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T R E T \ X O F P E A C E and F R I E N'D S H I P B K T W E F N The inott Serene and moil Foissnt Prince Ci .l.¥A'E, by the Ciiace of Gcrd, Quetm of (Jncat Br'nain^ Ihtncc, and Ireland^ and n^e rnolt Serene j and molt Potent Prince L EW IS the XlViii, th;^ moit Chriili;in King, j Concluded at Vtnch the n Day of f^f ^7^2. ^P Jpcr C^ajeffte^ fpcctai Cpmnianti. ir> M^aiMMMmMM tfM «J rt*«M«M«r«Mil^»M ■Jf mmm »' Pfp L 3 J • UaWiauau in'} TRACTATUS P A C .1 S & A M I C iTl til Inter Serenifnmam ac Potcntifiimani Principem Annatn, Dei Gratia, MagPrC Britannijie, Francin^, k Hibtrnir, Regiiiam. 6»: Screnifii- nium ac Poteatiirimum Princi- pem Ludovicani XIV. Dti Grc''- tia, Fve[i;em ChrKUanilTimum 5 Conclafus Trajecti ad^ Rhenum die li-M-^^-i Anno 17 12. Vi'mjfff v'lfum eft Deo Of H hn- > Mi: ha^plenfeil ^''' t^iy-^ Aim^^hty Gcd^ fnr the Ghrv of h/i \ame, and j or the dniverfjl IVelfire, fo to direct ihe^ Minds of Kih^sfor ihe }?edljng, 'nozv in h/s oixn tinh\ the Mijerie? of the ivdfted Wor/d, thdt fhey are difpojed toZijdrds one another zoith it >}iiitual dejire oj ntdkrng Peace : Be it therefore .known to all dnd finguhv\ uhotn. it iJidV concern. That under this Divine Guiddnce, the )Vofl Some and mofl ?o~ tent Vrifjcefs and Lady Anne, by the Grace of God, ^ueen 0^ Great Bn rain, ^ France, and h-eland, and the m~>ft Serene " atid mojl Potent Pritce and Letd Lewis the XI V//?, bytheG)'dce of God, the )v:ll Ch'ifian Ki/ig, confuhwg ai noell the Advantage of their Subjeils, a-i p)'ovi' dhg, ( M' far iVt .ortals ere able to do ) for the perpetual Tranquil/ity of the Kihole Onifthin Tv'orld^ have refhcd at /aft to put an end to the li^ar^ ivhieh \x\u A 2 de/Num ■A. L clmJi% ffnh't p-itua-e Hccrcvenint, Ft ad ho^Re/jutn fijcm Vr'ifoJitHm prom-^ veihhiv [uo proprio motii^ i^' piterna cd citrok}/1'^s' Ke^himm piiirum Mij'ilaura reJ'teUiVe lA'j^titr^ Exrrujr.inim^s (^ Tlamtent'hirios nominovenim XD e.on\\i- mruritJh/uet.S.ieraRrnuAlijepsAl^^^ 71X Ihltanmx Reveremium admodim Jo h flO: r^av, He,^hc Mijei . lVa!f::/m WirJePirknfem, ^ l\nhu{fhr:.i^ OrdhuiTrnJeehdii Re^^ijlnirium ; ut ^^ 'hobifu'pr.'-nr, u/u!hiiJs/;:um, ntqu^ Kx:e!- iennlimiim Doniinim lyjwifUirn Thnmnn Omncnt de Sir.ifford, Vicecomitejn Went- vcorih de Wcni worth Wood! 101/ ft\ f5" de Stainehiroiuih, Bdronem de Rain\ Rr/Je fa.e MijejlMiu Confifus lmhn:s^ f^uldem l.tgiUiifn \' XI ruvr dinar} urn ^y Rlempcun- tiar'nrn adihfii F^^' Pr.fpotentes Vo7ni;ios^ Ordim's Ge>ierci!tx [Mi Be(fu, Regif fi.r. M/jelhjiis Vimu'horum Lepoivs n.vr/■ Chrijli-ir^ijTtma, KchHijJimos, Wup-iljimos^ ct'iuc hjs ly^mmos, Dominum 1]uwm NkohiUiK Mefnager^ RegiiOr- dims SiiriUi Miihh/is Eijuitem-^ e'ljdefnq., hegtifoa Ex^rAordmn/ws ,fr^p!a iy p'ena pciefiiUe utduerunt^ dc R^iee jhirJ ^ ffiihi/i inter Rcgms fues jVuijeftcites tr.i- UcrJi. cc/ivcmendi, ^ eoneludendi. Di'i^l 4 J tinkippily khidlei^ nnd hiU leen rhlVt" riAtcly carried on ahve ihcfe Ten Tenrs^ being both Cruel :ind P.'pr/dfive, hy rea- fou of the Erequeney />/ B:ii//es^ and the Eiffiifi'-n rf Chrijli.m Blood. Ani pr pro/?;oring fh/i Their Rcyaf Vurpnfe"^ of Their OKn preper Motion, ii/id fron th.it paternal/ Cur zohich they delight to j(fe tomirds Their Own Subje^ls^ and the Pubfiek Wea! . Mi chad •, And have fur n{jh- ed the faid Ambaijadors Extniordi/: :ry K-ithfiU and an:ple Power to Treat, Agree i nci iln u<. 'jiC i9^epr'\ nnak .1- iA V mix 'tenl opu. m:ai n /lag!- num io^':c % M D igitur tVl mel )rn , irul I he ■77- ree tKr iuhiitioncs in Cricemu Triiicili ad Rhe- r:.i>/! i:im in Dnoii ':njututo I\ih;fj?, Ju- 'Jc'miis tci/iJ('w^ tihfiia^ itlLt Intervcnt'ione [rncifuu'ia, obllaciflis qMhufiunquf, Con- \ih i\m fiht:in^ Scop'j .jivtrfdnti' hcy, invociitaque Ope Divi/7ii, ut hoc Jii- \m Opus ttCiut: adfcram p> jleriratcm in- \ep,riim tfj' hnnoJautm c^ijcrv.^re ac pt'r- \/j/2jrr vr/ir , poji comfh'un'ujtds mittnf\ \i rite commutatJi Vlcn'tpotcnva', um fu- p/'/f, qi/jfum Apoi^rdphd fuh jinoi: hif.- \s \n\]riiv:cnu vcrhMcnus infrrtii funt^ k' nmtujs File is f!f Amic'itiji Irenes inter tltcmrtiiuriitas Rrpjas Jiias Ahjej^utci^ yopu/ofquc t'f SMitosfiics, c^nvcncrum^ \r(:iit feqii.tur. T. \x Or univerfilis, pcrperua, vcrnque i^ fiiicen Aniicici'J inrer Serenilii- iin ;ic PorennlTiman Piindpcrn Aimam l;ignrt Biitanriiit Regiii'im, ac Sereniiri- ..im ac PorenritVimum Pr'nicipem Lii- oeicuni Dt'cimum qmrtum, Regcm ;'::iiti;.intll"imuiTi, eoi-umque MaTcdcs iic lucccUbres, iiec non utiiiifqut Kegna, itus, & Subditos, tarn extra, qiiairi tra FAiruparn ^ eaque ita lincere ?•! in- flate Icrvcrur be colauir, ur direr alre- ,is UtiliLattiTi, Monorem ac Commodum omovear, omniqiie ex parte ti la Vici- tas £i (c;ciiTaPacis atque AmJciii.t: cul- a revuetcai; indies, atqne augeatur. II. ■OTines Inimicitia:, HoRilitates, Dtf- rdia\&: Bella, inter di^larn Dorninam ^ginain Magnse Briiaiinio:, i*^ dictum ^milium Kegem Chriltianijliinam, eo- cf^ (ifidCvni'uiU .iTirmiinJljijUfiji Pc^ice- hct u': Yv/ 7 7'/.v> Royal ^ \ U;cl]ii t. Where- fere the nfref.ud Am!h:Jf'uLvs, nfter di- vers ^nd irip^iridm Cnnjitltatinrt^ hid in the Cnni^rejs be/d lU L^rechi /^r ihit pur- p'lfi\ hdvi/i^ i't length evern^me, '.\:nhoitt the intcrvcrAicn oj any Mediator, ull the Ohifjc/es which hindrcd the end if Jo Kholfo/n a l)efyn, .:hd hdvin>i invoked the lyroine A/fihince^ that God w.v//d be p/eafed to preferve thii Their Work in- tire and unvie/dted.^ and to prnicng it to the /dteji Fdjh'rity, djier having, mutually Ci'WmunicMed, and duiv exehun^ed their full P/.','(.'(V-f, ( Copies wherecf are mfertcd- Werdji'rWjtd et the end of thk Injlr^i.- incnt ) they have as^rced on the reci- procal Condition:: -fPeoee and Ynrndlhip between Their above mentioned Aiiiellie^, and Ij^eir People and Suiijrth^ eiA'fjl- laws. T. ' Ha r there be an univcrlal pcrperu.il Pc'ice, and a true and lincere Friendlivp haween the moil Serciie and moii: Potent Princef; Anne Qieen of Great Britain^ and the inoit Serene and inolt Potent Prince Lewis the 14th the moft (^diriflian Kin;', and their I kits and Succellbrs, as alio the Kims'loins, Suites, and Subjeclsof bxli, as well without as within Kii-rope ; and rhat the fame be ib fincerel/ and iu\iolably prelerved and' cultivated, that the one do promote the Intercit, Mon^ar, and. Advantage of the other, and that a taiihiul Neii^hbonr- hood on all fides, and a lecutecukivatini^ of Peace and Frier.dlhip do daily tiou- lilh again, and encreale. 11 That all Enmities, Holfilities,Difcords, and Wars, between the laid (liieen of Great Britain^ and the laid moft C tnaltian King, and Their Subjects, do ceale and ruir.qiic 4 ac maximc per Dom [6] n^mqucSiiMin^^ ce{Tcin, &-. abokainui- beabolidieJ, fo that on both iid?s they jt;i ut iirriiiquc ali omiu DirePiicnc, O;-- do wholly retrain and ddill Irom all pvadati.;iie, Lafione, Injr.riis, ac Infe- Plunderino;, Depredation, Harm-doing, iiit'ione qualicunque, tatn rtrra, (juam lmur!es, a id Annoyance whatfoever, as tnari & aquis dalcibus, nbivis ^^entiiim, ;vcll by Land, as by Sea and Fielh Wa- Vin-ic per omnes altcrutriu^ Kct»no- ters, in all P insofthc World, and chicHy Kegionum, ac Ditionum Tragus, through all Traas, Dominions, and Pla- ]ni;i, gc Loca, cuiuicun(]uc fini: (^n- ces, oF what VJiid io-vcr, of the King- ditionis, tcmpcretur prorfus, U abitinea- doms. Countries, and Territories of ei- tur. ' therlidc. III. ^^^• Omnss Oftl-nla:, Tniuriit, Lafiones, AH Oftences, Injuries, Harms, aivd & Damna, qurf. prccdiQia i:)omina Rcgl- Damages, which the albr:(aid Q:aeen ot" naMagnx Britannia, ejufque Subditi, Gn>ii Bntdui, aad Her Subjeas, or the vel pra^Jiaus Domiiuis Hex Chriitianir- atorefaid moft Cliriitiaii King, and Hi.^ fimus, ejulfjue Subditi, durante hoc Subiea-.s have fiiftered the one from the Bcllo, alrer ah alrero periulerint, ubiivi- other, during this War, Ihall l.)e burie.I oiii tradentur, ita ut nee eorum, ncc ul- in Oblivion, lb that neither on accouiit, lius ter a nuic>, ltia-,\'(;limpedimenti, per level per alios, to be done or given to the other any clam vcl palam, dircae vel indire-ae, Holtility, Enmity, Molcflation, or Hin- fpecie Juris, vel via Faai, iiiferanu, vel ^uferrl iadant, aut patianiur. tradentur, ita ut nee eorum, ncc ul- ni Uhiiviun, io mat neuner on accouiit, alterius rei causa, vel piu'tcxtu, al- or under pretence thereof; or oF any other ilteri^ aut aU-crutiiu-^, Subditi poltliac thing, Ihali either hereafter, ot the Sub- :qaarn Idoftilitatis, InimiciriiE, Mole- jeas of either, do, or give,caule, or fuftlr IV. -Aci maiorem iniiiper Pact reltituiac, drance, by themfelves, or by others, fe- cretly or openly, direaiy or indireaiy, under colour of Kight^ or bv way of Faa. IV. Furthermore for adding a greater fidieque, & non temeranda amicitia tir- ilrength to the Peace which is reftored. mitatem conciliand.im, pracldendaique and to the faithful Friendfhip which is omnes Diffidentia (;ccahones, qucc oriri never to be violated, and for cutting ofi. uUo rempoie poiicnt, ex flabiliro Sue- all occafions of dittruil-, which might ai cef^!onis^faTeditaric£ ad RegnumMagnLt any time arile irom'tlie eltiblilhed Britannia Jure & Ordine, ejufque Limi- Right and Older of the Hereditary Sue- tatione, per Leges Magna Britjnnia, celhon to the Crow'n o\' Chrat B'nta'in. ( regnantih.us tiini nupero, gloriolifhma and the Limitation thereof by the Law:. Mtm.oria: Rege, Gulielmo Tertio, tum of G/r.i/ Briuiin ( made and enaaed \v hodierna L>>mina Regina) laias ^k fan- the iveigns of the late King iy////c///7 tlv. citas, ad aitememorata Domin:-^ Regince Third, o^' glorious Memory, and of th- Prcceniem, e;ique deficiente, ad Sere- preient (^leen) to the liTue of the a- niiTimamPrincipemSophiam Brunfwico- bovefaid Queen, and in deftult thereof Ha/ioveii Doiariam, 'H ejuidetr. Harcdes to the molt Serene Princefs Snphid^ Dow-- in Linea PioteiUntium Banoverianu. laJt ager of Brunfi^kk-lLmovery 2^^^^ He- E * igi'ir [7] \^'m\r dlQ.i Succefllo fana tc8-ij maiieat, l-Ieirs in the Pr.aeliiiu iJne of Hinovrt, :ex ClirilUanilVitnus iupradidam Sue- That therLforc the 1-iiJ SuccHion nvy -fp.onis ad Rcgnum Mjgnnc ilrinnniac rtmiiniafl' .inci fccijij. thc!T!olt('liiiPii iri ,imUationein lincert c< Iblennitcr ag- King iiiicticly and f^jkmnly atkno^v- lofcir, eandem^ue gratan^i &<. acceptain !dges rlic abo\c(aid Limiracfofi of the ibi, atque M.ticdibiis ac Succcffjribus Siitcciriuii to the Kingdom of Gn'.-/ Sri- iiisillc, MC in jxnpetuuin fore, fub Fide /:///?, and on the Fail h and Word of a I \crbo Kegis, oppignerato luo tc Sue- Kine^, un th^ Pledge of His cavn and His reflbrum Honoie, declarat fpondetque. vSiiccelll'j-.s Honi..i>r, He docs dedaie and 5ub eodcin quoqne Verbi Regis ac Hono- engage, Thai He arccpts cuid approves ris vinculo prornittit Rex ChriflianiiH- the fame, and that His Heir, and '^^^ic- mis, ncniinem unquani pia:ttr ipiam ccliJ 'i-s do and fhall accepc and a])prove pominain Jvej^inam, eiutque Succeilbrcs, the iame for ever, And. under the lame |ceu)idun^ dil>a: Limitationis ieriem , <)l)l!gationof theWord and Honour oi'a )ro Kege aut Reginj Magna: Britannia:, Kaig, theinoii Cluiltian King promiles, ^er ie, vel per l{a^rede> aut Succellbreb That no one belides the Q;. en Her Seit^ luos, agnitum iri aut habiium. Ad fi- and fltr SucceiJbrs, according to the h.in Verb diOa: Agniiioni {ii Prorniffis Scries uf the laid Limiraiion, Hull ever jberi[.'S iaciendam, Ipondct Rex Chri- by Him, or by Hib Heirs or Sueceflbr\ iianiflinius, qwod cum e Regno Galliae be acknuwledged, or reputed ro be j^onte nnptr, alibi conimoraiurus, exi- Kiiig or Q^c^w of Grccit bntaln. And ivx ille, qui vivente nupero Rege Jaco- tor adding more ample Credit t.' the flud S»' Secundo, Principis Walliac, eodem Acknowledgment and Prom ilLs, the moft rero defanilo, Regis Magnae Bvitani.ia" Quiltiaii King does engage, That where- TiruUim aifiimpin, turam omnem per as thePerfon wh..;, in ihelije-time o[ the )ia:dii"lum Kegem Chriltianiilimum, late Ku^g Jd?fh'v the Second, d"' take ■i^trede^ ac SuicefPjres fuos, dacum iri, upon him the Title of Prince ot /J Vvri', or atiy the iX> minions thereof V. V. Promittit porro Rex Chrifl-ianilTimus, Moreover ihe mod Chriftian Kii^ff [am (uo, qnamHacredum ac SuccelToruni promifes, as well in His own name as v\ «Wf 'ruieitainium Genre oriujidos, Magn^e Great britiun, Her Heirs and Succ elFors. iJritanni [8] Fiiit'inni.'^ Coronim, D'rloncTqiie eldem rldcendcd ff.^m theafc-i-eriid Piotellir kil)joda^, poilKicuies turbamros, \-el Line, who poiilis ihe Crown of Grt\j mold^iValiqu aficduros iicque nlluin Brituin, :in;{ the' Dominions belonging' ms of L\w.''and5/^://;z under on ')ivini Numinis Auxilio and the fune Kin-ple5, principalis conditio, q^'am People,waspIea^^d toopc; a da^grt oiivrir un cne- ianqu:im necciiariuni b^. a furer way to come a: fc min plus sur pour parvc- cfibntialeTraclatibus F;in- di^kult a Peace. But the n;r aunt Paix fi difficile:: damentum, Nobis Cha- lame Alarms ttill (ubfift- rriaK l^s riCines Ailarmci nilima not^ra, & pluri- ing, tbchrftand principal f/hbltanttL'iJr.irs, ia pre- mum dilsC^j Soror, Ma^-- Condition, which vv..?.s pro- niie«-e £':. la prir.cipaie con- na: Brirannice Kegini, pio- pofei tolls by Oar moll ditioiiq./i Nuus a ;:tjpro- poni lecir, ea fine, ui dear and molibelcvEdSilte: pofCe par noire tres chers d\0:.\i Prater noltei gc tiie()j:een of Grwi/jr;fjfK., Sctres-anrx-eSoeurhiRtine /Uuiipos, Monarchia Hi- as the efiential and nccei- de la Grande Brccigns, fpaniac 5c Indiarum ferva- fary Foundation of Treat- coiTimekibndernintetten- ta, tain pro fe, and m pro- ing, was, That the King t!d S*: nec2ll;iire des Trai- p^enie ^wl univ-irfi, Juri- of %mj, Our faid Brother tez.a ete que leRoy d'K- bus fuis nalccndl forte -jd and Grandfon, keeping Ipagne noitre ditFrere &r Coronam noiirain qu;^{i- the Monarchy of ^pab:. fecit-Fih, confervant la tis, in perpetunm re-mn- and of the hdics, UiouU Monarche d'Elpagne ?^: ciaret ^ atque ex ad\eiiVj, Renounce for himfelf des indc:, renoncac pour ut CharijTirau.s, 8t pluri- and his Defcendants foi lay,2t pou: lesdefcendan^, mam dile^^tus nolkr Ah- ever, the Rif^hts which his a perperuiie, aux droits nepos, Duk Bituricenf*;, Birai migh': at any tirre que fa naiifance pouvoit 2c Chariffimus nofttr ?x. 'j,'n^Q him and them to pmais donner a luy 'ii a plurhrnim dilecluij Ne- Our Crown •, That on the euK fur notre Couronne^ pos Dux Aurelianenlis, other hand, Ournnott deai* Qiie lec-iproquement no- pro fe, ec progenie \bi and fr.clt beloved Grand- fire trescfi;;r 5v tresam^j univerfi rnafcula parirer fon the Duke of Beny^ Peiit-FilsleDiicdeBsrry, ac fntminina, J'lribns fuis and Our molt dear and Sc nolire tres-cher &: tres- ad Coronam Hifpanis in moft belo\'ed Nephew the snne Neveu le Due d'Or- perpetuum quociue re- Duke of Orlemco, fhould leans, lenoncafkjnt aufli nunciaut't. Prrtdiula So- I'kevvire Hcrounce for pour eux cc pour hnirs del- ror noltra nobis repre- thennfelves, and for their cendans rnatles & ferr.elles ^nrari voluir, i?r abfqre Defcendanf JVIale andFe- i perpetuicej :i leuTS droits polkivi ac fbnnali hac in m.ile forever, iheir Rights. tus u\ i\ n f- fe ; '- ■•' kMonarchie d'Efpagne '(S.dcs Inaes. Noitredice Sctui' Nous J faic reprc- icatcr que fans une ailu- vance iormelle Sc po.'itive il.r ce point, qui feulpjih voiceilrsle (ien dc hPaix, rt'urope ne feroir jimals tn repos-, routes Iss Pii- ?ir,inccs qui la pariagent v'uirit egalerr.enc peifna- dcct qu'il cL'oit du leur in- tercft general, ^ dc Icur luretc coiumune de conti- nuer pne Guerre dont per- fonne ns poiivoit privovc h fin, plutoit que d*cftre exnofw-es u voir le mcme Piince dcvenir iin i(..ir le nr..Hre de dciixMonarchies aiin piiiilintes que tcHes de France & d'Kfpagne. Miis coinme cctte Prin- ceffc;, dont nous ne pou- vons afltz louer le ztle irtlatigsble pour le rcta- bl'ffjinent de la tranquil- lire gencrale, lent't toure la rjpur,nance que nous avions u conlenrir qii'un de nos Knf;uis, fi dignc de rrcueillir b fucctdion de nos Peres, en file neceiFai- t( ment cxclus, ii les m:il- heurs dont il a pli a D;eu de nous afRiger dans n: i>re farm tie, nous eulevolcni: encore dars la Pcrfarne du Djirphin, noftre rres chet <^ ties- T^ J arriere-Petit" Fils, le feul rcli-e des Princes que noflre R y- aume a Ii j diemen;; plea- fez avec nouSj, £i!e en- L iJ'J - parte inter pofita fide, uN ivm qua^fjla Pacls vin- culum effe pofrec, E'j- ropce Tranquil] itati nnn- qi:am cai't:;ni ioret, i'm- gul'S fcilicec ejuldem IV teftcKibui iilu' ck Tquo pcrruafLUTi habentibus, Kti Conn.Tjunis, ti Sccuriraris PuMicic inrertJc, ui Bel- hir,a^c:.ijus E:?irum prsvi- de':c nemo potulr, produ- C'^i'erur potius, guim ur Difcrinnen adirerur, Im- perii, duarutn pra^poteivii- liCii, Gdiia: & Mifpani^s, Mon;i'^.hiarum penes eun- dem PrinciptTTi aliqaando recidendi. Sed cum pj;rdi- tVd Princcpj, c'lj js indet::i- fdm Tranquiliiuris Pub- lican reitiruenda! (^adinn'i hudare facis non poiVd- miis, perceperir, qu.UTi a- lieni elTeiniis n confenfu, ut i1iqu^s-ex noltru pro- gen?e, adeo dignus qui Majoru.m noftrorunri i-lx- redKarcmoblrer,ejde"n ne- cefTario excludereiur, fi modo Calamirires, quibus Nos in Familia nodra at- fiigere Dc.» viibm elt, No- bis infiiper pr-jcriperent chariflimum 3c pl;?rimum dilcctum Prorepocem no- iiiuin D^zlphinum, fjlum Principibus, quos Regnum noftrum nobilcum jaftifli- me complonvir, fu peril i- rem ; nolfrx de biic re f^ ilicinidin's pniticeps fa- cta eO-, 5c xquioris P-;cis itabilienda: Conditlonibus to the Monarchy oTS[mn and che hdi.s. Our r;{id Sifter cauf-id ic to be \i^> preier.ted to Us, That withoiT a lormil and po- iw' w rtfllrmce upon this point, wbicii alone could be the Bond of Pr.ace. Jutropc would never be at relti alt thePoweri v;hich fliare the iams, being e- quaPy perpA'aded, That i: ivas for th-alr general In- rereii, and tcr their com- • mon Security, to continue a War, whereof no one CO c Id fore fee the end, ra- ther than to be txpoled to behold the f^rrie Pi 'nee be- c m? one da/ MaSer of T'A'O Monarchies, f.> Fo'.v- erful as thcie of Fycince and Sp.y.hf. But as this Princeis ( wboH^ indefaii- gabte Zeal forreelhblifh- ing th'? general Tranquil- lity VVe cannot fufiicient- ly praiie ) was fenlibleof all rLePvtluC-incy We had to confcnt, that ore of Our Children, fo worthy to inherit the SucccOion '£ O a r F or e f ache r s, fh o u I d neceilarll/ bs excluded from it, if the Misfor- tunes wherewith it has plejled Gnd to afflia Us in Our Famibr, fhould moreovtr take from U"s, in the Perion ot' the Da'.: ph in. Our rno(t Dear andm^dt Beloved Great Grand fon, the only Remainder of vhofe Princes which Our L' 2 ira s I- I! tra dans noftre peine', £i aprt-s avoir chcxch^; ae con- tcrr des moycns plubdoux pour .iRiire/laPaix, N'.»iis C'i'.v^nliT.c^ avec nolhc di- re Sa;i'r de piupoltr aa Hoy d'Elpagne d' aiicrts l:iats, ir.rericurs a la ve- il lu a ccux qu'il puiicde, ma'S doiit la coniidciation s'accroiiTo'itd'auuint pli!i3 fous ion Regno, que coii- fervani lt;S Droits en ce cas, il unirutt ) nuttrc Cou- .fonns une p.irtie dc ces nicmes LraTs, s'il parve- noit un jour a noltre Sue- cclfion. Kousea-iployamss done les raifons Ics plus fortes pour luy pafLi^dor d' accepter cette^ alterna- tive •, N«")U5 luy times con- no ir re que le devoir de fa Naiffince ctoU le premier qu'il di!t conlukcT-, qu'il ie devoit a fa Maifon Jsj: a fi Patr'e, avam qued'cltre redevable a V Efpagnc ^ <]ue s'il tnanquoic a fbs premiers engagemens, il legretteroit peut eitre un jour iniullerrini d'avolt ahandonnc des Droits qu'il jie feroh; plus en etat di ibiitenir. Nous ajoutannes a ces ralRins Ics motifs perfonrels d' amiti^^ &: de tendrtlTc, q le nonscrumes capables dele toucher ^ le plaiiir qae nous aprionsde le voir de tenips en temps auprcs de Nous. ^ de paUer avec luy nne pa i tie de nos jourj, comme nous L 12 J in commune ex.cogitatIs, Nobis cum pra:dida So- ror'i nolha convenerat. de aliis Ditionibiis Regi Hi- fpanico piopLr;end;s, iis eiuidem. quas puliidet ifi- terioribus, qjaruni auteni exifti'natio Tub ejuslmpe- no eo magis adaugererur, quod, falvis iibi in hoc cafu Juribus Ibis, aliqua eantndem pars CoroiKE nolir:^; it quando in Ha:- reditatem iioltram liicce- deret, adiiniend.i effer. Graviirimis igitur uli fu- mus argiio^entis, quibus ilium (uadendo induccre- mus, uc banc alternati- vam accipsret. Admo- nuimas ilium, primam Ii- bi. quid Origini inx de- berer, habeiidamefie ra^io- ncm,(e Fam irur iux prius gt Parrix, quam Hilpanix de- V indium tu'iie ; li prim is hi ice Obligaiionibus deef- ler, Iruftra fortafse a- liquando dolituium, le Jura, qux amplius vindi- care non porucrit, ceiTil- ih; Hil'e adiunximu'i ra- tlonibus ea I'ertbnalia no- (hi erga eiun Amor is gt Aiteclionis Argiimenta , quibus movcri animiim pofTe credidimus , quam vblui^efci licet Nobis f'oret: iplitmapudNos i dent idem videre, aliquimqae aftatis nollrx Partem una cum illo tianligere, qux quidem, ex vicinitate Diiioniitn ipfioblauium, Nobis pro- Kingdom ha$ fo juflly la- mented with Us •, She en- tred into Our Pain, and after having j .-y ntly foughc out gender means of le- curiiig the Peace, We a- greed witli Our laid Sifter to propofe to the King of Spain other Dominions, inferior indeed to thofe which he poirefles, yet the Value thereof would lo much the more Increafe under his Reign, in a.5 much as in that cafe he would prefers e his Rights, and annex to Our Crown a part of the fa id Domi- nions, if hs came onetime 01 other to fucceed Us. We employed therefore the ftrongeft reafons ta perfwade him to accept this alternative. \Ye gave him to underlfand, that the Duty of his Birth was the firlt which he ought to confult ^ that he owed himfelf to bis Houie, and to his Country, before he was obliged zoSpjiM^ that if he were want- ing to his firii Engage- ments, he would perhaps one day in vain regret his having abandoned thole Rights, which he would he no. more able to inain- ta i n. We a ddcd to t he fe Reafons the psrlonal mo^ rives of Friendfliip and of Tender Love. v»hich We thought likely to move hinij the plcafure We pcuvions fonviors nousle promet- tre Ju voiiinage dcs Eiais qu'cn luy oftroit •, la Iktis- f.'.£lion de i'inlhuire nous n/CT:CS de I'^rac de ncs aftairc'S, 2c de nous rc-pofcr i'ui lay pour Taven ir, en ^.' •rte^que fi Dle.i nous con- r^;rvolr, le Dauphin, nous P'jrriors donner a nottre {vc'vaami,',, en la psrlbnnc du Roy noil re Frerc Sl ?etit-Fi!s, iin R^l'gent in- liruic djns Tart de regner^ i.<. que (i cet enfant, li pre- ciciix .i Nous 6: :'( nos Sii- jets, nous iroit encore cn- lcv^,nousaurionsau moins la confolation de liilH^r a nos Peuples, iin Roy ver- tueiix, propre a les gou- verner, 2c qui rtiuniroir en- core a notte Couronne des f-tvits tres confiderablcs. Nos inftances reiterees d- vec tout la force &: route h tend refle ncceffa i res pou r porliiader unFiIs, qai nic- rire fi juftemcnt les w^iijrts ()ue nous avons faits pour i-: conrer\'er a la France, n onr produit que des relus Tciti^rez de fa part, dV bandonncr jamais des Sa- jers braves ^'ii fideles, dont iczcle pour luy sVroit di- l!"ingut' dans les conjon- '. hires 017 ion Trone aVoit piiu le plus ^hranlt'i en If-rce que perfiltant avec ane fermete invincible, dan;-; f' premiere refolution. fou- tcnant mCme qu'clle i^toic plui; glorieufc fie plus a- [13] mirtere licult. Qiiantutn pra:terca dele^htion's ca- pi-'iemus, in eo de rerum noftrariim Ihtu inftiru- endo , i ifdeniq-jc i p'ias cui'^t ac fidei in polte- rum conn:nitteridis, adeo uc ii NobisDelphi.i'jnnDe - us falvum prxHaier, Aa- miniltratorem ad omnia Imperii mania inltrac^Jm, in Perlbna Regis Frair's fiC Abncpotls iioitri, Keg- no noiho dare potLmus^ quodii autem vira, Nob's, Subditifquo noliris ad- eo chara , Nol)is eriam pr'tr'peretnr, al'quam No- bis Conlblationem afterret, I-opulo noitro Kegem le- linquerc, vinurib'is iri- ftru^him, iis regendis Ido- neum, nollraiq-, porro C>j- rona: Ditioncs amplilfimas adjunclurum. Noltra: au- tem iterata: Indamia: om- nibus iis tam Ra'ionum moment ^s, tiuam Affec'bi- onis Areumenris comma- niiLt, quii: neceliaria: vide- bantur ad perfuadendum Filii' digno equidem Co- nacibus '.juos, i;t Galliac con[er\ arecur,fecimus,^ul- lius apud ipli;m mom.;nci fuerunt, conllanra rccu- fantem derelinqucre Sab- ditos adeo fortes C^ fide- les, quorum.que erga ip- fum animi Dlis vempori- bus ipeilati Sr. probari eranr, quibus Solium ejus maxime labeiactari vide- batui,Itaquein prima fen* fhould have in feeing li'm itoiri time to \'mvj n^ar Us, and iii pading lumu part of our days uiih him, which We mij^ht promife Our icUes trcrn the Ncighboivrhood oi the Da- miniojis that v^ere otler- cd him, th'^facisfaQion of indracl-ing bimOur felvcs coiicern; rig the Sraie of Our Affairs, and of rely- ing upon him for the fu- ture ; lb tliaf, if God fliould prjfcrve to Vs tlie Djuphin, VVc could give Our Kingdom, in ihc rer- f:'nofthc King Our Bro- ther, and Grandlbn, a Re- genr inllrudcd in the Art ( t Government j And that if this Child io precious to Us and to Oar Suhjsfts, uei'j alfo taken from fs, Wc fhould at ieaft have the Conlblatioa of leaving to Our Pci^ple si V. rtu- ous King, tit 'o Goverii them , a'ld who would likewife annex to Our Crown very confidetabic Dominions. Our inftan- cv;s reiterated with all the force, and with all the tender arlcftion n;x'eflar/ to perfwade a Son, who f:>juftly def^^rves t ho fe Ef- forts, which we made for preferving him to Frj;.ve, produced nothing hue re- iterated Refuials on his part, ever to abandon fuch brave and taicht'ul Sub- jetls, wUofe Zeal for him ranta- ■ I r 14 ] K' 'I I viiitigeufe a noRre MA- fon, t: a noli re Roy an me, que celle que nous Ic pref- iions dc pre!idrc,il a d^^cl-Kc dans rAllemblcs dcs F.tats du Royaiirnc d'Efp.igne. convoqu^s pour cet eJlet ■) Madrid, q!:e pour \)2ryv.