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O. for William Crook , near Essex-House without Temple-Bar . 1668. ARTCLES OF PEACE BETWEEN The two Crowns of FRANCE and SPAIN , Concluded at Aix-la-Chapelle , the second of May , 1668. I. FIrst , It is Covenanted , and Agreed , that for the Future , there shall be a true , firm , and inviolable Peace , Confederacy , and perpetual Alliance and Amity , between the most Christian and Catholick Kings , their Children born , or to be born hereafter , their Heirs , Successors , and Inheritors , their Kingdoms , States , Countryes and Subjects ; and that they shall mutually love one another , as kind Brethren , that the one shall promote with all his ability the Good , Honour , and Reputation of the other , really avoiding according to their Power , the prejudice of one another . II. In pursuance of this good Re-union , as soon as the ratification of the present Treaty shall be exchanged , the Peace between the said Kings shall be published , and from the time of the said publication , there shall be a Cessation of Arms , and all acts of Hostility , as well by Land as by Sea and fresh Waters , and generally in all places , where their Majesties Forces wage War , as well among their Companies and Armies in the Field , as in the Garrisons : and if the said Cessation be opposed by the taking of any place , or places , be it by assault surprize , or private Intelligence ; and in like manner , if there be any prisoners taken , or other acts of Hostility committed by any accident not foreseen , or of those that cannot prevent it contrary to the said Cessation of Arms , the departing from the Agreement shall be really repaired on either side , without delay or difficulty , restoring without the least diminution , that which they possessed , and setting the Prisoners at Liberty without any Ransom or Charge . III. In consideration of this Peace , the most Christian King shall keep , remain seized with , and effectually enjoy all Places , Forts , and Posts that he hath gained , obtained , or fortified by Armes during the last years Campagne : That is to say , the Fortress of Charleroy , the Towns of Binch and Atthe , the Places of Doway , the Fort of Scarpe being comprised , Turney , Oudenard , Lille , Armentieres , Courtray , Bergues and Furnes , and all their Bailiwicks , Castlewicks , Territories , Governments , Provostships , Appurtenancies , Dependancies and Annexations , by what name soever they be called , as far as ever they extend . IV. The said Places , Towns , and Places of Charleroy , Binch , Atthe , Doway , Fort of Scarpe , Turney , Oudenard , Lille , Armentieres , Courtray , Bergues and Furnes , their Balliwicks , Castlewicks , Governments , Provostships , Territories , Domains , Seignories , Appurtenancies , Dependancies and Annexations , by what name soever they may be called , shall appertain by Virtue of this present Treaty of Peace , to the said Lord the Most Christian King and his successors , having right thereunto , irrevocably and for ever , with the same rights of Soverainty , Propriety , Royalty , Patronage , Gardianship , Jurisdiction , Nomination , Prerogatives and Preheminencies , over the Bishopricks , Cathedrals and other Churches , Abbies , Priories , Dignities , Cures , and all other Beneficies whatsoever , being within the extent of the said Country , Places , and Bailiwicks granted , of what Abby soever the said Priories hold Land , and have dependance upon , and all other Rights that have heretofore appertained to the Catholick King , though they be not here particularly recited , without any future trouble to his most Christian Majesty , by what pretence soever , of right , nor disturbed indeed by the said Catholick King his Successors , or any Prince of his House , or by any Person whatsoever , or upon any pretence or occasion that may happen in the said Soverainty , Propriety Jurisdiction , Authority , Possession and Enjoyment of all the said Countries , Towns , Places , Castles , Lands , Seignories , Provostships , Domains , Castlewicks , and Bailiwicks , together with all the Places and other things thereunto appertaining . And to this purpose the said Catholick King , as well for himself , his Heirs and Successors , having right thereunto , renounceth , quitteth , granteth , and conveyeth , as his Plenipotentiary in his name by the present irrevocable Treaty of Peace , hath renounced , quitted , granted , and conveyed , perpetually , and for ever in favour , and for the advantage of the said most Christian King , his Heirs , Successors , and such as are concerned , all the Rights , Actions , Pretences , Royalty , Patronage , Gardianship , Jurisdiction , Nomination , Prerogatives and Preheminencies over the Bishopricks , Cathedral Churches , and other Abbies , Priories , Dignities , Cures , and other Beneficies whatsoever , being within the limits of the said Countries , Places , and Bailiwicks granted , of what Abbies soever the said Priories hold Lands , and have dependance upon , and in General , without retaining or reserving any thing to himself , all other Rights , that the said Catholick King , or his Heirs , and Successors , have , pretend , or can have , and pretend unto , upon what ground or reason sover , over the said Countries , Places , Castles , Forts , Lands , Seignories , Domains , Castlewicks and Bailiwicks , and over all Places depending thereupon , as is before mentioned , all the Laws , Customes , Statutes and Constitutions to the contrary notwithstanding , on those confirmed by oath , in which , and in the abrogatory Clauses of Abrogation , it to expresly abolished by this present Treaty for the confirmation of the said Renunciations , and Concessions , which shall stand in Force , and take place , insomuch that the particular expression or specification shall not Disanul the General , nor the General , the Particular ; Perpetually excluding all exceptions , upon what Right , Title , Cause , or Pretence soever they can be grounded : The said Catholick King Declares , Consents , Wills , and Intends , that all Men , Vascals , and Subjects of the said Countries , Towns , and Lands , granted to the Crown of France , as before mentioned , be , and remain quit , and discharg'd for the present , and for ever , of their Faith , Homage , Service , and Oath of Fidelity , which all and every of them might have made to him , and the Catholick Kings his Predecessors ; together with all