of France, as the United Provinces, or of one of the two, or which may become to be so. As also the same Subjects and Inhabitants, may, with the same free∣dom and security, sail with their Ships, and traffick with their Merchan∣dizes, without making any distinction who may be the Proprietors of the same, from the Places, Ports and Roads of those who are Enemies to the one and the other of the said Parties, or to one of the two in particular, without contradiction or disturbance whatsoever, not only directly from the said Places of the Enemy unto a neutral Port, but also from one Ene∣mies Place unto another, whether the same be found scituated under the Jurisdiction of the same Sovereign, or belong unto several.

XIX.

This Traffick and Transporting of Merchandize extends unto all sorts but such as are contraband Goods.

XX.

Among that sort of Merchandizes, which are esteemed Contraband, are only to be comprized all sorts of fire Arms, and things of that kind, such as Cannons, Muskets, Morters, Petards, Bombs, Granadoes, Sawsages, Carriages, Forks, Bandeliers, Powder, Match, Saltpeter, Balls, Pikes, Swords, Head-pieces, Curasses, Halberts, Javellins, Horses, Saddles, Ca∣ses of Pistols, Belts, and other Utensils of War.

XXI.

Under this sort of contraband Goods, they are not to include Wheat, Corn, and other Grain, Oyls, Wines and Salt, nor generally any thing that appertains to the sustenance and support of Life, but they shall re∣main free, as all other Merchandizes and Wares that are not comprehend∣ed

in the foregoing Article, and the Transporting thereof is allowable e∣ven to those Places that are Enemies to the said Lords the States, excep∣ting to such Cities and Places as are beseiged, blocked up or invested.

XXII.

In order to the executing of what is aforesaid, it hath been agreed to be done in the following manner, that when those Ships and Barks be∣longing to his Majesty's Subjects, come laden into any of the Havens be∣longing to the said Lords the States, and are minded to go from thence to those of their Enemies, they shall be obliged only to shew to the Officers, belonging to the Ports of the said Lords the States, from whence they depart, their Past-ports, containing a particular Account of their Ships Lading, attested and signed with the usual Hand and Seal, and viewed by the Officers of the Admiralty of those Places from whence they first parted, with a declaring of the Place whither they are bound, all being done according to the ordinary and usual Form, upon which exhibition of their Past-ports, in the Form aforesaid, they are not to be disquieted nor farther called to an account, detained nor retarded in their Voyages, un∣der any Pretence whatsoever.

XXIII.

The same thing is to be done in respect to the French Ships and Barks, that put into some Roads belonging to the Territories under the Obedi∣ence of the said Lords the States, without entring into the Ports, or if they go in, yet have no mind to unlade and break their Cargoes, of which they are not obliged to give an Account, unless it be that there is a suspi∣tion, lest they should carry Contraband-goods to the Enemies of the said Lords the States, as has been said before.

XXIV.

And upon an apparent cause of Suspition in this Matter, the said Sub∣jects are obliged to shew in the Ports their Past-ports drawn, according to the Form before specified.

XXV.

But if they should enter within the Roads, or meet with some Ships of the Lords the States out at Sea, or some private Vessels, the said Ships of the United Provinces, for the avoiding of all Disorder, are to come no nearer unto the French than a Cannon-shot, but may send their small Bark or Shalloop on board the French Ships or Barks, whereof three or four Men only are to enter into the same, unto whom the Masters of the French Ships shall shew their Pass-ports and Letters of Mart abovementi∣oned, according to the Form of the said Letters of Mart, which shall be incerted at the end of this Treaty; by which Pass-ports and Letters of Mart, it may not only appear what his Cargo is, but also the Place of the Aboad and Residence, as well of the Master as of the Ship herself;

that so it may be known by these two ways, whether they carry contra∣band Goods, and that as well the Quality of the Ship, as of the Master, may sufficiently appear thereby, to which Past-ports and Letters of Mart an entire Belief and Credit ought to be given; and to the end the Validi∣ty thereof may be the better known, and that they can be by no means falsified and counterfeited, his said Majesty and the said Lords the States General shall prescribe certain Marks and Counter-signings thereunto.

XXVI.

And in case, by the aforesaid Means, there be found in the said Vessels and French Barks, bound to the Harbours of the Enemies of the said Lords the States, any Merchandizes or Commodities, which are above decla∣red to be contraband and prohibited, they shall be unladen, and declared confiscated in the presence of the Judges of the Admiralty of the United Provinces, or other competent Persons; but yet for all that, the Ship and Bark, or other Goods, Merchandizes and Commodities that are free and not prohibited, found in the same Ship, shall by no means be seized and confiscated.

XXVII.

It has been moreover agreed and concluded, that all the Lading which shall be found of his Majesty's Subjects on board a Ship that is an Enemy of the said Lords the States, though the same be no contraband Goods, shall be confiscated, with all that shall be found in the said Ship, without any Exception or Reserve, but yet also, all that which shall be and be found in such as belong to the most Christian King's Subjects, shall be free and pass, though the Cargo or part thereof appertain to the Ene∣mies of the said Lords the States, excepting contraband Goods, in re∣spect unto which they are to regulate themselves, according to what has been ordered in the preceding Articles; and for the more particular il∣lustration and clearing of this Article, it's moreover agreed and concluded on, that in case it should happen, that both the Parties, or else one of them, should be engaged in a War, the Goods appertaining to the Sub∣jects of the other Party, and laden in their Ships who are become Ene∣mies to both, or one of the Parties, cannot be any ways confiscated, upon the account or under pretence of the said imbarking of them in an Enemy's Ship: And that shall be observed not only when the said Com∣modities shall be put on board them before the Declaration of the War, but also when the same shall be done after the said Declaration; provi∣ded it be done within the respective Times and Terms hereafter prescri∣bed, viz. If they have been laden in the Baltick Sea, or that of the North, from Terneuse in Norway, to the end of the Channel, in the space of four Weeks; or from the end of the Channel, to the Cape of St. Vin∣cent, in the space of six Weeks; and from thence into the Mediterranean Sea, and as far as the Line, in the space of ten Weeks; and beyond the Line, and the other Parts of the World, in the space of eight Months,