~ TiW d h Piix gcncr-i!'.', 6^ a(u)rei- la TranqaiHiiC dc TEur^'pe par IHqiiii'brc des Puiflaiicos.; il renon- colt d'j fun proprc moi-ve- ment, de Ta volenti; lihre, St fiirs aucune contrainte, 'poui luy, pour (cs hcriti- er^ & fucaiieurs, pour rou- jcTiiis &: a jimais, a tcutes preicn lions, droits 6^: ritres, que luy, o:.i aucun dc (^.s tierundansriycnr dcs :"i pie- feur, ou puifient avoir en quelquc icmpi qu^: ce Ibk a Taventr, a la ifucaUion de nodre Couroriiie ; q-iH s'c-n tenoit pour txclus, luy, fes Knfans, Heri-icrs Sidefcend^iiiS a perpc:nrej qu'il confen'oic poiir'Iuy, & pour euK, que t'(js a pre- lent conime alors, fm droit, &; cel'iy ds ies d'i- fcendnns, pafFrili iy: fai\ transf-erc a cclur des Prin- ces, que la Loy dc fiicccfii- on, 5c icrdre de h niif- fance appc]le,ou appciler.i a heriter dc noltrc Cou- ronne, au dcfaut de iioftre clit Frere ^ Pwtit-Fi!:s le Rov d'Efpagne, 6t de Tes defctridans, ainfi qaal q[\ plus arpplement Ipecihe par i^ Ad'i dc Keaoncian- tsnlia conlrami animo per- liarii, coiitendenlque eti- am id mag's tain m ,h':.»- norem, q'.i.Ln toir.rnodum Domiis Regniqae nottri cedere, quam li obiaras Condi tiones acciperer^Dvi- claravi: in Cumiriis Keg- in Hifpaniaj.Madriti banc in ^inem hahitis^ ad Pa- ccm Goneralein cbtincn- darn, cC. ]• uropa: Tranquil- litacern PoieniiaruiT! a;qui" iihrio ftabiliendani, tb motu prf'prlojponte fid, £i volur.tate, K v.u.'n vi coa'lum , pro Ic iplo , Hxredibas 8.C SucCwlFori- bus f'uis, renuntiare in p^r- peiuum, St in nrcern-iir;, omnlbtii Prxrentiouibujj, Jurib'JS, 8c Titiilis, quos ipic, aur qualilcanque Derccndeniium fuoium , vel ex nunc babeant^ vel quocnnqLie tempore i:2 fiitururri habere poterinr, ad S'jcceflionem Corona: noiir.x ; fj proinde pro ex- c I i : } le i p ill m h a 1 ic re , F i li- oR^iie, Mr redes, g^ 13:- fcendentes fuos in p.:rpc- tuum. Se etiam \e]b ^^c COT) ten tire pro ieipf^, prx- d'I}](qiic luis Defcenden- tibiis, .quod ex nunc in perperuuitj Jus fuum c-; Diiifcendenrium fuorum a- b^-ar, transferaiuf, £;: trans- la turn trianeat in ilium Princirern, qui defeclu di^ili Fratris roftri e^ Ab- repotis Rej^is Hifpinia\ £i Difv-endentium luoium, bad been difl-lnguifhed Ir, thole Conjun^hires, whe- his Throne leemed to be the moltlluken. So that perfilting wirh an invin- cible brmncfs in his firll Kelblution, aflerting like- wile, Tha: ic was moic glorious, and more ad van rjgious fur Our Houfe, and for Our Kingdom., than that 'vhich We prel led a'm to take, he de ^bred in the Meeting on. the Stales of the King- dom of .S//^/;;, afiembled at Madrid for that pur- pifw?, that for obtaining a General Peace, and fecu rirg the Tranquillity of Evropii by a Balance oF Power, he of his own proper motion, of his own free will, and with- out any conltra:nr, Re- nounced f>r himfelf, for his Heirs and Succellbrs f>r ever and ever, ail Pre- tenfions, R'ghrs, and Ti- tles, which he, or any ol his Defccndanrs, have at prefent, or may have at any time to come ivhatfo- cver , to the vSucc:flio i of (.)ar Crovvn : That he held tor :..,-u;ded theie- li'om himfrdf, his Chil- dren, Heir.s, and Delcen- dants for ever ; 'i'hat ho confenved for himftif and for them, that now, as well as then, his Righc,and that of his Delcendants, fliould pafs over and be on I' on admis par le» Erits ce fon Royaume: Er e;i ccn- f?:qacnce il a declare <-{n'\\ ■jcdefiltoii fpsciaiemenc da drOit qui a pu cftre ajotrvj ■i celuy cle fa n-iillaat*;; par n.>s Lerrrt's Patentes da mols de Dcccrnhr-ii 1 700. yKi" Icfquel^es nous avons declare que noftre volon c ctloit que le Key d'Ei- pigne <^^ les delcendars L'Oiiicrvalllnc toujours ks droits de Icur nailfance ou de leur origine, de la mtme maniere qne s'ils tj'fc)ient leur rclidence ..juille dans noftre Roy- njme ; & de renregiltre- nxni qui a elte fair de jiosdltt;!. Lettres Paten:es, t:i:it dans nolhc: Cour de Pjrlement que d'j,ns noftre Chumbre des Compres a l.-'.iris. Nous ftnions coinrne Roy,6i comme Pere, com- bien il euft elie a defirer '^ue Id Tail generale euit pii fe concluic laris uneRe- iionciation, qui tklle un ii frrand changsmentdans no- lire Mai ion Ruya!e,5c dans i'ordre ancien de fjcceder a noitre Couronnei m?.i5 nous fi'ntons encore plus, lombien il eft de noftre de- voir d' afiurer prompte- ment a nos Sujets une Paix, v]ai leur eft d neceQairei Nous n'oublierons jamais les efforts qu'ils oar faits pour noun dans la iongus dur^^j d'une Guerre, Hue r.ous n'auiions pu fouce- [15] ex Lege Succelnonis, ^ NaCtviraiisOrdirie, adCo- ronx' ivAbx Ha:reditarem vocatur, uur \ocanduser;i, itu uc p-r aclum Renunti- arionis, a C>miiiis Regni lui adrn'llum, fuliiii ex:- plicatur i Er. confequerv c.r dechravit, fe deiiUere &: decedere fpec'Mt'im ab eo Jure, quod per Literas noftras Pacenres de Mciifc Decemhri 1700. Narivi- taris fijx Juii fubve.nire au: adjici potuiiTet j Qui- bus Literis declaravimu:-^, nos velle, m Regi Hilpa- nia\ t-l Dercend'jntihus iui'> Jn'a Nadvi-atis, '6c Oi'ginis iucc temper fal- va eflenr, eodem ir.odo ac i\ in Regno noilro ru- Will, '^riar ipia coinrnr^rarentur, Sicu- ti etiam ea jura, qux ipfi 8r. Difcendentibus ejus compecere poff.;nt e^. cii- £iirum noftrafuna lAxen- rujn Patentiuni in ACu Relatione, t.'iin in ParU- arnend, qu^m Radonum C uriis noltris Fai ilienbbus. Sendmus equidem ex Re- gie parica ac Pateno af- le8:u, quam impensi No- bis CKOptanda effet Pacis Generalis ConclufiO abfq; ta Renuntiacionc, qua ran- tx tam in Regid nottra Famili;>j qi:um in veteri Ordine Succeffionis noitrx Coronie mutationes fiunt. Sed incimius ad hue icn- timus, quantopert' Nobis incumblr. at Subditij no- rnnsferrej to him ainong tiie Pii(iCCS,'A'hom rhe Law of Succeilion, and tlie Or- der of H rchcills, or fh..ll c ill to inheri UisrCrown in default olOur uid Brother and Grandibn the King of SpM/2^ and of his Delceri- ddnts, as ic is more amply rpiciried in the Ace of Re- nunciation, approved by the Slates of his King- dom J And conioqucnrly he declared. That he de- fiftcdparclculaily ftotn rhs R'i^;h': which hath been add-d to that of his Birth by Our Letters Parents of the Month of //'.YTw^'^r 1700. wherc!;y We de- clareJ, Tijat it v as Our the King of Spj'm^r-i his Defcendynrs (hould always pref<;r\u the Rights of theiiBinU ai:d Orj^^inal, in the fame manner as if chcy reHded aSluafly in our Kingdosri ^ And from the Regiftry whicit was made oi Ouv fiid Letters Patents, ho'-h in Our Couir of Parlia- inent, and in Oar Cham- her of Accounts at Rns. We are fenGbie, as King,. and as Father, how muck it were to be dcfired thac the General Peace, could have been concluded with- out a Renunciation, whicli makes io grear a Change in Oar Royal Hoiife, and.^ in Ihe Ancient OrdiT of liicceeding to Out Crown ^ iii ^ii m, fi Icuf ide rirxWMt: cu encore plus d*c-;i:n(iuii que ieuis iurcts. Lelil'ird'un pi;\iplc ii ivkU eft p>ijr N'.'us urn; Loy fu pre ^nc;, qui doit I'emponer fur t')uic autre conlVjeration. Cell :i cctteLoy i{ue Nulis lacnfions aujour d' huy ic droit iV \\n Perit-Fils, qui nous elt li cher^ 6i par le prix que h laii gi nerale couiera a noftrt: tend rede, Nous auro.'is au moins la co.iiohrioD Je texuigner a ros Sujets, qu' auxdcpcn'> dc noltre San^; irkms, lis tiendroru voujours le pre- mier rang darts notrc ca•u^ Four ces caufcs, &. a li- tres grandesj coiiilderuions ace Nousniouvans, apres avoir vu en nolhe Con- feli le dir Aire de Rtnon- ciation du Roy d'Efp- .agne noiire dit Frt:re 6c P^t'c-Fils du cinq No\tm~ bre dernier ? comm'^ auiTi les A'fe de Renr-ncia.'on que noiire die Petir-Fils le Ducde B«rry, & noftre dit Neveu ie Djc d' Oi- lcans, ont fails rccipro- .qucment de lears droits a la Couronne d'Kfpagne, tant. pour eui que ponr kurs defcendans maiies ?c femelies, en confe- quence de la Renonciation de notrc ditFrere & Pedt- Fils le Roy d' Fipagiie, le tout cy-attache avec Co- pie collatlonee defdires Lectres Pa cntts du mois 4 mm C ^O ^ fir 19 Pax, ipli^ adeo ne- cellaiia, quacocy.!S ihhi- iia-iir. Nur.quani chli- vi the Acls of Renunciation, which Our faid Grandfon the Duke of Bcny^ and Our faid Nephew the de ue Decembrc 1700. (bns le Com re feel de notre (Vnancellerie : Dc nortre Grjcs fpecialu, pleine Pu- i(i:ince, &; Autotitc Royale, NoaS avons dlt, (fatu6 K ofdonnd, be par ccs Pre- fen^es iign6e$ de noitre m.'.in, d lions, ftatuons^ Z<. vordonnonj, voulons, & Nous plaift, que ledii Ac\q ds Renunciauofi de noitre dli Frere St Petit-Fils le Koy d' Hfpagr/,;, 6i ccux de noih'c dir Petir Fils le Dae de Berry, di de no- lire die Neveu lo Dae dOrieans, Hue Jiousivons jdmi$,at admerrons, Ibienr cr.regiiirez dans lo^p nos Cojrs de ParleiiSs, ■lif. Chambres de nos Comp- los de noftreRoyaume, Sc autrss lieiii oii befoin lera, pjvr «tire execute/, felon leur ibrme 5t teneur • 8c en c^nfequence vo'jlons,6c en ■ ■'■endons, que nos di:es Let- t e$ Patenies du mois de Dsceml.re 1700. foieiu &: demeurent nulles, 5C com- rr'e non avenues •, quViles nous Ibienr r;ipporcces ^ 8i qu' a la rrnrge de?. Regi- it rey de no^tre d i le Cour de T'arlemeni-,8cde noftre dite- '-'j^ambre dcs Comp:es, ou eit renregUfremenc •"Ifs dlres Leiters Patenres, • Bxtrait des I'refentes y ^■>it mis 8c infert;, pour ^Ti'eiix marquer nos inien- ■ 'jns fur la Revocation sc • Uitc des dites Lccires. [T7] ¥ fequemia KcnLntiat'cn's di'Ui Fratits & nlinepoiis noltn Regis Hifpanut, q.'iC omnia hi fee (uhjici- untur, uniicum Copici ct^m Archetvpls Ta'julis colliu'J di6larurn Lirerarum Pa- tentium, de nienfcDecem- hris 1700, p,emiriis Sg'd- lis Caiicelliria' no{\rx oh- fignarurum, e< Gratia no- lira ipecial', plena P.>ten- ti;!, k Authoritate Reg a\ ediximus, (xaruirr.us, &.: dccrcvimu^, 8i per proc- fenres manu noltra Ijgna'.as edicimu^, (tatiiimus, &c deceinimus, volunv:.-;, & Nobis placer, uc dictum A^Uim Renunc'ation'-s, d;- cli Frarris 8£ Abnepnis nollri Regis Hirpan:..^, parirer ac ea di£li Abrie- potis noftfi Diicis BuiTJ- cenfis, didlique Nepodb noftriDucis AureUarrenlis, qu£e admifimus, &. admit ri- rntis, in publ'ci RegiO. ri referaniur, in fingulis Par- liamenri . &i Rarionuin Reg- ni noftri Curiis, aliii'tiU'i; in Locis, ubi opus fueri:, ad d c hi ' J m eor i. nd em , ie- cunduin tor mam 8i teno- rcm, Kxecutionem. Volu- mes porro ut dicta;: Lirerc^! noifra: Patenre^-i de wenl'a Decembri . >7Go, null^r, ca{]k,'&c irr::a: iin:, fie ma- neanr, eodem modo, ac fi nunqiiam exticilTsnt -^ur e.^- dem ad Nos repurrencur, Marginique Regillrorum diaarum noitraruin Far- Duke of Orhms , made reciprocally oftluiir i^iphrs to the C. rown ol .Sp.r///, as weVl tov ihvmlLlv.s as f'^r iheir Delcendan.s, Male and Femde, in come- q^enceot' rhe; Renriicia:!- *on of Onr fa id Brother andGnndf^n the King oF Spj'if/^ che whole hereun- to anr.ex'jil, "kvich a Copy olh'ed oFti:e Fild Letters Paceirs'of the Month oF Dtv.r/;.'/'cv 1 700. Lender thd ("o.nrjer-Sv'ii --F Our Char.cery, ot Our fpecia! Grace, lull i'Ower, ard Roval Aurhorirv, We have declared, deae^d, and or dain-^dj and by thefe Pre- fer) cs figncd with Our Hand , We do DecLire, Iv'e- cree , and Ordain, We Will, snd k is Our Piea- fure, Thar ihe (aid AtFof Renunciation oF Our fa id Brother andGrandion the King oi Sp~7rn, and rholc of ()ur fud Grand (bn> th« Fi u ke F Ber ry . an d FO u r iaid Nepht A' the Dukv. of OrlejKs, which We have a-i mined, and do adnv'r, be Regiltred in all Out Courts of Parliament , and Chambers of Olt Ac- counts in Our Kingdom^ and other Places where it ihail be neceffiry, in order to their being executed ac- cording to rheir Viorm dnd Tenor. And conf qtienti>. We will and intend. That Our laid Letters Patents C Vou- ■P"IP '!l*' ) . i. Voiilonsqucconr^iTntJ-ncnt ajilic A.ic de J^cnonclaci- on lie no. re iir Kit re ?f nc, il ('>lt dcrormjis \c- Rirdc ?i conliJc c cominc c\clus Jc iicItrcSwCCtllion^ que Ics Ikri'.'t'i, Siicci"-* Ici.Tb^iic Djllcndans en li'i- cnt -^uili cxclus :'i piirpcru'. ic. »1\' rcii.irJcz coinmc iii- liihilirc/, J 1:1 fCcueilli) Kp.- U-nJoiiS qu' .1 iciir d<.i..jt, Diis Jr->io,, c|.ii pf'urroijnt LA (]\k\<\v.c !C;i}ps que CQ Ib'x kiir coiiipt-'tor Lk: .ipp:irteni.r, (ur noUrc diie Cournnnc C>i: Sacccflbn de nosluais, loio.u .N deirca- iciic transferee ■' nodrc tics Cher i<: rres-air.e I'c- I'C-Vils le l)jcde Ikirj^^"^ fcs Tntans, ^ Ocdcndans millcs, nc7. c:i iuyal marl- Jgc, & fucceilivcrr.cnr, a leut dctaur, a ce:;x ilcs Pr'nccs de ncltre M:iion Royalc. Sc leurs DelVer.- d.ins, vj ii par le droit de beer n.iifTince,^ par Tordre ttjMi dcp;:is la fonda:^- on do iioltre M^narch'C, clevioiK tucccuer -i r.vlhe C.^ouTonne. Si donr.ar.s en M.inJca-.enr a nvs :i:mv. Sc teaux Confeillcrs ksucns ler.ans .-iolhc Cour dc i^ar- Icmcnr >: Piris, q.ic cts Fie'icntcs.aveclcs .-Utcs de Renon<.iaciv-)!^ iaitspar ro- itfod'.t Ftcrc lii; Pttir-Fiis le Rov d"Fjp.]gne, p.^r no- (frcditPeiit-Filsle Due de Bcrry,Sf pat nollfc dir Ni- C 18 J Ilamenti, iS. Ratiorium Cu- ri.«fnm, ubi defcrinunrur d\t\-x Lirer.cPatentes, prx- fciv'uin F\einp!ar incer- p inamr, ;:c iniwrarur, in melius Volunnuls nolir.x de d tUriim Literarum Pa- tcnriuin Kevocatione. Sc Kiillica-c Jiid cium. Vo- liiinus piiirerua, uc jaxta dicijm .'duin Reiuntia- tionis prxdicFi Fracris Sc Ahn^poris noiiri Kcg's Hi- fpan:;c, idem tat qua n ex- Cu-fus a SuccdlToi.e noiiri i 1 poitt;ij;n habeatur. Hx- redw'.que fui, Succciiores, ?c Di.icei]denres,ea pjiitcr in perperaum exciu Lmnir, ;>: tanqjan inliabiles ^ incapa^es c jufdjjm adeun- d;v cenfeanrur. Volumus ur, hcrjindefedu, li.ogula jura,qi\T ipfis ad Coronam ^>: SucceiTionerti noltriin quocunnue tempore eom- pererg pjff;;.!-, aut potue- riiir. tranbferanrur 5c tranf lata maieant in Chariiii- n',um o: pl'jrimum D le- dam A'oncp.Mem r.olhum Dacim -livtLTicenrem, 5c Lilieros, 6: D^icenJeiires fjcs Maicul s, legirimo Mau-imonlo natos, Sc hc- rum cefeclu, iucceliive in idviS Rjg^a^ DcmOs noftn^ Prir,cip;.s, qaihusex ]jre Katlviratis, §c u-xca Ur- dinem a primis Monarchis roitr.T iniriis conftitLtLm, Cororx nolF'x Succtfiio c::'mpe:er. lnm.ind:.iis igi- cur daniui dducti^ £c lideil- of the Month of December i-jco. he and remain null, and as if they had never h;.en made, that they be brought back to Us, and that in the Mirgin of the RegUttrs of Our faid LoLirc of Parlian:en\ and of Our faid Chamber of Accounts, u'heie the En- rolment of the faid Let- ters Pa cents is, theExtract ot tbefe Piefcnrs be placed and inferred, the berrer to lig'-.ifie Our Incention as to the Rcvocati n, and Nullity of the faid Let- ters. We will ihat in con- formity to the laid Ad o{ Renunciation of Our faid Broilicr andGrandfon the King of i?pji/;, he be hoin henceforth looked upon and confidered, a$ ex- cluded from Or Succefh- on, that his Heirs, Suc- ccffors, and Defcendanrs ne Lkevvife excleded" for ever, and looked upon as irci- pable of enjoving the lame. We unceriiard that in failure of them, all Rights to O-rfaii Crown, andSucccfiion to Our Do- mlniors, which might at a- ny tlm>e whatloever belong and appirain to them, be and rem.rln trarskrred to Our moft dear, and molt beloved Grandlon thcDjke of Berry, and to his Chil- dren, and Defcendants, be- ing Male?, b-orn in law- ful Marriage j and faccef- veil le Due d'Oikans, ils ayenr a faira lire, pubiier S: regiftrer :^ 8c k conter.u en iceux garder, ohiervcr, i'i. faite executcr lelon leur fun7ie &C tencur, pleinc- inejir, paiiiblemenr, iJcper- peruellynier.t, ccflanc, gi fjiiiif^t ceillrtous rroublLs a';j,efrjptxl)ennens, } ri'.mob- flaat loutc 'x:>!x, ScitXi'S, [is, C''ucurr.(.s, Arrc'lls, K;2gle;n^ens,iSC au'res choirs i\ ce coiitiaires, au (quels, i^ aux •dcrogiroires dchi dcrogavoires y contenujs, Nous avons ciaog:, &: d rogcons par c^s Pre- lAjntuSj pour ce regard f^u- kmenr, 5c fans tiicr a con- Ic^iience i Gar t';i tit no [ire Plaitir. Et ajin q.ie ce fou chofe lertne ik. liable a taujours, Nous avons fair mdtxQ noftrc Scci a ccs dites ■ Prefentcs. Donn^ J Ver failles au mois do M.?rs, i'an de grace mil lijpt ccns treize, '^ dc no- il: re R: rc'g'lirandas, Cu- rerK, conrentamic* in is obferveiu, 6:. debira: Exc- cunori mandenr,tlcuni urn eoruirJerr Pormam uc Te- .lorem, plenar;i , pacitice t<: P':-rpetu ,, r:^-n:o\cns, & le- mov'cre ihciens MoRttijs & impedimenta c|ua::un ]; iinguUs Legibus, Sraru- lis. [J^bi'S, Confuerud-n';- b fS, i):;'-ie IS, Pi:t(cr;p- fis, aliifcjue rebi)s b !ce conrrariis, non obiian[i!v.;,s^ q-iiibtiS omnibus, pjrirerac Derogantibus Deroganti- um iifdem c-'jmprchvnfij, der"ga\imi!S, 2c per P'a'- ien:es dcrogr^mus, in hoc ci^Vu ran -i in, Sc ne in Exeti'.p'um trahaiL-r. E- jufmodi enim cil noltra Voluntas. Ft <]uo firma 5c fla- bilia in p^rpsruum h:i'c rfcddmrur, S gdlum no- (ham PrTfeni^bus appt^ni fec'mus. Lnia Verfalii?, Menle Mirtio. Anno Sa- luris mii^ifinno leprin- gcntffi'.tT.; dec'mo tcrdo, Re^^niqi^e nofiri fcp^'ja- gefifTio.. S'gna a; E Fj OQ. lively In tliilnre oF tli'^m, to rbofe of the Princes of t)ur Royal Houfe, and tbeir JkMrendarrs, \''ho in K'glit iA' their hwh, or by the ()rdrr eliabEOicd bnce the Koundarion of Ojr Monarchv, oughr to I'.'-ctcd to ()i;t CiOA'n. And :o\\':' curnrnind Our E-l 'V^d andTkul'v (ioun- ceilors, tbe N'^CT.htrs '•[' () !«• (Jourt of Pariiamciit at Paii.t, That rhey do ciulc rhefe Preftni:;, 10- gerher with theAcls of Re- nunciation made hy O.r Eiid Brothel and Grand- Ion the K ng ot Sj'^iin^ hy O.r laid (irmdl'^n che ])ukc r{ I cny, Lind by O.ir (aid Ntphcw the D.ke of 0:l',v'j^ :o be read, p.bElhed, and regi- Itred, and the Contents thc;reof to be kept, ohfer- ved, and exc^cuted. accord- ing to their Form and Te- nor, Euliy, pcaceibly, and perperually, teaiing, and cjufirg to ce.ile all Mo- Icliations and Hindran- ces, notv^ithltanding any Laws, Statutes, Ll'jgcs, CuftoiriS, Decrees, Regu- lations, and other \jai- rers c^.n'rar'/ th.icun-o .• whsreto, and to the Dero- gations of the Derogations tisercin contained, We have d'.rogated,. and do dero- gate by thefc Erefents, for this pjip'jfe only, and without belnj? brought in- C 2 ral Ji h '.I 1. II. ral da Roy, pour etre exccurces felo.i leur fotmc iSi reneur.. fuivant &: contormOment aux All-tics (le cc jaur. A Paris en Parlement le quinze Mits mil fcpt cans trsizc. Si gnc:, DuMGOIS. L ^^o J VICUS, 3c tnferlus ex Author'tate Regia, Phely- jjcaux. Vil'),Fhetypeaux. SIgnata: bu.-.'iio Magno ex Cera viridi, c urn hi is qk Serico riibro viridi Le6la' 8i Pui^lic<:t;x Senaiu pro Tribunal I conle- denre.^ m A6h ejufdem Regiftrat.T, andiio Sf id reqiiirenie ]vCgio Pro- tuniore Gencirali, ut Fxocuiioni r^iandtntur fecundumearundcmfor- mamtJi rcnorcrn, juKta Senacils Conlulta Ivjjus diei. Parifiis in Parlia- mento decimo qninto Martii Annl MiHcfimi ycptingt'iircfiini decinii t£rti!. tv.gnai unt, DONGOIS. to precedent. For Tucli Is Our I'leafure. And to the end that this may be a trarter firm and ialling lor ever, VVthave caufed Our 3ea^ to be afii- feaiu\, f''iJa^Vkdypean)t. And fv'ak'd with the Great Seal on greenWax, with Strings of red and green Silk. Reid and publifhed, the Court being afTembled, and regillrcd annong the Rolls o{ the Court, the King's Attorney Ge- neral being heard, and' moving for i he fame, to the end that they may be executed according t6 ■ their Form and Tenorm- in purfuance of, and in confbrnnity to the Afts' ot this Day. At Parin- in Parliament the 15th vi^ /yianh, I713. Signed,. DONGOIS:. 1! i EL r^o ■M E I - R E Y. , Kj \< qu.mto en ci^co i ' de Novicmbre dceRc ario ds mil futecienros y .ze, anrc D. Maruel da \ I'iilio y Velafco mi Sc- ...rckario ds Kllado y No- .iiio mavcT delos Kcvrios la: Cultiilay Leoii, y tdii- •'.«>, o:oiguc, jure y firmj : inlirumcnto publico del ^'..nor figuicnte, q'je a la le- ■)i cs CO mo fe f^gue. D. Phelipe,por \<\ gracii 'J Dios, Key de Caftilh, uT Leon, de AvaE^on, de Ijs 1 'S Sic lias, de Hicrufalem, ' .■ N-ivarra, ds Gnn-Jdi. '••' Toledo, de Valencia, do i ..ilicia, de Mallorca, de >e\'iita, de Cerdena, dc Cordoua, de Corcega, de Murcia, de Jaen, de ks •Vr^arves, Je Algecira^ cie ■•i«hr;iliar, de las Idas de '■ 'in^ivia, de las Indias O- 'vn rales y Occident:! Ic's. iilis y Tietra firme del Mar Oceano, Archiduqiie ce Aultria, IJuque de Bor- goiia, dw^ Brabarre y Mi- I'n, Conde de Abfpnrg^de 1 landcs, Tirol y Barcelo:i:>, -fior dc Vifcaya y de "l»na, ^:y'c, Pov la Kda- ■»ii y Noiicia de eCteln- ■mento y E(i:ripcura de nnnciacion y Dclliftirni- (■', y paraque quede en rpetua memoria, hai^o worio y nianiiieito a Ics REX. CU M ir:i fir, Die quinta No'-emhris hiijus /\nni tnillelimi fep- tipgemefimi duuaecimi, coram Domno Manuele a Vadillo 3c Velafco, San- cV'oris Con^d'i mei Scri- be', & Regnoriim Cadi- lia' 8c Letj onis Majori Notar.o, bji Teftibus con- vent is, j'iratis, ik: fub- fcriptis in Inltrumenio puMicoTenoris fequcnMS, quod di verbuni eih nt flo'.ruir. DomnrisPhilippiis, Pei Gt\iti;i,RcxCaftil:cr,Ug=o- nis,ArragoniLE, utfiuk|,Si- cil!X,Hiero(^.)lim:c,Navar" res, (jranatncToUjti, Valcn- tia',Gal!cc\T.Mjjoricaj-ii- ipiha, Sard in a, Corduhx, Torlica, 'Murcia\ Gienna, A Igarbi'cV. Algezi ra%G i bra 1- t'jr'.T, C^anariaium, India- rum Oitentalium &Occi- deniali'jm, Infulanin, Sc Coririr>cntis Maris Occani, Archldux A-atria% Dux Bjrgundi:r, Brab:intia\ & Mediolini, Coi-nes jijf- purgi, Flandri::, Tirol is, ^ BarciiionjE , Dominis Bilca'x 2: Molinte, &r. per hujus Inihumenti, 2i Scriprura: Renur.riationis 6c Abdlcationis Narratio- aem ^ic Declarationcrn, gc lit in pcrpetunm m.)ns:ar memori^m, Regibus, Prin- The Kmg, TT Tllcri'is on the %xh. V V of Auveml'cr in thiij present Year }-ji7. befoic Don MvtUil oi r'jiliilojind f^ehp.Oj iTiy Secfwiary of Slate, airi Chiel Notary of the Kin^donvi of (.jJ/iU^ and Ltot,' 2rA Wiciied-s, 1 delivered, IWorc to and figned a Pnh!ick inftra- nneni oiihe Teror follow- ing, which i3 Word lor W'jrd, as here en '"'CCS : 1). Philip, by the Ctracc of Ciod, King of CrjiiU^ /,w>/, J>\ig)^,\ rheivio.vi- ''i/h's f'jruialem. Acif.rr/, 'ii/i/u\ S.tyHiy::jy CordiU':!, Coyfwa^ Mwda, jfjc}!, ihe /iig.rr- Tr'i, JbtZjr.i^ Q'{brnlta}\ rhe Cvhv/y Ijhv,h, the £ir/t andiTtyif hdi^::^ the Ijlvhu and Terra fr /;/.« cf the U- cean, Archduke oi -iuf/rh, Diikeoi Burs iridyBrdbart^ and A/f/.'w.Coiinr o{ Hub^ fpnyg, F'jivders^ T'lrcl^ and HArcehva^ Lord of B'ljcciy and Molvhi^ ^iq. By the Ac- count and IriiormnTion cf this Inlkumenc and Wri- ting of Renunciation and Kelirquiihmenr, and that ii may retrain for a per- pe.u)i IvemerTihiancc, i do miko Irnown and dccfire to Kings, Princes, Poten- tates , Commonweal chs> .RtyeSj V ! I ll ■f |; ivoycs, Pr-ncipcs, Poten- tiiios Kcpiihlicas, Com- munitladt.s,y pirlbn;is pai- ticiiliresqae I'on, y iucrcii en loj, fipJo:i vcriilero.s, que fiv^ndo uno de los princi- palts flip :('ll< ^ dc ios Tra- tados de P.jccs pendicntcs cntrn laCoroiu de Kf[rjha y l;i dc Trarcij, con la Je Ingliierr.^ pin ci men- tar h lirnic y pKinviiKi-te, y proccdcr a la j^cncr.il f hrc la mi vim J do -J"-- giir.'ir COM pM'pcruiJad cl iiiijvetrtl B^^n, y l!^.iic j.l de ia Fiircpa en nn Kquili- hrio dePo'cncij-j dc I'lier- te qi)t im'das m:'c!i:is in iina,n(jdccl'nalcljVjiiii2J de la defeuda Igi.ald,4d, en vcnraji de una, a pcif gro y lijccl ") dc lis dtma^, : ih pr'.p;;!' y !nlt'> pur Li liipjarerrj, y Ic combinu por mi pjirt', y I;i del Rey mi Ahutlo, qae pjra evi- ' tar in cuial.jiiier riempo la union dc cfia Mon.ir- chia, V la de rranr'a, y la pwnihiiidaddt; (]u'c in nin- gun tilo fucsdicir:, 11' hi- ciciTen reciprocas Kenun- cias por mi y toda mi De(i:endcntia a la fiiccfiion poiihlc dc la Munarchia de Franci.i, y por la de aqnellos Piincipes, y de todas fus Linens exiftenres y'futurasa la de cltaMu- narchia, fbrmando una r?