ARTICLES OF PEACE Between the EMPEROR and EMPIRE, AND FRANCE, Concluded in the Royal Palace of RESWICK in Holland, October 30. 1697. LONDON, Printed, and are to be Sold by E. Whitlock in Stationer's Court, near Stationers-Hall. 1697. ARTICLES OF PEACE, Between the Emperor and Empire, AND FRANCE, Concluded in the Royal Palace at Reswick in Holland, October 30. 1697. In the Name of the Holy Trinity. Amen. BE it known unto all and every individual Person whom it may concern, That seeing there has been for some Years past a Cruel War, waged with great Effusion of Christian Blood, and the Desolation of divers Provinces, between the most Serene, and most Potent Prince and Lord, the Lord Leopold, Elect Emperor of the Romans, always August, King of Germany, Bohemia, Dalmatia, Croatia, and Slavonia, Archduke of Austria, Duke of Burgundy, Brabant, Styria, Carinthia, Carniola; Marquis of Moravia, Duke of Luxemburg, of the Upper and Lower Silesia, Wirtemburg, and Tecka, Prince of Suabia, Count of Habsburg, Tyrole, Kyburg and Goritia, Marquis of the Sacred Roman Empire, of Burgovia, and of the Upper and Lower Lusatia; Lord of the Mark of Slavonia, Port Naon, and the Salt Pits, etc. on the one part, and the most Serene and most Potent Prince and Lord, Lewis XIV. the most Christian King of France, and Navarre, on the other part; and that their Imperial and Most Christian Majesties have been very intent upon the terminating, as soon as might be, those Evils daily increasing to the prejudice of the Christian Religion: It hath, by the Blessing of Almighty God, been at length so brought to pass, by the Endeavours of the Most Serene and most Potent Prince and Lord, Charles XI, King of the Swedes, Goths, and Vandals: Great Prince of Finland, Duke of Schonen, Esten, Livonia, Carelia, Bremen, Verden, Stetin, Pomerania, Cassubia, and Vandalia: Prince of Rugen, Lord of Ingria and Wismar, and also Count Palatine of the Rhine, Duke of Bavaria, Juliers, Cleve, and Berghen, etc. of famous Memory, who from the very beginning of these Commotions, hath not ceased, with great Earnestness, to persuade the Christian Princes to a Peace, and was at length received by all the Parties to be a Mediator for composing the same as soon as possible, and laboured most graciously therein to the day of his Death: That a solemn Treaty to that end, hath been set on foot in the Royal Palace of Reswick in Holland, and after his Decease, brought at last to an End, with the like Application of the most Serene and most Potent Prince and Lord, the Lord Charles XII. King of the Swedes, Goths, and Vandals; Great Prince of Finland, Duke of Schonen, Esten, Livonia, Carelia, Bremen, Verden, Stetin, Pomerania, Cassubia, and Vandalia; Prince of Rugen, Lord of Ingria and Wismar, as also Count Palatine of the Rhine; Duke of Bavaria, Juliers, Cleve, and Berghen, who succeeds his Father with equal Care for the public Tranquillity. For the Extraordinary Ambassadors and Plenipotentiaries, authorised in due Form, having appeared on both sides in the said place, viz. On the part of his Imperial Majesty, the most Illustrious and most Excellent Lords, the Lord Dominick Andreas, Count of the Sacred Roman Empire, and of Kaunitz; hereditary Lord of Austerlitz, Hungarishbrod, Marischprus, and of the greater Orzechan, Knight of the Golden Fleece, Councillor of State to his Imperial Majesty, chamberlain, and Vicechancellor of the Sacred Empire: The Lord Henry John, Count of the Sacred Roman Empire, of Straatman, and Peurbach; Lord of Orth, Shemiding, Spatenbrun, and Carlsberg; of his Imperial Majesty's Court Council, and Chamberlain: And the Lord John Frederick, free and Noble Baron of Seilern, Counsellor to his Imperial Majesty, and Authorised Commissary in the Diets of the Empire: And in the Name of the Most Christian King, the most Illustrious and excellent Lords the Lord Nicholas de Harlay, Knight, Lord of Bonnevil, Count of Cely, Counsellor in ordinary to his Majesty, in his Council of State: The Lord Ludovic Verjus, Knight, Counsellor in Ordinary to the King in his Council of State, Count of Crecy, Marquis of Freon, Baron of Couvay, Lord of Boullay, of the two Churches in Fortille, and in other places; and the Lord Francis Callieres, Knight, Lord of Callieres, Rupischelle and Gigny, by the intervention and Endeavours of the most Illustrious and most Excellent Lords, the Lord Charles, Bond, Count of Biornoo, Lord of Hesleby, Tyresio, Toftaholm, Graffsteen, Gustafsberg, and Rezitza, Senator to his Swedish Majesty, and Chief Precedent of the Court of Dorpaten in Livonia; and of the Lord Nicholas Fell, Baron of Lillieroot, Secretary of State to his Swedish Majesty, and Ambassador Extraordinary to their High and Mightinesses, the State's General of the Uunited Provinces, who have discharged the Office of Mediators with much Integrity, Diligence and Prudence, with the Consent and Suffrages of the Plenipotentiaries of the Electors, Princes and States of the Sacred Roman Empire, after having invoked the Assistance of the Divine Majesty, and in due form Exchanged the full Powers, have to the Glory of God, and good of Christendom, mutually agreed on the following Conditions of Peace and Friendship. I. That there be a Christian, Universal, and perpetual Peace and true Friendship between his Imperial Majesty and his Successors, the Sacred Roman Empire, his Hereditary Kingdoms and Dominions, Subjects and Vassals on the one part, and his Most Christian Majesty, and his Successors, Subjects and Vassals on the other part; and that the same Peace be so sincerely observed and cultivated, that neither Party shall contrive or promote any thing to the Damage or loss of the other, under any pretence whatsoever; or give any Aid or Assistance to any Person or Persons, that would design or put in Execution any thing to the detriment of either, under what denomination soever it be; or receive, protect, or assist the Rebellious or Seditious Subjects of each other, upon any account whatsoever; but rather that each Party shall seriously promote the Honour, Advantage and Interest of the other, notwithstanding any Promises made to the contrary, and any Treaties and Leagues, which way soever made, or to be made, which are hereby annulled. II. Let there be a perpetual amnesty and oblivion of all Acts of Hostility committed on either side, in any place, or by any way whatsoever, so that the one shall not because of them, or under pretence of any other thing either directly or indirectly, offer any Violence or Injury to the other, or suffer any to be done by Deed or Writing, but that all offered Injuries and Violences be so utterly abolished, without any respect of Persons or Things; that whatever upon that account the one may pretend against the other, shall be buried in perpetual oblivion: All and every the Vassals and Subjects of each Party shall also partake and enjoy this Amnesty, and the Benefit and Effect of it; so as that it be a Prejudice and a Crime in none of them to have followed this or that Party, so as not to be restored to the full Enjoyment of their former State, in respect to Honour and Goods, as it was before the War began; excepting in those things, which upon account of Ecclesiastical Benefices, Movables and Incomes, are particularly specified in the following Articles. III. And for as much as the Peace of Westphalia and Nimeguen, is to be the Basis and Foundation of the present Peace; the same shall forthwith, after the exchange of the Ratifications, be fully restored and Executed both in Sacred and Civil Matters, and hereafter be preserved inviolable, saving in such Points as derogate from them expressly in the present Treaty. iv In the first place, his most Christian Majesty doth restore to his Imperial Majesty and the Empire, and to the States and Members thereof, whatever places and Jurisdictions that have been taken, as well during the War by way of Fact, as by the Name of Unions and reunions which are situated without Alsatia, or whatever have been expressed in the Inventory of reunions exhibited by the French Ambassador, revoking and making void all the Decrees, Arrests, and Declarations, which upon that account have been put forth by the Chamber of Metz, and Besançon, as also by the Council of Brisac; and all things to be restored into the same Condition they were in before those Seizures, Unions, and reunions were made, and at no time hereafter to be disturbed, or molested, but that the Roman Catholic Religion do remain in these Places thus restored, in the same state it is now in. V And tho' from these general Rules it may be easily judged what Places they are, and how far the things that are to be restored do extend, yet at the instances of some, and for some other particular Reasons, it has been thought fit to make special mention of some things; but yet in such a manner, that those that are not expressly