to commence from the Publication of the present Treaty: And this in such a manner that the Merchandizes and Goods of the Subjects and Inhabi∣tants that are laden on board those Enemies Ships, can by no means be confiscated, during the above-named Terms and ascertained Limits; but shall be restored to the Owners without any delay, if it be not so that they have been laden after the expiration of the said Terms: And never∣theless it shall be by no means lawful to carry to the Enemy's Ports such Merchandizes as are contraband, which may be found on board of such an Enemy's Ship, tho' the same be set free for the above-mentioned Reason. And as it has been regulated above, That a free Ship shall go unmolested with the Goods laden thereon, it has been moreover agreed and concluded on, That this Liberty shall also be extended to the Persons that shall be found on board a free Ship, so far, that tho' they be Enemies both of the one and the other Party, or of one only of them, yet being found in a free Ship, they must not be taken out, if so be they are not Soldiers, and actu∣ally in the said Enemy's Service.

XXVIII.

All the Subjects and Inhabitants of the said United Provinces shall reci∣procally enjoy the same Rights, Liberties and Immunities in their Com∣merce and Trade in his said Majesty's Ports, Roads, Seas and Dominions, as has been said, as his Majesty's Subjects shall enjoy in those of the Lords the States, and on the High-Seas; it being to be understood, that the Equality shall be reciprocal every ways on either side; and also, that in case hereafter the said Lords the States shall be at Peace, Amity and Neu∣trality with any Kings, Princes and States that shall become Enemies to his said Majesty, each of the two Parties shall reciprocally enjoy the same Conditions and Restrictions as are express'd in the Articles of the present Treaty, relating to Trade and Commerce.

XXIX.

And the more to confirm the Subjects of the said Lords the States, that there shall be no Violence offered them by the said Men of War, all the Captains of the King's Ships, and others of his Majesty's Subjects, shall be injoyned not to molest nor damnifie them any manner of way, under the Penalty of making their own Persons and Goods liable to repair the Dama∣ges suffered and to be suffered, till full restitution be made thereof.

XXX.

And for this reason, every Captain and other Commander, shall for the future, before their departure, be obliged to give good and sufficient Secu∣rity before proper Judges for the Sum of fifteen Thousand Livres French, to answer each of them for the Misdemeanours they may commit in their Voyages, and for the Contraventions of their Captains and Officers against the present Treaty, and against his Majesty's Orders and Edicts which shall be published by vertue and in conformity to the present Agreement, upon the forfeiting and vacating of the said Commissions and Grants; which shall also be practiced in like manner by the Subjects of the said Lords the States General.

XXXI.

If it so happen that any of the said French Captains take a Vessel laden with the said contraband Goods, as has been said already, the said Cap∣tains are not to open nor break up the Chests, Males, Bales, Packs, Tuns and other Casks, or transport, sell or exchange them, or otherwise alie∣nate the same till they have been brought ashoar in the presence of the Judges of the Admiralty; and, after an Inventory taken of the said Mer∣chandizes found in the said Vessels, if so be the said contraband Goods, ma∣king up but a part of the Lading, the Master of the Ship thinks well and consents to deliver up the said contraband Goods to the said Cap∣tain, and pursue his Voyage; in such a Case, the said Master shall by no means be hindred to pursue his Course and the Design of his Voy∣age.

XXXII.

His Majesty, being willing that the Subjects of the said Lords the States General should be treated in all the Countries under his Obedience, as favourably as his own Subjects, shall give all necessary Orders, that the Judgments and Arrests, that shall be made concerning the Prizes that may be taken at Sea, shall be done with all the Justice and Equity imaginable, by Persons of unsuspected Credit, and such as are not interested in the Matter in question. And his Majesty shall give positive and effectual Or∣ders, That all the Arrests, Judgments, and Decrees of Justice already gi∣ven, and hereafter to be given, be readily and duly executed, according to their proper Forms.

XXXIII.

And when the Embassadors of the said Lords the States General, or some other of their publick Ministers, who shall be at his Majesty's Court, shall make Complaint of the said Judgments, that are given, his Majesty will make a Review of the said Judgments in his Council, to examine whether the Orders or Precautions, contained in this Treaty, have been followed and observed, and to provide for the same, according to Rea∣son, which must be done in the space of three Months at farthest; and yet neither before the first Judgment, nor after the same, during the Re∣view, shall the Goods and Effects, that are reclaimed, be sold or unladen, unless it be with the Consent of the Parties concerned, to prevent the loss of the said Merchandizes.

XXXIV.

When a Process shall be moved in the first and second Action, against those who have made Prizes at Sea, and such as are Interested in the same, and that the said interested Persons happen to obtain a favourable Judg∣ment or Arrest, the said Judgment or Arrest shall be executed without any caution, notwithstanding any Appeal of the Person who shall make the Prizes, but not on the contrary, and what is said in the present and pre∣cedent Articles, for the administring of good and undilatory Justice to the Subjects of the United Provinces, concerning Prizes made at Sea, by his Majesty's Subjects, shall be extended and put in practise by the Lords the

States General, in respect to Prizes taken by their Subjects, from those of his Majesty's.

