A declaration of the most Christian King, shewing the reasons for recalling his plenipotentiaries from the treaty at Cologne France. Sovereign (1643-1715 : Louis XIV) 1674 Approx. 11 KB of XML-encoded text transcribed from 5 1-bit group-IV TIFF page images. Text Creation Partnership, Ann Arbor, MI ; Oxford (UK) : 2007-10 (EEBO-TCP Phase 1). A49211 Wing L3110 ESTC R9957 13546355 ocm 13546355 100138 This keyboarded and encoded edition of the work described above is co-owned by the institutions providing financial support to the Early English Books Online Text Creation Partnership. This Phase I text is available for reuse, according to the terms of Creative Commons 0 1.0 Universal . The text can be copied, modified, distributed and performed, even for commercial purposes, all without asking permission. Early English books online. (EEBO-TCP ; phase 1, no. 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Copies of the texts have been issued variously as SGML (TCP schema; ASCII text with mnemonic sdata character entities); displayable XML (TCP schema; characters represented either as UTF-8 Unicode or text strings within braces); or lossless XML (TEI P5, characters represented either as UTF-8 Unicode or TEI g elements). Keying and markup guidelines are available at the Text Creation Partnership web site . eng Fürstenberg, Wilhelm Egon, -- Fürst von, 1629-1704. France -- History -- Louis XIV, 1643-1715 -- Sources. 2006-12 TCP Assigned for keying and markup 2006-12 Aptara Keyed and coded from ProQuest page images 2007-01 Jonathan Blaney Sampled and proofread 2007-01 Jonathan Blaney Text and markup reviewed and edited 2007-02 pfs Batch review (QC) and XML conversion A DECLARATION OF THE Most Christian King , SHEWING THE REASONS For Recalling his PLENIPOTENTIARIES FROM THE Treaty at Cologne . In the SAVOY , Printed by Tho : Newcombe , 1674. The most Christian Kings Reasons , for Recalling his Ambassadors from Cologne . ALthough the late Attempt Commited on the Person of William Prince of Furstemberg , Plenipotentiary for the Elector of Cologne , in the very City of Cologne it self , the Place appointed for the Treaty of Peace , hath been done by some of the Officers and Souldiers belonging to the Regiment of Grana , one of the Regiments of the Imperial Army ; yet the King of France would not at first look upon the Emperor , as being the Author of so Odious an Action , his Majesty ever reflecting on himself , and knowing , that nothing in the World ought to be held so Sacred and Inviolable among Kings and Soveraigns , as the true and exact observation of their Word . He thought he should do too great an Injury to his Imperial Majesty , by believing him capable of violating , by so horrid an Act , a Faith he had so solemnly given , not only to the whole Empire at the Diet of Ratisbonne , but even to all Europe , for the secure Neutrality of a Town , from whence all Christendome did expect a happy Calm . It was in that Prospect , and for no other consideration , that his Most Christian Majesty did suspend his just Resentment of such an Attempt ▪ being still willing to give the Emperor time to Declare , that it was done without his Order , gladly expecting to see the Chastisement he should inflict on the Offendors , to wash away the Blur they had made on his Reputation , by doing which , the Emperor would have made it appear to the World , that his Intention was not to infract the Publick Faith , nor hinder the present Negociation for Peace . For these Reasons , his Majesty forbore commanding his Ambassadors away from Cologne , though the Neutrality of that Town , so lately violated , afforded him ground lawful enough , to fear they could not remain there any longer with Safety . And indeed , that which his Majesty so justly feared , hath since prov'd but too true in the sequel , the same Security which was violated before on the Person of a Publick Minister belonging to a Prince Allied to his Majesty , was soon broken afresh on that of his own Ambassadors , in the same Place , their Liveries and other Equippages having been publickly Arrested , and a great and considerable Sum of Moneys belonging to his Majesty , seaz'd on , and detain'd forcibly , by Order from the Chief Commander of the said Regiment of Grana , the said Moneys being Loaded on one of their own Waggons . And all this done in a City , in which Freedom and Liberty is allow'd , common to all the World : having besides , caus'd an Express , sent by the Count de Chamilly to the said Ambassadors , to be both Arrested and Searcht . In a word , Cologne which till then , had been Consecrated for the Publick Security of all Europe , is by a monstrous Change , become on a suddain , a most Bloody Theater , where on those very Troops designed for the preservation of the Neutrality of the Place , being by the Magistrates of the same , Sworn to keep and maintain it , have since exercised with Impunity , all the Outrages and Violences that both Avarice and Revenge can inspire . Notwithstanding all which , his most Christian Majesty hath hitherto forborn imputing the least of those Exorbitancies to the Emperors Orders , as being still willing to perswade himself , out of the Concern he hath for his Glory , that they were attempted without any Intent of his Imperial Majesty . But now since the Answer given at Vienna , to the Ministers of Sweden , makes it appear evidently , that the Forcible Stealing away of the said Prince William , was really an Effect