named, are not to be taken as left out, but to have the same place altogether with the others named, and to enjoy the same Right. VI The City of Treves shall be Restored to the Elector of that Name, and Bishop of Spires, in the same state it is in at present, without any farther demolishing of Places, or any detriment done to either public or private Buildings, together with the Artillery that was found therein, at the time it was last taken. And that all that hath been agreed on in respect to Seizures, Unions, and reunions in the Fourth Article preceding, ought also to be esteemed to extend to the benefit of the Churches of Triers and Spire, as if particularly specified. VII. The Elector of Brandenburg also shall enjoy all the benefits of this Peace, and be fully comprehended in it, with all his Dominions, Possessions, Subjects, and Rights, and those by name which belong to him, by virtue of the Treaty Concluded on the 29th of June, in the Year 1679. as if each Particular had been specified herein. VIII. The most Christian King shall restore to the Elector Palatine of the Rhine all his Dominions possessed by him, whether they appertain to him alone, or in common with others, however denominated, especially the City and Prefecture of Germersheim, and the Prefectures and Subprefectures comprehended therein, with all the Castles, Cities, Towns, Villages, Lands, Feudships and Rights, as they were restored by the Treaty of Westphalia; as also all the Writings or Records taken out of the Archive, Chancery, Foeudal Court, Chamber of Accounts, Prefectures, and other Palatine Offices that have been taken away, without exception of any Place, Thing, Right, or Record. And as to what concerns the Rights or Pretensions of the Duchess of Orleans, 'tis agreed, after the Restitution be first made, that the thing be decided according to the form Compromised between his Imperial and most Christian Majesty, as Arbitrators in the Matter, according to the Laws and Constitutions of the Empire; but if they shall not be able to agree it, than the same shall be left to the Arbitration of the Pope: But that in the mean time there be no less endeavour used to procure an amicable Agreement between the Parties; and until the said Matter be fully decided, that there be the yearly Sum of two hundred thousand Livres, or an hundred thousand Florins paid by the said Elector to the Duchess of Orleans, upon that account and condition, as the same is expressed in a particular Article, of the same force with the present Peace; reserving every way at the same time the right of each Party, as well in the possessed as sued-for part, as also the Rights of the Empire. IX. The Ancient Duchy of Deuxponts shall be Restored freely and wholly to the most Serene King of Suedeland, as Count Palatine of the Rhine, Count of Spanheme, and Veldenz, with all its Appurtenances and Dependences, and with those Rights that the Predecessors of his Swedish Majesty, the Count Palatines, and Dukes of Deuxponts have enjoyed, or could have enjoyed, according to the Tenor of the Westphalian Treaty; so that all things under what Title soever pretended to, possessed, and reunited by the Crown of France hitherto, either in whole or in part of the said Duchy, shall return in full right to his Swedish Majesty, and his Heirs the Counts Palatines of the Rhine. All Records also belonging to the said Duchy shall be restored, together with the Artillery that were found in the same at the time it was first possessed by France, and all other things concerning which it has been agreed upon in the preceding Articles, in favour of things to be Restored. X. As for the Principality of Veldenz, and what the deceased Prince Leopold Lodowick Count Palatine of the Rhine possessed under the name of the said Principality, or the Principality of Lautereccen, they shall be restored as far as the fourth Section; and the Inventory exhibited by the French Embassage, reserving still entire, the pretensions as well of the possessed as suing Party. XI. France shall also fully restore to the Grand Master of the Teutonick Order, and Bishop of Worms, Prince Francis Lodowick Palatine, all the Commendums Consecrated to or Possessed by that Noble Order, Places, Profits, and Rights; and the said Order shall enjoy, in respect to the Commendums, and other Goods situated under the French Dominion, as well upon account of Collation as Administration, the same Usages, Privileges and Immunities which they have enjoyed heretofore, according to the Rules and Statutes of the Order, and what the Order of St. John of Jerusalem was wont to enjoy. XII. The City and Castle of Dinant shall be restored to the Elector of Cologne, as Bishop and Prince of Liege, in the same state wherein it was, when assumed into the hands of France, with all its Rights and and Dependences, as also Canons and Records found at that time therein. And moreover, all that is comprehended in the Fourth Article, concerning Seizures, Unions, and reunions, are esteemed in a particular manner, to extend to the advantage of the Churches of Cologne and Liege. XIII. As for the House of Wirtemburg, and particularly Duke George, the Principality or Country of Mompelgard shall be restored to him, for himself and Successors, in the same state, with the same Rights and Prerogatives; and especially into the same immediety towards the Sacred Roman Empire, as heretofore he has enjoy▪ d it, and as the rest of the Princes of the Empire do, or aught to enjoy it; that Recognition of Vassalage that has been made to the Crown of France in the Year 1681. being utterly annulled hereby. And the said Princes shall from henceforth freely enjoy all the Profits both Secular and Ecclesiastical appertaining to the same, which they enjoyed before the Peace of Nimeguen, as well as the Feudships, which during the time of the French's detention of them, or at any other time, did belong, and had not been granted by them to others, excepting the Country of Baldenheim, with its Appurtenances, which the most Christian King hath bestowed upon Monsieur de Chamlay, Campmaster General, and which ought to remain firm to him, but yet so, as he is obliged to do homage to the Duke of Wirtemburg, as his direct Lord, and to his Successors; and to seek the renewing of his Feudship at his hands. They shall be restored also into the full and free possession both of their Feudships in Burgundy, Clerevall, and Passavant, as also of their Dynasties, or Lordships of Granges, Herricourt, Blamont, Chatelot, and Clemont, and of the rest that are situated in the County of Burgundy, and Principality of Montpelgard, together with all their Rights and Incomes, in the very same manner as they possessed them before the Peace at Nimeguen; all those things being utterly abolished which were done, or pretended to at any time, by what Title any way distinguished, and in any manner whatsoever to the contrary. XIV. The House or Marquisate of Baden shall also enjoy all the Right and Benefit of this Peace, and at the same time of the Peace of Westphalia, and Nimeguen; but more especially the Fourth and Fifth Articles of this Treaty. XV. In the same manner the Princes and Counts of Nassaw, Hanaw, and Leinigen, and all the other States of the Sacred Roman Empire, who by the Fourth Article of this Treaty, or any other, are to be restored, shall be re-posiest in all and singular their Dominions or Rights, and in all the Profits belonging to and Incomes arising from them, and in all other Rights and Benefits, by what name soever called, or distinguished. XVI. But seeing for the better Establishment of this Peace, it has been thought fit to make an Exchange of some Places, his Imperial Majesty and the Empire, yield up to the most Christian King and his Successors, the City of Strasburg, and whatever belongs to the said City, on the left side of the Rhine, with all the Jurisdiction, Propriety, and Supreme Dominion which hath hitherto appertained, or could appertain to him and the Roman Empire, and transfer all and singular of them to the most Christian King and his Successors, so that the said City, with all its Appurtenances and Dependencies situated on the left side of the Rhine, without any reservation, with all manner of Jurisdiction and Superiority and Supreme Dominion, do appertain from this time and for ever, to the most Christian King, and his Successors, and be understood to be incorporated with the Crown of France, without any contradiction from the Emperor, Empire or any other whatever; and for the greater validity of this Session or alienation; the Emperor and the Empire, by virtue of the present transaction expressly derogate from all and singular the Decrees, Constitutions, Statutes and Customs of the preceding Emperors, and the Sacred Roman Empire, though confirmed by Oath, or to be Confirmed hereafter, and particularly from the