XXXV.

His Majesty, and the Lords the States General, may at all times Build or Fraught in each others Countries, such a number of Ships, whether for War or Trade, as they think good, as also buy such a quantity of Am∣munition, as they have occasion for, and imploy their Authority, that the said Bargains for Ships, and buying of Ammunition, be done honestly and at reasonable Rates; but yet so that neither his Majesty, nor the Lords the States General, shall give the same leave to the said Enemies of the one and the other, in case the said Enemies be the Attackers and Aggressors.

XXXVI.

If it so happen, that any Men of War or Merchant-men be run A∣ground or Shipwreck'd, by Storm or other Accident, upon the Coast of one or other Ally, the said Ships, Apparel, Goods and Merchandizes, and what shall be saved thereof, or if out of foresight, the said things being pe∣rishable, have been sold, and that the whole be reclaimed by the Owners or others, who had the Charge thereof, within a Year and a Day, shall be re∣stored without the form of a Process, they being obliged only to pay a rea∣sonable Charge, and such as shall be regulated between the said Allies, for the Right of Saving; and in case of any Contravension to the present Ar∣ticle, his Majesty and the said Lords the States General promise effectually to imploy their Authority, to punish those of their Subjects with all possible Severity, who shall be found guilty of these Inhumanities, which to their great regret have been sometimes committed upon the like Occasions.

XXXVII.

His Majesty and the said Lords the States General shall not receive, nor suffer their Subjects to receive, in any of the Countries under their Obedience, any Pirates and Free-booters whatsoever, but they shall pur∣sue, punish and chase them out of their Ports; and the Ships they had made Prey of, as well as the Goods taken by the said Pirates and Rovers, that shall be found in being, shall forthwith, and without Form of Law, be freely restored to the Owners that do reclaim them.

XXXVIII.

The Inhabitants and Subjects both of the one and the other Party, may every-where in the Territories under the Obedience of the said King and said Lords the States General, make use of such Advocates, Attornies, Notaries and Sollicitors, as they think good, to whom also they shall be appointed by the ordinary Judges, when there is occasion, and that the said Judges are required to do it, and the said Subjects and Inhabitants on ei∣ther side shall be free in such Places where they make their Aboad, to keep their Books of Trade and Correspondence, in such Language as they please, without their being upon that Account disquieted or molested.

XXXIX.

No Consuls for the future shall be allowed to be on either side, and if it be thought convenient to send Presidents, Agents, Commissioners or o∣thers

to either's Country, they shall not fix their Aboad in any place, but where the Court does ordinarily reside.

XL.

His Majesty and the said Lords the States General, do not allow of any Man of War or other Vessel fitted out by the Commission and for the Service of any Prince, Republick or City whatsoever, shall come and make Prize in the Ports, Havens or other Rivers, which belong unto them, of any Ship belonging to the one or the other Party; and in case any such thing should happen, his said Majesty and the said Lords the States General will imploy their Authority and Power, to cause restitution or reasonable reparation to be made for the same.

XLI.

If, through Inadvertency or otherwise, any Non-observances or Con∣traventions should happen in the present Treaty, on the part of his said Majesty or of the said Lords the States General and their Successors, the same shall not cease to continue in full force, without their coming upon that account to a breaking of the Confederacy, Friendship and good Cor∣respondence; but the said Contraventions shall be forthwith rectified, and if the same do proceed from the fault of some particular Subjects, they alone shall be punished and chastised.

XLII.

And that Commerce and Amity between the Subjects of the said King and those of the said Lords the States General of the United Provinces of the Low Countries may be the better established for the future, It has been agreed and concluded on, that if any interruption of Friendship or Rupture between the Crown of France and the said Lords the States Ge∣neral of the said United Provinces should hereafter happen, (which God forbid) there shall be always nine Months allowed, to commence from the time of the said Rupture, for the Subjects on either part, to withdraw their Effects, and transport them whither they please; which shall be lawful for them to do, as well as to sell or transport their Goods and Movables with all freedom, without giving them any let or molestation, or pro∣ceeding, during the said Term of nine Months, to any seizure of their Effects, much less to arrest their Persons.

XLIII.

Both the one and the other Party shall prevent, as much as in them lies, whatever may any manner of way either directly or indirectly hinder the execution of the present Treaty, and especially the seventh Article; and they do oblige themselves, upon the least Complaints of any Contraven∣tions, that shall be made, to make reparation without any delay.

XLIV.

The present Treaty, concerning Commerce, Navigation and Maritime Affairs, shall endure for five and twenty Years, to commence from the Day of the signing thereof, and the Ratifications of it shall be made in due form, and exchanged on either part in the space of three Weeks, reckon∣ing from the Day of signing, or sooner, if it can be done.

XLV.

And for the greater Confirmation of this Treaty of Commerce, and of all the Points and Articles contained therein, the said present Treaty shall be published, verified and registred in the Court of Parliament of Paris and in all other Parliaments throughout the Kingdom of France, and the Chamber of Accounts of the said City of Paris; and also the said Treaty shall in like manner be published, verified and registred by the said Lords the States General, in the Courts and other Places where they have been wont to make the like Publications, Verifications and Registrings.

The Form of the Past-ports and Letters that ought to be given by the Admiralty of France, to the Ships and Barks, that go out, pur∣suant to the Articles of the present Treaty.