- lacion decorofi de Abdica- cion de tcdos '05 dercchos vjue pudicren alcenarfe pa ■ [22 3 cipi!)i;s, Porcntarihus. Re- hLii-publiti.s,C ojnm'inirati- bi.s Ls:privut'sperrori s,pr:r- llridbi s Sv. tu.uris n)[iiin iic'io {f4 iraniftftLim^ Cum una lie ex pra.'cipui> p^ li- tioiiibu'. TraOaiUi Faci'^, de q'li i.jcrCoicnan; Hil- p.in,ii\, S: Core nam Galiia-s cemCojona Angl :i in jr:c- flnii aL^iiur, :\d earn lir- mam R ltabile:n cojg- nicniaiid.mi , 8i. f^ei.cra- km promovendam, pt-iao fiindamcnru in P'>:cn la- ruin a' luilibrio, Bonum univerlale U Tranqjiliita- tcm * public jm pcrpciuo f'irfn^indiii ne plurcs u,ii;» fimul Pu.iltaas cxopran :vq.;ilibrii Trutiram , ad unijbunli:atem,i^:.ilionjm timor^m i\ dilcrimen tra- banc : Anglia conlHtui-, Sc ca fiigifantc ex Nodri, Kcgifque Abavi noftii j>ir- libui, ci)n\cnti}m eit, quod ud hiiJLis Monarchia: turn iil.'i (jialliiP unioi.cm cpio- ciimque rcmpore ev.iraii- dam, i>: Succelliontm in Huolii)e( caili impoiri[)ile:n reddcndim, rccip:oca: pro Nobis, ^. Delcenden'ibDs noltris, polT.MIi Monar^ chTi' (iailir-' SuccelVioni, isc ex \nt.Q Princip'jm Gallia', &t omnium eorundcm Li- ncariim exil^emimn, &: lu- turarum, huji'S Monar- chic' SjccLidioni, Ren;;nci- adoiiCi fieri deherent^ for- mando Abdicationcs om- nium Jurium, quie utra- iV/mmunitics, and pnrt' hr Perfons, whxh now aie, and (Ijall be in fuiirc Af;c> : That it hcinj^ op.. oi rlie pvincipal Poliiiofii; of the Treaties ot Peace, depend if g be- ween the ( row I IS of 6/>,T/«, and ol Friruccy with that o\ J'\^ Ifui^ ior Ui:: rendjing V iiim and LiUing, and pre. tcdinp roa C eneral o;:l; on the .Vlaxim iji iecurir)i» for ever the univerlil Good and Q_ijierot Hump.. bv an cq iul Weight oJ Power, (o thit many bc- inr^ unired in one, tht. Bjlance of the Equal-r\ deiaed, might not turn v. rl'c Advanr.jgc of one, aiid the Danger and lljzari of the relt ^ It w.m, pn., poitd, and infilled on by Evghnd, and ic was a- grctd to on :i\y pirt, and <:n that of the Kii^g mv (jrandfather. That tor a- voidir.g at any time what ever tne Union oi" thf,> Monjrciiy, with that ol Fi\m:c, and the pofllbilitv- th:it ir might happen in a- ny cafe, reciprocal Renun cia lions Ihouldbemade by mv, rind for all my Defcer dant;,, to the pollihility o: fucceeding ro the Monar- chy of FrAnce, and on the parr oft hole Princes,a fid ol alj their Race, prefent and to come, to that ol fucc.ed- Ing fo this iMonarchv ^ bv forming a proper Project t',. L . i fihce^crfe miruamente , dif, CilJs Uci'es (le .1.1 y Je .iqiiclh Moiur- v;i!.j,il'p.iranclo,con )■)% nr:- .;• >• Ivj-viles (J^ nni Kenun- 1, mi Kima del Tronco ;;-:il de Francia, y todas •is Riimai (Ic Ki de Fran- i Je U troncal di^riv;!- ti»ndc la Sangre ReU Fl- piiulj; pre\iniendofeali- >iv!-)io en coniequcncu de ii Vlixima fi;ndaiTTj;i.ul y p'.rpetua dclFq:iilit>rlb de ' , Potencies de Fiiropa, ., q.ie. alTi como elte per- I'MJe V jiilVirica e. irar en fod)s cilos excoglrab'es ii U'l'on de la M 'Parch ia ij FTpairi con la dcFrjn- L J (i; prccaucionale cl in- i iivcnicntede queen f.ilta !■; mi Delcendcncia, 1^ di- effw" tl cafo de que elta Monirchiapuditiic rccacr en la Cifa de Au!h'ia,cuy- <'s Dominies y Adheren- '. ias, aun fin la Unicm del Inip'.rio, la hariin formi- dable ; mctivo que hizo ^'^t.vifible en otros ciempos h leparacion de los Riia : s il'vTcditariosde la (>a- 1( tic Muttria del Cuerpo ^e hMonarcha Elpailoli- Cwmbiniendofe y ajuftan- d>->ie a olte fin por lalngla- f'^rra ton m:go, y con el iv.'V mi Abuelo, que en f tiia mia, y de mi Defcen- 'itncia,entre en la Succelli- "1 de elta Monarcbia el j">'jque de Savoya, y fus liij'^5> yDe:t£ndientes ma- [ '3 ] q'C Domus Kcgia, hvjns, ill III I've Mo'-ir».»ch!:c ad in- viccm ii' . Cjcccderidum hiKcre p''>lf.:' - Iv i:nuni roltrum a llegj-i Stipicv' Gillian be omMos illi'is Uo- m-ib Ramos a Siipire Ke- gii S.mg'iinis Hirpanici, modis IcgUibiis Kciun-ia- tionis nL<[\\x fep.raivJ'<\ ik odjm eciam temp'^ro lecund'im pcrpetuam rati- on:m, v-iui fc*v rcllitum Rii- ropT Ihit ar4uilihrKim, lir- m mdo , quod eti am Mo- narch .e Hifpan'.c Cum (.TaiFiu unionem in oiniii- bus extogitandis cafibus evifandam f.iadcr ^ pro- bat ; pra?:avendi;mt|ue ad- vcrlijS incommr^dim, quo in defecha poitcritatLs no- il r» coinngcrer, Monar- claium banc vjcare poife Domui AulhiaciB, cujjs Dominia &: Adha:iC'ictje, etiamnunn Imperio nf^m u- nita, formidabilem illam. red de rent ^ qiix quidem ratio, re^roaQis temp^ri- bus hj-rcdirariorumDomus Auflnacx S.atuum fepara- tionsm a Corpoie Monar- chice Hifpanicx plauribi- lem pra'ftitir. In hunc & nem, inltance /^nglia, me- cam, iS: cum Rege Avo meo Conventum clt", quod me,<>: DeCcendenribus m.eis deticitncibus, in hujus Mo- narch i^e Succeirr.nem iir trareiu Dax Sihaudiit, fii Fili), 2i Oelh.nd'intes iui Malculi, in conltanti ^ le- cf Ahdicanon of all Ri>'ir$ :[ \vhii:'.i nn^hf he claimed, b the Two R lya! Hooics of ihib, and 'i' that Mo- narchy, as to ihwir luc- cccding muMjaily to each orhtr J bv h.pararirg by the Le^;al irf^ansol'my Rc- n.inciaiion, my Kranch fVc-m the Royal S:cm of ivj;?6(;, and all chc Branch- OS of f7\r;;/-;> from the Stem of the Hh.iOd-Royal of Spj'ni'y by raking Care at the fami time, in par- fjmcc of the Fundamen- r.il and Perpetual Maxim '^f fh'j i)ahinr.e of Poa'- er in liumpe^ which pcr- fuades and jiiltiiies the a- voiding in ail cads imagi- cihle the (I.uon ot the Monarcliy of JF'V.iw:^ witii thatof .!)/AT:7i that the In- convcnien.e Ihould like- wife {)e provided againlt, left, in default oi'rny ilTue^ the cafe fhouU happen that thin M')narch) (h^uld devolve again to rlaeHoufe o\' Aujlrlt^ whofe Domi- nions and Depend cncics, even without the (Jnion of theFmpire, would make it f^midable^ a Motive which it other times made it juitifiible to feparate the Hereditary Domini- ons of the Hoafe of ^k- Jh-ici, from the Body ot" the Spanij?) Monarchy ; h being agreed and fettled to tills end by E/ighrd with Me, and with the King Iculinos, , » ■■u :l|! i J r fcullnos, naddos en con- Ibine legitimo macrimo- nio, y t:n defefb de fus Lin inafculinas, el l^rin- cipe Am.ideo de Cirifian, y fusHijos, y Dcfcendien- tes milciilinos, nacidos en conthnccj l-Jt^k'^^ maui- moiro : y en dcft:cio do fus Linens, e\ Friiiwip^'Tho- mas Hirmano dc el Princi- pe dc Carina n, fus Hijos ydsicc^ dicntvis iTiatculinoi,. na.'do' en conlbnte legi- tirno irarrimonio, que por de(':-ndi.eniXo de la Int io- ta D. r'atharini Hiji deel S- Phulipe Sei^undo, y lla- rnimienfos exprcflbs; ne- ntn dctocho claro y conu- 'vido^lupiielh ia Arnillad v peipetu.1 Alianza, q.e lb dc^e (bixitar y conleguir del Duquc dc Sivuya, y 111 defcendenciacon elh Corona i dtviondoic creer, que con clla efperanza perpetua y incclable, f^a (A Fiei invariable ciQ la Va- lanza, en que amillofa- mente fc equ'iihren toJas LiS Porencias,farigadas del iudor y .nccniduir/hrc d3 las Varalkis-, no quedando aigun arbitrlo a ninguna de las Parses para alrerar el^e F.quilibrio Federal, po£ via de ningun contra do, de Rcnuncia , n^ Retrcce- fioji, pues combence la ra- 2(>n d/lfij permanencia^ U que modva d adtn-tirle, formando fe ii naCorfhiuci- on fundanieatil, que regie IhI gitimo Mairimonio nati^ Sc deficiente ejus Llnea Mafculira, PrincepsAma- deus a Carlgnano, ejufque Filii, & Detcendentes Ma- fculi, in conltantiS?: l^giri- mo Matrimonio nari ^ & ejusLine;! deficience, Ptin- ccps Ttioaias fiater eiaf- di-m Principis a Carigna- no, ejufque Filii ci Defcen- dcntes Mafcuii, in con- Uanri U Icgirimo Matri- iTior.io -aii, qui ex Infante Domn:i Caiharina, Dom- ni Philippi Secundi Fi- liUjOriginein frahentes, jus clarum oi cognicurn ex~ pr'.iil:i vocatio.ie bahenr, poiitu amicitia, po'iroque Fujdcre pcrpemo, a Duce Sahaudii, fci. ejus De^cen- dentibus cum h ic Corona, i >iU£iui:do Jit ohtinendo;, ci lie cum hac fpe perpe- tua 8c indefinente, credin- dum eft :^quabile Trutin^c Ex 'men fuie inamurahile^ omnefque Poieliatts ludo- ribus ci; incerro prafiiorum cv'entu fatigaias, amicabi- Ih'cT pan ;i:q'jilibrio fore sequatas ; (ic hujus fnedr- Fails acquiiibrii alieratio, per viam C^onrraftils, Rl- nunriationis , Retroccific- nifve in nulllus partis ar- bitrio remanens, (tabilira- tis ejus cerriflimum elr ar- gumentum •, qu.x ratio ett illud admittendi, funda- mentalem formando Cori- iiitutionem, qua: ut Lex immutsbiiis Sjcceflionem 6 my Grandfather, Thar failure of Me, and jf n . Ifiue, the Duke of Save- and his Sons, and DeJct, ^ danrs, being Males, bc-^ m conftant iawfil Man. age, are to enter upon i ; Succeifion of this Mor chy ; and in default of >. Male-Line, the Prince . ifjadeo of Caripuxji^ and i Sons, and Defendants, \ ■ ing Males, born in con ^iant lawfd Marriage and in default of his Lir . Prince Thomas. Brother ; the Prince o{ Carh^mv \. Sons, and f)efcendants, L ing Males , born in c^ Itanr lawful Marria^ , who, as Defcendains the Infanta Dcmna OtL rinj , Daughter of Phi: the Second, and being i- prelly called, have a tie./ and known Right, fupp; fingtbe Friendfhipand pc= petua^I Alliance, which li .• Duke of Sjvoy^ and ii;: Defcendants are to ibl cir and obtain from th - Crown , it being to be 1 lieved, that by this p: perual and never-ceafi Hope, the Needle of t}i' Balance may remain it, variable, and all -he Pow ers, wearied with the To ' and Uncertainty of Ba ties, may he amicabiv kept in an equal Poife^ '( not remaining in the D) pofalof any of the Parti'; to alter this Federal EquP con Ley InalteraMe la Subcefion de io por ve- jiir, he deliberado en con- lequencia de Io refci.'do, / por el amor a los Kfpano- las y conocimiento de lo que al iuyo devo, y lis reperidas experiencias de fu rid'Midad, y por recri- hiiyr a la Divina Provi- depciji con l:i rtTignac'on a fu deltino el gr-in Veneh- cio de ha\'erme colocado, V rrantenido en el Trono de Mn ilbjftres, y vene- meritos Vaullos, el abdi- car por mi, y lodos mis Defcendientes el derecho de fjbceder en la Corona de Francia, defTsando no •jparrarnne de vivir y morir con mis amados y ilelc- Efpauoks, dej-indo a rod a mi Defcendei'cla el vinculo infeparable de fu Fideiidad y Amor •, y para que elU deliveracion ten- ^a cl devldo efeHo, y cefe : que fe ha coniiderado lino de los princ' pales mo- ivos de la Guerra, que -: aita aqui ha affligido a la ^uropa i De mi proprlo Tiotu, libre, efpontanea, •.' grara Voluntad, yo D. heiipe por la gracia de Oios Rey de Caltilla, de Leon, de Aragon, de his 'los Sicilias, de HierMTi- Inm, de Navarra, de Gra- ..;ida, de Toledo, de Va- lencia, dt'Galicia,deMque evanefcat ea, q's: principalis habiu fuit caufa belli, quod hue- tifque Kuropam vexavit ^ rroiuproprio, libeia, ipon- tanea, S^ grata volunrate, Kgo Domnus Philippus, Dei Graiia, Rex C'auilix, Lcgionis, Arragonia:. utri- ufque Sicilicc, Hierofbli- ma-, Nivana:, Granata\ Toieti, Vaicnrix. Garax^x, Majoric:r, Hilpalis, Sardi- n'cT, Cordulx, rorficrt, Murcix, G'enna\ Algar- bia:, Algezir3:,G bralraria:, Canariirum, India ii>m Ori- cntalium &: Occidcntali- um, inf ilarum, fee Omii- brium by way of at^jr CoiirrjO: of Renunciacion, or Ikerroctflivin, fincc trie fi?mercaf)n, which indu- ced its being adp>iit;ed,de~ monft rates iisperminencvj a fundamental Conltir-.t- on being fomud, which may fetrie by an unaltcra- bij Law the S'..ccelii;)n of wbat is to come \n con- fe "> uence of w ha ;: is abo ve- fiiJ, and tor the Love I hear to the Spamisrds^ and from the K'^.ow ledge I have; of what low to rhem, and tile repeated Experi- ence of their Fidcliiy, and for making a return to Divine l-rovider.ce, by this Re^narion to f sDv^ftin/, for the great heneht of Ha- ving placed and maint J ai- ed vdi:^ on the Tiirone a- mong f ich niuiiri.njs and well-dcikrving Vafuls, i h3vc determined to abdi- cate, for my felf, and ail rny Defcend3nts,thc Kighc of Succeeding to the Crown of France^ deli ring not to depart from Living an J Dying with my beloved, and faithful Sjum.tnis ^ leaving to all my Dc- fcendants ti-e infepara- ble Bond of tiicir fide- lity and Love, And to tlie end that this Refoiu- t'on may have its due ef- fed, and that the nattet mav ceafe, vvbicn hasljeci looked upon as one of^ tht- principal mucives ot" D tha ■■Id. .1 ti ] ■■ i •I \ ceg \ 4 ^y sn^WWKW^" ¥s r-i ceg.i, deMurc'a, de Jaen, ds los Algarves, de Alge- c:ra, de Gibraiiar, dc lis Ilhs duCinarui, do liS In- dian Orlentaks v Occ'uen- tales, Idas y Tierra firms del Mai Occano., Archi duquc de Auihia, Duque deBcrgoria,de Bravantc y Milan, Conde de AhCpurg, de Klandes, Tirol y Bar- celona, Sefior d e V izc i y a y dc' Molina, &:c. For el prefe.ire Inftrumt'r.o por ml mifmo, por mis H-ie- dcrus y Siibcelores, re- miRcio,' Qbandono, y iv/c abfq^ Heiis and Succeflors, Re- el iitinclione, difiGrentiaj5>: nounce^ (luir, and R^jlin- limitaiione I^erlbnarum, quilh tor ever and ever all GraduLMTi, Sexus, & Tern I'reteniions, Rights, and potis, ab Aclione, if^. Jure Titles, which I have, or fuccedendiCoronx^ Gallic, any Defcendanc of mint; exdufos, 8£inhabiles- Volo haih at prefent, or may C^c affenrior pro Me, 2t have ar any time to come to prxdlc>is rneis Defcenden- theSuccefiicn of the Crown tibus, quod ex nunc in per- o[ Frjwsti i and I declare, petuum pf;£d!£ta Succeflio and hold tny felf for m illum^ qui ( Me, H. excluded and feparated, pra:dictis meis cxclufis in- me, and my Sons, Heirs, habilibus & incapacibus) and Defcendants for ever, fequens in gradu invenie- f 01 excluded and di fabled tur, Sc immediatus Regi abfolutely, and without U- rnorte cujas vacabir,tranri- miration, difference, and file &c iianilata eife cen- dili:in£\ion of Perfons, De- featuf •, diftaque Sue- grecs, Sexes, and . Times, ccifio Coronit Galiiac dirl- froin the AG:, and Right ellos «« :rx3a 1,.l.«. t ri iw^n-nw'mimmimi dlos excluidos, inaviliia- dos y incapaces, le halla- religuiente engrado, y irn- media'O al Key, por cuyi nvjcrte vacare^ y fc huvi- cre ce regular y diferii la Suhcciion de 1j dicha Corona de Francii en uaul- quit^r riempo y caio, para- que lahaya y lenga como icgitimo y \ erdadcro Sub- celor, ati como fi yo, y mis Difct^ndienres no hubiera- mos nacido, ni fueft'inos .-n el mundo, porquc por rak'. heti os de f^r cenidos y rfipurados, para que en mi Perfona y la de eilos no le pueda confiderar ni, ha- zec fur.dame^''o de Kepre- Ijntacion adiva, o pafliva, iVincipio, o Continuacion de Lidf-a efeclivao contem- ptiva de Suhftancia, San- gre, Calidad, ni deiivur ii Defcendencia, o com- putacion de grades de las Pcribnasdel Rey Chridia- nlftimo, mi'Seiiory mi A- huelo, ni del Seaor De!- phin mi Padre, ni de los ».^lorlofjs Kcyes lbs pro- ^enitores, nl para otro al- ;V':n electo de fntrar en la SuhceHon, ni preocupar'sl ?^rado de Proximidad, y wxcluirle de el a la perfona , ic, comodicho Cb, fe iial- Te Tiguiente en grado. Yo . iLcro y conflento por mi (fino, y por mis Deicen- . en res que defde ahora mo entonccs, fea mirado confiderado cite Derc- [?-7] gatur, U illi quolibet ten>- pore, "^ caflj tribuatur, ut illam uti legirimus & \trus Sutcefl-jf haheat, cc teneat, uc (i 1-go, &. Dcf- cendenres mci nunc- am Naci, nee in A^undo fu- iiieinus, quia pro ralihus habcii, & exiltimari debe- mi:s ; Ne in perfona mea, nee in ptrfonis Defcenden- rium meorum conliderari, nee fieri fundamenium U'prefentationis a£tiva: vel p.iHiva:, prineipi;, autccn- tinuarionis Linea: efttdlu a', aur cjntentivaE Sabltantix, Sanguinis, auc Qudlitatis ; nee originem, auc gja- duum computacionem a perfona Regis ChridianiiTi- mi, Domini &: Avi mei, nee a Domino Delphino Patre meo, nee li glorious Regibus eorum I'rogeniro- ribus deducere, nee pro quolibet alo effeclu in Suecel'fioneni intrare, nee gradum ProKimicatis occu- pare, nee perlbnam qus, lit di6:um eft, fequens in gradu Invenietur, cxclu- dere polTit : Volo U aflen- tior pro Meipfo, Jk pro meis Dc'feendenribus, quod ex nunc in futurum hoc Jas habeatur J>^ eenieatur pro traniito 5i rranilaro ad Ducem Bituriten'sm fra- trem meum,bc ad ejus Fi- lios, iSJ-DefcendentesMaf- culos, in con(tanti ^' legi- limo Matrimonio natos ^ Sc ejus Linea mafculina de- offucceeding ro the Crown cl' Frarce. And I will and eon lent, for my (elf, and my fiid Defcendanrsjhac lit vv, U.S vve)l aS then, it may he; taken to bepaf- ^^ over and transterrcd to him., who by mane and their being excluded, difjbled. and incjnacira- ted, (hall he found next and immediare i r. Degree to the King, by whofe Death it Uia'll become vacant ^ And t\\Q Succeilion to the fi id Cr own ot Frar.ce is at any time, and in any cafe to be lertlcd on, and given to him, to have and to hold ihe fame as true and law- ful SucceiTor, in the famii manner, as if i, and my Defcen/!anfs had nor been born, or been in the World ^ lince for ftch are we to be held and edeemed, he- caufe in my Perfon, and in ihat of myDefcendants, there is no Confideration to be had, or Foundacioji to be made of av^Hve or paiTive Kepreienration, be- g'nning, or continuation of- Lineagt cflcctive^or con- tentive of Sub(lance,l^lood, or Qiiality, nor can the Dcftenr, or Compurarion of Degrcts of rhofe Perfons be deiived from the m^oft Chriif ianKing,myLord and Grandfather, nor from the Dauphin miy Father, not from the Gloriois Kings cheii Progenitor> ^ nor by a- D 2 cho, I' . if ' iifi f ^ I' ■■IHHP clio, como oaJfido vtrafla- dado al Duqje de Berry mi ikrmano, y a iMS Hi- jos, y DwP.endicnrts Ma- fculinos, nacidos en con- itance lek-»!tm(0 matrimo- nio^ V en deflttode ius Li- .'icn-j tiialculinas, al Duq.je de Orleans mi Tio. y a fi:s f {;jo.s y DjCcendientes rn:i{culinos,racidos en con- Uante icgitimo marrimu- nioj Y en defe'lo de fus Linejs nl Duqie d, cationem U ordinem, in born in conftant lawful quihus jare Nativitatis ad Marriage-, and in default Coionam fuerint vocati, of his Male IlTue, to the ci confequentcr ad eum Duke of 0>7w?fi my Uncle, ecrundem Principum, qui and to his Sons and De^ ( Me Sc omnibus meis Dc' fcendants, being Males, fcendentibjs, ut fupra dl- born in conftant lawful dumeft", excluHs, inhabt- Marriage-, and in default oi lihus,ijcincapacibiis)prox!- his Ifliie, to the Duke of mior in gradu, & imm.e- Bourhort my Coufin, and diatus inveni'i poteit poft to his Sons, and Detcen' Regem, morte cujls Co- dants, being Males, born rona Galli^e vaca'bir, & m conllant lawful Marrt ad quern ,S'JCC2riio,quoain- age; and in like mannti q'lu tempore, &c quolibet fuccdfively to all the Priii- cafa poilihili.pertinsre dc- i:^:,^^ rhe Blood o\^ France ^ hebiT, ur earn tanquam rheir Sons, and Delcen- icfnumcs Si verus Succef danrs, being Males, fc for tencat, eodem modo, ever and ever, aecordiof Tit fi Ego, Si Defcendentes to the P^ace and Order mei nati non iuiffemusi in which they fhall he Ft sd majorem valid ita- called to the Crown by tcm hujus Pwenimciationis, Right of their Birth -, anc omnibus TirulisSf Juribus, confequently to that Per qLa- mihi ti omnib'js Fi- fon among the faid Prin liis, i^ Delcendentibus cts, who (land all mij meis, ad Sutceifioncm Co- faid Dilcendants, being Subctf k/' this this and thi; the: Subceibr Icguimo y verda- dero, de la mifma mane- la que fi yc, y mis Defcen- dientes no huvieramos na- ci'io. Y en coniideracion ds la mayor firmezji de el A 0:0 de Abdicacion di; to- dos los Derechos yTitulos, que me afiltian a mi, y ct todos mis Hijos, y Defcen ■ dientes para la Subcelion de la refenda Corona de, Frincia, mc aparto y de- fiUo expecialmente de el, qac pudo fobrevenir a los ■JDerecho'j de Nat!! rale/a por las LcttdS Patentus, o Inftiumento, porel qualel Key mi Ahuelo me con- iervo, refervoj habilito eJ Derecho dc Subcefion a ia Corona de Francia, cuyo Indramento fue defpa- chado en Verfalles en d Mes de Dlziembre de el Alio de mil fetecientos, y p-fTado, aprovado, y re- piilrado por el Parlareento^ y quieroque no me pueda iervlr de tundamento para ios efe^los en el preveni- dos, y le refuto y renun- tio, y le doy por nulo, hrito, y de ntngun valor, y por cancelado, y como (i r;:l Inltrumento no fe huvi- clFi execurado, y prometo V me oblige en Fee de Pa- iahra Real, queen quanto liierede mi parte, y delos dichos mis Hijos y Del- cendientts que ion, y fe- taoj proccrarc laoblervan- cii, y cumplimiento de L ^y J ronx Gallice inlerv'ant, fpecialitcr diicedo & dt- filto ab eo, quod nobis lub- venire pofiec a jure Natu- ralizationis, de quo in Li- teris Patencibus, (eu Inlhu- mento, quo Rex Avus meus mihi SuccelTionem ad Coronam Galliar con- lervavit, 8c refervavif, c< me habilem ad earn prrfti- tit- quod quidem Initru- memum, Menfe Decern bii Anno Millcfimo Seprin- gen:elimo Verfaliis datum fuic, bt a Senatu confirma- turn, approbatum, ac in AQa rclatum ; Nee vo!o dido niii Inftrumento ad effectus in illo pr^viios^ illudqne refuto, lenuntio, 2i nullum, irrinim, .i.tUi- ufque valoris, 8c refciiPiim declare, u;i ii diQam In- Ihumentiim nunqaam fu- iflet perftQum. Prom it- toque, 9i me in fide verhi .Regii altringo, me hujus Scripicra: Obfervationtm, 6c Implementnm in omni eo, quod 2d me, Sc pr:e- diQos Filios ScDefcenden- tes nieos natci, ntifciru- rolve atiinet, procuvaru- rum; Nee per[7iitram,con- fentiamve, quod direct,, aut indirecic, in toto^ aut in parte violetur, aut infrin- gatur. El difcedo.dcfiftoqi ab omnibus remcdiis not is auv ignotis, ordinari'> ex- traordinariifvc, 5c qucejure Communi, aut Privilegio -S^:eciali5 mihi, £v r iliis, Sc as !$ aboveCiid, excluded" dirabkd, and incapac'ta- ted) (hill be found the fieareU in immediate De- gree after that King, by whofe Death the Vacancy of the Crown of .Fra/:ce fhall happen, and to v/hom the Succeflion cught to belong at any time, and in any cale what(of:\er, tha: hfi may poflels the lame as true and lawful Succef for, in the fame manner as if I, and My Defcen- danrs had not been born. And for the greater ftrengih of this Aci oi Ab- dicario/i of ali I'^.e Right;* and Titles, wijich appa- tained to Me, and ro all My Sons ar.d Dvicendan:s, of flicceeding lo ihe aioie- faid Crown of Fraj: e. I depart from, and relirquilh efpecially th.^- which might moreover accrue to the Rights of Birth frora the Letters Patents, or Inlhument, whereby the King my GrandfithtT pre- fervc^d and rekrved to me, and enabled me to enjoy the Right of Succeflion to the (Jrovva ot FratK:^ which Inltrument wasdii- paiched ac VerfulUs ii the Month o^Dcumhcr^ i'l the Year 1 700, and pafl-.d, and approved, and rcg"- itred by the Pailiamer, I will that it cannot lerve me f/T a Foundation to the. purpof.s therein provided Cita P -.! ^1;. n \t i|! m cfta Efcriptura, fin perml- tir, ni confentir que fe vaya, o vengi contra ello dirti'ite, o mdireltc, <:n todo en parte ^ y me de.'ilto, y aparro de todos y ^|ua- krquiera r-medios l-ivi- dos, ignorados, ordina- T.ios, extraord'nar'os, y que por Direcho comun, o Privileg'o cfpeciai Nos puedanpertenectr, ami, y a mis H'jO'i y Defcendientes ir, yak- para rcclarr)ar,dccir,y gar con: ra lo lu(o did 110, y todos ellos los renuncio, y expecialmente el ds h Le- zion evidsnte, enoime, y enormill'mi, que fc pueda condderav ha\er irAcrve- nido en 1:! dcdltuucia y Re- nunci.icioii de el derecho de poder en algun tieinDo lubcedcr en la r^ferida Co- rona ^ y quleio que nin- guno de los reteridos Re~ medios, ni o:ros de (|u.il- quier noinbrey Minilh-rio, importancia y Calidad ciue iean,nos valgan, ni nos pue- daa valcr, y ii de hecho, ocon algun culor quilie- /emos ocupar el dicho Reyno por fuerza de Ar- nias, haciendo o moviendo Gusrra ofenliva, o defen- iivd, defde ahora, para en- tonces fc cenga, jufgiie, y declare por iiicita. inju ih, y mat atentadaj y por Vioiencia, Irnbaiion, y *U furpacion, hecha contra ra - zon y concicncis ^ y'por el eontrario fejufguej y cali- L 3° J Defcendfintibus tntis, ad impugnandum, dicendum, K n11ej»andum conira fu- perii:^ di£\a tompe-cerc^po^- lent i omnibulque di£i;;> remediis, ?c Ipecialirtr re- medio La-fionis manifclitt, enormia, & enormiiiima?, qua: in Abdicatione &. Re- nuDtiatione Juii polfibiti ]5r,i:dianc*i, at qual, fus Sub- petuum, inaerernum,i?: pro hy force of y\rms, by m.i- .'l^■)s y natuiales le hayan Temper, rata & irrevoti- king, or moving War, of- e acoger y obuiecer, ha- hili:~. eile dtber. Dicoquc f'e;ihve or defenlive, from .^ry preftar el Juramento &[ prom'tto me nunquara this tnii? fot ever, that is \ Omenage de Fidelidad, in publico, aut in lecreto to be held, judged, and de- / lervirle como u fu Rey y Proreftationcm, nee Uecla- ciared, for an unlawful, ";nor legirimo. Y eile marioncm, quj: vim huj-s ./tfiilimiento y Renuncia- laftrumcnti imp^'dire, sue ron por mi, y Ios dichos diminuerc poUinr, fcciife, ^niS Hijos y Defccndientcs nectli^lururn eile, 6iquod ;- •! de fer firme, eftable, fiq uifdam faccrem, eri^irn Ion aad confcience^ andon • iiida,y irrevocable perpe- (i ibrent jirato:, non vale- the contrary, that is 10 be ^jimente para fiempreja- ant, nee vim ullam habere judged and elieemed a juii, nris. Y Jigo, y prometo pofl'inr. Ft pro majori va- lawful, and a]]ov\ed \Var, que no he hecho, ni haru lidicate, &c firmitate ec- which (hall be mad.