Imperial Capitulation, so fas forth as any manner of alienation of the Goods and Rights of the Empire is prohibited; all which they expressly renounce, and discharge the said City, with all the Magistrates, Officials, Citizens and Subjects thereof, from the Oaths and Obligations by which they have been hitherto bound to the Emperor and the Empire, and remit the same under the subjection, obedience and fidelity of the most Christian King, and his Successors, and so constitute the most Christian King in the full and just Propriety, Possession and Sovereignty thereof, and renounce all Jurisdictions and pretensions in the same from henceforth and for ever; and to that end are pleased to expunge the said City of Strasburgh out of the Body of the Empire. XVII. But it shall be free to all and singular the Inhabitants of the said City and its dependencies, of whatever condition they be; if they are minded to remove, to transfer their Dwellings from thence elsewhere, together with all their movable Goods, without any let, detraction, or exacting any thing from them, within one Year after the Ratification of this Peace, and after five Years, having first performed the Conditions that have long since been in usage there; and either to sell or retain their moveables, and to manage the same either by themselves or others. The same Power also of retaining, and either by themselves or others, of managing or alienating them, shall remain to all the other Members or Subjects, whether mediate or immediate of the Empire, who have Goods, Profits, Debts, Actions, or Rights in the said City, or its appurtenances, whether they have always retained them, Or that during the War, or before it, they have been Confiscated or taken away, and granted to others, by what Name soever called, or wheresoever they may live, reserving still the Ecclesiastical Jurisdiction to those to whom of old it did belong, which Jurisdiction, or the exercise thereof, it shall be never lawful to obstruct. XVIII. On the other hand his most Christian Majesty shall restore the Fort of Kehl built by him on the right side of the Rhine whole, together with all its Rights and Dependencies, within Thirty days after the Ratification of this Treaty; but for the Fort called the Pile, and the rest of them that have been built within the Rhine itself, or any of its Islands, they shall be razed down to the ground, within one Month after, or sooner, if it can be, at the Charge of the Most Christian King, and never to be rebuilt by neither Party hereafter; and the Navigation of the River, or other Use thereof, shall be alike free to the Subjècts of both Parties, or to any other that will repair thither, Sail, or carry Goods thereon; neither shall there be any thing done by either party there, or any where else towards turning the River, whereby to render the Course thereof, or its Navigation, or other Use, the more difficult upon any account whatsoever, much less shall any new Customs, Impost, or Toll be exacted, or the old ones increased, or the Ships which pass it to and fro, be forced to come to the one side of the River more than the other, or to unlade their Merchandise and Burdens or take them in; but that always aught to be left to every ones own freedom and liberty. XIX. His most Christian Majesty doth also give up to his Imperial Majesty, and the most Serene House of Austria, the City and Castle of Friburg, and also the Fort of St. Peter; and the Port called the Star, and whatever other Fortifications that have been anew erected or repaired there or elsewhere, through the Hercynian Forest, and the other District of the Brisgow in the Condition they are now, without any manner of Demolishing or Impairment, together with the Villages of Lehen, Metzbausen and Kirchzarth, and with all the Rights of the same, as they were yielded to his most Christian Majesty, or possessed or exercised by him; as also the Archives, and all the Writings or Records found there at the same time, of his occupation of them, whether they remain there still, or have been carried elsewhere, with a reservation always of the Rights of the Diocese, and other Rights and Profits of the Bishopric of Constans. XX. In like manner, his most Christian Majesty entirely resigns to his Imperial Mujesty, and the House of Austria, the City of Brisac in its present state, with the Granaries, Armouries, Fortifications, Works, Walls, Towns, and other public and private Edifices, with all its dependencies on the right side of the Rhine; those on the West side of the said River, and among the rest, the Fort called the Mortier, being reserved to his most Christian Majesty; but that called the New City, standing on the same left side of the Rhine, as also the Bridge and Fortification built there, in an Island of the Rhine, shall be totally demolished and laid flat with the ground, and are never to be rebuilt by either Party at any time; Moreover the same liberty of removing from Brisac, as has been agreed upon in respect to Strasburg, is allowed here as full as if the same were repeated. XXI. The said Places, Cities, Castles and Forts, with all their Districts, Appurtenances, and Dependencies, given back to his Imperial Majesty by the most Christian King, shall be restored and delivered up without any reservation, exception, or retention, sincerely and without any delay, hindrance or pretence, to those who after the Ratifications of this Peace shall be appointed and particularly deputed from his Imperial Majesty for that end. And for that reason, the French chief Magistrates, Governors and other Officials shall be obliged to evacuate the Places, so as that the said Cities, Castles, Forts and Places, with all their Prerogatives, Profits, Incomes and Emoluments, and whatsoever is comprehended under the same, shall return under the Jurisdiction, actual power, and every way to the Dominion and Soveraingty of his Imperial Majesty, and the House of Austria, and remain in the same at all times, as they have heretofore appertained thereunto, and hitherto been possessed by his most Christian Majesty; and no manner of Right or pretensions to the said places, is meant to remain or be reserved to the Crown of France. Moreover nothing shall be required in consideration of the Expenses and charges that France has been at, either upon the public or private Buildings, and the plenary restitution of them shall not be retarded upon any account whatsoever, within Thirty Days after the Ratifications of the Peace, so that the French Garrisons shall forthwith withdraw from thence, without any Trouble, Loss or Oppression of the Citizens and Inhabitants, or of any other of the Subjects of the House of Austria whatsoever, under Title of Debts or other pretensions of any kind; neither shall it be lawful for the French Soldiers, in evacuating of the places, or any other where not belonging to his most Christian Majesty, to make any longer stay, to fix their Stations or Winter Quarters; but be obliged, without delay, to hasten to the proper Dominions of the Crown of France. XXII. In the same manner philipsburg shall be delivered up to his Imperial Majesty and the Sacred Roman Empire undamaged, with the Fortifications adjoining to it on the right side of the Rhine, and all the Cannon that were there the last time it was taken by France; reserving every way the Rights of the Bishop of Spire, and to that end the Fourth Article of the Treaty of Peace at Nimeguen shall be accounted as expressly repeated in this place, but the Fortifications that have been raised on the left side, together with the Bridge built by the most Christian King since his possessing himself of it, shall be destroyed. XXIII. The most Christian King, at his own Expenses shall be obliged to demolish the Fortifications over against Hunningen, built on the right side and in an Island of the Rhine, the ground, together with the Buildings thereof, to be restored the House of Baden, and the Bridge built there over the Rhine, shall be destroyed also. XXIV. In like manner the Fortification that is built on the right side of the Rhine, over against Fort Lovis, shall be destroyed, the said Fort to remain together with the Island to the most Christian King, but the ground of the demolished Fortification, to be restored to the Marquis of Baden, and part of the Bridge shall also be destroyed, which reaches thither from the Island, and not repaired hereafter by either Party. XXV. Besides, the most Christian King is obliged to demolish the Works that have been added to the Castle of Trarback since the Peace of Nimeguen, as also the Fort of Montroyal upon the Moselle, which are to be rebuilt by none hereafter; but the Castle of Trarback is to be left in its former state, and together with the City and its Appurtenances, shall be fully restored to their former Owners. XXVI. Upon the same account also shall the