The form of the oaths, as also of the passe, required by the convention with Denmarke.

COPY OF The 11^th and 12^th Articles of the Treaty with Sweden, concluded in 1661. With the Form of the PASSPORT or PASSE.

XI.

ALthough in the preceding Articles of this present Treaty it be forbidden to either Confederate, to yield any Aid, or Assistance to the Enemies of the other: Yet it is not to be so understood, as if either Confederate, having no War with the Enemies of the other, might not Sail to, or Traffick with the said Enemies, notwithstanding that the other Confederate be in Actual War with them: But it is only provided, that no Goods called Goods of Contraband, and particularly that no Mony, Provision, Weapons, Fire-Arms, with their Appurtenances, Fire-Balls, Gun-Powder, Match, Bullers, Spear-heads, Swords, Lances, Pikes, Halberds, Ordnance, Mortar-Pieces, Petards, Granadoes, Rests, Bandeleers, Salt Peter, Pistols, Small-shot, Pots, Head-Pieces, Backs and Breasts, or such kind of Armour, Soldiers, Horses, all Furniture necessary for Hor∣ses, Holdsters, Belts, and whatsoever Warlike Instruments; as al∣so, that no Ships of War, or Convoys, be Furnish'd to the Enemy without Peril, in case they be taken of being adjudg'd lawful Prize, without hope of Restitution: And neither of the Confederates shall suffer any of his Subjects, to give Aid, Sell, or lend Ships, or be any way useful to the Enemies, or Rebels of the other to his Prejudice, or Detriment. But it shall be lawful, for either Confe∣derate, his People and Subjects, to have Commerce with the Ene∣mies of the other, and to carry to them all kind of Merchandize, not before excepted, without any Lett, or Hindrance, unless it be into such Ports and Places as are Besieged by the other, and in such Case, it shall be lawful for them to Sell their Commodities to the Besiegers, or otherwise to betake themselves to any other Port which is not Besieged.

XII.

BUT lest such Navigation and Entercourse of the one Confederate his People and Subjects by Land or Sea, with other Nations during the War of the other Confederate, should redound to the Prejudice of the said other Confederate; and lest Goods of Enemies should pass concealed, under the Name of Friends, for the removing of all suspicion and prevention of Fraud herein, it is agreed, that all Ships, Waggons, Wares and Men belonging to either Confederate, shall in their Passage have Letters of safe Conduct, commonly called Pasports and Certificates, whereof the hereunder written Forms, shall be Word for Word, Ob∣served, and Subscribed, and Signed by the Chief Magistrate, or Head Commissioners of the Customs and Imposts of that Province and City whence they come, and the true Names of the Ships, Carriages, Wares, Masters of Ships, shall be specified; the Days also, and times, together with such other Descriptions as are ex∣pressed in the following Form of a Certificate, shall without any Fraud be particularized: Wheresore, if any one, who upon the Faith of that Oath, whereby he is Bound to his Prince, State or City, shall affirm, that he hath alledged nothing but the Truth, and afterward be Convicted of willful Fraud in that Allegation, he shall be punished with severity, and as a Person Guilty of the Breach of that Oath.

VVEE N. N. Governour, or Chief Magistrate, or Commissioners of the Im∣posts and Customs of the City, or Province of N. (putting the Title, or Office of the Respe∣ctive Government of that place) do Certifie, that upon the _____ _____ day of the Month of _____ _____ in the year of our Lord _____ _____ N. N. N. Citi∣zens and Inhabitants of N. and Subjects of his Majesty the King of Great Britain, or the King of Sweden, (as the Case shall happen) did personally appear before us in the City, or Town of N. under the Dominion of his Majesty the King of Great

