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 THE 
 
 Definitive Treaty 
 
 OF 
 
 Peace and Friendfhip, 
 
 Between 
 
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 His Britannick Majefty, the Moft Chriftian 
 King, and the States General of the United 
 Provinces. 
 
 Concluded at Aix la Cbapelle the i8th Day of OSlober N. S. 1748. 
 ^ . ' To which . ♦ 
 
 The Emprefs Queen of Hungary^ the Kings of Spain and 
 Sardinia^ the Duke of Modena^ and the Republick of 
 Genoa^ have acceded. 
 
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 The Definitive Treaty of Peace 
 
 and Friendftiip, between His Britannick Majefty, 
 the Moft Chriftian King, and the States Gtneral 
 of the United Provinces. Concluded at Aix la 
 Chapelle the i8th Day of QEl(J?er N. S. 1 748. 
 
 Au Nom de la ires fmnte et 
 indivifibk Trinife, Pere, 
 Fils et Saint E/prit, Ainft 
 fmt~il. 
 
 GIT notoire k 
 tous ceux qu'il ap- 
 partiendra, ou peut 
 appartenir en ma- 
 niere quelconque. 
 UEuropevdtt luire 
 1e jour, que la Pro- 
 vidence Divine avoit marque pour le 
 RetablifTement de fon Repos. Une 
 Paix Generale fuccede 4 la longue et 
 fknglante Guerre qui s'etoit elevee 
 cntre le Sereniflime et tres Puiflant 
 Prince George Second, par la Grace 
 de Dieu Roy de la Grande Bretagne^ 
 de FrancCy et ^Irkmde^ Due de 
 Brunfwick et de Lunebourg^ Archi- 
 threforier et Ele^teur du Saint Em- 
 pire Romainy &c. et la Sereniflime 
 et tres PuiflTante Princefle Marie The- 
 refe^ par la Grace de Dieu Reine de 
 Hongrie^ et de Bohemej 6cc. I'lmpera- 
 
 trice 
 
 In the Name of the moft 
 holy and undivided Tri- 
 nity, the Father, Son and 
 Holy Ghoft. 
 
 E it known to all 
 thofcy whom itjhall 
 or may concern^ in 
 any Manner what- 
 foever. Europe^^w 
 the Dayy which the 
 Divine Providence 
 had pointed out for the Re-ejlablij):- 
 nient of its Repofe. A General Peace 
 fucceeds to the long and bloody Wary 
 which had arofe between the moft Se- 
 rene and moft Potent Prince Ccorgell.. 
 by the Grace of Gody King of Great 
 Britain, France and Ireland, Duke 
 o/" Brunfwick and hunchourgy Arch- 
 Treafurer and Eleilor of the Holy Ro- 
 man EmpirCy &c. and the moft Se- 
 rene and mojl Potent Princefs Mary. 
 Therefia, by the Grace of GodyS^ueen 
 of Hungary and Bohemia, Gfr. Em^ 
 prefs of the Romans, on the one Part >; 
 
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 trice dcK Romii/is, d'une Part ; et le 
 Sereniinme et tr^s PuifTant Prince 
 Louis Quinze, par la Grace de Dicu 
 Roy tres Chretien dc I'autre ; Comme 
 aiiili cntre le Roy de la Graade Bre- 
 tngnc, rimperatiice Reine de Hon- 
 grie et de Bobem\ et le SerenUTime 
 et tres PuilTant Prince CJ.iarles Etna- 
 nuel Trois, par la Grace de Dicu 
 Roy dc Siirdaigne, d'une Part j et le 
 Sereniflime ct tres Puiflant Prince 
 P/jilippeVmq^ par la Grace de Dieu 
 Roy d'EJpagne et dcs Indes (de glo- 
 rieufe Memoire) et apres fon deces 
 le Screniflime et tres PuifTant Prince 
 Ferdinand Six, par la Grace de Dieu 
 Roy d'EJpagnett des Indes, de I'autre j 
 a laquelle Guerre s'etoient intercfles, 
 les Haut8 et PuifTants Siegneurs les> 
 Etats Generaux des Provinces Unies 
 des Pays-bas, comme Auxiliaires du 
 Roy de la Grande Bretagne et de 
 rimperatrice Reine de Hongrie et de 
 Boheme ; le Sereniflime Due de Me- 
 dency et la SerenilTime Republique 
 de Genes, comme Auxiliaires du Roy 
 ^Efpagne. Dieu dans fa mifericorde 
 a fait connoitre li toutes ces Puiflances 
 en meme terns la Voye, par laquelle 
 il vouloit qu'elles fe reconciliaflent, 
 ct rendilTent la Tranquilite aux Peu- 
 ples qu'il a foumis a leur Gouverne^ 
 ment. EUes ont envoye leurs Mi- 
 niilres Plenipotentiaires ^Aix la Cba- 
 pelle, ou ccux du Roy de la Grande 
 Bretagne^ du Roy trts Chretien, et 
 dcs Etats Generaux dcs Provinces 
 Unies, etant convenus des Conditions 
 Preliminaires d'une Pacification Gc- 
 Jieralcj et ccux de I'lmpcratrice Reine 
 