Fortification, added to the Castle of Kurburg by his most Christian Majesty be demolished, which being done, this Castle with the City of Reinleft, as well as the rest of the Goods belonging to the Prince of Salm and his Kindred, Rheingraves and Wildgraves, as also the principality of Salm by name, and the rest shall be restored to them; to be possessed by them altogether in the same manner, and with the same Right, as before their Deprivation, and as is agreed in this Peace. XXVII. The same thing also is agreed upon for the Demolishing of the New Works added to Castle of Eberenburg, by the most Christian King, and the same, with what ever else belongs to them, shall be restored by both Parties to the Barons of Sickingen. XXVIII. Whereas the Duke of Lorraine has been engaged with his Imperial Majesty in this War, and would be comprehended in the present Treaty, he shall be restored for himself, Heirs and Successors, into the free and full Possession of their Estates, Places and Goods which his Uncle Duke Charles possessed in the Year 1670 (when they were assumed into he Hands of the most Christian King) except such Alteratious as are ●o be explained in the following Articles. XXIX. In the first Place, his most Christian Majesty shall restore to the Duke the old and new Cities of Nancy, with all Appurtenances, and with the Cannon that were found in the old City at the time of its falling into the Hands of France, but upon this Condition, that all the Works and Fortifications of the old City shall be left whole, as also the Gates of the new City, whose Works and Fortifications shall, at the Charge of his most Christian Majesty, be levelled with the Ground, and are to be repaired at no Time thereafter, unless it be that the Duke and his Successors are free to enclose the new City with a single Wall, without any Angles, when ever they please. XXX. His most Christian Majesty shall also evacuate the Castle of Bitsch, with all its Appurtenances; as also the Castle of Homburg, having first ruined their Works, which are no more to be repaired; but yet so, as that these Castles, and the Towns adjoining to them be no way damnified, but be preserved altogether unhurt. XXXI. Moreover, all things agreed on in the fourth Article concerning Unions and reunions, shall be so far extended to the Duke, as if they were here repeated Word for Word; where, or which Way soever these Unions on reunions have been made. XXXII. But his most Christian Majesty reserves to himself the Fort of Saar Lovis, with half a League round it, to be marked out by Commissioners appointed by the King and Duke of Lorraine, to be possessed by him for ever, with all right of Sovereignty and Supreme Dominion. XXXIII. The City also and Mayoralty of Longwy, together with their Appurtenances and Dependencies, shall, with all Sovereignty and Supreme Dominion, remain under the Custody of the most Christian King, his Heirs and Successors for ever; neither shall the Duke, and his Heirs and Successors pretend any Right unto them for the future: But in Exchange for the said City and Mayoralty, his most Christian Majesty will grant another Prefecture to the said Duke in one of the three Bishoprics, of the same Extent and Value with the others, which shall be fairly agreed on between the same Commissioners; and that same being thus yielded up, and transferred by the most Christian King into the hands of the Duke; both the Duke himself, as well as his Heirs and Successors, shall enjoy it for ever, with all Right of Sovereignty, supreme Dominion and Propriety. XXXIV. The Country shall always be open to the King's Soldiers marching to the Frontiers, or returning from thence, without any Let or Hindrance, through the Duke's Dominions, he having always timely Notice given him of the same, and that the Soldiers marching do not straggle, nor turn out of their Road, but keep to the common and shortest Way, and make due haste in their March, without any Delay, offering no violence nor Detriment to the Places and Subjects of the Duke, and pay for their Provision with ready Money, and for other Necessaries to the Duke's Commissioners that are to provide them; abolishing again, and fully restoring the Way and Places under the Power of the Duke, without any Exception, which were reserved to the most Christian King by the Peace of Nimeguen. XXXV. The Ecclesiastical Benefices, which to the Day of the Present Treaty, have been conferred by the most Christian King, shall be left quietly to the now Possessors, who obtained them of his most Christian Majesty. XXXVI. It has besides been agreed on, that all Processes, Sentences and Decrees, made by the Council, Judges, and other of the most Christian King's Officials, as well between the Duchy of Lorraine as others, in the time when the most Christian King possessed these States, shall take place, and have as full and plenary Effect, as if his now Christian Majesty remained Posser of them, neither shall it be lawful to call the said Decrees into Question, or to annul, or retard and hinder the Execution of them; but it shall be free for the Parties, according to the Order and Disposition of the Laws and Constitutions, to have tecourse to the reviewing of such Acts, but the Sentences are in the mean time to remain in their full Force and Vigour: XXXVII. The Archives and Records which were kept and taken away from the Treasury of Naney and Barr, and both Chambers of Accounts, and elsewhere, shall be restored forthwith to the Duke, after the Ratification of the Peace. XXXVIII The Duke may presently after the Ratification of the Peace, send Commissioners into the Duchy of Lorraine, and Bar, who shall look after his Affairs, administer Justice, take care of the Customs, Salt-Pits, and other Rights belonging to him, settle the Post, and do all other Things which may appertain to the Government, which the Duke at the same time is to take upon him. XXXIX. As for Imposts and Customs, or the Immunities of them as to Salt, and Wood Carriage, whether by Land or by Water, the same Manner and Custom shall be kept, as was in the Year 1670, without any manner of Innovation. XL. The Ancient Usage and Liberty of Commerce shall remain between Lorain, and the Jurisdiction of Metz, Toul, and Verdun, and shall be exactly observed for the Benefit of both Sides, for the future. XLI. In like manner the Agreements made between the most Christian Kings and the Dukes of Lorraine, shall be kept inviolably in their former Force and Vigour. XLII. It shall be free for the Duke and his Brethren, after the Restitution of them, to prosecute their Right in the ordinary way of Justice, which they affirm to belong to them in divers Cases, notwithstanding the Sentences that may have been passed in their Absence, and without their being heard against them. XLIII. As to those Things which otherwise are not expressly agreed on here, those Matters which are contained in this Treaty especially the Section, The Vassals of both Parties shall be restored, etc. that Section, As soon as the Treaty of Peace, etc. and Section, And as to the Subjects, etc. shall be observed in respect to the Duke, his Dominions, and Subjects, as if they had been particularly specified herein. XLIV. The Lord Cardinal de Fustemburg shall be Restored to all his Rights, Feudal Goods, Freeholds, Benefices, Honours, and Prerogatives which belong to the Princes and Members of the Sacred Empire, as well upon account of his Bishopric of Strasburg, on the right side of the Rhine, as of the Abbey of Stavelon, or others, and shall enjoy with his Kindred or Relations who have adhered to him, as also his Domestics a full Amnesty and Security from all Acts, and Deeds, and whatever Decrees else have been made against him, or them; neither shall he be liable himself, and his Heirs, or his Relations or Kindred, and Domestics, to be called to an account for the Inheritance of the deceased Elector Maximilian Henry, by the Electors of Cologne, and Bavaria, their Heirs, or any other, As the said Cardinal, his Kindred or Relations, and Domestics, or any having power from them, shall not be at liberty neither to demand any thing any manner of way of the Electors out of that Inheritance, or for the Legacies left them, or things bestowed upon them, all right, pretention, or personal and real action being utterly abolished hereby, the same amnesty and security shall such of them be made partakers of, and enjoy the same right altogether, who being Canons of Cologn, took part with him, and were deprived of their Canonships and Benefices; who shall be restored, with all the Rights of Canons, Benefices and Dignities, into the same Places and Orders of the Cathedral Chapter and Collegiate Churches they were in before they were deposed; but yet so, that the Profits do remain to the present Possessors; these as well as the restored ones, shall enjoy the common Titles