Articles of Peace, Ratiffied and Confirmed between the King of Denmark, AND THE House of Lunenburgh. 19 Oct. 1693  
Licenses, October the 17th. 1693.  
IN the Name of the holy Trinity. Be it known to all Men by these Presents, That the Differences happened between His Majesty the King of Denmark, Norway, Vandals, Gother, etc. on the one part, and the most Illustrious House of Brunzwich, Lunenburgh, Zell, and Hannover, etc. on the other; upon Account of the New Fortifications, made at Ratzeburgh, and of a considerable Number of Troops; which having passed the Elbe, have been put there in Garrison by the said most Illustrious House, have been at last admirably Annimated in the Manner following, by the Intercession of His Imperial Majesty, of Their Majesties, the Kings of Sweden, and of Great-Britain; of His Electoral Highness of Brandenburg, and of the High and Mighty Lords, the States-General of the United Provinces: Who, to prevent the troublesome Consequences thereof, have Interposed their good Offices: and promised Their general Guarantee, and each of them in particular.  
I. That the ancient Amity and Conscience shall by the present Treaty be Renewed and Re-established between His Majesty, the King of Denmark, and the most Illustrious House of Brunzwich, Lunenburgh, and all that might have been done on the one side or other, upon the Account of the abovementioned Differences, shall be entirely forgot.  
II. The said most Illustrious House, etc. declares, That She will demolish the Fortifications, made as well within as without Ratzeburgh, and that She will begin to cause Work thereupon the next day, after the Exchange of the Ratiffications of the present Treaty, and shall continue the same without Intermission, and with such Diligence, that they may be entirely demolished in Three Weeks at furthest.  
III. The said most Illustrious House, etc. further declares, That so soon as the said Demolishing of Ratzeburgh, shall be entirely perfected, She will withdraw all the Troops She had put therein, into Her own Territories, and on the other side the Elbe, except 200 Men, which She may leave there, to keep the Possession of the Principality, which She reserves to Herself, and to the whole abovementioned most Illustrious House of Brunzwich, Lunenburgh.  
IV. His Danish Majesty declares on the other Hand, That after the Exchange of the Ratiffications of the said Treaty, he will withdraw into His Obedience all the Troops that He has, as well before Ratzhurgh, as in all the Country of Saxe, Lauwenburgh, promising to begin the next day after the said Exchange, and to evacuate in Four Days the said Country of Lauwenburgh, excepting only Two Regiments of Cavalry, and Six Battalions of Infantry, which shall remain with the Artillery Fourteen Days at most, after the Ratiffication, in case that these and the Artillery cannot depart the said Country sooner, on Condition that the said Two Regiments of Cavalry, and Six Battalions of Infantry, can exact nothing of the Country, except Forage only, and that His Majesty shall cause, provide them with Bread, and other things necessary for their Subsistance: In the mean time, the going in and out shall be free at Ratzeburgh, after signing the Treaty, and the Artillery shall be likewise removed from the Post without delay, after the Ratiffication, and transported half a League from the said Ratzeburgh, where the Troops that are to remain till the entire Evacuation of the Country; which, as 'tis already said, aught to be done in Fourteen Days at furthest, after the Ratiffication, shall also subsist.  
V. It has been further agreed, That from the day of Signing the Treaty, all Hostilities shall cease on both sides, and first on the part of His said Majesty, no new Impositions can be exacted nor imposed upon the Country beyond the Imposition, made and Intimated in the Month of August last.  
As also that the Danish Generals in their Retreat, shall cause a good Order and Discipline to be kept, so that the Contreveeners shall be punished according to the Crime.  
VI That His Majesty shall not concern himself, nor employ any Interest in the Affair of the Succession of Saxe, Lauwenburgh, in Opposition to the said most Illustrious House of Brunzwich, Lunenburgh, and shall not trouble the same Directly nor Indirectly in the said House, but shall stand to the decision that shall be given by the appointed Arbitrators.  
VII. And finally, That the above mentioned High and Mighty Mediators have promised to secure the present Treaty, and faithfully to Maintain the Executors thereof.  
The rest contains the usual Formality Subscriptions of the Parties, and of the Mediators, the Date, and the Seals of the one, and the others; with the Acts of Exchange of Ratiffications, which we have not thought necessary here to relate.   

London, Printed for R. Hayhurst, in Little-Britain, 1693.