LOƲIS, Count of Thoulouse, Admiral of France, to all those to whom these present Letters shall come, Greeting: Be it known, that we have given Leave and Permission to 〈…〉〈…〉 the Master and Conductor of the Ship, called, 〈…〉〈…〉 of the City of 〈…〉〈…〉 of the Port 〈…〉〈…〉 Tuns, or thereabouts, being at present in the Port and Haven of 〈…〉〈…〉 to go to 〈…〉〈…〉 laden with 〈…〉〈…〉 after his Ship has been visited, and he before his departure taken the Oath, in the presence of such Officers as exercise Jurisdiction over Maritime Affairs, that the said Ship appertains to one or more of his Majesty's Subjects, the manner whereof shall be subjoyned next after these Presents; and that he will keep and cause to be kept, by those that make up his Equipage, the Maritime Orders and Regulations, and commit the Roll, signed and verified, to be registred, which contains the Names and Sirnames, Birth and Aboad of the Men that compose his Crew, and of all such as go on board him, whom he cannot imbark without the knowledge and permission of the Of∣ficers that are appointed to manage the Maratime Affairs; and to whatever Port or Haven he shall enter with his Ship, he shall shew to such Officers and Judges as have the Inspection of Maritime Affairs the present Leave, and give a faithful Account unto them of what hath hapned during his Voyage; and he shall carry the King's Flags, Arms and Ensigns, as also ours during his Voyage. In witness whereof we have set our Hand and Seal unto these Presents, and have caused the same to be Counter-signed by our Ma∣rine Secretary, at 〈…〉〈…〉 Day of 〈…〉〈…〉 thousand six hundred

Signed Louis, Count of Thoulouse, and a little lower by

A Form of the Act that contains the Oath.

WE 〈…〉〈…〉 of the Admiralty of 〈…〉〈…〉 do certifie, That 〈…〉〈…〉 the Master of the Ship, named 〈…〉〈…〉 with the above-mentioned Past-port hath taken the Oath mentioned therein. Given at 〈…〉〈…〉 the 〈…〉〈…〉 Day of 〈…〉〈…〉

Another form of Letters that should be given by the Cities and Sea∣ports of the Ʋnited Provinces, to the Ships and Barks that go out from thence, according the fore-said Article.

TO the most Serene, most Illustrious, most Puissant, Honourable and Prudent Lords Emperors, Kings, Republicks, Princes, Dukes, Counts, Barons, Lords, Burgomasters, Sherriffs, Councellors, Judges, Officers, Ju∣stices and Governours of all good Cities and Places, as well ecclesiasti∣cal as secular, who shall see or read these Presents: We the Burgoma∣sters and Rulers of the City of 〈…〉〈…〉 make known, that 〈…〉〈…〉 the Master of the Ship 〈…〉〈…〉 appearing be∣fore us, hath declared upon solemn Oath, that the Ship named 〈…〉〈…〉 of about 〈…〉〈…〉 lasts, over which he is at pre∣sent Master, appertains to the Inhabitants of the United Provinces, so help him God: And, as we are desirous that the said Master of the Ship should be assisted in his lawful Affairs, we do intreat all Persons in gene∣ral and particular, where the said Master with his Ship and Goods shall arrive, that they would be pleased to receive him kindly, and treat him be∣comingly, by suffering him according to the usual Rights of Toles and Customs to be in, by and near your Ports, Rivers and Dominions, by leaving him to sail, pass, frequent and trade, where he thinks fit; which we will readily acknowledge. In Witness whereof, we have affixed our City-Seal hereunto.

In Witness whereof, we his Majesty's above-mentioned Embassadors, and those of the Lords the States General, by vertue of our respective Powers, have in the said Names signed and sealed these Presents with our own Hands and Seals, at Reswick, the 20th of September, 1687.

Thus signed:

• (L. S.) N. A. de Harlay Bonneuil,
• (L. S.) Verjus de Crecy,
• (L. S.) De Callieres,
• (L. S.) A. Heynsius,
• (L. S.) E. de Weede,
• (L. S.) W. v. Haren.

The separate Article.

BEsides what has been agreed and concluded on by the Treaty of Com∣merce, made between his most Christian Majesty's Embassadors, and those of the Lords the States General of the United Provinces, this twen∣tieth Day of September, 1697; It has been farther agreed by this pre∣sent separate Article, which shall be of the same Vertue and Force as if it had been incerted word forword in the said Treaty, That the Imposi∣tion of fifty Sols per Tun, setled in France upon Forreign Ships, shall for the future entirely cease in respect to those Ships that appertain to the Subjects of the States General of the United Provinces, and may not here∣after be re-established, and this in such a manner, that the Ships of the

said Lords the States General, shall be discarged of the said Tax, whe∣ther the said Ships go directly for France from the Countries or Territories of the said Lords the States General, or from any other Place whatsoe∣ver, whether the same be Laden or in Ballast, or whether also they be Laden for to unload in one or more Places in France; or else that being minded to take in Lading in such Places whither they have an intention to go, and not finding any there, they go to other Places for their Supply; or whether also the said Ships of the Subjects of the Lords the States Ge∣neral, go out of the Ports of France in order to return Home, or go else∣where, in what Places soever they may be, laden or empty: Whether, a∣gain, they have taken in their Lading in one or more Places, since it has been agreed on, that neither in the said Cases, nor any other which may happen, shall the Ships, belonging to the Subjects of the said Lords the States General, be subject to the said Imposition, but that they shall be and remain exempted there from, as well in coming from as going into the said Ports of France, saving only in the following Case; to wit, When the said Ships take in Merchandizes in France, and Transport the same from one Port of France to another in the said Country, in order to dispose of the same, in which case only, and upon no other Account, are the Subjects of the said Lords the States General, obliged to pay the said Custom as other Strangers do. The present separate Article shall be Rati∣fied and Registred in the same manner as the Treaty of Commerce.