and Function of Dignities and Benefices, but the restored ones to have the preference, but that after the death of the Possessors, or their voluntary resignation, the restored Canons alone shall enjoy the Dignities and Profits. In the mean time, according to the Order they have among themselves, each of them shall receive the new prebend's next vacant as they fall in course, and that this also will be pleasing to the upper ecclesiastics, to whom it may belong, is not at all doubted of. The Heirs also of those Canons, who being in like manner in a destitute state, withdrew themselves during the War, whose Goods, Estates and Rights were Sequestered, and adjudged Forfeited, towards the recovery of these, they shall fully enjoy the benefit of Section, And all the Vassals of both Parties shall be restored, etc. with the addition of this express Condition, that the Legacies which have been left by the Deceased for Pious Uses, shall be paid according to their Wills, out of the Estates assigned for them. XLV. The Landgraves of Hess Reinfield also shall be particularly included in this Amnesty, and be put into the same state, in respect to the Castle of Rheinfeld, and all the lower County of Catzenellabogen, as their. Father Landgrave Ernest was before the beginning of this War, reserving however in all Places those Rights belonging to the Landgrave of Hess-Cassel. XLVI. All the Vassals and Subjects of both Parties, both Ecclesiastical and Secular, Bodies Politic, Universities and Colleges shall be restored to the Honours, Dignities and Benefices they enjoyed before the War; as also to all Rights, Goods, Movables, and Immovables, Estates also or Incomes, that can be recovered, and such as have determined with the Life of any (provided their Offspring be not extinct) that have been seized and detained in the time and by reason of the War, together with the Rights, Actions, and Successions which fell to them during the War; but yet in such a manner, as they shall have power to demand nothing upon the account of returns or products of the Estates they have quitted, till the day of the Ratification of the Peace. In like manner they shall no more be able to demand those Debts, Merchandizes, and Movables, that in the time, and by reason of the War have been forfeited, or by public Authority put to any other use; and so neither the Creditors of the said Debts, nor the Owners of those Merchandizes or Movables, and their Heirs, or any having power from them, shall ever be free to prosecute the same, or to pretend to any Satisfaction, or Restitution. These Restitutions shall also be extended unto them that have sided with the contrary Party, or have been suspected upon that Account; and to those who after the Peace of Nimeguen had their Goods, Incomes or Rights taken away from them, because they dwelled elsewhere, or did not do homage, or for the like Causes and Pretences, and who hereafter by virtue of this present Peace shall return to the Favour of their own Prince, as also into their ancient Rights and respective Goods, such as these have been at the time of the Conclusion of this Treaty; and all these things shall be put in execution forthwith, after the Ratification of the Peace, notwithstanding any Gifts, Grants, Alienations, Declarations, Confiscations, Commissions, Charges, Improvements, Interlocutory and Definite Sentences passed for Contumacy, in the absence of the Parties, and unheard; which Sentences and adjudged Cases shall be deemed void, and thenceafter so esteemed, as if they had never been adjudged or pronounced; there being a full and entire Liberty reserved to them, to return into their Country, or to those Goods, as also for them to enjoy them, either there themselves with the Returns and Incomes therefrom, or elsewhere, wherever they please to fix their Habitation or Abode, according to their choice, without any manner of Exaction, or Violence. And then it shall be free for them by unsuspected Agents to manage their Estates, and Incomes, as also to enjoy them, but yet with an exception as to Ecclesiastical Benefices that require the Parties residency, which ought personally to be Administered and looked after. Lastly, it shall be free for the Subjects of either Party to Sell, Change, Alienate and Transfer their movable and Goods, Incomes and Returns which they have under the Dominion of either, or otherwise to dispose of them while alive, and by last Will, so that any Person, be he a Subject or Foreigner, shall be free to buy or acquire them, without being obliged to sue for any other or farther leave of his Superior, besides what is contained in this Article. XLVII. If some mediate or immediate Ecclesiastical Benefices have been conferred during this War by either Party in the Lands or Places then subject to him, to such as were Capacitated for the same, according to the Rule of the first Institution, and general or particular legal Statutes made concerning them, or according to any other disposal or provision, tho' Canonically made by the Pope, those as well as the other Ecclesiastical Benefices which before this War were conferred in like manner in Places that are to be restored by this Peace, shall be left to the present Possessors, so as that they shall not and ought not to be sued, convened, or upon any account molested and disquieted, neither in the possession or lawful administration of them, nor in receiving of the Profits thereof, nor be disturbed and hindered therein, upon the account of them, or for any past or present Cause, provided still they perform those Duties incumbent upon them in relation to those Benefices. XLVIII. Whereas it will be conducive to the Public Tranquillity, that the Peace concluded at Turin, Aug. 29.1696. between his most Christian Majesty and the Duke of Savoy, be exactly observed, its thought fit to confirm and comprehend the same in this Peace, so as that it is and shall always remain in the same force with this Peace; those things besides are particularly confirmed, which have been agreed on for the House of Savoy, by the Westphalian and Nimeguen Treaties above confirmed, and they are esteemed so, as if repeated here by name; but yet so, as that that Obligation can in no part thereof be lessened or altered by the restitution made of Pignerol, and its Dependences, which his most Christian Majesty hath taken upon himself, of paying 400 and 94 thousand Crowns to the Duke of Mantua for the discharge of the Duke of Savoy, as is declared at large in the Articles of the Westphalian Treaty; and that they may the more fully and firmly be corroborated, all and every the Princes concerned in the General Peace, give the same sponsions or Guarantees, as they have stipulated among themselves for their greater security, to the Duke of Savoy, and receive the same reciprocally from him. XLIX. But upon the rendering up or restitution of any Places, Persons, things or Jurisdictions made, or to be made by France, there shall no new right be acquired over the things restored, or to be restored; but, and if others have pretensions against them, these pretensions after such restitution made, which for that reason, shall by no means be delayed, shall be propounded, examined, and decided in a convenient place. L. As soon as the Instrument of this Peace shall be Subscribed, and Signed by the Extraordinary Ambassadors, and Plenipotentiaries, all manner of Hostility and Violence shall cease, and the ruining of Buildings destroying of Vineyards and Woods, or cutting down of Trees; and the Forces on both sides shall forthwith, after the Ratifications are Exchanged, be withdrawn from unfortifyed places belonging to the other Party: But as for Fortified places that are to be restored by Virtue of this Peace, they shall be delivered up within Thirty Days after the Ratifications are made or sooner, if it can be, to those who are named in the foregoing Articles; or if they have not been expressed, to such as were immediately before the Deprivation made, in possession of them, without ruining any of the Fortifications, public or private Buildings, or worsting of the condition they are now in, or by claiming of any Charges they have been at, upon, or concerning them, or by any exactions of Soldiers, or in their Name, or any other alleged cause, or by the taking away of things belonging to the Inhabitants, or left them by this Peace: And as for the demolishing of those places before agreed on, that shall be fully done, and finished without the Expense and trouble of the other Party, the lesser ones to be done within the space of one Month, and the greater in two Months, or sooner, if it can be done: Besides all Archives or Records, and not only those which belong to the places that are to be restored, and left to his Imperial Majesty, the Empire and the States and Members thereof, but also all those which have been taken away