Britain, or of his Majesty the King of Sweden, and did there upon the Faith of that Oath, whereby they are bound to his Majesty the King of Great Bri∣tain our most Gracious Sove∣reign, or to his Majesty the King of Sweden our most Gracious So∣vereign, and to our City de∣clare that the Ship, or Vessel called N. of N. Lasts, or Tons doth belong to the Port, City or Town of N. of the Dominion N. and that the said Ship doth properly, and of right appertain thereunto, or the Subjects of his Majesty the King of Great Britain, or the King of Sweden, but now from the Port N. is bound for N. freighted with the Goods following, Viz. (Here let the Goods be spe∣cified with their Quantity and Quality) for Example, about so many Load or Packs; about so many Hogsheads, &c. ac∣cording as the Quantity, or Condition of the Merchandize shall be, and did affirm upon the aforesaid Oath, so much N. of the said Goods and Merchan∣dize to belong to the Subjects▪ of the King of Great Britain, or of the King of Sweden, or so much N. unto N. N. N. (let it be expressed of what Country the Owners be) and that N. N. N. upon the Oath aforesaid, alledg∣ed that the said Goods above specified, and no others were put, or to be put on Board the said Ship for that Voyage, and that no part thereof belongeth to any other than the Persons a∣foresaid, and that therein there are no other Goods hidden un∣der any False, or Counterfeit

Name whatsoever, but that the aforesaid Merchandize were tru∣ly and really for the use of the said Owners and Proprietors, and no others, and that the said Master of the Ship Named N. is a Citizen of N. wherefore since upon strict inquiry, it is mani∣fest to us, (the Governour, Chief Magistrate, or Commissioners of the Customs of the City afore∣said) that the said Ship, or Ves∣sel and Goods are free, and do really and truly belong to the Subjects of his Majesty of Great Britain, or his Majesty of Swe∣den, or the aforesaid Inhabitants of other Countries: We do with all Respect humbly desire, all Powers by Land or Sea, Kings, Princes, Common-Wealths, Free-Cities; as also, all Generals, Admirals, General Officers, Governours of Ports, and all others to whom the Guard of any Port, or Sea is committed, who shall happen to meet this Ship under Sail, or into whose Fleet she shall fall, or in whose Ports she shall happen to stay; that in regard of the Friendship and Alliance which is between every of them, or their Superi∣ors, and his Majesty of Great Britain our most Gracious Sove∣reign, or his Majesty of Sweden our most Gracious Sovereign, that they would not only suffer and permit the said Master with the Ship N. the persons Goods and Merchandize belonging thereunto, without any lett or hindrance, freely to make his Voyage; but also (if he think covenient to go any where else from the said Port) that they would do him all Civil Offices,

as a Subject of his Majesty the King of Great Britain, or of the King of Sweden, expecting the like Returns from his Majesty the King of Great Britain, or his Majesty the King of Sweden, his Officers and Subjects in the like, or other Case. In Witness whereof, we have Subscribed these Presents, and Sealed the same with the Common Seal of our City, Dated, &c.

NOS N. N. Gubernator aut▪ Supremus Magistrat••s, aut▪ Teloniorum & Custumarum Com∣missarii Civitatis vel Provinciae N. (apposito Titulo aut Officio respectivi Gubernamenti illius lo∣ci) notum testatumque facimus quod _____ _____ die _____ _____ Mensis _____ _____ Anni _____ _____ Personaliter coram nobis comparue∣rint in Civitate aut Oppido-N. ditio∣nis Sacrae Regiae Majestatis Magnae Britanniae vel Sacrae Regiae Ma∣jestatis Sueciae (quemadmodum casus fuerit) N. N. N. Cives & Inhabitantes in N. ac subditi Sa∣crae Regiae Majestatis Magnae

Britanniae vel Sacrae Regiae Majesta∣tis Sueciae, atque sub fide illius ju∣ramenti quo Sacrae Regiae Majesta∣ti Magnae Britanniae Domino no∣stro Clementissimo, & Civitati no∣strae, ac Sacrae Regiae Majestati Sueciae Domino nostro Clementis∣simo, & Civitati nostrae attinentar & obstricti sunt nobis Declarave∣rint, quod Navis aut Navigium N. dictum N. N. Lastarum aut tonnarum capax, pertineat ad Portum, Civitatem, aut Oppidum N. ditionis N. quodque dicta Na∣vis ejus aut subditorum Sacrae Regiae Majestatis Magnae Britanniae vel Sacrae Regiae Majestatis Sueciae ju∣sto titulo propria sit, jam vero de Portu N. iter vel itinera directe distinasse ad N. sequentibus onustam mercibus videlicet. (Hic specisicen∣tur bona cum quantitate ac qua∣litate eorum. Exempli Gratia; tot circiter plaustra vel in∣volucra, tot circiter dolia, &c. Quemadmodum quantitas & Conditio Mercium fuerit) Iidem{que} asseveraverint sub juramento predi∣cto tantum N. ex dictis Bonis mercibusque ad subditos Sacrae Re∣giae Majestatis Magnae Britanniae, vel Sacrae Regiae Majestatis Sue∣ciae vel tantium N. ad N. N. N. (cujuscunque Nationis Possessores fuerint exprimatur) pertinere quod∣que N. N. N. sub fide dicti Jura∣menti affirmaverint dicta bona superius specificata & non alia esse imposita aut imponenda in preno∣minatam Navem pro dicto itinere & quod nulla pars eorum bono∣rum ad alium quemquam pertine∣at quam hosce supradictos neque in illa sub quocunque fictiti••