\ ov Prorelhcion, Reclama- rum, qvx in hue Renun- moved in behalf of him, cion, en publico,© en fecre- tiarione contincncur, &: who by the Kxclu lion of ■v, eiKontrario (je pueda qUcC dic<\ ik in ilia pro- me, and of my (aid Sons impedir, odifminuir la fu- mitto, irerum Fidem, 8f and Dilcendants, ought to •:;!?,:) de lo contenido en V^erbum meum Regium do, fucceed to the laid Crown cita Efcriptura; y que li la Si per Evangelia exiltenii:i of f>j7;a\ to whom the hicicre, aunquefea jurada, in hoc M'flali, cui dexte- Subji^lsandNjtivestherc- •:0 valga ni pueda tener ram manurn fuppono, fc- ofare to apply rhemlelves, foerza -, y para mayor fir- lemniter juro, quod pro and to obey iiim, to take ■neza, y feguridad de lo me, 6i om.nibus meis Sue- and perform the Oath and '.ontenido en el'ta Renun- cefl()ribus, Haeredibus, t^i Homage of Fealty, and .'J, y de lo dicho, y pro- Defcendentibus.hoc Inltiu- to ferve him as their law- rsetido pof mi parte en mentum Renuntiationis in ful King and Lord. And '.'i. ' M ii'!! I' I ' ' i ■1. II \' acivn tanto por mi, como pot todos mis Subct:fbres, Meredcr 'S, y Dclccndientes en tod.is bs claufulas en cl contenidas It^guji el i'en- tido y conflruccioii mas lurural, lircral, y evidenrc •, y que de tile juramcnto no hcpii'didc^ni pcdirL*f?.e- 1 ixr.cion ^y queti fc pidicrc J algun.i Perlbni piirti- cuhr, o I'e concjdicrc rno- tu proprio, no \ii^dxl\ n- me valdrc dc tlh •, antts para en cito que ft me concc- ili, hago otTO tal Jura- menro.piraqiic iicmprc aya y quede un^'> fohre rodi'i Ls Rebxa clones, que mi; tVailTen cona'didas.Y otor- go cita Ercfiprura ante el prcfenie Secrerario Nora- r'o dc elie m\ Reyiio, y lo iirmc y mmdc fellar ton mi Real St-llo, liendo telHgos nrevcnfdi s y ila- mado el Cardenal D. Fran- cifco de Judice, Inquifidoi General, y Arzobiipo de "Montreal, de mi Conft^jo de Fitado, !>, Jofeph Fer- nando de ^'eh^co, y To- bcr, C'^ndefta hie de Oi- Iflilla, Dijque de Frias, GentUhomhie de mi Ca- rrara, mi Mavordomo mayor, Copero mayor, y Cai^ador mayor, 1">. Juan Claros AHonzo I'erez de Gufman el Rueno, Duqje dc Medina Sidonia, Caval- lero del Orden de Sanri Spiritiis, m; Caval]eri;:o mavor, Gentilhoml-re de 6 • [ 3^ ] ^ cjuodque fi ab aliqua psr- (ora privata hxc folurio eTet \fiVUy ea nee uterer, ncccommodumaliquod tx ilia caperem ^ be caiu quo mihi tuiflec concefli, all- ud prxdo Juramer.rum, uc unum iemper fie & maneat fuper omines Jurar^ienri lo- lijiiones, qux mihi concc- di poUiHt. Hmcque Scrip- tiiram coram piitf^^iui Se- cretarlo, Norario mci Reg- ni, concedo, eique nomen iTi'^unri adlcripli, ScSigillo mco Kt:gio muniri julii. Teit'hus parat's ii^vocatis, Cirdinale Domno Fran- cifto a Judicc, Inq'/ilitore General!, & Archiepifcopi M)nri.s Regalis, mihi .i S.jnclioribus Confiliis-, ]o- lepho Fernando a Vclafco fti Tohar, Conneltabili Ca- ltilia\ DiiceFrigida:,Cub{- culariomeo, Magno Dapi- Fero, Magno Pincernj, U Magno Venatores Joanne Claro Alfonf^ Pere;: a Guf- m in ^ Buono, Uuce Af- fidonin-, Equite Ordinis Sani-li iSpiririiS , M'.gno Stahuli Magiilro, Cubicu- lario meo, &f mihi a San- Qtorlbus v^onUliiSi Fran- C'fco 'Andre;! Bcnavidez, Cornice SantVi Scephani, mihi a San£\iorihLis Conti- itis, &{ Regin;r Magno Da- pifeto ^ Carolo Ho model Laco de la "^'ega, Marchi- one Almonicida', Comite Caca- Palmar, CublcuUrio meo, ^ mini a Sancliori- tnake any Proteftition, c Reclaiming, in publick, o: in fecret, to the contrary, which may hinder, or d minifh the force of wh.: is contained in this Wr' ting ^ and that ifi (lioul' make it. akho' it be fwor: to, i: is not to b« valid neither can ir have any ibrce ^ And for the giea' er Strength and Securir' of what is contained i • this Renunciation, and u' what is faid and promilc on my part therein, I giv, again the pledge of mv Faith, and Royal Wor-! «nd 1 fwear foiemnly by th, Gofpels conramed in thi;. Miffil, upon which I la my Right Hand, that I wii- obrervc, maintain, and ac- complifh this A£l, and In ftrunnent of Renunciation, as well [or mv fcU] as for all my SuccefTjrs, Fleirs', and Delcendanrs, in all the Claufes therein contained acccording to the moi\ n;! rural, literal, and plair. iioih and conftfuftion , And thai 1 have noi fought, neither will I feek any Difpenfation ftom this Oath i and if it Oiall be fought for by any parti- cular Perfon, or fhill he granted motuproprio^ 1 will not ufe it, nor take my advantage of ir. Niy \t\ fach cafe as that ir Ihould be granted me, I make another the like Oath, mi mi Cimara, y de ml Con- kjo de Eftado • D. Francif- co Andres de Benavides, Conde de S«int Ittevan, de mi Confejo de Fitado, y ivlayordomo mayor de la ]\eynaj D. Cutlos Homo- dei Laco de la Vcga.Ma:- 'jQCS de Almonacir, y *^'onde ds Cafa Palma, Gentilhombredem' ('ama- M, demi Confeiode Efta- \ y Cavallcrizo mayor jG Ij Reyna ; D. Rettayno Ciinrelmo, Duque de Po- pu!i, Cavallero de la Or- don deSriHtt Sp'riius,Gen- ftih'.);nbre de mi Cimara, y Capitan de mis Guar- ''ias de Corps Icalian^s j I). Fernando dc Aragon y Moncada, Duque de Mon- taho, Marques de los Ve- *e$, Comendador deSilla, V Benatul en la Ordeii de Kloiiteffj, Gentilhombre de mi O.mara, y de ini Con- L.jo de Eftado h D. Antonio Ssvattiande Toledo, Mar- ques de Maricera, Geniil- riOml)rc de miiCamara, de mi Confejo de Eftado, y frc^ndente de el de Iialiaj 1). Juan Domingo de Haro, V Gufman, Com*endador 'TiayoT en la ('^rdeii de Santiago, de mi Confejo le Eltado", D. Joachim Ponze de Leon, Duque de Arcos, Gendihomhre de mi Camara, Commenda- dor Mayor en la Orden de Calatrava, de mi Con- fejo de Eftado : D. Domin- E C 33] bus Confiliis, nee non Rc- gina: St-prcmo ScibuU M,i- giltro ', Rtita^no • Cantcl- nio, Dace Populi, Equiic SancH Spiriuis, CubicuL- rio rneo, 8i Italica; Pia:ro- ria" Cohotts Piaite-ilo^ Fr.'r- nando ab Arragon, ti>c j Moncada, Dace Monral i, Marchione N^elefii, Com- mendatore Silix, .?v Bena- fuiis in Ordine Monicllo:, Cuhicilaiio mco, &c Vi San£tioribu.s meis(. ondliis -, Antonio Sebaftiano a To- ledo, Marchione Manit;ta:, Cubicuiario meo, <3r mi hi a Saii^lioribus Confiliis, ncc non Italic! CoufiUi PrTlMe^ Johanne Domi- nico ab Haro Sc. Guzman, Magno Ordinis Sancli Ja- cobi CommiCndaiore, mihi a SjnQiorihus .Conliliis^ Joachimo Ponce de Leon, Du:e Arci, Cubicuiario meo, Scpremo Ordinis Calarrava^ Cf)mmend:itore, mihi a Sanclioribus C'jn- fiiii:;^ Dominicoa Giudice, Duce Giovenazzij mihi a San£liuribi!s Confiliis jMa- ndele Coloma Marchione Canakii, meo Cubicuia- rio, mihi a S^nftioribus Confiliis, & rel tormcnta- ricC HifpaniiGenerali l-ra:- {dliO J Jofepho a Solis, Duce Momeiani, mihi a Santlicrilyus Confili'S^ Ro- driguo Manuele Manrique a Lara, ComireFrixilians, meo Cubicuiario, mihi a San£lioribus Conhliis, nee TI'O there miy alwavsbc and remain one Ojth above acd bey-nd ai) Difpenfi- ti^>ns which mav be gvjnt- edrns. And I deliver this Writing bclo'-u the pre- leiit Secrcnry, Notary of this My Kiii^dom, and I have figacd ir, and com- manded it to be n.'aled vvirh my R>yal Seal ; there bting provided, and CiijL'd as \VirreiT:s. the Cardinal Don fyj^cifcc de Judlce^ Inquifitor General, and Arcl;bilhop oxMontreA^ one ol my Council of Stare- Don 'foJq)h h'cnum- dc-z. of Vt'lxjco and Tohar^ Conltahle of CaJli'Id^ Dake of /7i/7j, GcTaleman of my Ciiamber, my H'gh Steward of my Houle- hold, great Cup Bearer, and great llunrfman ? Don Juan Cbro! Jlfonjo Perez dc Gujruni tJ Biteno. Duke of M^:dh:a SUonli, Knight of the Older c'l the Holy Ghoil:, my great MaOer of the Horle, Genileman of my Chamber, and one of my Council of State •, Don Fy.nici/to Aiidrcx da Bciunnd^js^ Count or' San- t'ljinur.^ one of my Coun- cil of St-ate, and H'gh Steward to the Queen 5 Dan CiVios Hnviodci Laco de la Vegt, Marqnifs of Almont^-cir^ and Count of Cafa VAmn, Gentletrjan of my Chamber, one of my Council of Srate,and Great E go !. I( t [ 34 ] po di) Judize, D'lquc non IndiaruiiiConfirnPra'- de J..ucna/.<.\ de mi O^n- fiJc ; Yzidro a la Cuevj!, ijjo de Fltado ^ I). M''- M.'jnh'one R-;thfn;irf, F- riiel Co!orr.;i, M;irqi;':s dc q'.iite S.intl:i Spirit Ts, Cur C m dc^, Goiiiilhoir.hrc do bicii!iria n)t;o, iiiihi a inS C;:anrir3, dcn!i("on(ljo S:inoliori!v.!sConfiiiis,Con- i.ic r/ihao, y C;ip]i.an (.it- lilii Ordirnim FjiiUdc, & neril de la Arnlkria dc primo Bt-lli MmilHos ffpuna J D. Jofepli I'e iTancircoK'U!qi!;]!j Brice- Solis, Ouqne de Montcl- no, Comity' Grunftdi, Con- lino, de mi ronHjo de fi'ii rnci Caltiliit Modcra- Kfhdpi D. RoJrif2,o Mi- tore; ' Lriurent:o Arnian- vvd Marriquc dc Lau, giiil, ! •, Francisco Rcdrigiisz Caman de Ca{''ii]a,y Go- a Menda Rcfqueia, Cru- ve.Tiador del deHacltndas c!a!:>r GeneraFis Pra^fetlo 5 I). Carlos de Borja y Cen- i^f xMelchiore ab Avella- te'!]ab,Patriarcha de las In- nedo, Marchionc Valdeca- diaSj de mi Confejo de las ns, a ('oniiFiis meis belli- C)r(!, .^v Mjfler oftlie llorfj to tl:c Queen 5 Don R.jlayvnCiv- tchrf) J)uke ot" Pf(.'/;, Knij'ht ot ihe Older oi xw^ Hoiy Ghcft, Gw'niitman < my Chamber, and Cap tain ct my Itjlijii Lite Guards ^ Don Ferret ndo of ilh7;f.?/ffi, Marqjilii <„. hsVi^lr, Commander o 6:!Lt ;ird fliiv.iful in ih: Order ol' A'cvtt'fi^ Gem It; man of mv Chamber, aj'c- one of my Council (.1 State ', Vou JntoKio ,St. baJH.t;: d.T'd'do, Maiqu' . o\' Mavjb\i^ GcniFw-man -^ my Chami-cr, one oF mv Council olSraie, and Pk fidciu oi' thar of Itulv . Don Jihtn Domiv^o of h!^< TO and Gu%man. Grec (^ommander in the Ordci of Sr. J.xmcs. one of rnv Co u r c ! I of S r a te •, Do n Jo acbhn Fonce de Lcon^ Duk: iji Jrcci^ Gendcman <:- my Ch^unber, Great Com mandcr in the Order oi Ca/iitrava^omof my Cour. cii of Srace ^ Don Dom'n' go ds Giudice^ Duke (• Gicvoirrzoj oivz of my Council of State •, X)ou Mmucl Coloma^ ]Vi';rq'ji.f ; of C.ijulcs^ Gentleman of my Chamber, one of my Council of State ^and Cap- tain Gercral of the ArtiPie- ty of Si'jin •, Du?: Jojepb J:.' Solis.^ Duke of Movtel- ~b:io^ one of" my Council of SraiC j Dc;2 Rodrki, Pedro 0' C 33] Pedro dcTok'do Sumicn- 10, C'oride de Geridvvcnar, ;:e mi Confcjo, y C amara de CaltilU^' D. Frindlto .Rvlrigutz d;^ Mcn;iiroz- r|Uera, Comiiririo Guneral UsiCruzada \ y D. Mulch - or de Avcllaaed.i, Mar- (?Mes de VulJccau^is, de rax Confejo dc Guciin, y Di- rtc! ov General dc la Intaiv teria de Elpailu. YO D.M:inrcl dc Va- dillo y Velafco, Ca- v.iilero dc la Ord<;ri Je Smtiago, Coir/;iid.iuor de Boziieloen la de Cahcra- va, S-crei-ario de Ellido de ■iii Mat^eftcid, Nor^rio y Elcrivano Publico en fus lU-ynos y Senorios, qu:; pvcferite tu'i aiOiorgimieii- TO, y todo lodemas de fufb conrenido, doy kc dc clio. Y en '.elllmonio Je Verdad lo fignc, y firmc dt- mi nombre, rnMadiid, a cln- co de Noviemhre dc nal lij.eciQntos y dozcj. D. Manuel de Vadilloy , VeUlco. "rjOf tanto para cl rcf- I guardo de losComhe- rics iederales, de que fe hace mencion en cl dicho Inftnimsntoaqui inierio, y p;ira que corite auchenti- csineiite a todas lis partes I 1 ■ • E , Go D.-irinir:. Ma nulla Jl, Vad!l]oc:Vaalco,E- quc:: Ordinis Sanai Jacobi, Comnifcndator Bofueli in Ordine C;:lar.nva., Re^i.t' Majtftati:, n Sjndtioribus S-cretis, Kourius &- Pu- Micjs Tabcllio in ipfius Regnis & Dominii.',, qui Convcntionij 6c omnibu?, drj quibus fupra, intertui, fideiitcr adero, ii: in \tn- tatisTcltimonium illi Sig- num ir/ji;m ec Chirogra- phum afcripii, Midriti, Die qimil Novcmbri.s, /\nni mi llefinri fep^ingcn- teiimi duodeciml • - D. Manuel a Vad iilo ;:^ Vclalco. kUam(jbrem pro iecuri- ^ trite Conventionum, de t;i,!ibus eft mentio in Indrnmen'o hie lnf.rto, ut omnibus ubi convenir, autherrcict; innotefcant par- libuSi H'u^t tx lupra inlwr- tkinan or iny Cuain'.cr, o;;;: cfmy Council ot Staca, and PieiiJeni of tliar of the Indies ; Dou Ijldro .;'-? Z.I Oiciht^ Marqiiiii* ^x /)».•//- »;i7i-, KnigtU ol' tive Order cf the hv)'y Giioi^, Qenr tleman of my Chambs^r, one of my Council of Sfare, Priiiideni: of that of the Oidcr^, and firlt Minift^r of VVjrj Dofi FjJiiciJ'o Ttuyuplllo Brk^" I'o, Count of Gramcdo^ Governor of my Council of Cajiilk^ Don l.ore/jzo Ar- Vijvgiijl^ Bilhop of Giyojt,' d:;, one "of my Council, ani Ciiamber of didiUe, and Governor of that of the Revenues ^ T)on Carlos da Borj\t and Ccntellpi^ Pa- triarch of the ///^/Vr, onti of my Council of die Or- ders, rnv CIupl"'in and (irear Almoner, and Vicar- Ggperai of my Armies $ l)n;7 Aim tin d- Guzmaji, Ktarq-iifs of Mjnteaiegre, Gen tubman of my Cham- ber , and Captain of iti/ Guard of IttlherdieiS jl),;« Fidro de Tokda S.n-di'KJi- to^ Count of Guvdomar^ ore of my Council, and Ciran'ber ofO/IHk-^ Von Fyar.cifco R'-dvi^uss de JlLm- dayoJqtu'tj^Commlfiliry Ge- neral of rhe Cmzada ^ and DoM Afclchiar de Jveila- ncdj^ Marquis of VMc- caj^asj one of n^y Council • L 2 donde J !|1 f t 1 donde combcnga, y pre- tend ^ who was pre (en c at the; Delivery, and at all ths rtlt herein above contain- ed, do Teftific rlic U^^ ■ And in witnefs of the trutu I have figned ii, and puc mv name thereto, in Mad- rid the Fifth of Novsmky 17 12. Luc & publicc 1' Audi- ence tenant , ^ regi- Itree au Grefte de^ la Cour, oi'iy 6f ce red'je- rant le Procureur "Ge- neral du Roy pQin ctre cx'.xutcw^ felon fa For- me &C Teneur, (iiivant &conformcmentaux Ar- retU de ce jour. A Paris enParlementle 1 7 Mars, Mil fepi cens trcizc. Signe Le£la: & p;iblicat,T: Senatu pro Tribunali conleden- le^ &i. in Afta ejufdem Regiftrat.T, audi to bt id requirence RegioP.ro- cjMture Generall, m Execurionl mandentiir, fecund urn eanindem for- mam &i renoiem, juxta Senatus Confulca hujus diei. Parifiis, in Parii- amenio i j Mariii Anni milkfimi feptingente- fimi decimi tercii« DON GDIS. Signatum, DONGOIS. Mmie/radiUo y VddJ'co, NOw in regard to the Federal Conventi- ons, whereof mention is nnade in the (aid Inltru- ment here inferted, and to the end it may ap- pear authentically to al! the Parties whtrc it ap- pertains, and who may pretend to makeufe of the Contents thereof; And for all the efFeds which ma/ lake place in Right, and which may be derived from the Delivery hereof^ under ths CUufes, Condi- tions, :iM [ 37] tions, and SuppoiltI< n$ thtrcin cjnrained, I h'lve con-inundtd chefe I'refenti to l)e iraclc our, Hgnod with fT.y Hard and (cal- cd wii;; the Seal of my Royal Arms, andcounrer- iigned hy my underwriucn Sccreiary cf S:atc% and Chief Notary of thele my Kingdoms, at Bucn ketiro^ the Seventh of November J712. {LSj lihcKhjg, Manuel dff VadilU y ydsfco. Read and puhlifhed, the Court being Aflembled, and Regiftrid in the Rolls ot" the Courr, the Kings Advocate Genera! being !ieiird,and mo-, ing fc>r the fame,, to i!'e end that itmay r.f^execurcd according to the Form If a lid Teno 'it* puriuancev f- lA in -:Cii fbrmiry to the a.ti this day : A' r /..t ;r* Parliament, t. e r;tL^' d)Urch 171 3, Sign'd, ^■'-. DO^GOIS. Do; n i. 'i M\ ■^!MHWF [38] • ' I* ih\r ON FfariCif^;:o Anto- nio de Qj.ur.coce.s, Cavallcro del. (>r.ien d-i fii Migciiad,}' ia Secrcra- rio del. de li Camara, y m.ido ds CaJiilU, Nori^ rio, y Efcrlvino l^uMico en lus Reyiios y Ss.^ir> rios, Certifico, qn-i en confc- quencia dc l:i Fr2poi:cioi], que t;l Rev nueltrj Scf'or ( Di( :. ie giiards) hizo al Keyro, ju.ito en Cortes, npreP^niado por rodos los Gavalkro!? Procuradorc^s de la J- Ciudadc5, y V'ii'ris, que tienen Voto en ellas, en el dla Cinco de elie prsfente Mes, y A no, en fu Real P.il::icio del Biien Retii .J, y en V'uh del In- itri.mento de Rcnuncia, ororgado por fu Mageitad en el rnilmo dia, Mes, y A no, an^e el Setior Don Manuel de Vadillo, y Ve- lalco, .fu Secterario d .'irtna 1 1 Keiuincia, que U Magt:lt::d Ic lirve naccr pM fi.^ y i:ii noTibre de to- da fu Red De fee ndeuc la, a la Su^ celion poiihls de !a Monarch ia do Franci;.!, con la Circiiiiiltancia, dc hv-jver k dc e\'ecut.ar l) mifoia Keniincia, por los Princip'vS de aquclla Reul FaTiili'J, y fu ]\^(lendeiv CM, a ell a Corona. Y af- ;fi mifmo la Exclufion psi- p3cua de la C:i?d de Au- stria, a Ics Dominies de efta Monarchia. Y alTi mil- tno, para en cal'o de fal- rar ( \o que D'os r.o per- rnita ) la Real Dclcen- dencia de la MagelfaJ, cl ilainamienro de la Cafa del Seiior Duque de Sa- hoya^ y detoJos f;s Ifijos y Defcendienres Mafcuii- ncs, havidos en contianre legirimoMatrimonio , y en 59 ] immortales illi gran'as agendo, pro ii-nrnenlis Be- neficii:,, 6: niinio favore, quihus itreijtus ad coin- mod iim, &i majorein ca- r.iraTiGnun Vaflaloriim fu- orum unlitartm, Rjcis, ti Trjnquilliratiii exoprati^ Al lev amen to, N a t i onem Hifpjnicain c^honelhire ci efterre voluir. Re^;num ad Kegidm nienrem p^irtcsfii- as conttiTc vaidc cu'j -ps, alTentitur, ^cM, pTo tr jori atclorirate, firmiute, &. iiabiliia'e, rccetfarli^m fo- re r, ■ appvobac i:^ co n fir- mac Renuntiacioneniquajii M-ij-iiias ilia, l'i:o 'c<. om- nis^ua' Regis Foitcaratis nomii^e, p-.fiibili Monar- chi:e Gallia: Sacc^frioni fa- cere voluir, curr. circum- llantia, quod F^rincipes i.I- lius Regis Gadorum Fa- miliar, pro ij:.^ bi fids IvC- fcendemibus, huic Coronce Hifpanica! renuntiare de- bent, £c etia'n Dcnus Auiiiiica: a!) huiiis Mo- naichix Domini is cxdu- fionenri , u'.Sc etiam fi Po- Ileri'jas Reg'i deficerc condn^^at ( cjuod Deua non perrndttar ) Vocario- nem Domiis Domiri Dn- cis Sabaiidijc, 6c oinnlum ejns Filiorunn &: Lvcfcen- dentium Mafculorum, in C'^nuanti 2-: Icgiiimo Mi- trimonio natoniin •, &j:or7i- ni hcic Lice a dthcienr;?, Rrincipls Amadei de Ca- ri^nano, ej'ij Filioiuin £<: the Kin^d^m, lavtnc-: or.r ielves at tiieRoyal i'tct of his Majdiy, giving birn im mortal tuanks ('>r the iinnnenll; benefits, and ex- ceeding freat lavo':r?, wiierewith be Ins been plea fed to honour ar.d ex- ale the SjnmJ) N riion, by tasing care of the gtea:eft Good a-id Ad\anra^i;e of his molt loviiu-; Vaffils , by procuring to this Mo- n:irchv the cafe of this dc- bred Peace and Tranquilli- tv. Ar.d idiac the Kin^'- djrn,defTringon thi:ir pare ro coninhute to rM at- ra ! ni rgcheRoya 1 In. eniion of hi> Maje%, a ill-firs to, a rd if i t * were nece ffj ry for thegre^iter Authority, Validity and Strength, ap- proves, and coniirrns the Renunciation vvhic^i hl^ Maj.lty is pleafed to make for himlelf, i.nd ia the name of all h,s Roval Defcend'nts, ro the Sue- ceflicn which polf^hly m-i/ happen of the .\k)narchy of Fra;:cc, viih this cir- tumliante, that chs like Renupciation to rhi^ Crovvn is ro be exec li red by the Piincti of that Royal l'ami!y, and iheir D^fceiidani-s ; And like- xvife \h.fi perpstoal Rxclu- lion of the floiile of Ah' Jhia from the Dominions of th's Monarehv ^ And in like manner in cafe of failure ( which God for- ; A 6dQz\o detO'Jascf^as Line- as, A I'r'i'icips .\mideo de Carifian/ liis llijos y D^- icenditiiites Malculincs , nacidos en coniciJnre Ic- ^/.jmo MattiiTionio-, yen ih faltj, al P.incipcTho- Hias, Mcrmino dcJ reft^rido Prmcipe de Ciriiiin, liis Hijos y Defcendientf-s Maf- culinos, r!3cid(s en con- lianie kgliimo Matrirno- fiic, que por D>-lce:-.dieii" tes de b Scjfiora infariti .Djfia Cacharina, Htj.i del S^fior Phelipe Scgundo, y Ulamamrenros exprefcs, ti- cnen deiecbo ciaro y cono- cido, Supoaiendo la /\mi- ihd, y perperua Alianza .qu2 (e deve (blicitar, y conlfiguir del Senor Duque de Saboya, y lii Defcen- dencia con efta Corona. Y que tociis e(h.s ires Co- fas y cada una de ellas, las aprucba, confcnce, y latinca el Reyno, con las mjfmas Calidades, Condi- clones, y Supueilos, que fe exprefan, infieren, y concluyen, tn el reFerido InO"mmeni;o de Uenunch, exccutado por fii Mage- ilad, que qiieda mcnciona- do, y referido, Y eniin^ que para afegunij y ella- bltzer la nrmeza de eftos Trarados, le obligan eltos Rcyno*, con redo fu po- der, y fuerzas, i hazer manteaer las RcUes Kefo- luclones de fu riagelliid, fatriiicando en Ui Rval [ 40 ] Dcfcendcntium Mafculo- rum, in conCianti 6r. legi- I mo Mitrim'.'iiio iiaro- rum ^ &: iis deficlentihu'i, Principis Tliomce difli Piincipis dc C.T-igiiano 'Fracr'^s, euis Filiofum I'l i^efcvndentlum Mafculo- rum.^ in conitanti & kgl- rimo Niatrimonio n a co- re m ^ qui, \K Deicv;nden- res ;i Domina Inf'":e D. Catharina D, Phllippi St- cur.di F;.r.a. vocatione ex- pieil.i, nr-rum jus haheni i^ mamfjlhjm -, piims amlcitia &. loidere perpe- Uio cum hJcCovor:! a Do- mino Dues Suhaucli:*:, Y polterirate U.k\ procuranu':-, k obtinendis. Q'^x tria, & eoriirn quodlibet Regnum comprcbaij ipiis afTentimr, .fi: ci r?.ta habcc, cum iif- dem qualliatibus.. condi- tionibus, iSi fuppo'iuon;- bus exprcfi'is, infertis, ^ ftatutis in pr'tdlclo Re- nunnatloni's Inftrumento a Mjjelhte fui perfeclo, quud Riper eft commcmo "irar'am &' reiatum^ Ec dc- n;q«e ad [labiliendam, Sc tutam reddendam hujus Travtatiis firm ini tern, Reg- na hxc (b obliganr, cumi omni poteftate, & viribuj, Reg! a: Majettatis fucc pro- poiira tueri, feufquead to- rius fanguinis eftufionem, pro utiiirare Regia devo- vendo, vitarn 5?i bona Ma- jcftati fuar, in obfequium ejus ^^moris , ofterendo 5 bid) oftheRoyaUflusot his Maiefty, ihe ceiling of the Houfe of the Duke of Sjvoy, and cf all hk Sons, and Male DcTceiv dants, born in conO-ari' lawfiil Matrimony ^ 2nd \v deiaulr of all thefe Li.ies, of the Prince Amadem rf Ongnan, his Sons,- and Male Ueiceiidanrs, hor;; in conftanr lawful Madi rnony j and in failure there- of of the Prince Thomas. _ Brother of the faid Prince of Canpum^ his Sons, and Male DiilcendantSjbovn in corihnt lawful Marrimo . • who asDefcendantso- tae Infanta Donna Cathxyl 7/j, Daughter of Philip chc Second, and being expredv called, have a clear and known ixight, fuppoHng the Friertdiliip and perpe tual Alliance with this Crown, which ought to!<^ fought and obtained by the Duke of Savoy, and his Defcen -'i: 'IS. And thac theK' ,:;l:.fn approves, a- greer a,^d ratifi^^s all thefe thi c ' >i ings, and each of them, wiih the fame (>iaalities, Conditions, and Suppoiitions, as are ex- preffjd, inferred, and con- cluded in the faid Inllra menr of Kenunciaiion ex eca.*.: ! by his Majefiy, whjt.I: ha> been mentioned and refe r red to. A nd la it ly, That for fccuring aiid eftablilhing the ftrength Ssrvicio, «..,'■"» Duke nfianr ^ervicio fiada la ultima i^oii de 1 1 Sangre, ofreci • ".rr.io a fu Mageltad ViJas ;. Haciendas, en OMequio •S' fu arnor. Y que para cttrna Memoria, y Ohfer- vancia de la Real Ddibe- racion de fa Magcftad, y Acusrdo del Reyno, ti.