from the Chamber and City of Spire, and elsewhere in the Empire, shall be sincerely restored, presently after the Exchange of the Ratifications, tho' there be no particular mention made thereof in this Agreement; the Prisoners also that have been made on both sides, upon account of the War, shall be set at full liberty without any Ransom, especially such as have been committed to the Galleys, or elsewhere to public Works. LI. And to the end the Subjects of either Party may the sooner participate of the fruits of the Peace, it is agreed, That all Contributions, Money, Corn, Wine, Hay, Wood, Cattle, or any thing else otherwise denominated, tho' they have been already required from, or by Agreement engaged for by the Subjects of either, as also foraging of any Kind in the others Dominion, shall immediately after the Day of the exchange of the Ratifications totally cease; And what shall then remain due as unpaid, or the like, or any other Contributions, Impositions or Exactions shall be utterly abolished, and so remain; the Hostages also, what cause soever they have been given for, or taken away, shall without delay, or any money paid be given up, and freely dismissed into their Country. LII. The Commerce also that during the War has been prohibited between his Imperial Majesty and the Empire's Subjects and those of his most Christian Majesty, and the Kingdom of France, shall immediately after the subscribing of the Peace, be restored into the same freedom as before the War; and all and every of them of both sides, particularly the Citizens and Inhabitants of the Imperial Cities and Hanse-Towns, both by Sea and Land, shall enjoy the fullest security, their Ancient Rights, Immunities, Privileges, and Emoluments, that have been obtained by Solemn Treaties, or Ancient Custom; any farther agreement therein being left alone till after the Peace. LIII. All things agreed on by this Peace shall be of force, and remain always firm, observed and put in execution, notwithstanding any thing or things that may ever be believed, altered or thought on to the contrary, which are hereby abrogated and made void, though they may be such things, whereof a more particular and ample mention ought to be made, and of which, the Abrogation or Annulling might seem to be said to be nul and invalid. LIV. It shall be free for the Parties on both sides to strengthen this Peace, and the Observation of it by Leagues, making and enlarging Fortifications on their own Ground at their Pleasure, but without the Places excepted before by Name, and by other means tending to their Defence; all other Kings, Princes, and Republics, and especially his Swedish Majesty, or the Mediator, shall also have a right to be Guarantees of this Peace between his Imperial Majesty and the Empire, and the most Christian King, as well as to claim the same by Virtue of the Westphalian Treaty. LV. And seeing his Sacred Imperial Majesty, and the Empire, and his Sacred most Christian Majesty, do gratefully acknowledge the unwearyed Endeavours and Offices which the most Serene King of Swedeland hath used for the bringing about of the Public Tranquillity; it is agreed by both Parties, that he with his Kingdoms and Provinces shall by Name be comprehended in this Treaty, in the best manner that can be. LVI. Moreover in this Peace made in the Name of his Imperial Majesty and the Empire, are comprehended, besides the Members of the Empire already mentioned, the rest of the Electors, Princes, States and Members of the Empire, and among them particularly the Bishop and Bishopric of Basil, with all their Jurisdictions, Prerogatives and Rights; as also the Thirteen Swiss Cantons with their Confederates, particularly the Republic and City of Geneva and its Dependencies, the City and County of Neufchassel upon the Lake, the Cities of St. Gall, Mulhausen, and Bienne, the three leagued Rhoetia, or the Grisons ', the upper and lower Vallesia, and the Abbot of St. Gall. LVII. In like manner the thirtee●n Swiss Cantons and their Confederates, and particularly the Republic of Valesia, are in the Name of his most Christian Majesty comprehended in this Peace. LVIII. All others also shall be included in this Peace, who shall be named with common Consent, by one or other of the Parties, before the Exchange of the Ratifications, or within six Months after. LIX. The Peace being thus concluded, the Ambassadors extraordinary, and Plenipotentiaries of both Parties do promise that the same shall be ratified in the Manner mutually agreed on, by the Emperor and Empire, and the most Christian King, respectively; and to take effectual Care that the Ratifications be within the space of seven Weeks, to be computed from the Day of the signing hereof, or sooner if possible, reciprocally exchanged. LX. And for the greater Strength and Validity of all Things contained in this Treaty of Peace, as well the Ambassadors extraordinary and Plenipotentiaries of his Imperial Majesty, as those of his most Christian Majesty, together with the Plenipotentiaries of the Electors, Princes, and States of the Empire deputed to this end, have subscribed the same with their Hands, and sealed them with their own Seals. Done at the Palace of Reswick in Holland, the 30th. of October, in the Year of our Lord 1697. (L. S.) D. A. C. à Caunitz. (L. S.) Henr. C. de Stratman. (L. S.) J. F. L. B. à Seilern. (L. S.) the Harlay Bonneiiil. (L. S.) Verjus de Crecy. (L. S.) de Callieres. In the Name of the Elector of Mentz. (L. S.) M. Frederic Baron de Scanborn Emb. (L. S.) Ignatius Antonius Otten Plenipotentiary. (L. S.) Georgius Vilhelmus Moll Plenipotentiary. In the Name of the Elector of Bavaria. De Prielmayer, Extraordinary Emb. and Plenipotenitary, (L. S.) In the Name of the House of Austria. (L. S.) Francis Rudulphus of Halden, L. Baron of Trazberg, etc. In the Name of the Grand Master of the Teutonick Order. (L. S.) Charles B. à Loë, Knight of the Teutonick Order. In the Name of the Most High Prince and Bishop of Wertzberg. (L. S.) John Conrade Philip Ignatius de Tastunge. In the Name of the Most High and Most Eminent Elector of Triers, as Bishop of Spire. (L. S.) John Henric of Kaysersfeld, Plenipotentiary. In the Name of the Most High Prince and Bishop of Constance. (L. S.) Frederick à Durheim. In the Name of the Most Reverend and Most High Bishop and Prince of HIldesheim. (L. S.) Charles Paul Zimmerman, High Chancellor, Privy Councillor, and Plenipotentiary. In the Name of the Most Serene and Most Reverend Elector of Cologn, as Bishop and Prince of Liege. (L. S.) John Conral Norff, Deputed Plenipotentiary. In the Name of the Most Reverend and Most High Bishop and Prince of Munster. (L. S.) Ferdinand L. B. à Plettenbergexlenhausen, of the Cathedral-Church, Monastery, Dean, and Chapter of the same. In the Name of the Most Serene Elector Palatine, as Duke of Newburg. L. S.) John Henric Hetterman, Plenipotentiary. In the Name of the most Serene Duke of Wirtenburg. (L. S.) Jo. George Noble of Kulpis S. R. Knight of the Empire, Counsellor of State, Privy Counsellor and Director. (L. S.) Anthony Gunter of Hespen, Counsellor in the Superior Council, and Plenipotentiary to the Most Serene Duke. In the Name of the Most Serene Prince of Baden. (L. S.) Charles Ferdinand L. B. of Pliffersdorff, saving the order of Succession. In the Name of the Abbey College of Swaben. (L. S.) Joseph Antony Euseb. of Halden in Neidtberg, L. B. of Autenreidt, Plenipotentiary. In the Names of the Counts of Wetteraw. (L. S.) Charles Otto, Count de Solms. (L. S.) F. C. de Ecclesiastein, Counsellor of Hanaw, and Plenipotentiary. In the Name of the free and Imperial City of Cologn. (L. S.) Hermen Joseph Bullingen, Syndic, and Plenipotentiary. In the Name of the City of Ausburg. (L. S.) John Christopher de Dierheim, Plenipotentiary. In the Name of the Imperial City of Frankford. (L. S.) John Jacob Muller, Plenipotentiary. (L. S.) John Melebior Lucius. J. V L. Syndie and Plenipotentiary, [Hear follow the Full Powers] The emperor's Full Powers. WE Leopold by the Grace of God Elect Emperor of the Romans, always August; and King of Germany, Hungary, Bohemia, Dalmatia, Croatia, Sclavonia, etc. Archduke of Austria, Duke of Burgundy, Brabant, Styria, Carinthia, Carniola, etc. Marquis of Moravia, Duke of Luxemburgh, and of the Upper and Lower Silesia, Wirtemberg and Tecka, Prince of Swaben. Count of Haspurge, Pifrt, Kyberg, and Goritia, Marquis of the Sacred Roman Empire, of Burgovia, and of the Upper and Lower Lusatia, Lord of the Mark of Sclavonia, Port Naon, and of the Salt-Pits, etc. Declare and make known, That seeing we have desired nothing more ardently, than that the present War wherewith Christendom hath for some Years been afflicted, might as soon as possible be converted into a Just and Honourable Peace, and that it hath been agreed among the several Parties at War, that a Treaty and