In Witness whereof, We his said Majesty's Embassadors, and those of the Lords the States General, by vertue of our respective Powers, have in the said Names signed and sealed this separate Article with our own Hands and Seals; at Reswick in Holland, 20th of September, 1697.

Thus signed:

• (L. S.) N. A. de Harlay Bonneuil,
• (L. S.) Verjus de Crecy,
• (L. S.) De Callieres,
• (L. S.) A. Heynsius,
• (L. S.) E. de Weede,
• (L. S.) W. van Haren.

Here follows the full Powers of the most Christian King's Embassa∣dors and Plenipotentiaries.

LEwis, by the Grace of God, King of France and Navarre, to all those who may see these Presents, Greeting: As we more ardently desire nothing than to see the War wherewith Christendom is at present afflicted, ended by a good Peace; and seeing that by the Assiduity and Mediation of our most dear and most beloved Brother, the King of Sweden, the Towns of Delph and the Hague have been agreed upon by all Parties to be the Places where the Conferences, necessary for that end, are to be held; we being moved by this same desire, of stopping, as much as in us lies, with the assistance of Divine Providence, the Desolation of so many Pro∣vinces, and Effusion of so much Christian Blood, make known, That we putting an entire Confidence in the Experience, Capacity and Fidelity of our beloved and faithful Councellor in Ordinary in our Council of State,

the Sieur Harlay de Bonnevil, of our well-beloved the Sieur Verjus, Count of Crecy, Baron of Couvay, Sieur of Boulay, of the two Churches of For∣tisle, of Mevillet, and other Places, and of our well-beloved the Sieur de Callieres, de la Roche-Chellay, & de Gigny, by the advantageous Proofs which they have given us in divers important Imployments where-with we have entrusted them, as well within as without our Kingdom; by these Causes and other Considerations moving us thereunto, we have en∣trusted, ordered and deputed the said Sieurs de Harlay, de Crecy, and de Callieres; and we do by these Presents, signed with our own Hand, En∣trust, Order and Depute, and have and do give unto them full Power, Commission and special Command, to go into the said City of Delph, in Quality of our Extraordinary Embassadors and Plenipotentiaries for the Peace, and there to confer whether directly or by the interposition of the Embassadors Mediators, respectively received and agreed upon, with the Embassadors, Plenipotentiaries and Ministers of our most dear and great Friends the States General of the United Provinces of the Low Countries, and of their Allies, who shall be all provided with sufficient Powers, and there to treat upon the means how to terminate and appease the Differences that at this Day occasion the War; and our said Plenipoten∣tiaries may all three of them together, or two of them in case of the ab∣sence of the other through Sickness, or some other Impediment, or one a∣lone, in the absence of the other two, in the like case of Sickness, or other Impediment, agree, and thereupon conclude and sign a good and firm Peace, and generally negotiate, promise and agree, to whatever they shall think necessary for the effecting of the said Peace, with the same Autho∣rity as we ourselves could or might do it, were we there present in Per∣son, tho' there were somewhat therein that should require a more special Order than what is contained in these Presents; promising, upon the Faith and Word of a King, to hold good, and to fulfil all that the said Sieurs de Harlay, Crecy and Callieres, or any two of them, in case of the others absence thro' Sickness, or other Impediment, or any one of them, in the absence of the other two, in the like case of Sickness, or other Impe∣diment, shall stipulate, promise or agree to, and to dispatch our Letters of Ratification thereupon, within the time they shall be promised in our Name to be produced, for such is our Pleasure: In Witness whereof, we have fixed our Seal to these Presents. Given at Versailles the 25th of February, 1697, and of our Reign, 54. Signed Lovis. And upon the Fold was written, By the King's Command, signed Colbert.

Here follows the Tenour of the full Powers of the Embassadors and Plenipotentiaries of the Lords the States General.

THe States General of the United Provinces of the Low Countries, to all those to whom these Presents shall come, Greeting: As we desire no∣thing more ardently than to see the War, where-with Christendom is at present afflicted, ended by a good Peace, and that thro' the Care and Me∣diation