of the Emperors Order and express Command , his Majesty of France can no longer doubt , but what hath been done since to his Ministers at Cologne , hath been a following Consequence , of the self same Orders and Directions . His Majesty therefore , both in consideration of that he owes to himself , and what the security of his Ambassadors requires of him in this Conjuncture , hath thought it not fit to leave them any longer exposed to these Violences , which will doubtless raise the just Indignation , as well as the Wonder of all Europe . Thereupon , his Majesty hath at the same time Commanded them to inform the Swedish Ministers , ( who during the whole Treaty , have exercised the Mediation of the King their Master , by whose Great and Prudent Care , the said Assembly was convok'd together ) of the Resolution he hath taken to Re-call them home . The said Ambassadors of Sweden , having hitherto been Eye-witnesses , of those facil Means and Expedients his most Christian Majesty hath from time to time Propounded , for the making the said Negociation to take Effect : as on the contrary , they have seen what violent Courses have been used by the Emperor all along , to hinder and stop the Progress of the same ; It 's but Reason they should likewise see , what just and lawful Grounds do now oblige him to draw a proportionate Revenge upon his Enemies by force of Armes , for the slight account made by them of what ought to be most Sacred , not among Princes onely , but even among all Men ; and by the same Force to compel them to Seek a Peace , they now strive to Hinder , by Means so Unjust and Unwarrantable . Would the whole Empire but seriously reflect on the Emperors Conduct in this Conjuncture , it would evidently appear , that it includes in itself , many Sinister Designs , which must needs prove fatal to her Liberty , if not timely prevented ; there being nothing that discovers more the Injustice of a Design , than the odiousness of the means practised for the effecting of it . Had the Emperor therefore been less concerned than he was , in his hindring the Assembly at Cologne , from producing a Peace , he would never have had recourse to such Practises , as must of necessity Dissolve the strictest Ties and Bounds of all Humane Society : he would not have Violated the Neutrality of a Place appointed for the Treaty , by his Insults on the Persons of Ambassadors of France : he would not , I say , have suffered his Officers and Commanders to seize forcibly and violently on Monies appertaining to his most Christian Majesty , within the Walls of a Free City ; but in a word , would have Acted in this Conjuncture , with more Candor and more Generosity , and in a War he hath rashly Declared against him ; at least , if he had feared less than he seems to do , the end and consequences of it . All the while the Conferences lasted at Cologne , and the Mediators indeavored to bring together the most Refractory Parties concerned ; the Emperor alone , who fearing to see himself Disarmed by a Peace , and consequently made to lose that Power , he had usurped since the year last past , of Quartering his Troops indifferently , and Conqueror like , in the Territories of all the Princes of the Empire , thereby strengthning his Armies at their Costs and Charges , by all which proceedings he did openly Contervene and Infringe , under vain and specious Pretences , the Treaties of Westphalia , and raising again a Power , heretofore so formidable to the German Liberty , and which Power could never be reduced to any lawful Limits , but after so many long and Bloody-wars . To add no more , the said Emperor dreaded nothing more , than to see by the Conclusion of a Peace at Cologne , the end of a Quarrel meerly a Stranger to the Concern of the Empire , prove the End and Stop of those Designs he hath fram'd against the very Empire it self . All these things duely Weighed , his most Christian Majesty doubts not , but that not onely the King of Sweden himself , whose Honor is found so highly concerned in this Breach of a Faith , of which he was made Depository as Chief Mediator , but even all other Princes concerned , and sensibly toucht with a Desire of Peace , will not fail to impute to the Emperor , and him onely , the unhappy Dissolution of an Assembly that was both capable and likely , to have procured it to all Christendome . The whole Empire may one day Remember , that her Tranquility might easily have been restored , had the Emperor brought to the Treaty , the same Candid and Sincere Dispositions , that his most Christian Majesty hath shewed all along , in and since the late Treaties of Westphalia ; and that had his Imperial Majesty consented to Ingage his Word , not to Assist at all the Enemies of France , his most Christian Majesty would freely have Obliged himself , to have caused his Armies to quit Germany at the same time , as soon as he should have received the said Promise from him . However , his Majesty notwithstanding what hath past hitherto , does still retain the same Sentiments for Peace he had before : The just Reasons that made him undertake a War , have not , nor do not lessen or diminish any thing of his first Inclination , towards the Quiet and Calm of the Empire : And what ever Happy Success he justly hopes , God may please to Crown his Arms with , he shall never think them more happy , than when they shall reduce his Enemies to desire a Durable Peace . Given at Versailles , the 24 of March , 1674. FINIS .