Conferences of Peace should be set on foot in a Place chosen by them with common Consent; we therefore being very ready to contribute what in us lies, for promoting the Tranquillity of the Christian World; and being possessed of the Fidelity, Prudence, and Experience of Ours and the Sacred Roman Empire's faithful and Beloved Counsellor of State, Chamberlain and Vicechancellor of the Empire, the Lord Dominick Andrea's Count of Caumitz, Hereditary Lord of Austerlitz, Hungarischbrod, Mahrisprus, and of the Greater Orzechan, Knight of the Golden Fleece; and of the most Illustrious and Magnificent Henry John Count of Straatman, Lord of Peurbach, Orth, Schmiding, Spatenbrun, and Carlsberg, of our Council and Bedchamber; as also our Beloved Councillor and Authorized Commissary in the Diets of the Empire, John Frederick Free Baron of Seilern, etc. We have Named, Chosen, and constituted them, as we do by these Presents Name, Choose, and Constitute them to be Our Extraordinary Ambassadors and Plenipotentiaries for the said Assembly and Treaty of Peace. Whom therefore we entrust and particularly command, That they repair as soon as possibly they can to the Place agreed upon by the Parties, and set on foot the Conferences of Peace, and there either directly, or by the Intervention of the Mediator, accepted of on all hands, with the Ambassadors, or such as are deputed with sufficient Power from the most Serene, most Potent, and most Christian Prince Lewis King of France, etc. our Kinsman and most dear Brother, for terminating the present War and Controversies relating thereunto, by a good and firm Peace. We also give a full and absolute Power, with all the Authority and Command that is necessary thereunto, to our Ambassadors Extraordinary and Plenipotentiaries, whether all Three conjunct, or any two of them in the absence of the third, or through other Impediment, or else to any one of them alone and apart, in the absence in like manner of the other two, or through other Impediment, to enter upon, conclude, and sign the Treaty of Peace for Us, and in our Name, between Us and the foresaid most Serene, most Potent, and most Christian King of France; and also to negotiate, dispatch, and finish all Instruments that may be required for that end, and so universally to act, promise, stipulate, conclude, and sign Acts, Declarations, to change Agreements, and to do all things that belong to the said Negotiation of Peace, as amply and freely as if we ourselves were present and did it, or might do, tho' any thing therein should require more particular Order than is contained in these Presents. We do moreover promise and declare, in the Faith, and upon our Imperial Word, to observe and fulfil whatsoever our said Ambassadors Extraordinary and Plenipotentiaries, all three conjunctly, or any two of them in the absence of the third, or through other Impediment, or one of them only, in like manner through the absence of the other two, or other Impediment, shall act, conclude, sign, deliver, and exchange, obliging ourselves by these Presents to dispatch away the Instrument of our Ratifications, in decent and solemn form, within the Time agreed upon. In Witness and Confirmation whereof, we have commanded these Presents, Subscribed with our own Hand, to be Confirmed by our Imperial Seal, the Third Day of February, in the Year 1697. of our Reign over the Roman Empire the Thirty Ninth, over Hungary the Two and Fortieth, and Bohemia the Forty First. Leopold. (L. S.) Sebastian Wunibaldus, Count of Zeyll. By his Imperial Majesty's particular Command. Gaspar Florentius Consbruch. The full Powers of the Empire. FOrasmuch as the Holy Roman Empire, Electors, Princes, and States have thought fit to choose amongst them such as they thought sitting to treat between his Imperial Majesty, our most Gracious Lord, the Empire, and the rest of the High Allies of the one Part, and the Crown of France on the other Part; upon the Foundation of the Westphalian Treaty at Nimeguen, to assist at the Treaty to be held at Riswick, and his Interest to maintain therein. And so out of the Ellectoral College Chur Mayence, Chur Baviere, Chur Saxony, Chur Brandenburg, and on the Parts of the Catholic Princes Ostrich, Saltzburg, High Master of the Teutonnick Order, Wortzburg, Spire, Costantz, Hildershiem, Liege, Munster; salvo alternationis ordine, Psaltz Neubourg, Badden-Baaden, Suabiche, Prelates: And further more, A. C. having Relation thereto, Magdeburg, Sweden, Bremen, or Pfatz Zweybrucken, Saxon-Coburg, Saxon-Gotha, Brandenburg-Collenbach, Brunswick-Zell, Brunswick-Wolfenbutel, Hessen-Cassel, Wurtenburg, saluâ alternatione, Holstein-Gluckstat, Anhalt, the Wetteravith Counts; and on the Part of the Imperial Catholic Cities, Cologn and Ausburg; and A C. on the Part of Frankfort and Nuremberg, to be chosen and nominated to it. Therefore is given to them from the whole Empire full Power to the aforesaid End; that they may send their own Ministers with full Power, and without Delay, to the appointed Place, and there to appear with their most excellent Lords Plenipotentiaries, and according to the Contents of their Instructions, to consult and treat juxta stylum Imperii, that it may conduce to the restoring of an honest, sure, happy, and common Peace; and to the Ease of the oppressed States of the Realm, and the restoring their desired Rights and Privilege, as in Reason may be required, to the common Ease and Welfare of the Fatherland. In Case of Absence of any Minister by Sickness or otherwise, (that then they shall have Power to vote by a Proxy of their own Religion.) Furthermore, whatsoever shall be concluded by their aforesaid Excellent Imperial Ambassadors according to the aforesaid Instructions, shall be ratified and confirmed on all Sides by the Deputies of the Realm, an I Satisfaction given, accepted and kept without Breach; also the deputing States, as is proper on such Occasions, shall at all times be firmly kept. The 15th of June, 1697. Signatum. RATISBONE. (L. S.) Churfurstle Maintz, Chancellor The French full Powers. LEwis, By the Grace of God, King of France and Navarre, to all that shall see these Presents, Greeting: As we have desired nothing more ardently than by a good Peace to see the War ended, were with Christendom is at this time afflicted, and that by the Endeavours and Mediation of our most Dear, and most Beloved Brother, the King of Swedeland, the Towns of Delft and the Hague, have been agreed upon by all the Parties to hold their Conferences in, to that end; we with the same Desire of putting a stop as much as in us lies, and with the Assistance of Divine Providence, to the Desolation of so many Provinces, the effusion of so much Christian Blood, do make known, that we reposing an entire Confidence in the Experience, Capacity and Fidelity of our trusty and wellbeloved the Sieur de Harlay, de Bonnevill, Counsellor in Ordinary in our Councils of State, and of our well-beloved the Sieur Verjus, Count of Crecy, Baron of Courcy, Lord of Boulay, of the two Churches of Menillet, and other Places, as also of that of our Wellbeloved the Sieur de Callicres, de la Rochechellay and de Gigny, who is actually in the Town of Delft, by the advantageous Proofs he has given us thereof, in divers important Employments wherewith we have entrusted him, as well within as without the Kingdom. For these Causes and other good Considerations moving us thereunto, we have constituted, ordered, and deputed the said Sieurs de Ha●lay, de Crecy, and de Callieres, and do by these Presents signed with our own Hand, constitute, order, and appoint, and have given and do give them full Power, Commission and especial Command to go to the said Town of Delft in Quality of our Ambassadors▪ Extraordinary, and Plenipotentiaries for the Peace, and to confer either directly, or by the Interposition of the Ambassadors, Mediators respectively received and agreed upon by all the Ambassadors, Plenipotentiaries and Ministers, as well of our most Dear and Most-beloved Brother the Emperor of the Romans, as of our most Dear and Most-Beloved Brother and Cousin the Catholic King, as also of our most Dear and great Friends the State's General of the United Provinces of the Low-Countries, and of all the other Princes their Allies, all furnished with sufficient Powers, and these to treat of the Means, to terminate and pacific the Differences which cause the War at this Day: And our said Ambassadors and Plenipotentiaries, may all Three together, or Two of them in Case of the absence of the Third through Sickness, or other Impediment, or One only of them in the Absence of the other Two in like Case of Sickness, or other Impediment, agree thereupon, and conclude, and sign a good Peace, and generally make, negotiate, promise and agree to all that which they shall think necessary for effecting the said Peace, with the same Authority as