of the most Serene King of Sweden, Rijswick has been agreed upon by all Parties to be the place of holding the Conferences: We being mo∣ved with the same desire of preventing, as much as in us lies, the deso∣lation of so many Provinces, and the effusion of so much Christian Blood, are very desirous to contribute whatever depends upon us towards it, and for this Purpose, have in the said Assembly, deputed some Persons of our own Body, who have given several Proofs of the Knowledge and Expe∣rience they have in publick Affairs, as well as the Affection they retain for the good of our State: And as the Sieurs James Boreel, Lord of Duynbeek, Westhoven and Meresteyn, Senator and Burgomaster of the City of Am∣sterdam, and the deputed Councellor of the Province of Holland; Ever∣hard de Weede, Lord of Weede, Dijckvelt, Rateles, &c. Lord Proprietor of Oudewater, Dean and Rector of the Imperial Chamber of St. Mary of Ʋ∣trecht, Dijk-Grave of the River Rhine, within the Province of Ʋtrecht, President of the States of the said Province, and William de Haren, Griet∣man of Bilt, Deputy for the Nobility to the States of Friesland, and Cu∣rator of the University of Francker, who are Deputies in our Assembly on the part of the States of Holland, Ʋtrecht and Friesland, have signali∣zed themselves in several important Imployments for our Service, where they have given marks of their Fidelity, Application and Address in the management of Affairs; for these Causes and other Considerations us mo∣ving thereunto, we have commissionated, ordered and deputed the said Sieurs Boreel, de Weede and de Haren, and we do by these Presents commis∣sion, order and depute, and have given, and do give unto them full Power, Commission and special Order to go to Rijswick, in Quality of our Extra∣ordinary Embassadors and Plenipotentiaries for the Peace, and there to Confer either directly or by the interposition of the Embassadors Media∣tors, respectively received and agreed upon, with the Extraordinary Em∣bassadors and Plenipotentiaries of his most Christian Majesty and his Al∣lies, furnished with sufficient Powers for the same, and there to treat upon the means of terminating and pacifying those Differences, which cause the War at this Day; and our said Embassadors and Plenipotentiaries may all three together, or two of them, in case of the absence of the other thro' Sickness or some other Impediment, or one only, in the absence of the o∣ther two upon the like accounts of Sickness or other Impediment, agree, and thereupon conclude and sign a good and firm Peace, and generally negotiate, promise and consent to all that they shall think necessary for the effecting of the said Peace, and generally do whatever we ourselves might do, were we actually present there, altho' it were requisite for that end to have a more especial Power and Order, than what is contained in these Presents; we promising sincerely and in good truth to hold all that for firm, stable and satisfactory, which by our said Embassadors and Pleni∣potentiaries, or any two of them in case of the Sickness, Absence, or other Impediment of the third, or by any one of them, in the absence of the other two, upon the like account of Sickness or other Impeaiment, shall be stipulated, promised and agreed to, and to cause our Letters of

Ratification to be dispatcht thereupon, within the time they shall promise in our Name to produce the same. Given in our Assembly at the Hague, under our Great Seal. Signed by the President of our Assembly, and signed by our Secretary, April 6. 1697. It was signed F. B. de Reede, and upon the Fold was written, By the Order of the said Lords the States Ge∣neral. It was signed F. Fagel, and sealed with the Great Seal in Red Wax.

THe States General of the United Provinces of the Low Countries, to all those to whom these Presents shall come, Greeting: As we desire nothing more ardently than to see the War wherewith Christendom is at present afflicted, terminated by a good Peace, and that by the Care and Mediation of the most Serene King of Sweden, all Parties have agreed upon Rijswick to be the Place where the Conferences shall be held, and we being incited with this same desire, of putting an end, as much as in us lies, to the Desolation of so many Provinces, and the Effusion of so much Christian Blood, are willing to contribute all that we can do there∣unto; and for this end we have already deputed formerly some Persons of our own Body, in quality of Extraordinary Embassadors and Plenipo∣tentiaries in the said Assembly, who have given diverse Proofs of the Knowledge and Experience they have in Publick Affairs, as well as the Affection they retain for the Welfare of our State; to wit, the Sieurs James Boreel, Lord of Duynbeek, Westhove and Merestein, Senator and Burgomaster of the City of Amsterdam, and the deputed Councellor of the Province of Holland; Everhard de Weede, Lord of Weede, Dijckvelt, Rateles, &c. Lord Proprietor of the Town of Oudewater, Dean and Rector of the Imperial Chapter of Ʋtrecht, Dijck-Grave of the River Rhine in the Province of Ʋtrecht, President of the States of the said Province; and William de Haren, Grietman of Bilt, the Nobilities Deputy to the States of Friesland, and Curator of the University of Franeker, Deputies in our Assembly from the States of Holland, Ʋtrecht and Friesland; and as at present we have thought fit to joyn a fourth Person to our above-named three Embassadors Extraordinary and Plenipotentiaries, for the very same effect; and that the Sieur Antony Heinsius, Councellor and Pensionary of the States of Holland and West-Friesland, Keeper of the Great Seal, Su∣perintendant of the Fiefs, and Deputy in our Assembly for the same Pro∣vince, hath signalized himself for our Service in several important Im∣ployments, wherein he hath given Proofs of his Fidelity, Application and Address in the Management of Business; for these Causes and other Con∣fiderations moving us thereunto, we have commissionated, ordered and deputed the said Sieur Heinsius, we do commission, order and depute by these Presents, and have given and do give unto him full Power, Commis∣sion and special Order to go to Rijswick in quality of our Embassador Ex∣traordinary and Plenipotentiary for the Peace, and there to confer either immediately, or by the interposition of the Embassadors Mediators, respe∣ctively received and agreed on, with the Embassadors Extraordinary and Plenipotentiaries of his most Christian Majesty and his Allies, furnished

with sufficient Powers for the same, and to treat upon the Means how to terminate and pacifie the Differences, which occasion the War at this Day; and our said Embassador and Plenipotentiary may together with the said Sieurs Boreel, de Weede and de Haren, our three other Embassadors Extra∣ordinary and Plenipotentiaries, or with two or one of them, in case of the absence of the rest, through Sickness or other Impediment, or even alone in the absence of all the three, in case of the like Sickness or other Impediment, agree and thereupon conclude and sign a good and firm Peace; and, in general, negotiate, promise and consent to all that he shall think necessary for effecting the said Peace, and generally do what∣ever we our selves might do were we our selves there actually present, although for that end it might be requisite he should have a Power and more special Order than what is contained in these Presents; we promi∣sing sincerely and in good truth, to hold all that firm, stable and satisfa∣ctory, which the said Sieur Heinsius, together with our other three Embas∣sadors and Plenipotentiaries, or with any two or one of them, in case of the Sickness, Absence or other Impediment of the rest, or even alone in the absence of all three, upon the like account of Sickness or other Impedi∣ment, shall stipulate, promise and agree to, and to expedite our Letters of Ratification of the same within the time he shall promise in our Name to produce the same. Given at the Hague, in our Assembly, under the Great Seal; signed by the President of our Assembly, and sealed by our Secre∣tary, Aug. 5. Anno 1697. Signed F. B. de Reede, as upon the Fold it was written, By the Order of the said Lords the States General. It was signed, F. Fagel, and sealed with the Great Seal in Red Wax.