- pid? en fu nombre ( como con iteclo lo ha p^dido, y ftp- iicjdo pof Rcprsfenracion, V Coniijita, hedia el rnH- mo dia nueve ds cite Mcs ) Se firva de mandar^ qwe de- rogando todas Us que ie hallaren en conrrario, fe ^ItahLezca por Ley Funda- mental, aai hs Kenuncias refijridas, como la exclufi • on perpstua de la Cifa dl Auitria, a ios Dominios de ofti Corona, y el llarfia- miento de la de Sahoya a la Subcelion de eftoskey- nos, en falta (que Dies no permita) de la Delcen- dencia de fu Mageftad -, que dtllic luego acordo el. Hey no, con la Aprobacion iCfu Mageftad, como (un- damenro, en que confifte d mayor Bien, y Urilidad deelfa Mondrchfa, ran a- ' end ids, favorecida, y ex- altada, de la Real Vene- "olencia de fu Mageftad. Y haviendofe conioi ma- do el P.ey nueltro Sefior (:on cfte Acuerdo, y Reprc- (entacion unanime, y con- fer me, de tod OS Ios Ca- •'alleros Procuradores de Cortes, del Revno, ha fi 6 C4T] & ad psr^petiiam memori- am & oblcrva ionem Ke- gii Pr^pofiti Majeftatis lua:, 5t AlF^nfus Kegni, nomine luo psrarur, ( ur revera RepreJenratione Sc Confuliationc f a£lis eadsm die nona bujus ^x•n/ls, petiit &: iupplicjvit ) q !od Majeltas f ;a mandate d'g- nctur, utiis omnibus, q'laf contraiia invenientut, de- rogando, ram fupta rela^a Renuntiario , qinw pcr- perua Domus Auliriaca* Exclufio, ad huius Coro- nas Dcminia, &: Domus SanaudiiK Vocatio ad Suc- ctfTionem h or urn Kegno- rum, dtftciente (cjuod i>'eo fivente abfir ) ^4ajeli■a^s fu.T polt'irirace, pro Lege fundamentali confcriban- tur i quod Regnum ex nunc, cum approbiMone Majiftiiis i'ax, (htuit ve- luri fundamentum, in quo liant ma jus Commodum, majorque ram diu expe£la- ta LJnlitas hujus Monar- ch icL% quam Majelhs fua Flonoribus effeft, Sc bene- volo ampieclitur. Q}^x q J idem p!JEdi£la a Rcge Domino noltro con- lirmara, & has ui'animes ^'uuifbrmtso.nniumLqui- tum in Regni Comitiis depurarorum Delihciratio rem &' Ktpx'fenrarionem Majeftaslaa voluir, c.: De crero fuo Regio die«»fep- rimsE hujus Mrnfis Conn- lio luo Supremo cum In- of th^fe Treaties, thefff Kingdoms oblige ihem- feives, with all rhtir power and iorcf lo cauU- to be maintaint'i the Koyal ile- f^l'jrions c^ h"s Majidy, facrilicmg in his Koyal Service, even ro the \,ii\ drop of their Blood, offer- ing to liis N'h'plty tiicir Lives and Fcrcunes, in Toi/.en of their Love. And thac for ti'.e eicrml Re- membrance and O' icr- vance of the Royal Deli- beracion of his Mj jfiliy, Jiid ;\greemcnc oi the FJngdnm, it be d'-lired in their N-'ms T as in ciRO' they have delired and pe- lirioned by their Repie- fen furion and Corfu irrai-. on m.ade the fame Niiuh day of this Monih) char iiis Majefty would hs pleafcd to order that by annulling all that (hi]] be f )und to the contrary, it he cila- blifhed as a fundamenral Law, as well the a fore la 'd Renuncianons, as the per- petual FxcluHon of the Houfe cf Julfyi.7 from ihe Dominions of this Crown, and the Gail. ng ol'ihat of Savoy to the Sacceiilon of ihefe Kingdoms/nDefajlt (which Crod forbid ) of Defcjndants from his jefiy ^ which rhc King- dom, with the Approbait' on of his MajcUy, does even now agree to, as the Foundation, whereon de- F dv-> ■I Hl'» r 4^ ] do knn^o per fa Real Ihumento Henuntiationis pends the greateft Good Decrera, dc diez y Siece tndi mandavit:, llli injun- and Advancige of this deeiteMes-, de mandaria gendo, ut Ilatim Legis te- Monarchy, (o much pur- remitir .i (u Co-iiuo Su- norem condai, confcribar. Cued, favoured, and exalc- prerno, jjntamentc con la & difponar clarioribusvet- ed by the Royal Bcnevc- tCcripcLra ^.e Kenuncia , his, &: cum omnibiiy cir- lenceof his Majelly. Ordenandole, que luego curnltantiis majoris lirmi- And the King our Lordj for.ne, eltitnda, y difpon- lari., utinviolabiiiicr &: in having agreed to this un«t- j^a el lencf de la Ley, perpetuutn oblcrvetur. nirrousand uniform Relo- con loda'^^ hs Circumltan- Lit de oninlbus lupia jre- lution and Reprdiniation tias ds claridad, y lirme- latis fuiiiis conifat, in ap- of all '.be Knights Depu- 2,ij para fu mas inviolable, paret ex fupra memoratis ties in the Cortes of the y perpetua oblurvancia. Inftrumentis, Regni Deli- Kingdom, he has been Coino todo lo refiirido, beracione bJ. Supplications; pleafed, by his Royal De- mas largemenre conlta, y jam citatis, quibus habea- cree of the Seventeenth of parezc 'e ios msncionados "rur rektio, Ec eft hoc this Month, to command inllram. / Acuerdo, y Trftimonium manu mea it to be remitted to his Suplica dv veyiiO, que fabfcriprum, &: Regiomm Supreme Council, jointly van cirados, a que me re- Majeifatis llis InJignium wirh the Writing ofRe- mito. Yell.' r^'cificacion t,igi]io ordine fao daio fig- nunciation, otdaimngthai firmada de mi msnc, fei- r;atum, Domni Marchlonis rhe Tenor of the Law bo lada con el Sello de Us. Mejorada: l^ Brcna^, Regi forthwith formed, extend- Kfjks Armas de fu Ma- a Coniiliis, Majeifatis fua: ed; and difpofed, with al? geftad, b doi de fu Real Cubicularii , Sandfioris the circumltances of clear- Ordcn partxipada, en pa- Confilii, &<.ExpeditionisU- nefs and ftrength, for its pel del Senor Marques de raverfalis Secretarii, Char- more inviolable and perpe- Mcjorada, y de la Bieiia, tar participatum. Madri- tual Obfervation. de la Confeio, Gentilhom- rl disnonuNovembrisMil- As all that is abovefiid fere de fu Catnara, lu Se- Icfimi feptlrigentefimi duo- does more largely appear cretario de Eftado, y del decimi. from the aforementioned Defiiacho Univetfal. in I^.ladrid. :ldif:z y nueve de Novembre di mil fetccl- cntos y doce. (L.S.) D. Francifcus de Quincoces. ado] Inftruments, the Refoluti- on, and Supplication of the Kingdom, which are cited, and to which I re- fer. And this Certificate ligned with my Hand, feai ed with the Seal of the Royal Arms of his Maje Ify, I give by virtue oi his Royal Order, in the Paper of theMarquifs of Mejor^nh and of Breha^ one of his Council, Gentleman of his Chamber, his Secretary of State, and of the Univcifal Difparch, At Madrid the Ninth of November^ ' I. ^ .. .. (L,S.) JDo/i francjfco dc ^umars. D. Francifto dt Qiiincoces. CHARLES ;../-^'! .43 J ,r^HARLES Fils de 'O France, Diic de Bciry, d' Akn^on, ^'^^ d' Angoulei- nse, Viconite de Vernon, Andely, 6c GilJ^rs,Sci flaneur dcs Chsltelienie^ de Coig- '1.1C &i. Merpirs, A Tous hs Rois, Princes, Rtpuh- Jiques, Communautcz, &: .1 tous aunes Corp? be Par- ticulier?, prefens &: a venir, Stavoir failbrs. Toutes ies Puifiances de V Europe fe trouvant prefqae luinccs k roccaiion d^s prelcntes Guerres, qai unt portc la .ief<:>lation dans ies Frcn- tleres, ^ plufisurs autres parties dcs plus riches Mo- narchies, tit: autres Eta ts, on elt coiivenii dans Ies Con- l-iez e^Traittz de Paix,qui lie negocient avec la Grande Bretagne, d'etablit un E- ,'uUibre, & des Limites uolitiques entre Ies Royau- "Vjcs^ dont Ies Interelis ont efte, &:fe trouvent encore, .e trifle fujet dune fan- p,lante Difpute ^ &£ de t«nir pourMaxime tbndanrientale vis la conier varion de cette Paix, que I'on doic pour- Yoir a ce que Ies forces de es Royaumc's ne foient point a cramdre, ^. ne pu- liTent caufer aucune Jaloti- '^^e •, ce que Ton a cru ne TJOuvoir etablir plus foli- dement, qu'en Ies empt- chant de s'etendre,8cerj gat- dantune cettaine propor- tion, afin que ks plus fbi« C AROLUS F.Hus Franciir. Dux Biiu- riccnfis, Alenconii, &; Fn- golifmy, Vice-(.>>nnes Ver- nonii, Andeliaci,&: Gi("^r- tii, Dominiis Caftellanii- rum Cognaci U Meipini, omnibus Reg'ibus, I'rin- cipibus , Rebus-puhlicis, t.ommunjtatibus, &: omni.- biisaliis Ordinibiis, priva- tiique,prrtfentibu.i & tutu- rig, norum facimus. OiD- nes Europa; Poteftates fe quali devailat;is refpicien- tes propter Bella, qu:t: in hos Limite.N,, mulr^irqug aluis di riorum Monarch ia- rum, &: aliorum Statuum Partes, devaflationes cide- runt, in Convent (bus I'acil- qae Compoiiiionibus, cux cam Magna Br'tannia tra- clantur, convenifle, /Equi librium, & polsticos Fines ftabilire mter Regna, quo- jum interefle fuit, &: ad- huc cruent:^ Contentionis triftis efi* caufa : Et pro hujus Pacis Confervationis fundamental! Decreto ha- bere, quod ne horum Reg- norum vires ullo modo Ent timend.'T, nullamque in- vidiam producere pcllint, quod firmius ftabiliri mon pofle exiftimaturrj eft, quam ei$ dilatandi anfam impediendo,certamquc fer- vando propottionerr], ut debiliores uniti contra potent iorss fe defendere, fcque refpe^live contra f^ FURIES Son of \^J ?n7m't?,Di;ke oi' Berry ^ ylc^ifim^ and J:'grMh'fmt\ ViRounr of VcriiO't^ Jvddy^ and G'lfon. Lord of die Chatellenit'S .;f C'j^i^j^;!!; and 31."r//,v.'s • To all Ki.ng.">, Pi inas. Comnion-wcaliii?, Commutikies, and to all otber Bodies, and private Perf:ns, prefent and to come, be it known. Al! the Powers o{ Europe End- ing themlelvcs a 1 molt ru- ined on icrcunt of the pi'c- fent Wars, which \u\'c carried Defoiation to the Frontiers, and into manjr tther pariis of the lichelr. Monarchic^ and other Do- minions, It has b^en agreed in the Cunter'snces and Treaties of Peace, -whxh are Negotiating vrith Great Biitahi^ to elhbiifh are Equilibrium, and Poliiicif Boundaries between tha Kingdoms, whereof the Interefts liave been, and are ttill the fad occafion of a bloody Difpute j and to» hold it for a fundam.enMi Maxim in order to pre- ferve this Peace, that rro- vifion ought to he made, that the Forces of thefi:; Kingdoms m3y not become formidable, nor be able to caufeanyjealoufie, which., it has been thought,c2nnot be fettled more foJMly than by hindring them from fxtending themselves afidf F 2 ' bks M T f:^-!'- hies ^:ant 'jp's, puifTcnt fc d efen'J re centre dc plus pu- illiis, t^ Ic I'ji'ircnir re IpctHve'rciU conirc ieurs P'.'Ur ce: tfFct Ic Roy NiMie TrcS -lonort 5'eig- iieur i?<.' Aveul ^. le Koy d' Lfp-Jgne Notre Tit^s- C.htT Frere, font coiivenus {^ demturcz d'aceoid avec 1.1 heir.e de la Grande Bietygfie qiril ihi faic des KenuitL ii t ions rcc i proques pir vous les Princes, prt;- ilns '6c iuturs, de U L,ou- lonne dt Francej& de cclle d' Lfpagne, ..i tous droiis, qui peuvent .ipparrenir \ c.hacun d'euxjur ia Succel- tio.i di Tun ou rautreRoy- aume -, en ttabiilTant un i-^roii habiiut4 a hi SncceC- lion de la Ccuronne d'Ef- pa^ne dans la Ligne, qui f^r;i habilirt;^ & di^claree immediate d celle dii Rov Philippe V. notre Frere par les ttats d'Efpagne. qui ont dii s'afll'mbler p;.ur certe fm-^ en y faUanc uno, Balaiice. inimuibie pour rnaiijCtiriir i Fquiiibre qu'on veut me i tre da ns i' Eu rope ^ U pafiani a parcrculariler to'js lei cas pienls de Fu- nton, pciir fervir d'exem- ple de tcu;> ctw^ qui piuvent fe. rencontrer, il a c^i\ iier, ^ /\\us, be KexMi- fpania: Civn.fWmm Fra^er Noi'ter, cum Ke^inaAkg- rx Bri''anni;x^ quod ab om- nib'.s pr.:*:{cnti.i)us fie f'u- tnris Francia: 8f. Hifpaniae Coronarum IVincipibus , omnium Jurium, quxuni- cuique eorum, inunius, al- reriulve Regni Succviiione compecere pvfluni^ reci- proca: fiereiic P.enurciati- ones, pa£t! Tunc .5: conve- nerurit. Jus banituale ad SucctiTioiiem Corona Hi- fpinlx coriliitiiendo in Li- neii qua Philippi Qutnti Frarris Noliri L'-ie^ habl- 1)3 redd ira erit 'ci imme- dlaraclcxlarara per FliFpa- nut Comiiia, quxin hunc finem ie coadunare debue- runtj itnmiuab'km State- rarri conftituendo^ lu & iEquillbrium, quod in Eu- ropa ftahiiirl conclufum cllj 8i tranfeundo ad om- nes pr.Tviibs Unionis Ca- fus parFiculatiri>. defignan- dos, ut aiiis omnibus, qui reperiri poulint, Exem- plurn pfrtbeaiiC ^ F»-.iana in- ter ivegeir. honoratiflimurn Dorr.ir.umnclimm, Zx A- vurn, Regena PhiUppum quinium Fratfem noftiiim, (?i Magna' F>rirannix Re- glnaiTi, pa£lurn fuit, 8c conveotum^ quod di^us ReK Philippua fpei Coror na: Frgncia^ iuccsd.endi pro by keeping a cerfain Pro portion, to the end that the weaker being united together rnay defend them- lelves againll the tncrc powerful, and lupp- i- thetnfelves relpeOively ij, gaintt. their equals. For this purpofe th^ King, our ino^t Honour^; Lord andGrandfathf*-, and the King of %?;«, our nnolt dear Broiher, have agree , and conc'"ded with the Quee.i c Jreat Brkair^ that Reci^iocal Renunci ations (hall be made by al^ the Princes, both prcfen' and to come,of the Crowr of France^ and of that ot Spahi^ of all Rights,which may appenain to each oi them, 'o the Succeilion of rhe one or of the oth<;j Kingdom, by eliabPifhinp an hahi;ual Right to the SuccelTion to the Crown ot «Spi«, in that Line which Ihall be made capablt thereof, anci declared im^ mediate after that of King Vhilip the Fifth our Bro^ ther, by the Eftates of Spain^ who were to afTem.- ble for this purpofe j by making an immoveable Balance to maintain the Equilibrium, vihich is in tended to he placed in Europe^ and by going on to particularize all the Cafes of Union which are fbre- feen, to ferve as an exam pic for., all fiicli a.s may Rejn€ PvCine de la Grande Bre- lagne, que ledit Roy l^hi- lippe rt'Doncen pour iuy, 6c pour tOQS i'es Oelcen- d.ins arefperanc; de fuc- ccder a la Couronne de France ; Qiic de nor re co- re^ NoQS fenonterons aufii pour Nous, &. pour nos Dt'Ctri'ians ;i la Couronnc d^Elpa^nc ^ Que le Due d'Oilcans notre Tit^.vCher Oncle teraiarneme chole ^ de force que toures ks Lig nt'S de France, Cid'Efpagne rerpt£livemenr, & relative* rnenc, feront extlu^s pour toijjours, &en toutes n^a- iiieres de tous ies Droits que Ies IJgnes de France p'jurroient avoir a la Lou- ronne d'Efpagne, Sc Ies Ligms d^Efpagne a la Couronne de France . Et Qnhn que Fon ennpichera, que fous pretexte desdites Renonciations, ni fousquel- qu' autre pretexte que ce ioir,, ia Miilbn d'Aurriche n'exerce Ies Pretenrioi-s (Quelle pourroit avoir a la SiicceHion de la Morii.'chie d'Efpagne ; d'autant qu'en unifTanc cette Monarchie aux Pays, & Etais heredi- taires decette Maiibn, elle feroit forreiidable, me me fans Funion de FEmpire, aox autres Puiirances, qui font entre deux,t^- ie trouve- foient comrne envelopces -, te qui dctruiroic Fegalire. qu'on ^tablit aujourd'huy liour afiTurer, & aftermii [ 45 ] fe, 8i pro omnibus fiiis Delcendentibiis renunria- bit ^ Quod ex par'.enoltrd Coronif HifpaniLE ecianj pro Nobis, l^: pro no- ftris onrinibus Defcendenti- bus renuritiabiiiuis -, Quod Dux Aurelia% Avunculus nolier, eandem fkciet Ke- nunciaLionem ; adeo ut ornnes Francia.- ^clilfpania: Linco; refpeQivc ^i rela- tive ab omnibus Jurihus, qux LinCvT Franciar C'>ro- '^x Mifpaniar, & qux Li- nea;Flirp3nia:Corona:Fran- C'ar habere potT^;nr, in per- petuum,8*: oamibus modis, lint excb.i(a: 5 Ec demque quod inipedlatur, ne ditlj - rum Reiiunciationum, aut alio quocunque pra.'rex !\ Do'Tius Aulhiaca pra:'.ei^ fiones, qu:is ad Munarchi:: HifpaniarSucceiiionern pel- fet habere, exerceat ; quia banc Monarch! am all is di£i:a* Donnus DiriouibuH, & Ha:rsdl.rariis Sratibui uniendo, intennediis Po- teiiaribus, & qu:]c quaii circnmcinto invenirentar, fbret etiam line Jnip^;- :ii Unione ibrmidabilis :, Quod deltiueret iEquaii- tatem, quam hodie ad perfeQiiis Faccm ChriUk- ni Orbis ftabiliendam &, firmandatnyOmnemque Pc- teftacibus Septenrrionis , £<': Occl'ientis, lufpicionem toliendati'i conuituitur -y cjua: quldenm barum omni- um Linear urn lemotioj ^ bappcn. It has likewifc beeu agreed and coricludtd between the King, our moft Honoured Foid and <'irand- iather, King k^hilip the Fifth, ou. Brother, and the Queen of Grt\!t By it aw. That the iuid King Fhdip ■hall renounce for hin^fcli; and for all h''sDefcer;dan*s, the hopes of Succeeding to the Crown of F/-dWt'/fhat on oiir lide we (h:ijl re- nounce in like m inner f^r uSj and (or our Descen- dants, the Crown of Spaiji j That [he Duke oi' Ojleavs^ OMr iriod dear Uiicie, fhail do the fime ihingj io that all the Lines of Fnmci^^ and of ipiiff;. refpeclively and relatively, (hall be ex- cluded for ever, and by all kindofwavs, from ail the Right, w hich rhe Lines of Franc-j might ha\'e to the Crown of *Sy.i2>t, and the Lines of S^nnn ko tr,Q, Crown ofFrume, and ialU:- ly that care fhaii betaken, that under pretence of tliS iaid R.enunciations, or un- der any other pretence whatfocver, the Eluiiie of Jujirici may not m:ike ufe of the Pretenfions, which it might ha-.e to the SiiCcelFion of the Mon- ai'liv of (5/?u';?j •, for a (much as by uniiing this Monar- chy to the Hereditary Counrries and Donrnions of that Hoijfe, it would be- come formidable , even plus » I! ' If 1,i ph^ prufaiiemjnt la Pak de h Chrdiienr.', &. oter courts jaloufies 'aux PuK- funces du Noid 'cc 6c TOc- cidciic, qui eft la linqu'on fp propoie par cct Kquili- hre poliriCj'ii*, en doigrvint ot excluant ainli routes CCS Blanches, ISc appellant a h C'or'.ronnt; d Efpagnt' au d6taiK des Ligiiet du Koy Pliilipne V. notre Frere, 8c de tons (es En fans & DcTcendans. b Mai'bndu I'lic Savove,qui defcend de '.'Infants Ca- tbt'Kint; F ; lie de Philippe li. Ayant eltc coni^.derc qu'^n fiifant ainft luccedgr im- rri{\iiatement la due Mai- fon de Savoy e, on peut c- t-ihitr ^onirne. d ;ns (on cen- tre oeti.e 6g^'^u^, &: cet £- qiii'ibre ^^nrre ces iroisPu- ifenres, fans qnoy on rie pouiTO!*- eceindre le ieii de h Gaerre, qui eft alliime, ac capable:, de tout ruiner. VoisUns dene concotuir par noftre Dciiftement, df par rAbdication de tous r?o$ Droits, poi^r Nous, noj SucccffeutJ ?i DefcendanSj a ^uhViV le K.epoi univet fei, 'li alTuFsr la Paix de i'Europe, pstcc que Nous ctoyom que ce moyen eft le plPS fur, 6c le pii?s precis dani Irs terribiss circon- ftart .v'S de ee tcms i Nous avons refolu. de fenoncer a i'sfperance de fjcceder ri iia Conronne d'Ffpsgne, &: h tous le$ Droits qui iiou$ [4<5 ] cxdufio hujiis, (K 8£ poti- lici iEquiiibrii propoiirus elt finis, ut Si ad Coroimm Hifpanix, Kegis Fhi'ippi Qiiinti Fratris noltruonni- umquc fuorum Firtonim & De(cendentium dehciemi- bui Linels, Djmus Diicii Sahaudix' ah Intanie Ca- tharina Philippi lecundi Filia defcend^'ntis voca- tio J aitentc perpenfo , quod fie immediate Do- nmm Sabaudi:r ad .Sue- •cenionem adfpitter.do, in- rer has tres Poteftates, uc in G-niro luo firmar" pof- (unt hr€C /FqualitriS, n ^'j(icr, Omnmn ergo noftro- rum jurjam [^ro nobi«>, & Succeiforibus, ^i Delcen- dent)bu pareilltment ni droit, qui [4^] latunnque cenfearur, 6f c- um pro legitimo & veto SLiccefljrc; haheamub, ^ teneamus, quia iildenn ra- tion! bus &: cauf'S, ti. in pra'lcniiun^ conkquenna njs, necDefcendenceb no- fifi, ranquain habentes a- liqjod FunJamentuin Re- pra'fei) ciionis aQiva*, vei pafiiva:, aut continuanfes Lineam vera?Ti, am con- tcniivam Subllantirr, San gjinis, aut Qri!i[atis, non amplius coitliderari deiDC- mus, r.ec eiiam a Dtifccfi denna nottra Jus rrahere, ncx a Perfonls i^eginii; Ms- riac lherelia[' Auitria: Do- min.T, & Avia; nottr.T, aut liegina; Ann?. AwlhlccDo- it)in'.c, &" Proivia^ roiir,i:, nee Kegum j^^loriofx Me- moiix, eorurv! Pr.Tdeceflb- ?um gradur> computarej, e contra eorum Teftatnenro- rnm Claafulas, & a dlQis Dominis, Avia 5tPfoavia, facias Renuntiationcs raras habeinuSi rcnuntiamus pa- nrer Juri, quod nobis, 'cl. Fili:s noltris, &" Defcen- dentibus, pertlnere poreft v)g^»re Tcltarncnti Kegis Carol! Secandi, qui fupra relatis non obltantibus, nos,, Lireci Phiiippi Q^uin- Ti dtfi.:ivnue, ad Corona' Hifpania' SucceiTionem vo- tat. Nos ergo ab hoc Jure dtfifiiETius, v"^ pro nobis, Filiis nofiris, & Defcen- dentibus, ilii r£i?untiannius, p|omirdfnus be N05 obli- of Spaht. We will, and conlt;nr, for Us', our laid Children and DefcendarirS; That from this tinrie and fr? ever^We and rhey, in confe q ;ence of thefe Pr^^en'?. be held to be excluded ard difibled, in like manner a i :ill the -^ner DeTcendants of the Ihwic of Au/hix, who 'js ir has been laid and fuppofed, ought all to be excluded, in wha- ever degree we may he both the one and the other, and if the SuccelTion faiU to Us, our Line, that ot all our Defcendants, and aii the others of the Houlo tr AnJJria^ as ir has been laid ought to be leparared anc excluded therefrom. Th ; for ibis reafon the Kin. dom oi Spain be accounts as devolved, and transit red to him., to whom fuch cafe the SucceftV ought to devolve and ■' transferred, at any tirr whaifuever, io that we c take and hold him f^ true and lawful Succed" bccaufe for the fame r^ fons and motives, anii cofifequence of thele i'; fents, neither we, nor o Deficndants, ought i^r.. more to bs confidere.l having any Foundation • Reprefentation adive « < paiflve, or making ;'• Continuation of Line fertive, or contenrive • Subitance, Blood, orQu, noui [ 49 3 and nous pe\K appartenir, 8^ :i nos EnfdPS ?t Defcendans, en vertu du Teftamcnt du Hoy Lhaile:j i).. qui non- ohltant cc qui elt rapporre cy-dtffus, nous ap;)elk A h SnccclTion de la Cou- ronnc d i fpagne, la Ligne de Philippe V. vcnant "i nianquer , Nous nous dc- ' '(tons dune de cc Droi r, u y renoncons, pour Nous, nos Imfans & Defcendans j (Vomettons i^*: Nou'> ob- ligeons pour Nous, & nr.s liirs F.nians .S(. IXfccndar.i.j de Nous employer de toiu- roiire pouvoiv pour fa' re accomplir cc prcfent Acle, fins pei-'Tjcrtrc, iiy fouf- t'rir que diretletrniint ny irdiredement on levien- ne centre , foic en icojt, (bit en par lie -, fSL NouS" nous dci'lbns de tous Tioyens ordinal res on ex- traordinaircs, qui de droit commun, ou par quelque privilege fjpecial, pour- voient iiou$ appartenir, a Nous, noi Enfans ^l De- fcendans ^ an {quels moyens N.;nis rejioncons audi ab- lolument, ci en particu- iier a celuy de I'cvidente, L'norme & tres-onorme )',e- zion qji pciK fe troaver en ia diie Renonciation :\ la S..cctflion de la Couronne d'Mpagne ^ Et Voulons qu'aucun des dirs moyens n'ai% ny ne piifle avoir d'effer -, Et que (i fbus ce prC'iexte, ou touts uucre 3 pannus pro Nobis, diclifq^ Filiis £\'' Detcendcntibus noftri'i, (;mnern nottrani Audtcrinrem ad pnifciuis Acli'is adimpienieninim ad- h'biturcs, ntc pcrmilUirOo, tolerarnrofve, nr.Tfenti A- Oui, direOc aut ind're£\'w, fivt in totum^ five pro pane conrraveniri : Kt ricfjfli- vnm ah omnibus Remcdi'S orriinariis l< exriaordliia- rii;>, qua- Jure commmii, auc aliquo rpsLciali Privi- •egio, Nobis, ni-ihifquc Hl'is, '61. Dwfcendcntib'js, cnmpcrcre p^'-licnr^ qu^bus Remedi'3 omnino renu:;ri ■ amus, &; nominatim, Pii- v:!eg:o Lafionis manifdbx, enormis, 5^1 enormilTirna', qua- in pra:laudai\i Hifpa- nx Cjron;L Renuntianone inveniri noreft; &:: \olu- mus quod nullum, ex dicds Juribus eftcduni habcar, vel habere poiiiri quodquc fi hoc pr:.ttextu, aut alio quolibec Colore, didum Hifpani?: Regnum vi ar- mata occupare vellemus, helium quod gerercmus, ."5: conci.arem'js, pro injuit.j, illicico, &r indebireli.fc';p to habeatur j rofcant, ipfi obedianr, eum defsndr.il, Cilentclam a- ly, in the whole, or lily, or likew'ile to derive any insight from our De- fccnt, or to reckon our de- grees from the I'crfons of the Ojjccn Maria Vhr.cj'j. of Jt(Jlr7.i, our moll" Jic nour^jd Lady and Grand- mother, of the CVieeri ^uK'j of /I «/?)-ij, our mott Honoured L.idy and Grear- Grandmorher, or of rha Glorious Kings their An- ccftors 5 on the conrrary, we ratifl'3 the Claufes of their Wills, and the Rc- nunc'ations made by ths laid Ladies, our Cirandmo- tlier and Great Grsndn.o- ther, wc reiiounce likcwile the Right, which m^cy be- long to us, and to cur Chil- dren and DefccndanfS, b/ v'rtue of the Will of King CharJjs the Second, which, notwirhftanding what is abo\e mentioned, cails lis to the Succdiion of rhf Crown 0^' Spj'rn^ in cafe of FaiUire of the Line oi' Pbi/ip ihe rifh. V/e cherefore rclinquifh tir.s Righr, and renounce ths fame, f;f us^our Ciiiidren and Dclcendants •, VVe pro- m.ife and engage, for us, our faid Children and Defcend '.nis, to employ our fclves with all our might, in caufingthis pre- fenr Atf ro be fulHlled, without allowing, or iiif- fering that the lame be vi- olated diredlly or indirecl- # in ccuieui'j >,H C 50] I ;' '. I coLiteur, nous vouHons noiis cmparcr du ciii Rovaumd a force d' Armcs, l;i Gusrrc qui Noub (grions^ou exci- tericMS, foic tentie pour in- jiille , illicire, 'dt indcc- mcnr cntreprid ^ ik qu'iu- conrairc la Ciucrre que Nous taoit celuy, qui ca vertu de cctts Kciion- curioii auroit drorc de fuccedt^r a la Ouronne d''Ffp:tgnc, fjit teniie p^^ur p.;rniifu 5c julkj &: que toijs les Sajtits ci Pt'iiples d'fcfpagne k reconnu'lFunr, ley oheiirent. Ic dcfcndcnr, luy fdilciit homnKig:^ bL \\\y p;itent lormcrit de lid', lite, cotnfn^; a kur Ro/ vS: Icgicime Svigneur. Et pour plus grande fure- te de tout ce que Nols di- Nous, &; pro met tons pour i'ou}> ^. aa Nom de n^)^ En- (ans &: Defcendans, Nous iuioiis foletnn'.;llem'^nc fur les Evangll::s contenns au MilFt;!, llir leqnel Nous nietcons la main droiie, que Nous Je gardcrons, mnindendron?, v\ accom- pl'rons, en rout 6t pour coat ', Que Nous iv: de- mnnderons jamais de Nous <-:n i;.Lrs rele\er ; iii que I2 ■•.;ueiqa'uji le detnindepour Nous, ou qu'il nous foic accord e, ?notu p-oprio ^ Nous .ne nous en fervi- rons , ny prevaudrons ^ Bien pU s, en cas quoii Nous I'accordur, Nous fai Tons d'abondant esc au- E pud euni prorttemtur, Fi- delitaf.cmqiie ipli, ranquam fuo legicimo Keg; &. Do- mino faciant. Ec pro majori Sjcurifa te eorum omnium, qua' pro nohis, iii nomine no- itrorum Filiorum, &:. De- fcendeniium, dicimus &: ptOmictimi:s , folennitcr juramus fupra SanQa E- vangelia hoc in MifTili, cui dextciarp manum fup- ponimus, exlttenti??, nos ilia in toium, & pivj toto, ohfer'/aruros, tuiturcis, 2<: adimpleeur<..s,nec unquatn ab huji:s Sacrarnenti reli- gione folvi petitur'o j Et quod i\ pro nobis ab ali- ([uo dicli Solurio petatur. auc nob's proprio mot concedafur, eii nee ute- mur, nee ex ea comnrio- dum ;iiiquod capiemus , Im^ cafu quo nobi.s conce- datur, alterum piLtllamus Juramentum, quod hoc Habit, Zi perpsiuo dura- bir,non ohlhnte qualicunq^ Solurione, qua: nobis con- cedi poffit 5 Infiipcr jura- mus & promirtrmus, nos ullam,nec public^! nee clam ftC'A";., nee tad u res eiFe Pfoteltaiionem, ncc con- tratiam ReelaiTiationem , qux in hifce pr.Tfentibuj^ conientis obitarc, aut eo- rum vim diminuere pollint ^ Et quod fi aliquas facerc- mus, quocjnque Juramen- to firmata: fint, nuliam vim, '\Qc auQoritatcm ha- part ; And we relinquiOi all means, ordinary or ck- traordinurv , which by common Kighr, or by any lpct:ial Privilege might be- long to us, our Children and Delcendaiits^ which Means we likewile renounce abfo- luiely, and particularly, rhat of evident, enormous, and molt enormous Preju- dice, which may be found in thefaid Renuncia-ion of tlie Sue cefFon to the Crown of Sp.-n/2, And we will that none of the fa id Means may, or can have any eflccl:, and tl.at if, un- der tliis pretext, or any other colour, we would *3o{lefs our felves of the '^id King'lom by force of Arms, the War which we fhould make, or (lir up, be deemed unjufl, unlaw- ful, and unduly underta- ken. And on theco;';rrar\% that the War, which he fhould make upon us, who by virtue of this Renunci- arion ihould have tight to fucceed to the Crown of cV/Aii)/, be deemed jull and allowable. And that al'^ the SubjeQs and People of Spjin, do acknow ledge him, obey him, defend bim, do him hommagc, and fwear Fealty to him, as to their King and lawful Lordo And for the greater 8c curity of all that we fay and promilG for our lelve*^. J the: tre fe^tTlcn^ que celuycjr ii.bdlteri," i'^^ (ieaieurci.i toujour^,q'K'ln,.iesd!ipc:ucs qu'o'i paifc nO'/S ace orJer ; Nous juror.s £( prome:- tons auiTi, que Noi.s n'a- vons fait, ni fejns, ni en Public, r.i en fccrer, au- cune Prortllition, ni Rt- clamarion con.ralres, (jji puiiknr ennpGcher cc qui eft contcnu en cts Prc- fjntes, oj en diminusr la force ', Et que fi Nous en fjiftons, de '.iuelque.