if we ourselves might or should do, if we were Personally present, tho' any thing therein should require more particular Order than is contained in these Presents; promising in the Faith and upon the Word of a King to observe and fulfil whatever the said Sieurs de Harlay, de Crecy, and de Callieres, or Two of them in case of the Absence of the Third, through Sickness or any other Impediment, or any One of them in the Absence of the other Two, upon the like Account of Sikcness, or other Impediment, shall stipulate, promise, and agree unto, and to cause our Letters of Ratification to be dispatched within such time as they shall promise in our Name to produce them; for such is our Pleasure, in Witness whereof we have set our Seal to these Presents. Given at Versailles the 25th Day of February in the Year of our Lord, 1697. Signed Lewis, and upon the Fold by the King, Colbert, and sealed with the Great Seal in Yellow Wax. A Separate Article. FOR the further explaining of the Article, The most Christian King shall restore to the Elector Palatine, etc. 8. It has been thought convent to add further to the Treaty of Peace signed this Day, That in proposing and deciding the Pretensions or Rights the Duchess of Orleans has against the Elector Palatine, this Method shall be observed. When the two Arbitrators shall agree upon the Place of meeting, within the time prefixed in the Ratifications of the Peace, each Party shall have notice given him of the said Place, and thither within the space of two Months, to be reckoned from the full Restitution made to the Elector Palatine, according to the same Article, the Delegates of the Arbitrators shall be sent. There then within one Month's space, shall be exhibited an entire Declaration of the Pretensions or Requests of the Duchess of Orleans against the Elector, and the same shall be communicated within eight days to the Elector. Let the Grounds that both Parties go upon be drawn from thence, and delivered there to the Delegates of the Arbitrators within four Months more, the day to be assigned by them; and of this let there be four Copies, whereof the Arbitrators are to keep one apiece in their Custody, the third shall be put to the Common Acts of Arbitration, and the fourth shall be communicated to each of the Parties within eight Days. Answer shall be given in the same manner, and there shall on the same Day be exhibited to the Delegates of the Arbitrators the Answer of each Party, whereof there shall be also four Copies, and the same Answer is mutually to be delivered to the respective Parties again within the space of eight days. Progress shall be made on both sides during the four following Months, towards the Conclusion of the Cause, which shall also be submitted to the Sentence of Arbitration; and of this Conclusion and Submission, Information shall be given to the Parties, and the Acts shall be enroled by the Procurators of the Parties which are present. Having therefore seen and examined the Right of each Party within the space of six Months, Sentence shall be publicly passed by the Arbitrators, or their Delegates sworn in the Place of Meeting, according to the Laws and Constitutions of the Empire, and where it shall be agreeable thereunto shall be fully executed. But if the Arbitrators of their Delegates, shall disagree in their Sentences, the Common Acts of the Arbitration shall within two months' space, to commence from the day of Sentence, at the Common Charges of the Parties, be transferred to Rome, and exhibited to the Pope as Chief-Arbitrator, who shall also commit the thing to be examined to Delegates suspected to neither of the Parties, and sworn within two Months, and these upon the former Acts shall pass the last Sentence without allowing to the Parties any farther deduction of the Matter, within six Months hereafter to follow, as has been said, according to the Laws and Constitutions of the Empire, from which Sentence there shall be no revocation, but the Lords Arbitrators shall put the same in Execution, without any Delay or Contradiction. But and if either Party in proposing, handling, or proving their Pretensions and Rights, shall make any delay, it shall be free however for the other Party, within the appointed times, which ought never to be extended, to exhibit and set forth their Rights, and for the Arbitrators, as well as Super-Arbitrator, to proceed according to the Method agreed on, and to pronounce Sentence according to the Acts and Proofs that are exhibited. But notwithstanding this way of Procedure, both the Parties themselves, as well as the Arbitrators, shall endeavour to find out an Amicable Way of Agreement, and omit nothing that can tend to terminate the Controversy in a Friendly Manner. And seeing it is agreed on in the Article of Peace now cited, that until this Controversy be ended, the Yearly Sums of two hundred thousand Livres, or an hundred thousand Horins, shall by the Elector Palatine be paid to the Duchess of Orleans; moreover it is particularly agreed on in respect to that Payment, and the time from which it ought to commence, that the same shall begin and take place, after that according to the Tenor of the said Article there mentioned, there be plenary Restitution made to the Elector. And that the Duchess of Orleans may be so much the more secure as to the payment of the said Sum, the Elector shall name so many of his Agents or Collectors in the Prefecture of Germershein, or other places of the Palatinate, before the Ratification of the Peace, as will be enough, who shall take upon them to perform the same to the Duchess or her Agent at Landaw every year, the one half to be paid every Half-year; and who, if they do not satisfy it, may be forced to pay it by the ordinary Course of Justice; and if there be any further necessity for it, even by the most Christian King himself by Military Execution. But this Payment shall be made upon that Condition, That what is paid upon Account of the said Annual Sum to the Duchess of Orleans, while the Decision of the Matter stands before the Arbitrators, shall be compensated with the Pretensions, if any of them be adjudged by the Arbitrators to her, or if nothing or less be decided to be owing her, they shall be restored, and this Compensation or Restitution, shall as well as the Difference itself, be determined by the Sentence of the Arbitrators. But and if the Duchess of Orleans shall not satisfy the compromised Form, in exhibiting a Declaration of her Pretences, in giving Instructions in the Cause, and making Answers to those exhibited by the Elector, but shall delay, the Course of that Annual Payment shall be stopped for that space of time, the Proceed in the Cause going on according to same compromised Formula. Done in the Palace of Reswick, Octob. 30. 1697. (L. S.) D. A. C. of Caunitz. (L. S.) Henr. C. de Straatman. (L. S.) J. F. L. B. à Seilern. (L. S.) the Harlay Bonevil. (L. S.) Verjus de Crecy. (L. S.) de Callieres. In the Name of the Elector of Mentz. (L. S) M. Frederick Baron de Schonborn Emb. (L. S.) Ignatius Antonius Otten. Plenipotentiary. (L. S.) Georgius William. Moll. Plenipotentiary. In the Name of the Serene: Duke of Bavaria. de Prielmyer, Extraordinary Em. and Plenipotentiary. (L. S) In the Name of the House of Austria. (L. S.) Fran is Rodulphus of Hald●n L. Baron of Trasherg. In the Name of the great Master of the Teutonic Order. (L. S) Charles B. à Lo●, Knight of the Teutonick Order. In the Name of the most high Prince and Bishop of Wertzburg. (L. S.) John Conrade, Phil●●●gnatius de Tastungen. In the Name of the most high and most Eminent Elector of Trier, as Bishop of Spire. (L. S.) John Henry de Kersersfeld, Plenipotentiary. In the Name of the most high Prince and Bishop of Constance (L. S.) Frederick à Derheim. In the Name of the most Reverend, and most High Bishop and Prince of Hildersheim. (L. S.) Charles Paul Zimmerman, Chancellor and Counsellor to his Highness, and his Plenipotentiary. In the Name of the most Serene and most Reverend Elector of Cologn, as Bishop and Prince of Liege. (L. S.) John Conrade Norf. deputed Plenipotentiary. In the Name of the most Reverend, and most High Bishop and Prince of Munster. (L. S.) Ferdinand L. B. of Plettenberg of Lenhansen, D. & Capit. of the Cathedral Church of Braderb. etc. In the Name of the most Serene Elector Palatine as Duke of Newberg. (L. S.) John Henry Hetterman, Plenipotentiary. In the Name of the most Serene Margiss of Baden. (L. S.) Charles Ferdinand, L. B. d● Plittersdorff, saving the Order of Succession. In the Name of the Abbey-College of Swaben. (L. S.) Joseph Anton. Euseb. de Halden in Neidberg F. B. de Autenriedt. Plenipotentiary. In the Name of the Free and Imperial City of Cologn. (L. S.) Herman Joseph Bullingen, Syndic & Plenipotentiary. In the Name of the City of Ausberg. (L. S.) John Christopher à Dierheim Plenipotent. FINIS.