Here follows his most Christian Majesty's Ratification of the Treaty of Commerce, Navigation and Marine Affairs.

LEwis, by the Grace of God King of France and Navarre, to all those to whom these Presents shall come, Greeting: As our well-beloved and faithful Councellor in Ordinary in our Council of State, Nicholas Augustus de Harlay, Knight, Lord of Bonneuil, Count of Cely; our dear and well-beloved Lewis Verjus, Knight, Count of Crecy, Marquess of Treon, Baron of Couvay, Lord of Boulay, of the two Churches of Fortisle and of Mevil∣let; and our dear and well-beloved Francis de Callieres, Knight, Lord of la Roche-Chellay and of Gigny, our Embassadors Extraordinary and Pleni∣potentiaries, by vertue of the full Powers we have given them, have con∣cluded, finished and signed on the 20th of September last at Risswick, with the Sieurs Antony Heinsius, Councellor and Pensionary of the States of Hol∣land and West-Friesland, Keeper of the Great Seal and Superintendant of the Fiefs in the same Province; Everhard de Weede, Lord of Weede, Dijck∣velt, and Rateles, &c. Lord Proprietor of the Town of Oudewater, Dean and Rector of the Imperial Chapter of St. Mary at Ʋtrecht, Dijck-Grave of the River Rhine in the Province of Ʋtrecht, President of the States of the said Province; and William de Haren, Grietman of Bilt, the Nobili∣ties

Deputy to the States of Friesland, and Curator of the University of Franeker, Deputies in their Assembly on the behalf of the States of Holland, Ʋtrecht and Friesland, in quality of Embassadors Extraordinary and Pleni∣potentiaries of our most dear and great Friends the States General of the United Provinces of the Low Countries, in like manner furnished with full Powers, the Treaty of Commerce, Navigation and Marine Affairs.

Fiat Insertio.

We being satisfied with the said Treaty of Commerce, Navigation and Marine Affairs, in all and every of the Points and Articles that are con∣tained and set forth therein, have as well for our selves, as for our Heirs, Successors, Kingdoms, Countries, Territories, Seigniories and Subjects, accepted, approved, ratified and confirmed, do accept, approve, ratifie and confirm the same, and fully promise upon the Faith and Word of a King, under the Obligation and Pledge of all and every our Possessions at present and to come, to keep and observe it inviolably, without ever going or act∣ing to the contrary, either directly or indirectly, in any manner whatso∣ever: In witness whereof we have signed these Presents with our own Hand, and caused it to be sealed with our Seal. Given at Fountainbleau, the 3d of October, Anno 1697; and of our Reign fifty five. It was signed Lovis; and a little lower, By the King's Command. Signed, Colbert.

Here follows the Ratification of the Lords the States General of the Ʋnited Provinces of the Low Countries, of the Treaty of Com∣merce, Navigation and Marine Affairs.

THe States General of the United Provinces of the Low Countries, to all those to whom these Presents shall come, Greeting: As there has been on the 20th of September, this present Year 1697, A Treaty of Com∣merce, Navigation and Marine Affairs agreed and concluded at Rijswick in Holland, by the Sieur Nicholas Augustus de Harlay, Kt. Lord of Bonneuil, Count of Celi, Councellor in Ordinary to his most Christian Majesty in his Council of State; the Sieur Lovis Verjus, Knight, Count of Crecy, Councellor in Ordinary to the King in his Council of State, Marquess of Treon, Baron of Couvay, Lord of Boulay, of the two Churches of Fortisle, of Mevillet and other places; and the Sieur Francis de Callieres, Knight, Lord of Callieres, la Roche-Chellay and Gigny; his most Christian Majesty's Embassadors Extraordinary and Plenipotentiaries in the Assembly at Rijs∣wick, in the Name and on the Part of his said Majesty; And by the Sieurs Antony Heinsius, Councellor and Pensionary of the States of Holland and West-Friesland, and Keeper of the Great Seal, and Superintendant of the Fiefs in the said Province; Everhard de Weede, Lord of Weede, Dijck∣velt, Rateles, and other places, Lord Proprietor of the Town of Oudewa∣ter, Dean and Rector of the Imperial Chapter of St. Mary at Ʋtrecht, Dijk-Grave of the Rhine in the Province of Ʋtrecht, President of the States of the said Province; and William de Haren, Grietman of Bilt, the Nobi∣lities

Deputy to the States of Friesland, and Curator of the University of Francker, Deputies in our Assembly for the States of Holland, Ʋtrecht and Friestand, our Embassadors Extraordinary and Plenipotentiaries in the said Assembly of Rijswick, in our Name and on our Part, and by Vertue of their respective full Powers, of which Treaty the Tenour follows:

Fiat Insertio.