Nomine alia bona colarata aut ce∣lata sint, sed vere ac realiter pre∣nominatas Merces in usum dicto∣rum proprietariorum impositas esse & non aliorum, quodque dictae Navis Navarchus nominatus N. Civis fit Civitatis N. Idcirco cum post exa∣ctam Examinationem nobis supradi∣ctis (Gabernatori aut supremo Magi∣stratui, aut teloniorum & Custuma∣rum Commissariis Civitatis supradi∣ctae) sufficienter constet, dictam Navem aut Navigium bona{que} imposita libera esse & vere ac realiter pertinere ad subditos Sacrae Regiae Majestatis Magnae Britanniae, vel Sacrae Regiae Magistatis Sueciae, vel aliarum Nationum incolas supradictos, Ab omnibus proinde ac fingulis terra∣rum Mariumque Potestatibus, Regibus, Principibus, Rebus∣publicis, ac Liberis Civitatibus, necnon Bellorum Ducibus, Tha∣lassiarchis, Generalibus, Officiali∣bus, portuum{que} Praefectis, aliis{que} om∣nibus quibus Custodia aliqua Portus aut Maris Comissa est, quibnscunque, Navem hanc Navigando obviam venire, quorumque in Classes forte incidere & tranfire, aut in portu∣bus morari contigerit humilime & efficiose requirimus, ut ratione foederum & amicitiae quae respe∣ctive unicuique aut superioribus cujuscunque est, ac cum Sacra Regia Majestate Magnae Britanniae Rege ac Domino nostro Clementissi∣mo vel cum Sacra Regia Majestate Succiae Rege ac Domino nostro Clementissimo intercedit dictum Navarchum cum Navi. N. & per∣sonis, Rebus, ac mercimoniis ad eandem spectantibus, non modo si∣ne impedimento ac molestiis iter suum libere prosequi permittant, sed etiam si ex dicto portu alio quovis tendere commodum duxcrit, ei tan∣quam

Sacrae Regiae Majestati Mag∣nae Britanniae vel Sacrae Regiae Ma∣jestati Sueciae subdito, cum Navi sua omnia humanitatis Officia exhi∣beant, eadem vicissim a Sacra Regia Majestate Magnae Britanniae, vel à Sacra Regia Majestate Sueciae, omnibus{que} ejus ministris ac subditis in pari vel alio casu experturi. In cujus rei fidem presentes manu nostra subscriptas Civitatis nostrae Sigillo muniri curavimus Dabantur, &c.

Whenever therefore any the Merchandize, Goods, Vessels, or Men belonging to either their People, and Subjects shall be met with, either in open Sea, or in any Channel, Haven, Road, Land, or any other Place by the Ships of War, Publick or Private, or by any the People, Subjects, and Inhabitants of the other, or shall happen to be in one place with them, they producing their Letters of safe Conduct, and Certificates aforesaid, shall have nothing fur∣ther exacted of them; no search made, either of Goods, Vessels or Men, much less shall they receive any Damage, Injury or Mo∣lestation, but shall be suffered to pass on with Freedom to pursue their Occasions; but if this Stated and Appointed Form of Certi∣ficate be not produced, and there be just Cause of suspicion, then the Ship ought to be Visited which (it is to be understood) shall be allowed only in such and no other Case: And if any the People and Subjects of either side, shall do, or commit any thing contrary to the proper sense of this present Article, either Confederate shall take Care, that severe Punishment be inflicted on the Offender, and cause full and speedy satisfaction to be made to the Parties Wronged, for all Costs and Damages.