^ fcr- mens quViks fuifcnc ac- cump'ignccs, elles ne pour- ront avoir ni force, ni vercu, 'ni proiuiic :iucun efi'-it. En {'jy de qu'jy,6v^ pour tendre c< ^ Prufente-; au- tlicniiqucji, elks ont cOC- paiTccs par devant M'\ AlexiivAre U Fcvre , Sc Jntoine h Mo)m^ Cori- feillers du Roy, Nocaircs, Glides nottcs de Sa Ma- jeftc, t^. Gardes-Scil an Chatlelet de Paris f u(' fignez, lelqacL; ont du lout ddivi'c le pre fen t A£le. Et pour faire pub- lier, 8i enrcgiflr:r ccs Pic- fenas par tout oii beloin Jera, AUmfcigncur Due de Berry a conttituc iU, Pro- cureurs generaux & fpe- ciaux ks Porreurs de> ex- peditions pir Duvlicata dicelles, aulqueis Men die Seigneur en a donnc pou- voir £<: mandement Ipecial par ces ditfs Prtifentes. A Marly, ie vingt-quu- C 5' J bcant, nee ulium p. '(Tun pn^ducere eft(.dum. In (]uoruni Fidcm , .v ad Pnlenria auilieiuica led- dcndd, h^x (LntOMm in. lia (crip'.is Magiltiis, A- icx.vidro le T'cvrc^ tV. J>i tomo Lc M'r. in Afta rcteraniur, Vovwius Dex Bhuricevjis eos conftituit Procuraiorcs fuos Genera- les tc SpecinKs, qui Co- pins authcnricas pMfcnti- iim prafer.rabiint, quibus diftus Dominus Auciori- taceni hifce Prafeniibus, &r. Mind irum fpeciale dc- dit, Marliiiiie vigefimii q.-iur.;} NoTOriliris, /^nni nnllcfjtni leptlngentcfimi duodecinii, ante Meridi- oni, ur tollo eJMl-icm Notarii Ls Moym Noi nen iuuin ad- Icriplit, . i A I ^ <«. i J I W i. V A «- .1 > V..L J. pracfVnti fxpcuiri- ^ all! in Proto- Signatum, CAKOLUS. Le. Fevre, Le Mo)ne, and In the Name of our C.uildren ;ii;d DefcciiJ.iu'.s, ivc Sw'.'ar Iblemnly on the Cio'pcls coniaiiigJ in iJiiti Mi'.Tal, upon vvb>C', w-j lay our iviglit Hand, tint we v.ill kc-;;p, maintain, and fulhl tiie iame in all and every pare th'jreo(\ 1>>ai we vvili never a^k to beiclic\ed fictu rli- fame, 3'- 1 if dfiy one dyj ask it to' Lt5, cr if it bj granted us viutii junpiio^ vvt will not maiv? vie, or t..kc ad- yaiiirige :•! ir. Rut rarhtr in cale it llioulu be granted U5, tve over and above rnakc ihis other Oarh, and this fhail (ubfili ai;d ir^muin f >r ever, whatever Difpenlati- ons inay bc; granted us. We fweir and prufMife likewife. ihat we h ivc not made, neither will we / niakejn publick.or In ie- " crer, anv P-otelbtion, or R'jc'amarlo 1 to rhc con- ' tra:7j wbicb may b'ndcv whar is contained in tiiele Ptefents, or hiVm the force thereof; and if we fhould make any, wharevsr Oaths they may be accDti^i panted wifh; they lliail not have any force or virtue^ or pic- duce any efle^l. in Witnels whereoF, and to render thele Prefents Autbentick, they iMve been pafied bticre Mailers Al- exifrJer lc Fevre^ and Ari" thony le /W/>>'«r Gouncellots to the King, Notaries, Mi- G 2 triw-me ■<• PW |! m i^ tr'cmeiour de Novembre mil fept ceis douze, avant midy, c-^ a Hgnu le pre- lent'/;«/'/.Taf:i, & uri aurre, ^: ieiir Minute demearai an dit h M.oy>ie Notuirw*, Signc, CHARLES. I:; Fivt^, Ic Moynt. \ ;.' M •!■' [5i] ^^w nute Keepers to His Ma- jelty, and Seal-Keepers in the Chatelet o\ Pjris^ I ^rc urder-wriiiien, who have wholly delivered this pre- fent kd: ^ And ior cau- iing rhelc Pielents to be Publifhed cind Hegiftred, wlierc-ever ir fhall he ne- ceilary, my Lord the Duke of Botry h^ s coiifti tu tsd the Bearers ofchelfcDlfpaiches, hy Duplicates thereof, his general and fpecial Atror- niesto whom my faid Lord has, by thefe faid Prefents, given fpecial Power and Authoiiiy in that behalf, iit Mj(r>% the Twenty fourth Day of Nove?t]bery x 7 c 2. before Noon, and lias fig'icd the prefent Du- pli*:are, and ano':her, and the Minute thereof re- mnaining in the Hands of the faid /t^ Moyne Notary,. 'oigned, CHARLES. Ls 'Fevri\ Lc Mopw, .irl O [] S Hi era me tCJr- goup's , Chevalier Seigneur d«. Fleury, C.or.fc- iller du Roy t-i its Con- ieils, Ma'ttre des Kequefteb Honoratrt da Ion Hotel, Llcurwr.unt C' vil de la Ville, Prevoltc & Vicomti' de Pa- ris ; certihons a .tous qu'il appartiendra, que Maiirs?. S KicYoiiymiis d^jir- .f/mges\ EqusSj Do- minus de Flenry , Kegi ', San£tioribu.& Confiliis, in ejus Pabtio Lihollonim Supplicuin HonorirJus MjgllTor, in Civ irate, Pra:- pof tura^ &t Vice-comitatu Parihsnfi Ordinariae Jurif- diclionis Judex, perhafce TabuUs Teftimonium da- WE Jerome d'Jrgow- ga Knight, Covin- cellor to thelvinK in his (oancih) Honorary Sa- lter of ihe. Kequelh of his Houfhold, Civil Lieutenant ofrheCityJ'*rovofi(hip.and Vicounty of IWis^ do cer- tifie to all to whom ic may appertain, That Mifteis Akxandsr Is Fevra and tOtHS t-^m h Mo)ne, qui ont i'-gne TAtle des aucres partb, font ConfeiP.ers d \ Roy, NoiaircsG-Kdcs-N't- tesde Sa Mai'.;ltc, a Gar- :!es-Sccl au "Clriltelec de Paris, &: q«c foy d^lt c- ilreajoutce, tant en Juge- nient que dehors, aux/lvtes ;-!ar eux rc'^us ^ En fby de ^.|Uoy Nou;.avons (igncccs PreieritiS, icclles fait con- 'rengner par notre Secre- :aire, K appofer le O^chct .j2 nos armes. .A, Paris, cs vir.gt-quatre Nccinbre mil fept cens douze. Slgne, d'Ar gouges, Par Mondit Seigneur BARBEY. St publico r Audi- ence tenant, i^ regi- {tree au Grefld de k Cour, ouv Sl ce recipe- rant le Procureur Ge- neral du Roy., pour ctrc ex€cutue felon ^a Fcr- me & Teneuf , fulvant 2-f. conformumenc aiix; Ar- rets de ce jour. A Parl'^, en Parlenrient le quliize Wars, mil fept cent treize. Signe, DONGGIS. mus quibuflihei-, qu'hus convenier, Magiftros A- lexandiiim U Ffor:;^ 6C A^itojiinm Le Mop'.c^ qui Ai^um Renuntiationis ab alreri parte fubfcripierunr, e-lUe Regi u C-oniilils, No- taries l^ Tabeliiones; Ma- jeftaris fus, & in Pari- Tienli Caltelleto S'gilli CuftodcSj if^:quod Adibus ab ei5 receptib fides tani in Judido,qir"!m exiru, adhi- beri deheat. In qnoriimi Fidcm -hifce Prxlentibus Nornen noftrum Anfcrip. (jmuii, ix per Secrsrarium noftrum fublcr-.bi, Sigil- loqueiioftro muiilri. man davimus., Parllii.s, Vigeli- m.i quart] Nv\'embris An- m tTiiliefimi fepringente- iimi duodecimi. Signatum, d'Jrgoiiges^ Fcr i-neum diBum Domi- num BARBEY. Lccl3e Si' pubHcata:, Sena- Vu pro Tribunali conce- denre, Sf. in AO:a ejuf- dc:nri regiUrato!, audito R id rcquirente Regio Procuratorc General!, ut Execiitiuni ma ndentiir, fccandiirncarujid^'Ti 1or- marn S«: tenorem^ juxta Seiiains. Confuira hujus diei. P.'^rifiis. in Parlia- incnro, Decima quinta Martii Anni ^713. Signatum, .PONGOIS. Mihov.y IcMoyn-^ who bave iigned the Ac I on the other fide, arc Couac^Uers to the King, Notaneii, Minutt:- Keepf-rs t<) his VUjcfty, and Seal Keepers ac the Chatclet oi-Pci;7j,and that faith is to-be given/as weU in roiirt, as otit of it, to the Arts rv:cei\ed b/ them. In Witnefs 'Ahcre- of ^;e^ have f!r;:ied thef^ Pierenis, CMifed the fame to be counterngned hy our Secretary, and the Seal of our Arms to be afHxed. AiPnis the Twenty fourth ot No-jembcY 1712. S'gnod, By my f-^idT.- barbht. Read and publifhed, tl'e Court Sitting, and Ke- g-ftred in the RolU of the Court, the Ivngs Attorney General being hfeiird, and nio\in?, for the iannCj tn oider to irs be'-ig executed accord- ing to its Form and Tenor, in purhiarice of, ana in conformity to the Atlsof this Day. At Rin's, in Parliiiment, the Fifteenth ofylWcv).. J7I^ Sign'd, BO AGO IS, ■ \ i*Hi sm wms i I' ' I uiil' n\ if A ti [ 54 ] '!|i-.^ Ii -a u .,1 fi PHILIPPE Pdtli-Fils de Fiance, Due d Or- leans, de Vciiois, Chartres, K dc Nemours ; A tous K oib. Princes, Republiqu .s^ j touces Perfonnc;-;, tanc prc;((:ni-£s, f|ue lutiires, Failbns fcivoir par ces Pre- lentes 5 Que Ig crainte de rUnlOi] de^s ( "curonnes de Fi;incc U d'Efpagne, ay ant eiiu iefrincipai mo:it dij ia prcfenre guerre ^ & les aucres i'uidances de Ffu- rope ayanc loujouis apre- htnd'j que ces deux Lou- ronnes re fullent far urie TViv.mc Telle, on a jiolc pour tbndenient de la Paix cjiie Ton trjite preientt:- ment, & Q^\'ori elpere ■;:;- menter de plus en plus, pour U rc'pos de tanr d £- rats qui fe font far r.mez, comme r».iuant de vi£Vimcs, pour .s'oppofer au peri!^ dont \h le croyotejU" mena- ces, nu'il fallolt ttahlif u- m efpcce d EgaPitt" &: d'F- qui Fibre entre les Pnncf?.s qui iltoienc en difpate, & lepyrcr pour toujoiirs, d\iiie maniere irrevocable, !€'■; droits (ju'lFs prcterident a- voir, & qu'ils deffendoienr, les armes a la main, avec un carriage rc-ciproque, dc pan & d'a utrc. Que dans )a y(^^ d'<^rabfir cette r.galitc;,Ia Rdine de \\ GiandeBreragne a propolc, €i fur Csss inftancu:. ii a elF.; PHILiPFUS Mepos Fr;mci.r, Dux Aure- iur, Valelia', Carruiri, & Narriurfi% onanilms Regi- bus, Frincipibus, Rf?hu5- puhiicis , Fotefiiatibu5, Communltatibus , cir.ni- baique alteris PcHonis, tarn pra-renribus qh-amiu- turis.hilr.e Prxfenrihus, no- turn iicimus i Qiiod cum F^ancirc, Hifpania'que Co- ' roiiannn Unionis metus praxipiia pririeiitis belli. caula iuc-'ic, cjmque alia: E'.irop.x i*oteiiates (cmper ti inner int, ne h'x. dua: Co- roHcX fuper unurn idemque Caput coru(carent/m:er s^'s fnic convenrum pro Funda mento Pads, qua: nunc tra- 'Piatur, i^iqua: magis <:i ma- gis coagmentaii fpcratur, pro quiete tanrorum Sca- tuum, qui fefe, ut tot vi- Oj'rna:.^ ad periculam, quo minaios ciTe rredebantj propuifandurn devoverc i quod fpcciem quandam fFqualitaiis 'ii iEquilihrii inicr Puncipes conren- dentes c©nlticuere 'nscel'- (iim crar, & in perpetuum mode irrevocabiir, Jura, qua: habere tontenduiu, IV. quT mucu:i ixrage tuebaii- tur, feparare. Quod di£t;£ iEquaFitatls conlii tuenda- conlilio,M:ig- v,x Britaiinix Rep.ina pio- poiuit, Ipfaque efflagitante a Rcge bomlno noliro 'H Avuncalo, &r. a Fvege Ca- PnriJ? Grandfon.: Fiance^ Duke oFO; and Nemours • Tb all Kinp:,, ' - r i nces. Common w ea Irir . F'otentates, Communitic : and to all perfons, as v>,'-"; prefenc, as to come, W. mike known by thefe F- ilnis ; Thai rhe Fear ot the Onion of the Crowr of Fr Alice and iSpj-w, hi ving been the princip'' motive of the prefenr War, and the other Powers oi Europe having alv^-ay.': ap- prehended left thsle two Crowns flmuld come upo.:; one Flead, v. has been la'u. down as the FoundatK of the Peace, which i>. treated of at prefenr, anj which 'tis hoped may b : cemented moie and moi for the Repofe of fuch . number of CouutrieSjWhicli have facrlficad themfelveij as fo many Victims, toop- pofe the dangers, whe- wi'h they thought thci. ielvcs threarned, Tha,; .. was necctfary roolhblii'b kind of Equaliry and Ec; libitum between the Fi; ces, who were in difpi;, and to feparate forever an irrevocable manner, r .. Rights which they prere;Iu ion, que nous avons priii cje n''>tfe pure,libre,5i jfr^nche v'olonte, Nousjious declarons Si nous tenons dii$ a prcfgiit, Nous, nos . C 55 ] die qulnrd pT.a:renti-> ^'?(;n•■ fis Ren.unciidonem fectrlr, afTwHiiniur, quod delu-'in» tibus PbilwiJu t^dnto^ I-ra- tris noitii' Filio, fuiique Di'fccndtntibus , Corona HiJliMu^i tranfcjt in Do- mum Oiicii Sabaud'hi^ cu- jus Jura clara Tunt, i^: cog- nira, eo magi-i qi'ia ab hfmte CiithaiinJ^ Philippi fecandi. f ilia, delcendir, &' quod ab aais Regibus,. & SuccelibribiiS vocatus ell, ita IK ip(ii!i)]usad Siiccel- fionein nijihwh rranimi contro\crluiT] lie. Vx ex pane Nolha in tatn glorioriim nnern pro* poficurn adpublicain rran- q'jill itatem rel!-liucnda;Ti, tl metum, qui a gere;,is noltn Jurit)us, aliifquequi- hufcunque nobis pertinen- ribds produci poteil, pra'- vertendum, pari voluntate exoprando, uatulmus, banc omnium Jurium Noftro rum pro nobis. Sr oniriium SucctiibrutT5 6f Derccnckn- tium noftrorurn nomine Difc<;rtiOii*ern, Abd icatio- ;'.;tn, & Renuntiationem cere ; &: pre hujus Vio poiiri complemcnto, quod mc'd, lib'tK: ?c Eincerd vo- lunrare (iatuimus.. Nof- rwet ipibs declaraniU;,, 6f ex nunc nos, nolrrosFiUos Si-Difcendentes, tanquani exclyTos., .^i omninu inha- hik'S inpcrpetuum, ?v' Wwq limiratione, nee di{iin£li- ons Pcriorainiin, Graduuin, frcin the Weight of ihei- OTvn Greatneis, or Envy en ■ gai^^es their Neighbours to make A]Iianc<;s to attack them, and to reduce theni to fuch a point, that tbeii: great Powers may inlpire iels fear, and may nDi afp re to an uuiveifai Ivl(> narchy. For attaining the end w hich is propofed, and by realbn that his Catholitk Majefty has on his Pa v., made his Renunciation Vcm Fifth of this prefent'Morich, Vv'e conlVnt that, in Failure of Fhiup the Fifth, oui Nephew, and of his De- fcendants, the Crown ot S'^Mn do pjfs over to the Houfe of the Duke of Savoy ^ whole Kigbts are clear and known, inalmuch as hs defcends from rhc Infanta Cnharina^ Daugh- ter of Philip the Second, and as he is ci^llcd bv ihc other Kings hisSuccelP^rs. fo that his Right to the S'jccefTion of Spjh: is indii- pu table. And we dc^t^mg on ou? .(ide to coi^ctit cowards the glorious end, V ' ich is pro- poled for reefiu t i (h i ng the Tublick Traijqi.illitv, and for preventing the fear-: which tiie Kighfs of our Ijivth, or all others, which might npper.ain unto us, inigiit ouwduOii, h,ive iclui- vcd, to make thi,«5 Ivelin- quilhment, this Abdiciti- enfans y augft- ;)V cond, o the ind il- ls pro ; rhc ^ and )f our whicb ita us, l^elin- idle It l- enfans & Defcendars, pour txclus &. irhabiles, ablb- Iiiment 'H' a jamais, &. fans limitation, ni difiin- i'tlion de i- "iorines, de de- gree, & du lexe, de toure aCHon & de f)ut droit a I-i Succeniondc la Coiironne cVEfpJgne. Nous voulons Si conlentonspour nous, St nos Defcendans, que des main tenant &: pour tou- JQurs, on Nous tienne. Nous &: les notres, pour f,xclus, inhabiles, &: inca- pahles, en quelque degrt que nous nous trouvions, .NT de quelque maniere que la Succenion puilFe arriver a notre Ligne, &; a toutes les rjires, loi t dela Mai (on ds France, foit de celle d'Au- rrjche. Si de tous les Deicendjns de Tune Si de i'autre Maifon , qui, comme il eit dit &. fup- pofe, doivent aufii fe tenir pour retranchees & excUksj 'Z que pour cette railbn, la Succetiion de la dire \"ouronne d'Ffpagne foit cm't'^ devolue & trars- ktLQ a celuy, a qui la Suc- ceflion d'Etp,^gne doit are transferee, en tel cas, &: en quelque temps que ce I'bit, en forte que nous ^'nyons ?i tenions pour wgttinne &: verii-ibleSuccef- 'eur, parce que ny Nous, ny nos Dufcendans, ne de- ons plus ell re confiderez .ctnr.nne ayans aucun fQn- lement de Reprefentau- [ 57 ] •'1 8i Sexus, ah omni Acllane, 2<; Jure SucccHioni'i, qviam i!>i quod ad (.^oronam Hif- punire habsnms. Volumus &: ailencinnur pro nobis, &i noftris Delcendentlbus, quod ex nunc ;!>i in perpc- mum, nos, & rioltri, ui quocunque gradu invenia- mur,pro excluus, inh^bili- bus, k incapacihus habea- mur, quomodocuT-jue iJ- nea: no{ir;i' lic-tc Succsllio pervenire poITit, ommbul- que aiiiji, five Donniis Francix, five Domiis Au- ItriacT, oinnibuique unius, alieriuiVe Dotnus Dclcen- denrihus, qui, ut liipradi- itum Si pofitutTi ell, le pro refecatis, 8c exclwlis habere dehent„ Et qa.^d di£\a ra- tione prsedi^ta- Hifpania' Corona: Succeffio devo- luia cenfeatur, &c in eum tran{lata,in quern Succeffio Hiipanije tali caiu, £i quo- cunque tempore, transkrri debut i, Ita ut eum hahea- mus Si. unearnus pro !cg> limo Si vero Succefrjie, quia nee nos, rec l)efc:£!> denres noiiri, ampl.ius con- /iderari ranqunrn habentcs aiiqjod Fundameutum Re- prriTentaticnis atlivx, vcl pafT.va:, aut continuantes Lineam vevam, aut ton- tentivam iuhftanti;i:, fari- guinis, aut qualitacis, nee a Genere nollro jus trai trc, aut a R(ghia Anna AvflriA^ Domina nottra ,Si A\ia5nec d glotiofis Rtgibus fui$ on, and this Renunchr'ori of all O'.a* Kights, (ci our lelves, and in the name of all our SuccciT rsand Dj- Icendants , And f'^r ihe accomplilhing ol'rhis Re- Iblutiou, whidi we have fallen o^our imeer, tree,and fra.'ik VVil!, we declare and hold our felvts From this prefenr, us, our CnilJren and Defcendanrs for exclu- ded and dlfanlcdj ablo- luteiy, and for ever, and wiihour Liiriiraiion or Di- ftintiion of Perfons, of De- grees, and of Sexes, from every Av>, and (rom all R'ghr ot" Succeeding, to the Crown ot6V?j7//. We wij] ar^dconl'ent, [oi us and ourDeicendants, that tiom this tin^e, and tor ever, we be held, we, and ours, (or excluded, dllabled, an i in- capacitated, in whate\er Degree we n^ay happen to be, and in what manrei f:ever the Succeflion r.iay fail 'io oar Line, and ro ail others, whether of :.he Houfe of France^ cr of that of Aiijirij^ and of all the Defccndants both of the one and the other Houf?, w)]ich, as "it is (aid and fuppofed, ought like- wife to hold themfelves for cut oft" and excirded ; And thji for this re j for? tiie Succehion to the fa id. Crown o{ Sp.n/2 hedetrj'ed to be devoii'ed, ard tranf- fcricdtohim- to whom the H Oil ■IV HI''' '■ 'i fl ;'»■ fir! I, , 1 'i^'l s;.;! ijvedc fubltance, fang, -^u L5^3 t)tt acVive, o\i paiVive, ou Prjtdecefloribiis Giadus Succsflion ot .S/ah'/? ought lailaric uneContinuation de computare dehemus : E to be transterred, in ivch Ligneef^cftive ou conteii- conrra Renuntiarlonem j cafe, ind at any ' time di-tld Domlnii Rcj^i^d ^^hat!oeve^ ; f:) that wedo A)u-a hCiwiy &c ornnej take and hold him lor tru!;: ChiLiililas a Regihus Phi- and lawdul SuccefTor, h«- lippj I'eytiK' J oc Vh'u![]po caufe neither we, nor our X^Tuno, in fills TeUamtniis Delcendants, ought any inlei'tas, ratas habeniu^. more to be o^nfidercd as iiidsin refiunnamus omni having any Foundation of Jufi, quod nobis, noiliis luprefentadoii, a^livc or PhUlifd IV. ont inferet.i dars Icuis Telbmcn^s ; Nobs lenon^ons pa;-'-;;ille' ment n tout l.e droit qui rous peut appartenir, in a nos Enfans &L Dsfccn- dans, tn vercu de la D'^- quilitij, ny tirer droit de nO'tc dcfccndincc j ou dc compter ks degrez dc h Re'me Anne d' Avtrichi'^ r.otie tres'-hono-j Dame 'ci i\,yeuie, ny dcs glorioux, Kois fcs Anccitrcs ; Au contraire, nous ratifions h Fillis'^iDefcendentlbbS, vi pailive, or making a Con- Kenoriciatiun que la diro Declarationi:jfaQit;Madri- rinuation of a Line ef- Da?m Reim jbws a faite, ti, Vigefima noria Odtobris fc£tive, or conrentive of 64 routes Its chufes que Anni milldimj feptingcn- SuMtance, Blood, orQia- Ics Rois Philippe III. 2i tefimi lerni , a Philippo lity, nor ought we to dc-> i,{m>:tij Hijp.jv/uiru}}i Regc^ rive any K.ght from our Fratiis notlri Filio, perri- Defcenr, vor reckon the Dc- neie poielt, ;i^ j qaocuii- grces from Qi'^en Jvnc o{ que Jure, quod nobis, no- Aujlili^ our moli honour- itrifque Defcendentibus, ed Lady and Grandmother, perdr.ere poiTif.ddirtimus, nor from the Glorious illifque pro nobis, $<: no- Kings her Anceftors. On laiation fii^e a Madrid itris i^elcendemihus re- the contrary we Ratific ie vingt-neuvi(!;iTie O^Vnre nuntiamus. FronriiLtimus i.hc Renunciation which xnil iepc ctns rrois, par ti nos obliganrus pro no- the faid Lady Queen Anna FhiUpi/3 V, Roy dcs bis, ditflifque noftrii Filiis made,, and all the Claufes Ejpignes notre Neveu ;, Sl Defcendentibur,,pr.Tic'n- which the Kings P/j;7?p the &i: quelque droit qai nous tibus ^ futuris, ononem Third,andP/;:7/ptheFounh puide appirtsnir pour noftrun auftorltatem ad- inferted in their « Wills, Nous &C nos Fjefccnduns, hibere, ut fcx Piatlentes V/e renounce in like man- Nous nois en dtfillons £<. obferventur tsc complcan' net all the Right which y renor«^ors pour Nous tur , nee permlttcmusj nee may appertain to us, and k poViT tux. Prome.tton.N aHenriemiir, quod his, five to our Children ai^d Dc 6i Nous obligeors pour in totum, iiive pro parte, fcendant'^, by virtue cl NoiiS^ nos dits Enfans & dire£te aut indireclc, con- the Declaration made af I^fcsndans, prcfens &c a- traveniatur ^ L<: deiillimus /)7aJrfi the Twenty ninth venijT, d« nous employer ab omnibus Remediis or- of 0(7o^tT T703. by PM/zV/ de tout norre pouvoir pour dinaiiis & exrraordinariis, the Fifth Ring oiSpain^oxw faire obfervei 3^ accomplir qua Jure communi, aut Nephew •, and any Righr ces Preibntes, fans per- aliqiio fpeciali Privilegio, which might appenain to metfreny fxitFrir q<(.c di- nobis, noitrifquc Filiis, & us, for us, and our Deicen te£l:ement,ouindirecFcment Defcei.dejiribuscompeteTC dants. we relinquifh the: ©.a revienng contre, foit en poflent. Quibus Reniediii fafhc, and renounce it. for • tout. . :li tout, foit en partie, Et nous nous defiftons de toiis moyens, ordinairesou ex- rnordinaires, qui dti droit commuR, ou par quelque p r 1 V 1 lege fper; 1 a 1, pou r- foient nous apparrenir, a Nous, nos Enfans &c De~ Icendans-, aufquels moyens Nous renor^ons abfolu- menr, & en pardculier a celuy de laLezion evidente, 'e celuy-cy Jiih- iiltciM cV. demearsta loil- jours, quelque difpenlc qu'on puiiienous accordcr. Nous jurons &~ prom'^'C- tons encore, que nous n'a- vons fait, ti; ne ferors, ni en public, ni ne en (ecret, au- cune proteriation^ny reJa- /mati<)n contraire, qui piiiiFe :aries, Minute Keepers, and Seal-Keepfrs at the Chateletof P.«7f, here-un- der written, in our Pilace* Royal at i\tm, 1712, the Nineteenth o;^ Novmhcr^ before N<:)on ^ and for cau- (f fing theL' Prefents to be inlinuated and regittred in every place, where it fhalj appertain, we have coniti- tuted the Bearcrr to be our Attor;iev,and we have hgn- ed thtfe Pjcfents, and t'lie 2ninute ihereol remaining In ths PoiTeiTion ut the fa id l& Fe-urs Notary. -^rmUP of ORLEANS,. Le Moyne, ho Fevre, W^l: yerotne J'Jrgoth ,?a, Knight, Lord o{ Flev>y, Councxilor to the Kiiig in his CoiUiCils, Plonoraty MaUer of rhe Requtlh of hisHoufhold, Civil Lieutenant of the City, ProvoftHiip, and Vi- county of Jt'Q.rlu do Cer- -ju'il 111 > *i f4^ ' r q^iHl app.il- ctendta, qne Maiftre.s Antohc h Ahy}tc fit dlexMilre !c Fevre^ qui ont fign^ TActe dc Renon- tiacion de I'dutrc pure, font Confeillers du Hoy, Notaires 'iu (Jbatelet de Paris, c^: (|uc ibv doit Ctre ajouu'e, uant en jugsment que dehors, aux A ties pir eux re<^u.s. En toy de quoy nous avons figne ces Pre- fentes, icelles fait contre- /igner par notre Secretaire, (k jippofer le cachet de nos Armes. A Paris, le ving'- unNovemhre milfeptcens xiou^;e. Signc, (Pargouges. Par mon d!*! Seigneur, B A R. B E Y. Ltie, Jk; publice P Audi- ence tenant, 8i regi- ftree a a Grefib de la Cour, oiiy ti ce reque- rant le Procureur Gene- ral, du Roy pourCtretx- ecutce felon fa Forme &: Teneur, fnvant ^ conformement aux Ar* reits de ce jour. A Paris en Parlemcnt le quinze Mars, mil lept cens trei'ie. Signt, DONGOIS. U 62 3 - QionisJ: Jex, per hafce Ta- bubs Tcltiinoriann ciamiis quibud'ticc, qui bus con Ve- nice, Maffiftioi J)n<'/!'ni?n Lc Mnyve^ &C Aksa/tdnim L: h'tivrpj qui Act-um Re- nuntiationis 'ib altera par- te fiibfcyipibruiit, cflc l^c- gi J Coniiliis, in Caltel- Icto Parilienii Norarios, & quod Adibiis abeis recep- ns tides tarn in Jadicio, quame:(tra, adblberi debe- it : in quorum Fidem bifce Pr'j:iennbus nomcn no- ftruna adfcripdmus, Sigil- loque noftro muiriri inaiv davimus. Parlfiis, vigcfima prima NovemhrLs Anni millefi.Tii li£pring. utque bcuc bene- m;ia.qur»! boniratifjCEiihicc accepta referimus, nullam Stabilitatem habeant, nifi quam ipli placuit iifdem impertlri. Cum autem re- lit DeuSj ut Keges, quos Populofuo rcgendo ellgir, h longinquo prcvideancF,- venta, ex quibus Confuli- ones U. Bella fanguinolen- ta oriri pollint, utque Ra- tionern, qua Dlvinj Sapi- entia ecs induit, ad eadem mala fubvenienda adhibe- ant; Nos voiuntati ejus fatisfacimus, cum inter LMW JS^ by tbc Grace of God, King of Frtnu and Navarre, To vA prefent and to come, Greiicing. The profpcri- ties, which if has plcaled God CO heap upon ls du- ri'ig the Courfe oF our fveign, are (0 many mo- tives 10 us, to apply our lelvcs, not only ibr the time prcient, bur a IT) for the iutuic. to the H;.ippi- nefs and Tranquillity of the People vv hereof I divine Pi'ovidence has entrulied tons the Goveijaient. His impenctrahle Judgments,, let us only fee, That we ought ]ot to place our cpiiHdence, neither in our force), nor in the extent ol our Dominions, nor in a iiumerous Poltcrity. and that thefe advantages which we receive Irom his- goodneis alone, have no otheifolidity, than what it pleafes Him to give them, But as it is howe\ -r His Will that the Kings, whom he chufes to lead hisPeoplc, fnould fbrefee afar off ihe Fvents able to produce Dif- orders,and the mott -Bloody Wars ; That they (hould make ufe of the Li^hts^ which y is Divine Wifdom pours upt):i them j We fal^ fes \f. mm If I ' [64] I ii' i 'S I,. .1 U i I id / !; fe5 deffcins, lors qifau fnl- lieu des rejoiiifl'mces uni- verff^iitsdcnotreHoyaume, No'tis envifigeons, com* me u:ie chofc poflible, un iriile .ivenir, que nous prions D;e:i de dcroumer a jamais, hn iiicrne Vems que Nous acccpt^iis ItJ Tviftamen da teu 'Roy d'Elpagn:;, q e notre tres- cher iin\ tris-amc F'ls le Dauphin renorice.) ftjs dro- its IcgiriniesfurcetreCou- ronne on f ivenr de fon fe- cond Fili le D.vc: ] drclTe &: ks nrit-mes fcnti- ntcns, dont il nous a donnti tant di^ maioucs j qvie ion cxcmplc unilrjru (es nou- venu^x Snjt'ts aux n- >ri'es, va forrntr tnrr'cuxuncamtiit; perperuclle, &: h corre- ipondurice h plus partki- tc , Nous croirions aulli lijy i'lire iine mjulticj, dont nous lornmus in::apihlcs, & cauler uc prejudice ir- rC-para b).e a notrc Royaume, li nous rcgardionti dtilor- ipriais comine aranger, un Prince (iiie nous accordons aii.'i dcnfiani^s unanimeide la Nation Efpjgnolc. Pour cesC'aulls, & autres grandcsconiideiMtions, :\ ce Nous mouvans, de noire Grace fjieLialc, r>kmQ Pu- i{rincc;,i5i: Autoruc Royale, Noi;b avons dir, declare, &r ordonn-j, & par c^js P;e- fences figoOes de no ere Ruin, difons, dt^clarons, &■ ordonnons, voaloiis^ g/ Nous plait, que No; re Trfs-Chet, f>^ Trts-Amt: Peiir-iiJs le Roy iTEfpagne coDferve roujoiirs ks droits de Ta naifliiKe, deli nitms inanlere qiic s'ii iailoic fa tcf'dence aduelk da;]s iio- tre RAvaume j ainfi No- tre Tres Cher &: Tre:,- Amc Fils uirqus le D:iu- phin eta at le \ray Sr kgi- timc SucceiFeur Si Heriiier de notre Cuuroniie, ci de nos E(.