 de 
 
 and the mofl Seren^ and moji Potent 
 Prince Lcy/^hXY. iy tJbe Grdielf 
 Gcd, the moJi Chriftian King^ m ihe 
 
 other ; as aljh belnveen the King of 
 Gre^t Bfitain, The Emprefs ^een of 
 Hungary afjd Bohemia, and the trMJi 
 Serene 'and moJi Potent Prince 
 Charles Emanuel III. *'by the Grace 
 if God, King of Sardinia, on the one 
 Party and the moft Serene ^and nio/i 
 Potent Prince Philip V. by the 
 Grace of Cody King oj Spain, and the 
 Indies, (of glorious Memory) and af- 
 ter -his Deceafe^ the mojl Serene and 
 mojl Potent ■ Prince Ferdinand VI. 
 by the Grace of God, King of Spain, 
 and the Indies, on the other : In which 
 War the High and Mighty Lords the 
 States General of the United Pro~ 
 vinces of the Low Countries had ta- 
 ken Party as ^Auxiliaries to the King 
 of Great Britain, and the Emprefs 
 ^cen of Hungary and Bohemia ; 
 and the mof Serene Duke o/'Modena, 
 ■ and the moji Serene Republick of Ge- 
 noa, as Auxiliaries to the King of 
 Spain. Gody in his Mercy y tnade 
 kno^m to all thefe Powers, at the fame 
 Timey the Way which he had decreed 
 for their Reconciliation, and for the 
 Rejloration of Tranquility to the Peo- 
 ple, whom be had J'ubjeSled to their 
 Gcrcernment. They fent their Mi- 
 niflcrs to Aix la Chapellc, where 
 thofe of the King o/'Great Britain, his 
 mojl Chriflian Majejly, and of the 
 States General of the Uniied Pro- 
 'vinccSy having agreed upon Prelimi- 
 nary Conditions for a General Pacifi- 
 cation i and thofe of the Emprefs 
 
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 de HmgHe ct de ' Bohme^^ dri Roy %^f» o/^ 'Hungary <7«</ Bohemia, of 
 
 Catbo/iquet du Roy dc SarJtu^gney d\i bis Catholick JV%*$/?y, of'tbe King 
 
 Due de Modene, ct dc la Rqjublique o/' Sardinia, of the Duke o/'Modcna^ 
 
 de Genes^ y ai6nt icpede, ujjeOefla- and of the Republick o/' Genoa, ;6<7- 
 
 tion gcncrale d'Hoftilitd fpar Mcr . et vw?^ acceded > thereunto, a General Cef- 
 
 par l\rre ert. ^ heul-euferiicnt re- j(«?//o« of Ho/iiHtieSy by Sea and handy 
 
 jfuitee. A I'effet de confomhicr dans happily ehfited. In order to coni' 
 
 le meme lieu d'^ix la Cbapelle.h pleat, at Axx la Chapelle, 7i&^ ^r^tf^ 
 
 grand Ouyrage d'une Paix,; aiifli Work of a Peace, equally fable and 
 
 couvenabk a tpus que foUde, ies 
 Hauts Contradtans ont ijomtiie, 
 commis et mi)ni dd 'leurs\ Ptdns- 
 pouvoirs Ies tres lUuftres et tre<i E»- 
 cellens Seigneurs pour leurs Ambaf* 
 fadeurs Extraordinaires et Miniflres 
 
 convenient for all Parties, the high 
 cantra^ing Powers have nominated ^ 
 appointed and pronnded tvith their Full 
 Powersy. the' moft Slufrious and moji 
 Excellent Lords their Ambafj'adors 
 Extraordinary,, and Minifers Pleni- 
 
