A declaration of war by the States-General against the French, Hague, March 12, 1689 United Provinces of the Netherlands. Staten Generaal. 1689 Approx. 8 KB of XML-encoded text transcribed from 1 1-bit group-IV TIFF page image. Text Creation Partnership, Ann Arbor, MI ; Oxford (UK) : 2009-03 (EEBO-TCP Phase 1). A52829 Wing N479 ESTC R42215 24425173 ocm 24425173 109698 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 Grand Alliance, War of the, 1689-1697. Netherlands -- History -- 1648-1714. Broadsides -- Scotland -- Edinburgh -- 17th century. 2007-12 TCP Assigned for keying and markup 2008-01 SPi Global Keyed and coded from ProQuest page images 2008-02 Elspeth Healey Sampled and proofread 2008-02 Elspeth Healey Text and markup reviewed and edited 2008-09 pfs Batch review (QC) and XML conversion A DECLARATION OF WAR , By the States-General against the French , Hague , March 12. 1689. THat the States-General being in perfect Peace and Tranquillity in the Year 1672 , with such an entire Confidence in the Treatles of Peace , Friendship and Alliance Established between the French King and this State , That they were unprovided of whatever might serve for their Defence against so powerful a King , not being able to imagine that the said King , without any just cause , would break the said Treaties , were yet contrary to all expectation fallen upon with so sudden and heavy a War , that the State was in a short time brought into great danger , and might have been entirely subverted , had they not reflected upon the Reasons which the said King Declared had moved him to the War , to wit , the Encrease of his Honour and Glory ; and firmly trusted that Almighty God would not suffer their destruction , undertaken with so great Injustice , whereby they were encouraged in that desperate state of Affairs , under the prudent Conduct of his Highness the Prince of Orange , to stand our all extremities in the defence of the true Reformed Religion , their Liberty , & Country ; That it having pleased God to pour out his Mercies upon the State , after the spilling of much innocent Blood , & the great suffering of the Inhabitants by the Cruelties of the French , a Treaty of Peace , Commerce , & Navigation was Concluded in the year 1678. with the French King at Nimeguen : which the States on their part exactly & religiously observed ; but that on the contrary the French King soon after , by a publict Edict , laid heavy burthens upon the Commerce of the State , and endeavoured from time to time , by all manner of way , as well in , as out of Europe , to molest the same : favoured the taking of their Ships and Goods , and sought , as far as in him lay , as well directly as indirectly , entirely to ruine their said Commerce and Navigation , causing even their Ships of War to be visited by force , and some of them to be attack'd in time of Peace ; That the said King had finally by new Impositions and Vexations hindred the Inhabitants of these Countries from vending in France , their Manufactures , and product of their Fishery , and had on frivolous pretences laid such great and unjust impositions upon their Trade , that it was impossible for them to continue it any longer ; slighting with great contempt all the Instances made by the States on occasion thereof , and denying their Ambassadors in France the Honour and Respect which they had always enjoyed ; That the said King having begun the Terrible Persecution against those of the Reformed Religion within his Kingdoms , had involved therein the Subjects of this State , residing there on account of their Trade , forcing Women from their Husbands , and Children from their Parents , and treating even the Consuls of this State in a cruel and unheard of manner , contrary to the Law of Nations , and the express Tenor of the Treaties ; That the said King had farther shewed his ill design against this State , by the continual motion of his Troops towards their Frontiers , thereby to oblige them to make extraordinary Preparations by Land and Sea , to the exhausting of their Revenues ; That he had sometimes with fair Words and solemn Assurances , and even by Overtures of an Alliance , endeavoured to amuse them , but that when ever they went about to provide for their own security , and the farther strengthning of the Treaty of Nimeguen , by making Defensive Alliances with any of the Princes their Neighbours , He had always opposed them , & even threatned them with a War on account thereof . Lastly , that the said King has in ful Peace caused the Ships , Goods , & Persons of the Subjects of this State who were residing in France , upon the publick Faith of the Treaties , to be seized , and the Masters and Seamen of the said Ships to be imprisoned , and most babarously treated , to force them to change their Religion , and the said Ships , Goods and Effects to be sold , although it is expresly stipulated by the Treaty of Commerce , that in case of a War , the Subjects on both sides shall be allowed six months time to retire with their Goods , or otherwise to sell or dispose of them ; which was followed with the plundering and burning of diverse Villages within the Territories of this State ; and afterwards with a Declaration of War , for which no other reason was given than that the States had made Extraordinary preparations by Land and Sea , although they had asâ—Źured the said King that they were only intended for their own necessary defence , and that they would not concern themselves with the Election of Cologne ; That the States having thus made manifest the Evil Designs and Machinarions of the French King against this State , do admonish their Subjects seriously to reflect upon the Treatment they are to expect from him in matter of their Religion , Liberty , Estates , and Persons , and that they will call to mind the cruel Persecution he has undertaken against his own Subjects , and in what manner the Towns and Places , who thought they had surrendred upon good Conditions have been Treated , and whole Countries destroyed which his Troops have been forced to quit . Upon all these Considerations , and for the preservation of their Religion , and Liberty and the repairing the Injuries ther Subjects have so unjustly suffered , the said States do Declare War against the said King of France , and all his Subjects Countries and Dominions , both by Sea and Land , strictly commanding . 1. That none of the Inhabitants of this State , or any Forreigner residing within their Territories , shall transport any thing to France that 's useful in War , or Correspond with the French to the prejudice of the State. 2. That all Contraband Goods which shall be taken going to France , shall be declared Prize . 3. That good security shall be given by all persons carrying any Contraband Goods out of these Countries , that they are not designed for France . 4. That all ships laden with contraband goods as shall be found on the French coasts shall be taken for good prize . 5. That all ships ought to have lawful Pass-ports . 6. The Men of War not to molest any Ships having such Pass-ports , and not being bound with any Contraband Goods to any Ports in France . 7. That such as shall be found offending here-In , shall be punished with Confiscation of Ship and Goods . 8. That the Commanders of the Ships of War shall punctually govern themselves in this matter according to the Treaties made in relation thereunto , with other Kings , Princes , and States . 9. That the Admiralties shall have the Cognisance of these Offences . 10. 11 , 12. The Moneys arising by such Confiscations shall be disposed of , as has been heretofore practised in like Cases ; And as to the Seisure , &c. former Placaers to be observed . 13. None of the Inhabitants of this State shall Insure any French Ships or Goods , or others bound to France , on Forfeiture of the Sum Insured . Given at the Hague the 9th of March , 1689 . Re-printed at Edinburgh in the Year , 1689.