-a-5. '-.< apr^s luv Ko- t.e Trcs-Cnev &' Tics- AfPiC Ptftic-fils le Due de cmploque ejus novos fuos Subditos nolhis unienris, an^iiciriam inter eos ner- peruam, ti i.orrtirpondcn- tiaiTi p;r feet ii)i main irnnin- dam i'oie '-, His de ctufis injultl' cam illo, quod lon- gc a nobis abtll, agortnr>'JS, damnum. ]ue Rtf;;no noliro irreparabllc interren.us, i'l Principem, q.iem unani- mis Nation's Hiipanij^ vo- tis concedimus, alieiiigena: I' CO in polkfum lubsre- mus. His de caufis, Sc aliis am]"»lis racionlbus, o) nos impdlentibus, edixLmus, dcclaravimis, i5^': decrevi- mus, L\' per has Pi.t.Icnte.s edicimus, dcciaramus, i^. difcernimus, volurm.s, '6i vilimjetl, quod charifiimus noitcr i>L admodiiln dile chis nepos, Kcx. HifpiXvU, iibi temper confcrvei' Jura Naiivi:atis {u.t, eodem mod">, ac il reveia intra Regnum nolirum commo- ratus eflet j quemadmo- dum vharifliifTnus 6c per- quam dileft-as Fiiius nolier Ddphi/>n^, vcru5 ?•: legici mus S..:cceilbt & I I.xrei Co. ronx noitra', & D;iionum nottrarum, ?.: iiii proyi- mus,chaiiiljmu? Nofter S^ per quam diieitjs Nepo-- DuK /iiiK^'ro/ii^, li acciderit ( quod avertac i )eus ) quod diaus nofter Nepos i)'jx hii}juiidii\ ablque l.ilieris maiculis fibi parci5, inrerie- r't, ieu qa';d ules Liheri nefi, v\i the fame fsnu- tncnrs, wherco: be has gi- ven us lb many proof j, that bis example, unicinf* bii new bubjccls t^ --uri, is going CO torm a perpsiual Amirv, and tho molt per- iv'Ji Corrcfpjndcnci; be- y-w^ian them , We (hould think likcwit-. ih.u wc do him an Ipjultice, vvnereoi" we are incapable, and oc- cafioii m irreparable pre* judice to our Kingdom, if \ve fhoij'^ hereafter look upon ; v a l>rang':;r, a Prince, v.!:;.'m we grant to the unanimous Ksquclts of rhc Sy-iMiji} Ma lion. For tnefe Cauies, and other great Conbdemion'; us heteu'ito moving, of our fpccial Grace, full Po/zer, u d Royal Autboriiy, we nave itfohed, declared, and ordained, and by thelc iVcfents fg'^ed wlih our Mand, We do rcLIve, declare, aid ordain, We will, and ii: is our PIcaiure, That oi;r molt dear and mo*t beloved Grand (on the King of iS;;.?/),, do prcler e for ever the Rights of hiS Birth, in chi fame rr.anncr as if ht: made his actual R'jbder.ce in oi'r K i ngd'. rn j wherefore oui* moif d?:ai' and molt beloved only Son the l.)juphin. beii:g the true and lawfil Succeflbr and Meir of our Crovvri, and of our Dominions, and afier Iiim our nicli dear \\ \\\ \ i ■ \ '(Mil I' I ^1 fl Bouy^fgn?^ s'U arrive, ce qif a Dicu ne plailc, que •notre dit Petit-hls le Due de Boiirgopw vie nne a mourir ians hnfans males, ou que ceux qu'il auroit en hon & loyal mariage decedent avanr liiy.cm bien que les di'.s Enuns males re laidl'nt aprcs tu>: auciins Knfans rDales nez en leguime marhge ^ tn ce cas notre dit Fetir- fiis le Roy d' Ffp-ipic^ ii- iap": des droits de la m'li- fance, foit le vray & legi- time Succtfleur de notrc Cciiroiint\ & denos F/ais, uonobilaru- qu'il fuc alors abfenr, gcrclidant hors de notre Royaume ^S: imme- (lijiement aprcs fon deccs, % Moirs iTialcs procreez en loyal mariage, vien- dronr a ladlte Succeffion, nonobftintqirilsf')ieiiC nez, Sc qu'ils habirent hers de iio'cre dit Royaume : Vou- Ifint que pour hs caufes ful'dires, notre dit Petit- fiLs !e Roy d' Efpagve, ny fcs Enfarsmfile-, ne tblenr cenft2 bt reputez naoiiis liahiles i:i capables de ve- Jijra la diieSiicceOion, ny aux autres, qui !eur pour- loienr Ocheo'if dans notre dit Royaume. Knrendons au contraireque tons droits, & autrcs ciiofes rene.ralc- men: quelconques,qui !eur pourroient ::! pre fen r, & a lavenir conipetct iSL ap- partenir, (on.nt ^ denieu- [ ^^'6 ] ex bonis i^ legitimis nup- tiis procreati,Patre (uper- (tite occu'huerint, feu quod did'ti Liberi MafcuU ne quofvis libi f.jperitites Li- bercs Mafcalos reliquerintj eo in cafu diclus nolter nepos Rex H'lfpAnm, juri- hus Nativiiacs fua: gau- dens, lie verijs &: Icgitir mus Succeflor Coronas, no- i\xx Sf Ditioiiiifn noiha- rum, non obltante quod tunc temper is ipfe abeiFer, & extra di^^lum R:gnum noltrum commorarerur. Et conteiiim port ipliu., obi- ium Harredes ejus Mafculi, legirimis nuptiis procreatl. Succeifionem lint adituri, non obftanre,quod ipfi extra Limices Regni noflri nati fint, 6s;. commorsntur^ Vo- iMmufquequod de h'iicaufis antememorat's neque di- dus nofter Nepos Rex Hi- fl^amAj neque ejufdcm Li- beri Mafculi, cenfeantur &icomputentur minus efle habiles &: capace? Ineundi Succidilot^em dichm, feu (jc xcunque ali-^. emolumen- ta, qua: illis intra didlum Regnurn Nodrum pofiint coiiiingere. E contrario \o- lumus, quod Jura omnia, 8t qua^libet proriiis alia, qurr. nunc tempoiis, & in poiicrum ipfis competere K aicribi potuerint, finr 8c mancant ialva & invio- lata, eodem modo ac ii ipfi intra Regnurn no- frrum ufquc ad cbitum and moft beloved Grandfor? the Duke of Burgundy^ if it (houid happen ( which God forbid ) that our laid Grand fofi the Duke of Burgvvdy Ihould comr: ro die wicho;'t male Chil- dren, or that thole which he (hould have in good and bwful ^ Marriage , Ihould die before him, or if the (aid male Children fliouldnot leave any male Children after then/horn in lawful Marriage, in luch cafe our fiid Grandfon ihe King of iS/AizA% making ufe of the Rights of his Birth, is to be [he true and lau'ful Succeifor to our Crown, and to cur Dominions^ notwirhltanding he Ihould be ai that time abftnt, and refiding out of our laid Kingdom , And immedi- ately after his Deceafe, his Fieirs Male begot in lavi^ful Marriage, " Oiall come into thefaid Succef- fion, notwithlfandiiig that thtv rnav be born, or that they Tiay dwell out of our Kingdom ^ we will that for the abovtlaid Caules nei- ther our laid Grand Ion, tha King of Spain, nor his Children, being Miles, be deemed and reputed lefs able and cap:i)ie to enter upon the laid Succeflion, or upon others which may fall to them within our faid Kingdom. On the coniiary we inteiid, That E rent vi i L^7 3 fe rent confervtcs faines &r enticres, commt: s'ils reli- dcient ijj: haiwcolent conii- nueliemein daus notreRoy- aufnejufques a leur trc- pas, bi que Icurs Hoirs iuifent Originaii'ts &. Reg- nicoks*, ks ayanc a cet cfftijCri tant que hcfoineLt, ou f\;roir, habllii-i 2^. di- fpenfcj hahllirors & di- fpen(oMi, pzr CiS dites Pre- fentes. Si doimons en mandetneat a nos Amez 8f FeauxConfelllers, les Gens ienans notre Coiir de Par- lemenr, & Cbamhrede nos Comp es a Paris, Priifidens cc Trtr)riers Generaiix c!e Hr France au Bureau de nos Finances cubiy audit lieu, £c a lous autres nos Offici- ers <}i Juliiciers quil ap- partiendra, que ces Pie- fertes ils fafTcnt regiftrer, & du contenu en icelies joiiir & ufer Norre dit Pe- tit-tils ie Roy d' -^Jptg/ie, fes Fnfans & Defcendans rralesne'zen loyal mariage, pleinement & pa iluJemerir, nonohliant routes choles .) ce concraire3,aurque]les de nos mctnes Grace iSc Auto- liic qncdtUiis, nous avons derogc £f derogeors. Car telelt notre plaifir. Etahn que cc foit chofe terme iS^ {table ;! toujours, Nous a- vons fait inettre none feel a ces dites Preltn es. Don- ne a Verfailles r>i m.i's de Decembie. Ian de grace mil fept cens, t^v de noire fuum psrpetuo refedifTent, &: coriiinoravi eflenr, ^ ji eorundem ha^iedes i .iiiicnt indigsnx &. Ivegnicola,; &. in hunc finem pu:nam illis faculiaitm, quantunn po- te(t auc potcri' iieri, cor:- tul?miiS &. induKimus, v\, per has Piaiences conte- rimus &. !ndulf^,emus. i)a- rnui igitur in Mandatis di- lecHs noftri-i &: fuielibas Conliiiariis, Curiam nu- ftraiTi Parliamenti, C^^. Con- clave Kationum noftraruin Pdriliis habentibus, pKi/i- dibus ik Cjeneralibus Fran- cia Theianrartis, iicomn'- bus qjibufcunque noltris Officiariis 6. Judieibus, quorum intereft, fac.anr, ut ha' Pra-fentes in Acia leferancur, utqie earun- dem contcntii; pienc 6c quieto gaudeanr, & utan- tur, d ictus noiter Nepcs Hex Hifpjviei, Liberi ejus, PoIieriqucMafculi, legi;i- m's niiptils procreati,qui- bulcunquecaufis hifce con- trari's nihilominui ob- ftanribus, quibus nos ex n;'^r:i Gratia & A u tor irate nortru, ut lb pra, derogavi- mus, 6^ derogairius. Nam he nobis placuit. IJtque res ifia fit i 1 perpetuum coriir- mata £; liabiiita, nos Sigil- lum noltrumdi-lUs Prc?:!en- tibus apponi f.^cimus. Da- tum eft VerfiUis, menfe DwCcmbri, Anno Gratia: miliefimo feptingentefimo, i>Li^t2ninottriquinquagefi- ■1 all Rights, and gene- rally otntr things \i hat- ever, wnich may at pre- icn?, or for the furure be- long a/id apperrain ro them, be and remain' pre- ierved whole and indre, as if they did re fide and dwell coiii^antly within our Kiii.^dom to the time of their deceife, and as if thc-ir Hcir.s had becii Na- tives and Inhabitants of the Kingdom i having for this paipofe, as far a^ there is or (hall be need, enabled and difpcnlcd wi' h thciru a., we do enable and difpenle wirhthem by thefe I'refents. Ardfowe give it in command to cur beloved and rruliy Coun- cellors, I he Members of our Court of Paliamenr, and Chamber of our Ac- counrs at Parh, Prtfiden^s and Treafurers General, of Fritnce in cheOthce of our Exchenaer eltahliihed in the f^ime [:lac8, and to all others out Ofiicers and Juiiices to whom it /hall apperrain. that they caufe thefe Prcfents to he Regi- itred, and our fa id Grand- foii rhe King o\ Spaln^ his Children and Dcfcendan^s, bGirjg Male, born in Law- ful iViarriage, lo enjoy and ufe the Contents thereof, tuily and pe^Ljably, an7 thing to the contrary not- withlta/iding ^ to wh'ch by our Grace and Au- I 2 Kegiie IP ' f i>i 4 t n 'Ml'', it ' t I ■ ii. i; !>i r.' [68 ] }(£2tie le cvncuante-'huirid'- mo o.^avo. Signatiim, L li- me. Signe, LOU IS. Erfur DOVICUS ^kfupcrpli- le reply : Par le Roy, Pbe- caturam, A Rege, PhJi- Iipf:cfiu. Er fc-e'llj dugranri peaux, Et Sigi!!aturn Si- Sceai', de cire verte en lacs gilio magno ex cera viridi, de foYr id po- liiilai'.re Prociiratore Re- gis General;, utFxecu- tionl mandentur fecun- dum earundem formam ac tenoreiTi,, juxra Man- darum hutulce diei. Pa- ril'is^ in Parliamenio, primo Eebruar^i Anni miliefimi fep^ingentefi- rr.i prlmi. Signa-um, ' . DONGeiS. Regiftredj the Kings At- torney General being heard and requiring ihe fame,in order to their be- ing executed according 10 their Form and Te- n-r, piirfuant to the A8: of lius Duv. At Paris in Parliament the F'lii, of Fohrujvy, noi. Signed, VONCOIS, C U M 1^9 1 ^lUM ir^que per pr^ccckntem Rc- j iiuiitiatioiiem, qiut Lcgis ?iMgm;i- ticiv, fundamental is, St inviolalnlis \im feinper habere debet, ca^iriiin prcviliim- qiie Ik, ne unquam uUo tempore, aut ipfe Rex Catholicus, aut dc ftiipe fu a quiipiam , Coronam GdlWx ambiat, aut Throniim ejuldcm alccndat •, at- que per leciprocas ex parte Gallia: Re- nuntiariones, & Succellionis ibidem ha:- redicaiix Cunltituriones, ad eunderri fi- ncm tendcntes, ita GjIL^c &: HiJ^am.e Coronaj ab invicem lepararx Si lejun- iXx fine, at fublifenribus in fuo vi- go-re, &i bona file obfervaris, antedi^lis Kenuiitiatiorabus, aliifque eo ipeQanti- bus TranfaQionibus, in iiniim coalelcere nunquam poterunt. Proinde Sevenifiima Regina Ma^^nx Biitannia:, 8^: Serenif- iimus Rex Ciiriffianiriimus, fibi invicem (ble.miter ^ verbo Regio fpondenr, nihil nnquam ab ipfis, eorumve Ha'tedibus Si Succeiroribus fa8:um, vel ur ub a1iis fiat perraiffum iri, quo minus pi-vTdicbT Renuntiariones, cact^-rxque TranlaQiones antemcmoratx, effe£bjm plenaric lor- tiantur s quinimo e contra, conjunftis confiliis viribuiqae, Re^^ia: fua^ Maje- itates cam iemp'cr iinceio ciiram agent, H. annirentur, quo ditla Salutis pub- lics Fimdamenta inconcufia in perpe- nium mancant, 6t inviolata conlecven- tur. Confentir infuper Rex Ov[i}ldn[(Ti?}!:/s^ fpondetque, nolle fe ad Subditorum iii- ■ yriim Commoda, alii: rn in Hifj^jnid^ ut & IndnxHifpiiriicis^ Navigatloiub &C.bm- mercioium uliim in p'''ltvram expetcie, .lut aceeptare, quam cjui Regnante in Ui- fhania nupero Rege Cirolo Sccafido ibidem .>brinuit, aiic quim qui alii.s qiioqueNa- .ionibus 6c Fopulis, C-ooimercia exercen- ubus, plenaiic pajiter iiidul'cui U. con- ceiTus tuerit. 'Ov whereas it is provided and flr- __ , tied by the preeediiig K enunci- ation ( which is al^vays to have the fo'ce ofa pragm itick, fundamental, and invit lia- ble' Law) I'liit at no time whatever either the Catholick Ringhimfeif.' or jny onci of His Lineage, IhalUeek to obtain the C'rown C)f h-anc:>^ or afeend the Throne thereof-, and by reciprocal Renunciati- ons on the part of Iv\/aw., and by Settle- ments of the ilereditary Succeflion tbere, tending to i.he fame purpofe, theCiwvns of francr and Spu'in are lb di\'ided and leparated irotn each other, that tii:: afbre- fhd Renunciations, and the other Trant- actions relating thereto, remaining in force, and being truly and iaithfiiHy oh- lerved, they can ncwr be joyned in' one. Wherefore tiie moif Serene Cliieesi of Grcdt Bntii'm^ and the molt Serene I'lo moitChr'ftian King engage.- to each otlvei' fo]ernnly,and on their RovalWords,Th:)t nothing ever (hall be done by Them, ot Their Heirs and Succeflors, or allowed to be done by others, whereby the afore fa id Renunciations, and the other Trania£f i- ons aforementioned, may n.ot have their full effeci : Rut ratlier t-n the contrary , Their Royal Maiefties.vvith joyur Coun- cils and Forces, will always fincerely take tliat care, and u(e thofe endeavours, that thefaid Foundations of the Publick Saie- ry may remain unfliaken. and be pieler- ved untouched for ever. Moreover the ni-'Il Chr'ftian King conllaus and engages, That He will not, ffir the Litereft oi HisSubjecfs, hereafter endea\'our to obtain, or accept c>f any oth.er Ufage of Navigation and Trade to Spjin^ a;:d the Spamjh Indies^ than what was prattiied there in the Reign of the late iving Charles the Second of Spjm^ or than what Ihall likewife be iuiiy given and granted a: the lame time 3 VlLLJkr hh .1 \ k 1m [70] vn. Uhzx fit llftis Navigatlopts 5< Com- meicii iiiicr Subdiios urriuiquc Rcgia: Maitthitls, prout jam oliiri er. it tempore ?acis,iy anve niifKij-imi Belli Dcniintlaii- onem, pruur etiam per Tni£btum Com- mevciorum, hodlt: initum, inter ambas "Nationes conveiitiim ac cu-'icoidacum eil VIII. ■Rcdcat, ac aperiatur ordiiiariaDirpofi- tio ]uititi;t per Regna &i Duminia aher- iitrius Regia; Majcllatis, ita utlihcruin fit omnibi;>; utrinque Subdiris allegare ti obtinere jura, Pra:tentIones, gt Attlo- ones liias, ilcundinn Leges, Conltituti- bnes, be Statuia utrmfque Kc^iii. IX. Cutabit RcK Cnriltianiflinnis, ut Mu- i.imetua omniu Civitatis Vu/jgurn/uix folo a:quenn;r, Povtus compleatiir, Ag- geres aut Moles, diclo Portul eiuendo infevvieiites, diiuanrur, idc)ue propriis diO-i Regis ]mpenfi->, intra ipatiiim quin- que Menfium poll: conclufas lignatafque Pacis (/)nditiones •, id ell, Mufiimenra Maritima, intra fpatiiim iMmeitreilerre" na veto, una cum dicils AggcribiLs, inrra trimelhe ^ ea inluper Lege 11c difta Munimenta, Porrus, Moles, aut Aggeres denno iinquam reficiantiir. Qiiorum tamen oirinium Ev'jrfio non inciioablrur, r.ifi poftqiiam Rr^i ChnjVhimjfi?fio tra- diuim fuerit, id omne, quod eorum loco, live .'^"quiyalens, trad i debet. X. Frcrum dv tludfon^ una euin omnibus to other Nations and People, concerned in Tn.'de, vn. Tliat tbere be a freeUle orRi7igatlon and C^omiTierce between the Subjects of botii Their Royal Majelcies, as k was tornaerly in time of Peace, and beK>re the Declaration of this lall War, and alio as it is agreed and concludcid by the IVeaty of Commerce this Day made be- tween the tivo Nations. VIIL That the Ordinary Diflribution of Juftice be i*evi\'ed and open again through the Kingdoms and Dominions of each of Their RoyalMajeities, 16 that it may be free for all the Sal)je£ls on bot!i fides to liie ]^ox and obtain their Rights, Pretenfions and Aftions accoi'ding to tlie Laws, Con- Ititutions, and Statutes of each Kiiigdom. IX. The moll Chriltian King fliall take care that all the Fortificationsof the City of Du/ikirk be razed, that the Harbour be filled up, and that the Sluices or Moles which ferve to cleanfe the Haibour be Levelled, and that at the laid King's own Expence, within the fpace of Five Months alter the Conditions of Peace are Concluded and Signed ^ That is to fay, the Fortifications tovvard.s the Sea, within the Ipacc of TvvX) Months, and thofe towards the Land,together with the laid Banks,vvith!n Three >ionths ^ on this exprefs Condition alio, that ti:.e laid Fortifications, Harbour, Moles or Sluices, be never Repaired again. All which fhall r.ot however be begun to be Ruined, till after that every thing is put into Hi^ Chrltlian Majelties Hands, which is to he given him, ijilteud thereof j or as aii £qui\alent. X. The faid moft Chriftian King fliali reftore to the Kingdom and Qiiecn ^A Terns M\ [ 7t ] Tcrrls, Maribns, Oris Mnridniis, Flu- viis, Locifque, in di^lo Sinu &. Fretofiris, H :ideadeni (pe^bntibu:;, nullis iivc'Tcr- rx, live Maris fpatii.scxceptis,qua: ciSub- dicis GilliJE imprrrienriuru.m polltiia funt, Rtgno &c'Regin;x Magna! Rri- taniiUe, pleno Jure In perpetuun'i pofTi- denda, reltltiiet. Qua: qiiideni omnia, mi &c il'.diiicia qua-vis ibidem con- (Ivu^ta, quo nunc fiint in Statu, &' For- talitia p.iritcr quaxunque, livt ante, five pofi: Gilloruni occuputionem, Ibideni treilj, integra, & non d.emolit:i, mu cum omnibus iniilucm cxifteniibu-s Tormcn- tis, ac Glo])ls, uc bi Pulvcfi^ nirraci qunn- tirate Giobis propovtionata, fi ibidem de- tur, alioquc Apparatu bellico, qui Tor- mentis infervire folet, Subditis Biitan- nicis, Comm'lFiOi em ad eadem repeten- da <5t recipienda a J^omina Magiia Bri- tannia Regina babentibus, intra fcxMen- ies a Ratihabifione prafentis Foederis, vel citiiis ii fieri potcit, bona fide tra- dentur. Cautum tamen efto quod Socl- etati ^ueheccnfi^ aliiiqin,;.^ quibulcunque Rc^h O'np'himjjim: Subditis, ex di£li Sinus Tcrris, cum Bonis, Mercimoniis, Armis, Sc Rebus iuis omnibus euiuicun- quac natura aut conditioni^, prater ea qua hoc in Articulo fuperius exccpia liint, exire quoquoverlum iplis placuerir, teirelirj vel maritimo itinere, liberuni omnino br. Ex utraque autem prtrte confaiium efl'de Finibus, inter di^lum Sinum de Hi(df>n^'^ loca ad Gallos fpe- ^lai^tia (iaruendis, per Conmiirarios, u- trinque quantocius nominandos, intra an- num decernere ^ qu'ls quidem Limites Subditis tarn Britannicis quam Gallicis per' anfite, aur alterutios live Mari five IcTa adirc, prohibitum omnino erit. lildr^m quoque Commillariis in Manda- tis e.'it datum, ut Limites pariter inter alias Rritannicas Gallicalque Coloniaii iis in Oris deiwibant, ltatuantc[ue. Great Brhdin^ to be pofTefled in^fliU Rip.hr for ever, tlie bay and Streicdrts ot Hudfon^ to^^^etlier \vith all Land:>, Seas, Sei-Coalts, Ri\'crs, and Places fituate in tbe laid Bay, and Scretgbts, and vi'hicb belong tbereunt'.-, no TraiVs of Land or of Sea being excepted, which are at prefenr poiTj|(fed by the Subjetls of hancc. All which, as well as aii/ Buildings there made, in die (Condition they now are, and like wile all Fortrefles there ere8:ed, either before or fince the Ircmh '^zv7x.:)ds, Merchan- dizes, Arms, and Ffie«:t:s, of what Naiure or Condition (bever, except fiich things as are above referved in this Article, liut it is agreed on both lides, to determine ndjrhin a Year, bv Con)miff.iries to be forthwith named by each Party, the Limits which are to be tixed between the laid Bay of Hudjon^ and the Places appertaining t-j tlie Ircncb ^ which Li- mits both the Bntijh and Vrench Sub- jecls fhall be wholly fbtbld to pals over, or tlicreby to go to each other by Sea or by Land. The lame Commidaries XL Ake- tm r 'i I; l! [ 72 ] ii. 1 'I M i XI. Altememoratas Rt-x ChnfuaniJJimus Societati Anglicit in Siniim de ihclfo/i Mercuturam ficioiui, dc Dainnis omni- bus iii Spoii is, G:>l(fni is iplorum, Navi- I)Us, Peribnls, &: Bojiis, per hollilcs Gal- iorum liicuiliones & Depncu.itiones, vi- ^;ente Pace ill.iiis, eorum /F.ltimatione la^ta pt.; CommilTarios, ad utriuivis par- tis Requificionein nominandos, juxta nor- ni;.;r) Jrd.iiix &. Tl^lquitatis iicri fuijs cu- tabit. iideni O^nrimiir'nu, in Qiicrlmo- nias infuper iiiquirenr, tarn Subdirorum Briraniiicorum {up'T Navibiis tempore Pads per Gallos capti:-;, ut &; iliper Damnis Anno praiceriio iji In{ula Monr- jerat nuncupata perpeiTis, aliiique, quam de lis qux quevuntur Subditl Gallici ra- tione Coi^TOofitionis in Iniula Kcvf/rr^j f:i. Arce Gumbicnji^ ut ti de eoi'undcm Navibus, li qua: ibrfan Gallicii: per Sub- ditos Britannicos tempore Pacis capie fberintj c\ fimUlter de cuncli:, hujidino- di Litibus, quae inter utramque Genrem exortji:, lec dum compofirLV,, irn-cniri polVunt % 'ci. bona utrinque Juftkia abi'- que mora iiet. ■Dominiis Rex. Chn(ihm[ljh-)im eodem quo Facis Praientis Ratlhabici.;)ffe,s torn- mutabiinrur die, Domii^x Kegiiue Mag- na-; Btii.mnia: LUeras, Tabula fve foienrius &: aurhenricas tradendas curabir, ' cjua- rum vigore, Inli'lara SunlVi Cbrijlifho- ri^ per Subditos Britanriicos Sigillaiim dehinc podViend.un , KoDum ScoUam quoque, five Acadhim rotam, LiiTiitibus HiaisaDtiquibc.'ir.prebenlan'i, ur &r. Pen us ihall alfo have Orcler.^ to defcribe and fettle ill like manjier the Boundaries between the- other BnnJJ) and fhricb Colonies in thofe parts. XI. The above-mentioned moft Chriftiir? King (hall tak'-' care that Satisfaction be given, according to the Rule of Jufticc and Equity, to the Engllfl) Conipaiiy Trading to uhe Bviy oi' Hu Ifhn^ for all Dama^-e;^ and Spoil done to their Golo- nie;.. Ships, Perlbns, and Goods, by the Moltile Incurfions and Depredation-^ of tlie frrnch^ in time oi" Peace, an Eili- mate being made thereof by Commida^ lies to be named at the Requilition of each parry. The fame CoinmilTarie.-; Iball moreover inquire as well iiit,* the Complaints of the BritiOj Sub- ieclis concerning Ships taken by tiie fri'/iih in time of Peace, as alfo concern- ing the Damages lultained lait Year in theliland called Montfcrdt^ and OLhcrs, as inr(^ thofe things of which the French Subje^ls con^iplain, reUuin^-; to the Capi- tulation in the Ijlard of ]\'ctis^ and Caitleof Gr/;;;//'/^/., alfotoF/r/iv/; Ships, if perchance i^ny fa ch nave been taken by B/iiiJh Subiecfs in time of Peace. And in like manner into all Difputes of this kind, which (hall b<. found to have ari- ikn between both Naiicus, and which are not yet ended :, and due Jufiice (hall be done on both fides without delay. XII. The mofi: Chriifan King fhall take care to have delivered to the (lyeen 01 Ore n Br'uain^ on the iame Day that thcRarifi- cations of this Treaty Ihall be exchanged. Solemn and Authentick Letters, or Initru- ]-nents, by virtue whereot' it (h.iU appear that theliland ol'Saint ChnflopJ^crs is to he poflUied alone hcreafi:er by Brififh Subjecls, likewiie all Aova Scotii or Accddu:^ with its aiicicnc iiwiidaries, as Kegii %\ [ 73 ] And Regti Urbem, nunc Amupofm Ihi^i- am div.hm, cactcraque omnia in iftisKe- gionibus, qu'cC ab iiQem Tcrris &: Inlu- Us pendent, un'! cum earundcm Inuilarum, Terr:iruni, &: Locovnm Doininio, Pro- prietare, Poflt-flTiuiie, & quocunque Jure, five per Pa^l:a, live alio modo qua-firo, quod Kc:^ Chn^Ynimffimifs^ Corona Cyd- //i. Terras & Loca, eorumque Incolas, ha£lenus hid)uerunt, Rcgin£ Magncc Brnanniii Ejurdemque Coroii:^ in perpeciiLim cedi conitabit ^ transferrin proiu eadem r.nnnra nunc cedir ac tranf- fert Rr.v Chnfiuinijhnus i idque urn amplis modo Sc formj, ut Rrgr's Chn- ftiiinilfnfii Suhditis in diftis Maribus, Slnubus, aliilque Locis ad Littora Novde Scoiix^ ea nempe c\u.x Eitrum refpiciunr, intra triginta Leucas, incipiendo ab In- fuhi viilgo Sahk dicla, eaque inchisa, &:. Ati'icum veri.us pcrgendo, omni Pilcatu- rj in polterum tnterdicacur. XIIL Infula, Terra-lsovd di8:a, una cum Infulis adjacentibus, Juris Britannici ex nunc in polterum omnino erii -, eum- que m firiem Vhu'cntui Urbs i>i: Fovta- litium, &. fi qu:t alia Loca in di8::i In- ' iulJ per G alios pofleira lint, per Rcgnn ChrijiianiJJhnum, Commifiionem ea in parte a Regind Magnx Brhannhe habenti- bus, intra Septem Menfes a commutatis bujus Traftatus Racilubitlonum Ta- bulis, aut citiu^ fi fieri poielt, cedentur 8t tradentur \ Neque aliquid Juris ad dittam inlulam Si Infulas, ullamve illius aur earundem partem, Rex Chnjyhimjji- mus^ Ha:redes ejus, £i Succeflbres, aut Subditi aliqui, uUo dehhic tempore in pollerum fibi vindicabuiit. Qiiineti.m alio tbe City of ?on Rny.r/^ now called Annjpo/i^ Rryal^ ;.ind all ocher tliinr,s in thofe Parrs, which depend on tbe f.Vid ].,ands and liland.^., togeriier vvirh the |)ominiori, Propriety, and Poileibon ot thefiid Illi!;ds,Lanri% and Places, and all Righr whailocver, by Treaties, or by any other xvay obtained, which the nv.)