 Plenipotentiaires, fcavoir : Sa, Sacree potentiaryy viz. His Sacred Majefiy 
 
 Ma.]t{i6 Britaniquey Ies Seigneurs j^<?</» the King ofGr^sA Britain,. John Earl 
 
 Comte de. Send'wich,y\comXe. de liin- c/'Sandwich, Vifcount Hinchinbrook, . 
 
 chinbrooke. Baron Montagu de Saint Baron Montu^ of St. Neots, Peer 
 
 Neots, Pair diAngUterre, premier o/' England, Firfl Lord Commijioner 
 
 Seigneur Commiffaire de TAmitaute, of the Admiralty^ one of the Lords 
 
 I'un des Seigneurs Regens du Roy- Regents of tl^e Kingdom, his Minijier 
 
 aume, fon Miniftre Plenipotentiaire Plenipotentiary to the States. General 
 
 aupres des Seigneurs Etats Generaux of the United Provinces ^ and Sir 
 
 des Provinces Unies, et Thomas Ro" Thomas Robinfon,, Knight of the 
 
 binfony Chevalier du tres Honorable mo/i Honournok Order of the Bath, 
 
 Ordre du £<7i«, et fon Miniftre Pie.- and his M i/'"*" Plenipotentiary to 
 
 nipotentiaire aupres de fa Majefte bis ^ Majefiy tbt Emperor of the Ro- 
 
 I'Empereur des Romains, et de fk mans, a,nd her Majejly the Em- 
 
 Majefle I'lmperatrice Reine de Hon- prefs ^een of Hungary and Bor- 
 
 grie et de Boheme. hemia. 
 
 Sa facree Majefte tres Chretienne, Hisfacred moJi Chriftian Majejly,. 
 
 Ies Seigneurs Alphonje Marie Louis Alphonfo Maria Lewis Cl72m/^<S^.Se- 
 
 Gomte de Saint S^erin d'Arragon, vcvin of Anagon,yKnight of hisOrders,. 
 
 Chevalier de fes Ordres,. et Jean Ga- and ]ohn Gabriel de la PorteduTheil, , 
 
 brielde la Porte du HbeU, Chevalier Knight of the Order of our Lady of 
 
 de rOrdre de notre Dame de M?«/ Mount Carmel, ^/W o^ /S"/, Lazarus 
 
 Carmel, et de Saint Lazare de Jeru- of Jerufalem, Counfellor of the King 
 
 fakmiQQa&iiiiHsx du Roy en ies Con- m bis Councils, Secretary of the Cbamr 
 
 fcils, B. bery. 
 
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 Teils, Secretaire de ia Chamb<«, et du 
 Cabinet de fa Majeft^» des Oom- 
 tnandemens de Monfisigneur le EHiu- 
 phin, et deMefdames de France. 
 
 Sa facrde Majeft^ Vlmpceaxnoi 
 Reine de Hongrie et de Bdteim^ 
 le %t\pvt\xx fVencefias Jinttine Comte 
 de Kaunitz Ritthtrgy Sdgneur de 
 Effens, Stetefdorfy mttmund, Aupr^ 
 litZy Hongrifchw-ody Wiefi^ &c. On- 
 feiller d'Etat intime aauel de leurs 
 Majeft^ Imperiales. 
 
 Sa facr^ Majcft^ CmhoUpt^ It 
 Seigneur Don Jaquet ^Mnet 4e Li» 
 ma y Sotto M^or^ Gaitiliidnune de 
 la Chambre de fa dice Majefte Ca- 
 tholiquey et Marected de Cdmp de 
 fes Armies, 
 
 Sa (atrte Majeft^B le Roy de S^*' 
 daignef lee Seigneurs Don yo/eph Of> 
 fofio^ Chevalier Grand Croix, et 
 Grand Confervateur de TOrdre Mi- 
 litaire de Saint MoufiQe et tutjuare^ 
 tt Envoie Extraordinaire de fa Ma- 
 jefte le Roy de Sardaigne aupnfes de 
 Ik Majefte le Roy de la Grande Bre* 
 ^agne^ et J^efb Bdtr^ Comte de la 
 ChavMfte, fon CoftfdHw dStat, et 
 {cfa Mihiflm au|>re^ 4ci Seigne<iifs 
 ^tsOenetaiiX de» iVoVk«tt$ Unies» 
 
 Les Hauts et Puiflans Seignttirs 
 4es Etats Genepiiux >des Provinces 
 ITi^ies, les Sei^Mftirs Gmllatme Com<» 
 «e de S^fifitly Sei^ttr de Jiham ct 
 ■Pefkk-ikflbft ^a Ceitp^ des Nobles de 
 la Pro^iniofc die HoiliMde tlW^0nA 
 CuraCeur de I'Univerfite de heydttiy 
 Ice. Sec. txJt. t^&defic Henry Saron 
 4e W^naer, Seigneur dfe ^CaMnck 
 
 et 
 
 her, ami of the Cabinet tf hit ii^efy, 
 tf the Ordtri rftbe Dattpbtn^ mid if 
 Mefdames ef^vantat. 
 