And forasmuch as the Contents of the said Treaty doth import, That the Ratifications of the same should be executed in due form, and ex∣changed on either part in the space of three Weeks, or sooner if it could be done, computing it from the Day of signing; we being very desirous to give Instances of our Sincerity, and to discharge our Word, which our said Embassadors have given for us, have allowed, approved and ra∣tified the said Treaty, and every Article thereof afore transcribed, as we do allow, approve and ratifie it by these Presents; promising in good Faith and Sincerity to keep, maintain and observe it inviolably, Point by Point, according to the Tenour and Form thereof, without ever going or acting to the contrary, either directly or indirectly, in any sort or way whatsoever. In witness whereof we have caused these Presents to be sign∣ed by the President of our Assembly, countersigned by our Secretary, and affixed our Great Seal thereunto. Given at the Hague, Octob. 10. 1697.

Here follows his most Christian Majesty's Ratification of the separate Article.

LEwis, by the Grace of God King of France and Navarre, to all those to whom these Presents shall come, Greeting: Having seen and exa∣mined the separate Article, which our well-beloved and faithful Councel∣lor in Ordinary in our Council of State, Nicholas Augustus de Harlay, Knight, Lord of Bonneuil, Count of Celi; our most dear and well-be-loved Lovis Verjus, Knight, Count of Crecy, Marquess of Treon, Baron of Couvay, Lord of Boulay, of the two Churches of Fortisle and of Mou∣illet; and our dear and well-beloved Francis de Callieres, Kt. Lord of la Roche-Chellay and Gigny, our Embassadors Extraordinary and Plenipo∣tentiaries, by Vertue of the full Powers we have given them, have con∣cluded, agreed and signed on the 20th of September last at Rijswick, with the Sieurs Antony Heinsius, Councellor and Pensionary of Holland and West-Friesland, Keeper of the Great Seal, and Superintendant of the Fiefs; Everhard de Weede, Lord of Weede, Dickvelt, Rateles, &c. Lord Proprietor of the Town of Oudewater, Dean and Rector of the Imperial Chapter of St. Mary at Ʋtrecht, Dijck-Grave of the Rhine in the Pro∣vince of Ʋtrecht, and President of the States of the said Province; and William de Haren, Grietman of Bilt, the Nobilities Deputy to the States of Friesland, and Curator of the University of Franeker, Deputies in their Assembly for the States of Holland, Ʋtrecht and Friesland, in the quality of Embassadors Extraordinary and Plenipotentiaries of our most dear and

great Friends, the States General of the United Provinces of the Low Countries, in like manner furnished with full Powers, of which separate Article the Tenour follows:

Fiat Insertio.

We being satisfied with the said separate Article in all the Contents thereof, have allowed, approved and ratified, and do allow, approve and ratifie the same by these Presents, signed with our own Hand, promising, in the Faith and Word of a King, to accomplish and observe, and cause the same to be observed sincerely and in good truth, without ever suffer∣ing, either directly or indirectly, the violation thereof, for any Cause and upon any Account whatsoever: In Witness whereof, we have signed these Presents, and set thereunto our Seal. Given at Fountainbleau, the 3d of October, in the Year of Grace, 1697. and of our Reign fifty five. It was signed Lovis, a little lower, By the King's Command. Signed, Colbert.

Here follows the Ratification of the Lords the States General of the Ʋnited Provinces of the Low Countries, of the separate Article.

THe States General of the United Provinces of the Low Countries, to whom these presents shall come, Greeting: Seeing it is so, that be∣sides the Treaty of Commerce, that was agreed and concluded at Rij••∣wick in Holland, on the 20th of September this Year 1697, there was also a separate Article, made by the Sieur Nicholas de Harlay, Knight, Lord of Bonneuil, Count of Celi, Councellor in Ordinary to his most Christian Majesty in his Council of State; the Sieur Louis Verjus, Knight, Count of Crecy, Councellor in Ordinary to the King in his Council of State, Marquess of Treon, Baron of Couvay, Lord of Boulay, of the two Churches of Fortisle, of Meuillet, and other Places; and the Sieur Francis de Callieres, Knight, Lord of Callieres, de la Roche-Chellay, and of Gigny, his most Christian Majesty's Embassadors Extraordinary, and Plenipo∣tentiaries in the Assembly at Rijswick: And by the Sieur Anthony Heinsi∣us, Councellor and Pensionary of the States of Holland and West-Fries∣land, Keeper of the Great Seal, and Superintendant of the Fiefs of the said Province; Everhard de Weede, Lord of Weede, Dijckvelt, Rateles, and other Places, Lord Proprietor of the Town of Oudewater, Dean and Re∣ctor of the Imperial Chapter of St. Mary at Ʋtretcht, Dijck-Grave of the Rhine within the said Province, President of the States of the said Province; and William de Haren, Grietman of Bilt, the Nobilities Deputy to the States of Friesland, and Curator to the University of Franeker, Deputies in our Assembly at Rijswick, in our Name, and on our Part, by Vertue of their respective full Powers, of which separate Article the Tenour follows:

Flat Insertio.

We being satisfied with the said separate Article, have approved and ratified it, and do allow, approve and ratifie the same by these Presents, as much as if it were inserted in the said Treaty of Commerce, promising inviolably to keep, maintain and observe all that is contained therein, without ever going or acting either directly or indirectly to the contrary, under any pretence whatsoever: In Witness whereof, We have caused these Presents to be signed by the President of our Assembly, counter∣signed by our Secretary, and affixed our Great Seal thereunto. Given at the Hague, Octob. 10th, An. 1697.

FINIS.