!! Chtiftian King, the Crown o^ Irancc, or any the Sub if cis thereof have hiiheuo had to the laid I jlands., Lands, and Places, and the InhabUants of the Dme, are yielded and made over to the Qjicea of Great Brnaw, and to Hei Crown lor ever, as the molt Chriltijn King dorh at prefenc yield and make over all the par- ticulars aboveljid^and that in inch ample manner and form, that the Suujeclii of the molt Chriifian King Ihall hereifcer be excluded irom all kind of Filhing in the laidi^e:is. Bays, and other Places, on theCojtts cA'j\cva Satw^ that is to I'ly, on vhole which lye towards tlir- hail, within ^o Leagues, beginning rrom the Illand commonly called Sable, inchjlive- ly, and thence lircLching along towards the Sourh-Welf XIII. Tbe liland called Kc^^^ruKVand, with the adjacent lilands, ih. ill from thisriine forward, belf:>ng of Right wholly to Bn- lain ^ and to that enj the Town and Fortrefs of ?hicevua, and what ever o- ther Place, in the laid Ifiand, are m the Poilefiion of the Vrcr^ch^ Ihall be yielded and given up, tvuhisi Seven Months trom the K>;change of rhe Ra- tifications ol' this Treaty, or Iboner, if polbble, by the molt Chnifian Kirig to thole who liive a Commiiiion from the Queen o{ Great Bnta':n^ tor that par- pofe. Nor ihall the raolt Chriltian King, Hi^ Heirs and Succellbrs, or any of their Subjects, at any time hereatter lay Claim to any Kiglit ro rhe laid l-ibnd K ncc h I [74 3 It* <-^f :!1 ticc Locum aliqiiem in dicia IiifuU de 'jrrf\rj\o7'd munire, nee \il1a ibiucni TF-dificia, prater Cxmtahulationcs, & Tu- guriola, Pifcihus ficcandis nccdiaria 6f C':'nrr.eta conftnicrt, neqiie d&m fnlu- iim, ultra tempusPiilationibus &: Pifci- hus iiccandis neceflarium.^ irequencare SuMitisGaHicis licitum erlt. In f;j au- t'ni tanti'mirodo, ncc iilla alia d\i\x Iiifiila' de Ttrm-'Nova parte, qu.T j Lo- co, C.ip Bon.tvijhi Muncupato, uCque ad o:v;;?6r, to Fortifie any 1*1 ace in the laid liland ot" Aeufoum- u/jj^ or to Vjcil any Buildings there, bellies Stages made of Board% andfiiits necelf'iry and uiiial for Drying of fiOii or to Refc)rt to the laid iilami, beyon i the time neceflary for Filhing and Dry- ing of Filh. But it Ihall be allowed to the Subie£ls of Yrnncr^ to catch Filh, and to Div them on Land, in that Pan only, and in no other be- fides that, of the faid Ifland of JWw- fcuniL'im\^ which ftrctdies from the Place called Cape Bo/iavrjia, to the Nor- cliern Point of the laid lihnd, and from thence running down by the Weftern- fide, reaches as far as the Place called Fojm Riche. But the liland called Ope Breton^ as alfo all others, both in the Kionth of the River of St. Lawrence^ and in the Gulph of the fame Name, fhall hereafe belong of Right to the Yrench-^ and the inoit Cliriitian King fhall have all manner of Liberty to For- Ville any Place, ur Places there. XIV. It is exprefly provided, that in all the frid Places and Colonies to be yielded and reitored by the m.olt Cliriftian King, in purfuance of this Treaty, the Sub- jecls of the faid King may have Liberty to remove themlelves within a Year to any other Place, as they fhall think fit, together witli ail their moveable Efte^ls. But thoie who are willing to remain there, and to be fubjett to the Kingdom of Great Britmn^ are to enjoy the Free ex- ercife of their Religion, according to the u- iage of the Ciinvch of R^;^^, as far as the Iwaws o^Gnat Brit am do allow the lame, XV. The Subjefts o\'Trana inhabiting Ca- nada, and others, lliall hereafter give no indorum. the led mg, lib" trfy to tit, pas. nain lorn ex- le u- thc t 7 Indorum, AUiffie Brit annus Imperio rubje£hs, ui U CcCicros Aniencf Indigc- nas Eidem Amiciria conjund'o^ nullo in poikrum Inipedimmro aut Moleltia af- riciant \ Parker Mag.ix. Bnt.innice Sub- ditl cum Afnerkiink, GdUut vel Subdi- tis vcl Amicis, pacifice ic gerent, ?,<; utri- que Commercii caula frequcntandi Li- bertate plena gaudebunr. Sicut pari cum Libeitate Regionum iftatum Indige- v\x C-olonias Bntunnicti St Gallic (1a\ jd promovendiim hinc inde Commercium, prolubitu adibunt, ab(que ulla ex parte Suhdirorura hrnannicorum leu Qdlico- ntm Molellii aut Impedimenro. Qiii- nam vero BritanmA GnUia Subditi tf Amici cen{canrur,ac cenferidcbjanc, id per Commifiarios accurate diifuitttique deitribendum erit. Omnes Litera: tarn Repreffiliarum, quam Marcoe & Contra-Marcf, qux ha£l:eniis quavisde caula uiririquc concci- ix tuerjiit, nulla:, calll^, &: irrira- maoe- ant &: habeantur :, nee ulla; in polterum Iiujufiiiodi Licera: ab altcrutra di£l:arum Regiarum Majeltatum adverfus alterius Subditos concedantur, niii prius dc Ju- ris Denegatione, auf Dilarionc injuIM manifefte conlliterit -, ni.fi oc iliius qui Reprcilaliarum Litera> iibi concedi pu- tlt, Libellus Supplex Miiiiltro Princi|)1s illlus Nomine, contra cujus Subditos ilk Llcerce poltulantur, ibidem degenti, editus ac oftenius fuerit, ut is intra qua- tuor Menfium Spatium, aut citiiis, in contrarium inqulrerc polTit,autprocurare, ut ex parte Rci A8:ori quam primum la- tisfiat. Si vero Principis iliius, contra cujus Subditos Repreflalia: poilulanrur, nullus Minifter ibi degat, ReprefTalia- rum Litero! non concedantur, niii polt Spatium quatuor Men{ium,ccmputando- 1 J Hindrance or Molcftation to the Five Nations or Cantons ot Indmns, fubjed to the Dominion of Great Britain^ nor to the other Natives of America^ who are Friends' to the iame. In like math ner the Subjects of Great Britain, (liall behave themlelves Peaceably towards the Amvicd/H, who are Subj.'tYs or Friends to yrancc •, and on hKh lides they ilialt enjoy fall Liberty of goin^ and coming; on accour.t.of Trade. As alto the Na- tives of thole C'ountnes (hall, wiiti the lame Liberty, retort, as they pleate, to the Britijh and trcMch C'olonies, lor Pro- moting Tiade on one fide, and the other, without any Molelbcion or Fiindrance, either on the Part of the 6r;//> Sabjetts, or of the UrcnJ?. But it ro be exactly and diltinQly fettled by CommHr3ries.,who are, and who ought to be acco anted the SubjeftsandFriendsofi; //■?/« or ^Airance, XVI. That all Letters, as well of RepriGI, as of Mark and Counter-Mark, which have hitherto on any account been Grant- ed on either fide, be and remain null, void, and of no eftett^and that no Letters of this kind be hereafter Granted by either o':' 7/heir laid Royal Maje- (fies, againlt the Subjetts of the other, unleis there fhall have been plain Proof beforehand c4' a Denial, or vvrongful Delay of Jultice :, and unltls the Peti- tion of him, who delires the Grant of Letters of Reprifif be exhibited and thown to '"he Miniller, who refides there in the Name of that Prince, a- gainft whole Subjecls thole Letters are demanded, that he whhin the Ipace of Four Months, or iooner, may make en- quiry to the contrary, or procure that Satisfa8:ion be forthwith given to the Plaintifi:' by the Paity accuied. But in cale no Miuifter be Refiding there fiom that pKnce, againlt vvhole bubjetls Re- K 2 rum f '\\\ l.> '! l!,f \l V. W'- C 76 3 mm jdic quoLibcllusSuppK'X Py'ih.ipi, tont'u am's SuLJitOi; Kti.'Vcfijlia'pciun- nir, aut Privato ipfiu.-^ Coi.lilio, cdiiusac cblutiis fuciit. XVIL Qjratidoquidem inter Conditiofies Ar- Hiillitii diu ;-5£S^. Augufti pioxinic piiCteriti, inter aiicnitmoratah Partes pa- citlt-ntes iniri, 6'. ud qiiauior a'MosMcih ies delude pvorogaii, cxprelsc itipiilat'.im iuciit, quibu:: in ( .afibus Nave:-., Merces, aliaque Bona Mol/ilia, hinc inde tapta, aut in Pra^dain occupant! ccdcrenr, aut priori Doiniiio rcitituerenmri Conven- timi idcirco ed, quod illis in Cafibus anttdicVi ?^ rmilljri i Leges i n pleno vigore jmanebunr, oinniaqije ilViuinnodi ( > turns, five in Ahrfbus Brltunnick 8C Scj'tentrwnafihiix, aut alibi locoinrn ia8:as cc>ncernentia, ad earundem tenorcm bona iide iiunt. XVIIL Si vefo ^ccidat per lucogitantiam, aut Imprudent!am,:iut aliarn quamlibctCau- fam, ut quivis Subditus pirdidariim Kegiarum Majeftatum, faciat aut com- mitrat aliquid, Terra, Marl, aut Aquis tiukibiis, ubivis Gentium, quo minus obicrvetur pr^rlens Traclarus, aut quo particularis aliquis Arcicdrs ejufdem tfl'eftnrn fuum non fortiatur, ha!C Pax ■U bonaO ricfpondentia, inter Domin'-m ■Re^ 'nam jYUign^ BntamiU, St Domi- num liegem Chnjluirnjjmum^ non id- •circo iiiterrumpetur aut intringetur, fed in prifl-ino iuo Robore, Firmitate &: Vi- gore manebit. Subditus autem ifte 16- iummodo de Iuo* proprio FaQo re- Ipondebit, St Pcenas peifolvet infl'Qas 'pei ^ eges & Pta:lcripta juris Gentium, prifals are Demanded, that Letters of keprilal be not Granted tijl after tbe ip'ice of Four Monrlis^ to be com- puted from the Day whereon liie Peti- tion wab Exhibited and i*re(ented to the Prince, againlt whoie Subjc£ls Repri- lab Mi:, delired, or to his Privy Council XVIL Whereas it is expiefly Stipulated a- mong the Conditions of the Suipenfi- on of Arnis^ made between the above- mentioned Contra^Ving Parties the [.i Day of Aiti^uft bit palt, and aii:erward's prolonged for Four Months more, in what cafes Sliips, Merchandizes, ar.d o- thcr moveable Elieils, taken on either iide, (hould cither become Prize to the Captor, or be rcftored to the former Proprietor^ [c is therefore agreed, that in tiiole Cafes the Conditions of the a^ fbrefud Sufpenfion of Armslhall remain in full Force, and that all things re;.itijig to fuch Captures, male either in the Brifijh and Xprthern-Scas, or in any o- ther phice, (hall be wdl and truly execu- ted according to the Tenor of the lame. XViil. But in cafe it happen through Inad- vcrtenc}% or Imprudence, or any otner Caiile wliat{be\er, that any SubjedF of 1 heir aforelaid Royal Majefties do, or commir any thing by Land, by Sea, or on Fredi Waters, in any part of tlie World, whereby thi<:^ prelent Treati be not cblcrved, or whereby any particu- lar Article of the lame hath not Its Effe^l, this Peace and good Correfpondence between the Queen of Great Britmn. and the moll Chriilian King.^ (hall not be therefore interrupted or broken, but fhall remain in its former Strength, Force, and Vigor. But that Subject a- lone (liali be anl\venible for his .own FaQ:, and lliall iiifier the Punifli- mcnt, which is intli£ted by the Rules XIX. Sin C 77 ] XIX. Sin autem (qivni Omen Deus Optl- mus Maxin.'us avcrtat ) fbpir.t Siniul- tates, inter dithb Kriim confbrmentur, iia ut mafii- felle apparcat nolle €i noluiffe Regem C^hriftianiflimum in di^is Faftis quid- quam effe mutamm, XXil. Spondet infiiper Rtx Chrifl'iamfjimus^ quod Genti tiamihcnum^ iuper Ducatu However in niightv forbid) have been laid and Dire£llons of the Law of Nati- ons. XIX. calc (wliich God M- tlic DUTenlionii which allwcp, Ihould at any time be renc'.ved, between Their iaid Royal Majelties, or Th -Ir Suci.effors, and break out into Ope:: War, ^ rhc Ship5, Merchandizes, and all the F.fteds, both moveable and immoveable, on both iides, which fhall be iound to be and re main in the Ports, and in t.he Dominions oFihe adverte party, fhall not be Con.fii- cyred, or any vvil'c; Endamaged , But thp intirc (pace of Six Months, to be reckon- ed horn the Dav of th- Rupture ihall be allowed to the laid Suhiecls of each of Their Royal MajeUies, In which they mav (ell the alorelaid things, or any part elfe of their EiT.tls, or cairy and remove them fi"om I'lence whither they pkale, without anv Moleltation, and retire from thence themfelves. X\ Jufl and rcafonabit Satisfaftion (hail be' given to all and lingular the Allies of the Qiieen oK'^jrcat Brit un^ in thole Matters which they have a riglir to de- mand from VrancL'. XXI The m^»ft Chrlftlan King will, in con- (iderationofthe Friendihip of tiie<;^Keix of Gnat Bntain^ Giant, that in making the Treaty with the F.mplre, all things concerning tlie State ct'Rellgion in the a- tbrefa id Empire, Ihall U fettled conforni- able to the To.'ior of the Treaties ,ot' Wcj^phaJia, fo th:vt it fhall plainly ap- pear, that the molt Chriltian Kin^ nei- ther will have, nor would have had a- ny alteration made hi the faid Treaties, XXIL Moreover, the moftl-hiiflian Kini^ engagei) tliat he will torrh'.\'ith after ttie de (I li -St' I 1 '( Ti ri'' [ 78 J de Chnte!r capti fuerint, ,;blque ulla di- Itintlivmc, vd Redemptionis pretio, lo- lutis, C[\vx durante Capti'vitate contrax- cri;u, Dcbitis, Libertatem adipiften- tur. XXIV. Cc-nventum mutuo elt, quod Pads hodii» conclufff inter 5. Regiam JWiijc- flnem Chriflhmijjimjfn, U S. Regi.im Majeftatem Lu/ttamx, Conditrones om- nes & linj^ulT liiitc Pa£lis confirmanrur •, carumque Sponfionem ilu Guarantiain in fe recipit S. Regia Majeltas lAngn.t 'Britann'hf.^ quo tutiiis, invioktiuique ob- 1er\ci:uv. XXV. Tra8:atusPacis bodic initus inter 0. 2?^- guvn Alijcftdtem ChnjYuin'iijhfidm, &: Regumi fuam Celfitudinon Sabduduf Ducem, m hoc Trachcu (pecialiter, ran- quam pivs ejus effentialis, inclulus eit & confitmaius, perinde ac \i cidtm vtT- boreniis infertus efTet ^ declarante per cxpreiVum Regia iua Maieftate Aligns BntanriU^ Seie ad proniitlas in eodem AfTertionis & Gnarantix Stipulationes, pariter ac illas, quas Ipfa in ie antea fiifre!',it. t('\Y:r\ '/elle. •• X- :xvL SereniiTimus Rex Siifci£ cum fuis Regni ,Ditionibii6,Provinciis, ac Juribus, ut 5C Magnus Vnx Hctrurue, Rclpublica c Peace {■) made, caulc Juilicc to be done to the Family of Hamilton^ concerning; the Dukedom nt Chjielraut^ to the Duke of Kuhmoriii^ concerning Inch re- (.] ueli s as lie lias to iriake i nFr^^cv^as al To to Charles Doug/a?, cojKerning certain Lands to be reclaimed by him, and to others. ', XXIII. II By the mutual Confent of the Qu^^" of Great Bntaw^ and of the molt Ghri- llian King, the Subjctls of each Party, who were taken Priloners during the War, Ihall be let at Liberty, without any Diltintllon or Ranlom, paying Inch Debts, as they fhall have conxratted in the time of their being Priloners. XXIV. It i^ mutually agreed. That all and fingular the Conditions of the Peace made this Day between His Sacred l^oyal molt Chriftian Majefty, and His Sacred Royal Majetty of Fortugal^ be confirmed by thii Treaty ^ and Her Sacred Royal Majetty of GreM Britain takes upon Her lelf the Guarranty of the flime, to the end that it may be more firmly and inviolably obferved. XXV. The Treaty of Peace made this Day between His Sacred Royal molt Chrilti- an Majelty, and His Royal Highnefs the Duke of Savoy ^ is particularly included in this Treaty, as an Effential part of it, and is confirmed by it, in the lame manner as if it were word for word in- ferred therein-, Her Royal Majelty of Great Britain declaring exprelly that She " ' > will be bound by the Stipulations of Se- curity and Guarranty promifed therein, as well as by thole, which She has fbr- ineiiy taken upon Her felf Xavi. The molt Serene King oT Sweden with His Kingdoms, Dominions, Provinces, and Rights, as alio the Great Duke of Genuertjis^ [79 1 Cjcnne>ifis^ U Dux Tanrue, bulc TraQatui oniiii mclioii modo incluii fint. XXVI I. In hoc cjuoquc Tr Impedi.ntntis ultra men (cm dc- dm'im q larrjni prodii£lus iuerif, J,im vero, favenre DeiDprimlMaximi bon-- rate, ( qui Concordia; amortim P,irrium Keliigcrantium mentjbus fortius inrpira- fsdignatiiS eft ) ad hnem :am diu defide- tatum, .?^. i-orcp*! Tranquil] i rati Salutl- que adeo ntceffarium, i.xlicitLrfpecilare videatuT- Nos tandem arcommodatis cum bono Frarre nol^TO 'R:jc Chfi/n^- viffimn^ noliiisutrinquerann Pacis,qu;"!m Cufnfnerciorim rai'ionibus.q'io Kliniltri : noftri, qui rieniporennariorum Titulo hucu'qac freri» Provincii bnic ex(')rnan- 4x luinmj cum noftrj Approoatione incubuerunt, major; cum fplendoru O- peri buic maxinie fal'jtari Coronidsrn imponere poliinr. Eos ampUirinio Lega- torum nolhorurn E^.traordinariorum Charadere infign'rc :?qaum efie judica- v\m\\%. SCIATIS igitar qu'od nos Fide, Indijiftru'j, gf in Rebus magni mcmcnri tud-andi; Ufa acPerfpicacia Reveren- di admodvjm in Chriii:) Patris, perquam fidclis J*': dileft; Confiliarii noftri, Jo' hamth Epifcoju BrlJfoHevJis^ Privati ro- ftri Sigilli Cu/lnii^^ Decani W.ndefa- rm'fis^ r.9' NJnliJJimt Ordms fioflrl Pc- rifcelidh ^cp/h-jirn., t^ perquam fM- lis i^ prfiCiUldH Confavguhm tf Con- A N N E R. NNE, by the Grace (jf God, Queen of Oreu: Br itahi ^France ^ and Irebvd, Defen- der oft he Faith, tfc. To ail and fins^uUr to whotn thefe pre- ftintii fhall come. Greeting. Whereas the Congrefs that was held at Utrecht in th^ beginning f.f ihehn- Year, ff.)r ma- k^r.p, a General Pe^ce, has heendrawnoui irto length atK)ve theleFourieenMonrhs by variou'^ Ohitacles, which have been thrown in the way, coinrary ro Our Hopes and VVifhes ^ But now, liy the favour and goodneft of Almighty God ( vvho has been pleafed to inlpire the Love of Concord tnore lirongly into the Brealls of the Particjs tngaged m War ) it feems happily to tend to- wards the End fo long defired, and fo neceffary for the Tranquillity and VVel- fireof F.uYcpe^ W^i having at laft ad- jnlkd with Our good Brother the moft Chrili'ian King Our Marters on both fides, relating both toPeaceandto Conn- rnerce, to the end tha c Our Mintllers ivho have hitherro under the Title of Ple- nipo'.iaries applied themfelves,with Our l.ighelt Appruiation, to the difcharge of thisEmployRVint. may, withgrea't;r Splendor^ put atr Rnd to rhis mol> whclefom Work, have thought fit r.o yvQ rhem the tnoft honourable Cnara- fterofOur Amhaffadors Extraordinary. Now Know ye. That We ri-pofing e- fpecial Confidence in the Loyalry, In- duttry, Experience, and Sagacity ^n managing Matters of great Impctrance, of the Right Reverend Father in Gotl Out R^ghf Trulty and Weibeloved B liliarii « ^BWimmmvm [ 8i ] !> ra- e- in- ved aril i ^ JiUiUii finflri ThoWif Comhh 3e Stvjf- ford ^ Vice-comhh irattnnrth da IKeiit- jvonh'irondhoujl: KS^ Stdtinhorough , Ba- Yonni de Rahy^ Exercitinim ?:o/Iroyum Locum-Tene.ntis Generalis^ Prmani Ad- miralitxtn voftrA Cyinmijlarn^ \otJiUl- firri Ordinis nojin Pt:riJ:i:ijdL Equi- tifj 6>'' Leg,iti nojlri hxtr./ordijtjyii ./^ FlempotcKtidrli jd Ce/Jox ff Frfpotc}!- tcx D'jmhun Ordhies GenerciUs Unki Bdgii, plurlmum Coiiftfx, Boldem no- minavlmus, tecimus, ^ coniiituimu.s, quemadmodum per Piirfentes nomlna- mu:>, fativTiub, 5c conttituimus, No(tro:j veros, ceri.os,^' indubitatos Lugatos Ex- tra <-dinario5, CommnTarios, Procurara- res, 5<. y^leniporenriarios, Dames 5c Con cedentes iirdtm, conjonftim vel diviijm o.mne!rs&. omnimodam, Poteltarem. Fa- cultatem, Authoritatemq-,, nee non Maa- datum Generale, pariter SiC ipcciaie (ita tanien ut Generale Speci.di non aeroger, neque contra ) cum LegacisFxr.raordina. rlis acPienlpotentiariis, quos pn?di£tus Rex ChriliianiJ/imus^ lufficienti Authori race initru£los, ex fuaparuedepu^averit, in (Jvhate Utrcsjefilva ..i Rhenum, aut in alio quocunque loco, Congredtcndi, Colloquendique, ac de Pads atque A- micki.T Condicionlbus tutis, firmiii, &: honeii's, inter Nos & diAiim Re?^em (2>n{llivi[ftmim , TraQandi, Conveni- t;nJi, fci Concliidendi ^ wque omnia qi].T ita Convenra 5f. Conclufu fueriiit, pro nobis &C noiho Nomine S'gnandi, iuperque conclufis Inllrumenta, quot- quot 8c qualia neceffari : futrinr, Con ticiendi, mucuoque Tradendi, Redpien- dique, ac generaiucT ea omnia pr^- (f2ndJ,perticiendique, quri: quovis inodo necctlarla ad Pa'i^aique Amicitia' Con- dition's, ut fupra di8,om dt, ineundas, ftabilicndatq'- vel quomodoiiber,oppor- tuna dlcjudiciver'niytamamplis modo Counccllor .T"/>" RiOyop oiBnfroI^ Keep- er of Our Privy Seal, Dean oi Wind- I'ny, and Kegiftcr (A Oar mofl Nuble Ordtr ot'the G^ircr -, And ol'Oiir ilighc Tiiifty and R ght W'clbeloved Couim andCouHCsilor Thorn is Earl cS Strafnrd, Vi (count if'cntworth ui H'^ en ■u'onh-Wood' hnufe and St.n/.borough, Baron of Rjhy^ Lieurenani-Gcneral of Our Forces Firlt C jmmiiTioner of Our Admiralty, Knighr of Our moll NoSIc Order of ihe Gar- ter, and Our Afnbatfido»* Ex-raordinary and Plenipotendary to -he High and Mighiy Lords the States General of the [Jnited NetherUnds^ have named^ made, and conitiiuced them, as by thefe prefenrs. Wedo name, make, and coiiftirutc them, Our true, certain, and undoubted Ambafikdors Fx:raordinary, G>mmiiriries, Procurators, and Plenipo> tentiaries, giving and granting to them, joyntly and feparaiely. all and all mari- ner of Power, Facult)', and Authoriiy, as alio both general and fpscial Order (but 17) as the general do not derogate from the fpecial, nor on the contrary ) to meet and confer in the City oi Utrecht^ or in any other place, with the Am- baiTadoiS Fxtr ordinary p^nd Plenipoten- tiaries, which the faid mofl- Chriltian King Ihall !iave deputed en his part, bsing furnifhed with fufi^cienf Autho- rity, and ro treat, igree, and conclude concerning late, lalliiig, and honourahfe Conditions of Peace and Fricndfhip between Us and the faid moft Cbri- Itian King , and t'» fign for Us, and in Our Name, all fuch things as fTiail be io agreed and coiiciU(!c-'l , ?nd to make o'it fuch md.^ Co mar v inftru- ments of what is concluded, aifliallbe nece(rary,and toexcharge a d mutually receive the iame ma generally ro do aad puqiie par), ac Nos Ipfk, fi IntetefFtmuSj flicere ac pixltare poflemus i Spondentes, ac in Verbo Kegio promit£entes,No5 omnia & fingula, qua-- cunqae a di^iis noltris Legatis i.xtraor dinariis, ComnaiiTariis, Procuratoribus, SiPleniporennariis, conjun^lim vel divi- iim, vi prarlentium Tranligt,Concludi,(!<^: Signarl contlgeyit, grara, rata, 6i. accep- ta, iii prorfiis modo & ibrmii quibus coiivfcnta fuerint, habituras. In quo- ram omnium inajorem tidem 'ci robur, Fruflentibus manu'noftd Regia lignatis, Maguum noftmm Magna: Britanniae Si- gillum apponi jullimus. Dabantur in Palatio noftro bhi Jacobi^ vigefiino quarto dieNknfis Mirtil, Annoi3omini Millefimo Septhigentefimo t^r^, Kvg^ nique noftri Duodecimo. fhall judge neccffarir, or nny way con- ducibk towards making and letiliin]^ the Conditions of Peace and Friend" ihip, as is abovefaid, in as ample manner and form, and with the like force and efte6l, as We Our (elves might ^0 a!.d perform, if We were prsfent ; Fiv- gaging and Promillng on Our Royal Word, That We will accept, approve, and raiihe, in the fame manner and form as they have been agreed, all and every thing that by virtue of thefe pre- fents fhall happen to be ttanfacled, con- cluded and figned by Our f?td Ambaf- fadors Extraordinary ,CommiirarieiJ,PiO" curaiors, and Pknipotemiaries, joynt- ly, or fsparately. In Wiinefs, and (Confirmation whereof. We have conr manded Our Great Seal of Great Bii- tain to b€ atfixedto thefe prefents, fign- ed with Our RoyaMIand. Given ar Our Palace of S. Jiimes% the 24th Day ot the Month of Marchj in the Year of our Lord 17-1, and of Oar Reign ca^ iwelfth. LOUIS mmmm ■ ' C83] I GUIS, par la Cincc d-^ /l Dleu, Roy de Fravce . 'w Rprai t. iw I 1 i Ik t ( I 1 I { I c I t y-1 cas d' Abfencc de l*un d'eux par Mala- die, ou par quelque autre Caufe legi- time, Tautre ait le mefme po avoir de conferer, negouer, traiter, arrefter, con- clure, 8c figner tels Traiiez de P^ix, /\r- ticJes L^ G-nventlons qui convitndr' : nu Bien de la Paix que Nous N' :■; piopofons, &: <\ i'Urilirc leciproq, ^ \ iPHBI [ 84 ] .> good. We wil^tlistln cafe of abfence of one of them by Sicknefs, or through any otiier lawful Caufe. the oiher have the fame Power to confer, negotiate^trear, agree, cor.clude and fign luch Treacles of Peace, Ariicles, and Conventions, as fiiali he agrecacie to the good of rhcj '^eace which V^^s propole to Our o. de jioji Sujcts, en forte que Nos ditb ^ „'2ives, and 10 the reciprocal advantage Amhaffij e-ars Extraordinaires ar. Pleni- *of Our Subjects, fo ihat Our laid Ain- porenfiaires agilfenc en tout ce qui re- baffadors Extraordinary and Pknipore.i- f^arcle.a la Negotiation avec noftre dice tiaries miv.pfl: in all which (hall belong Socur, avec la me||ne authorite que Nous to the Negociarjon with Our faid Sifter, ferions t< pouiriono faire, fi Nous cti- with the fame Authority as We Ihould ons prelens en perfonne, encore qu' il y and might do, if We were prefent in eut quelque chofe qui reqiit un Man- Perlbn,altho' there fliould be iomethrng dement plus fpecial non coptenu en Ccs which nright require a more fpeclal prefentes. Pronettant en Foy 8c Parole Order than is contained in chele Pre- deRoy d'avoiragreable actenirferme &: ferns, Wc promife on the Faith and Oahle a toujourSj accompliv, & i.^xtcnter Word of a King to approve, and to keep ( ponchiellement tout ce que les dits firm ar;d lalting for ever, to fultil and i>kajsMirerh'i) d'Huxs/ks ^ M:Jf.age/\ execute punctually all that the faid ou Pun d'entre eux dans les dits casd'Ab- Sieurs Marfhal d' Huxel/es And Mejimgor^ fence ou (ie Maladie,auront ilipu^e, pro» or one of them, in the faid Cafes of irjis, i(er.ce r through [her have iate, treat, i Treaties ;ntions, as >i of the to Our advantage (aid Am- knipofen- all belong J id Sifter, Ve Ihould ^relent in idmethi.ng re fpeclal chele Pre- Faivh and id to keep iultil and the fa;d Cafes ot" Stipulate, le of this Idling con- that any jr, on any 2 whatfu- Our Let- diipatch- aufe them be Ex- hich ftiall ies to be afure. in auled Our Prefcnts. [h Day of ,ord u"'!?. jth. Signed )' the King.