 Her fixred Majefty the Empreji 
 %Af» of Hungary mnd Boholiiia, 
 Weiiceftaus Anmohy Count rf Kau- 
 nitz Rittberg, Lord of EiTens, Stedef- 
 dorff, Wittmund, Aufterlitz, Hun- 
 grifchbrod, Wite, ^c. aShtal intimate 
 C^UT^eOor of State to their imperial 
 Mimftiis. 
 
 His Jacred CathoUck Mayejly, the 
 titrd Don James Maflfone df Lima 
 ^nd Sotto Major, Gentkman of the 
 Bed-^Chandfer to bit CathoUck Ma- 
 jefty, and Major General of bis 
 For€es^ 
 
 His fitcred Uajefty the Kin^ ef 
 Sardinia, DoffJo&phOObrio, fOttght, 
 Grand Croix and Grand Confervator 
 ^ the Military Order of tie Saints 
 Maurice and Lazarus, and Envoy 
 Extrawdinary of his Majefy the JUng 
 d^ Sardinia to his MaMy the King rf 
 Great Britain j 4nd jofcph Borre 
 Count Oiavanti©, Us Qmnfetlor of 
 ^t(tte, ^nd his Minifier to the Lords 
 the States Gmrid ^ the Vfiktd Pro^ 
 '^inm, 
 
 ^ ^^1 -and fi^t^ Lords the 
 Staffs General of the WiitedPr&vincetf 
 William Count B^ttinc^, lo'd of 
 RhooA and Pemirddit, one if the 
 Nohks ef the Province if HoUtnd 
 -imd Weft Prleftand, Cttratw ^the 
 UnitjerSty tf Leyden, ^t. &c, ^t, 
 Fnedentk Henry Jftiro^^Waififeftacr, 
 Lof^ of X)st>yyck lAK^IZand, one of 
 the imies tfiht fVowiW^fWhmd 
 
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 et Zandt du Corps de Nobles de la 
 Province d'HfiiJamle et de mjifrife, 
 Hooghkmrade de Riyniande, Kc. 
 Gerard Anwitd Hajfelaer^ Bourgue- 
 maitre et ConfeUler de la Ville d'./^- 
 fierdanty DlreAeur de la Compagnie 
 des Jndei Orientales ; Jean Baron de 
 Borjrkf premier Nc^ie et Reprefen- 
 tant la r^fobleiTe dans les Etats au 
 Confeil et a TAmiraut^ de Zelande, 
 Diredeur de la Companie des Indes 
 Orientaksi Onno Zwier de Haren, 
 Grietmann de Wejiettingwertt Con- 
 feilkr Depute de la Province de Frifey 
 et Comnuflaire General de tootes les 
 Trollies Suiffes et Grijhnnes au Ser* 
 vice des dits Seigtieurs Etats Gene* 
 taux, et Deputes refpedtifs en I'Af- 
 fembl^e des Etats Generaux, et au 
 Confeil d'Etat, de la Part des Pro^ 
 vmccs de HoJknde et de Weftfrife^ de 
 ZtUtnde et de f¥ij'e. 
 
 Le fenenMime Due de Modene^ le 
 Sieur Comte de Monnsone^ fon Con- 
 leiller d'Etat, et Colonel 4 ion Ser- 
 vice, et fon Miftiftre Plenipotentiaire 
 «upr^ de fa M^eft6 tties Xlhretieme, 
 
 La iefeniffime Republique de Gr- 
 neiy \t Sicttr B^ncdts Map^ufe BtN 
 ria. 
 