Obedience , Subjection , and Vassalage , that by reason thereof might be due unto him , from them ; the said Catholick King requiring , that the said Faith , Homage , and Oath of Fidelity , be made Null and Voyd , as if they had never been made or given . V. The said most Christian King immediately after the Publication of the Peace , shall withdraw his Forces from the Garrisons of all Places , Towns , Castles , and Forts of the County of Burgundy , commonly called la-Franche-Comtè , and shall really , effectually , and bonâ fide restore to his Catholick Majesty , all the said County of Burgundy , without any retention , or reservation . VI. The said most Christian King shall make restitution of all the Places , Forts , Castles , and Posts , that his Forces have , or might have enjoyed , unto the day of the Publication of the Peace , in what place soever Scituated to the Catholick King , those Places , and Forts which ought to remain by this present Treaty , with his most Christian Majesty , as hath been above specified , excepted . And in like manner His Catholick Majesty shall make restitution of all the Places , Forts , Castles , and Posts , which his Forces could have been possessed of , to the day of the publication of this Peace , in what Place soever they be , to his Most Christian Majesty . VII . Their Majesties agree , that all Kings , Potentates and Princes , that will freely enter into the like Obligation , would give their Majesties their Promises and Engagements of Warranty , as to all the contents of this present Treaty . VIII . It hath been consented to , agreed , and declar'd , that hereby there is to be no revocation of the Treaty of the Pyreneans ( with a reservation as to the Portugal , with whom the said Catholick King hath since made a Peace , ) only so far as it hath been otherwayes disposed of in this Treaty , by the concession of the above said Places ; so that the parties can acquire no new right , nor receive any prejudice upon their respective pretences in any thing , whereof there is no express mention made in this present Treaty . IX . And for the further Confirmation of this Treaty of Peace , and of all the Clauses and Articles herein contained , the said present Treaty shall be published , ratified and registred in the Court of the Parliament of Paris , and in all other Parliaments of the Kingdom of France , and Court of Accompts of the said City of Paris ; so in like manner the said Treaty shall be ratified , published and registred , as well in the Great Council and other Councils and Court of Accompts of the said most Catholick King in the Low-Countryes , as in the other Councils of the Crowns of Arragon and Castile : The whole affair being managed according to the form of the Treaty of the Pyreneans in the year 1659. the expedition whereof shall be mutually given by each other , within three Months after the Publication of this present Treaty . Which Clauses and Articles above named , together with the contents of every one of them , have been Treated of , agreed upon , passed and Covenanted between the above said Plenipotentiaries of the said most Christian and Catholick Kings , in the name of their Majesties , which said Plenipotentiaries by Virtue of their Power , ( the Copies whereof shall be annexed unto this present Treaty ) have promised , and do promise upon the Obligation of all and every the Goods , and Estates , present , and for the future , of the Kings their Masters ; that they shall be inviolably kept and performed by their Majesties , and to cause them to be ratified , firmly and simply without any addition , and to compleat the ratifications by authentick Letters , Sealed , where all the present Articles shall be inserted Verbatim , on the last day of May next ensuing inclusively . First , his most Christian Majesty at Brussels , in the hands of the Governour of Flanders , and his Catholick Majesty at Saint Germains en Laye , in the hands of the said most Christian King , and sooner , if possibly . Furthermore the said Plenipotentiaries have promised , and do promise , in the said names , that the said Letters of ratification being perfected , the said most Christian King , as soon as can be , and in the presence of such person or persons , as the said Catholick King will please to Delegate , shall solemnly Swear upon the Cross , the Holy Evangelists , the Canons of the Mass , and upon his Honour , fully , really , and bonâ fide to observe and accomplish all the Contents of the Articles in this present Treaty , and the same shall be also performed , as soon as it can possibly , by the said Catholick King and the Queen Regent his Mother , in the presence of such person or persons , as it shall please the said most Christian King to depute . In witness whereof , the said Plenipotentiaries have subscribed the present Treaty with their names , and caused the Seal of their Arms to be set thereunto . Dated in the Imperial City of Aix-la-Chappelle , the 28 day of May , 1668. And in the name of his Holiness , and the said Electors and Princes of the Sacred Empire , they have also subscribed these present Articles with their names , and caused the Seal of their Armes to be affixed thereunto , Signed Augustine Franciotti , Arch-Bishop of Trebisond , Plenipotentiary to his Holiness . The Baron of Scheneborn in the name of his Electoral Highness of Mayenee . Francis Egon of Furstenberg , in the name of his Electoral Highness of Colen ; and the Chevalier Semising in the name of his Highness of Munster . We therefore allowing of the forementioned Treaty , in all and every the Particulars and Articles therein contained , and Declared , have accepted , approved , ratified and confirmed , do accept , approve , ratifie and confirm the same , as well for our selves , as for our Heirs , Successors , Kingdoms , Countries , Lands , Seignories , and Subjects , promising the performance of the contents hereof , upon the Faith and Word of a King , and upon the Obligation and Engagement of all and every our Estates for the present and the future , to keep and observe them inviolably , without doing any thing Directly or Indirectly , in any manner or kind whatsoever to the contrary . In Witness whereof , We have Signed these Presents with our Hands , and have caused our Seal to be set thereunto . Given at St. Germain's en Laye the 26th . day of May , in the year of our Lord 1668. and of our Reign the 26th . Signed Lewis , and underneath De Lionne . FINIS .