 Le^ qilels 
 communique 
 
 apres s*dDEe duemettt 
 leurs Pleins-ponvoirs 
 en bonne Forme, dont les Copies 
 font ^outees ^ la Fin du prdent 
 Traitc, et a^^ cM^e fur les di- 
 vers CM>jc!ti que kurs Soutnerahis ont 
 jage Aemte tjitrer dams cet fiiftm- 
 ikient de PaixGenerale» font conv&- 
 nus dfes Aitf0l«9 dont k teheor -s^efs 
 l»it. 
 
 andWeik Friefland, Uoog-Uieemrade 
 o^Rhynland, ^c. Gerard Amout 
 Hailfelaer, Burgo-mafier and Coun^ 
 felhr of the City ^Amfterdam, Dti^ 
 reSlor of the Eaft-India Company \ 
 John Banm ef Borfele, Fhjl Noifk 
 and Ufprejentatitx if the SobiUty in 
 the States t in Hx Council and Admi" 
 rdty ^Zeland, Dire&or if the Eaft 
 In(Ua Company \ Onno Zwier Vafi 
 Haren, Grittman of Wdft-Sterling- 
 werf, Deputy-Ontnjethr cf the Pro* 
 vince of Friefland, and Comnujfary 
 General of a ff the Swifs and Grifoti 
 Troeps in the Service of the qforefaid 
 States General f and rme&ive Depu- 
 ties in the j^jenMy of the States G^- 
 neraU and in the Coanciivf State , m 
 the Part of the Provinces if Holknd 
 andVieA Friefland, Zealand, and 
 Friefland. 
 
 'Be mo/i Sfrithe X)i^ ^^Modena, 
 
 the Siettr Count de Mcn^one, hiiCoun* 
 
 fellor of State y amiCohneiin his Sfr- 
 
 virey and his M'nijhr Pfempottntiary 
 
 to his i«g^ Chriftian Megm. 
 
 fhe m^ Serene tbsptibhck ofXk- 
 wyz, the Sieur Francis Marqms Do- 
 ria. 
 
 WhOy tfter hiruir$ tmnttmicated 
 their Paft Powers to each «f»?r, t'n 
 due Porniy Coj^es v/hereof are nn- 
 nexed at the End of this prefent *trea-> 
 ty J and having corf erred on the fe- 
 veral ObjeSiSy ^mfith their Sovereigns 
 htue ju^d proper to he hifetted in 
 this hfttument vf Gmtd PadM^ 
 ; thmy have agreed to the fivitdjSt' 
 titles, ^phivh are asfUkw, 
 
 Article I« 
 
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 I 
 
 ' ■ Airttde I. 
 n y aura une Paix Chretienne, 
 Uijiverfelle et Perpetuelle, tant par 
 Mer, que par Terre, ct une Amitie 
 fincere ct conilante entre Ics Iluit 
 PuifTanccs cy defllrs nominees, et 
 entre Icurs Hcritiers et Succefleurs, 
 Royaumes, Etats,, Pr;ovinGes, Pays, 
 ,Sujcts et,Vai^ux, de jquelque Qualite 
 et Condition, qu'ils foient, faii^^Ex- 
 ccptioh de Lieu ni de Perfonnes : 
 En forte que les Hautes Parties 
 contradtantes apportent la plus grande 
 Attention a maintenir entre elles et 
 leurs, djts Etats et Sujets cette Ami- 
 tie; ct Correfpondence reciproque, 
 fans permettre, que de part ni d'autre 
 on'commette aucune forte d'Hofti*- 
 lites pour quelque Caufe, et fous 
 quelque Pretexte, que ce puiile ^e, 
 et evitant tout ee. que- pourroit al- 
 terer, ^ I'avcnir I'tJnion heureufement 
 retablie entre elles,, et s'attachant au 
 contraire a procurer ea toute Occa:- 
 fion ce qui pouroit contribuer ^ leur 
 Gloire, Interets et Avantag^s mutu- 
 els, fans donner aucun. Secours ou 
 Protedtion, diredtement ou indirec- 
 tement, \ ceux qui voudroient porter 
 quelque prejudice \ Tune ou a rautre 
 des dites Hautes Parties Contrad- 
 anteSi. 
 
 \'M 
 
 • ' Article I, • 
 There Jhall he a Chrijliany Univer'^ 
 fal and Pirpeiuai Peace, as •well b'k 
 Sea as LanJi^ and Ufi^ee^e and la/t- 
 ing Friendjhip between the Eight 
 Powers abovementioned, and between 
 their Heirs and Succefjhrs,, Kingdoms,. 
 States, ProtinceSy.Countries, Subjects 
 andVaJfalSy of what Rank and Con* 
 dition- foever they mtiy be, without 
 Exception of P bees, or Perfons. S9 
 that the High ContraSiing Powers 
 may have the greateji Attention to 
 maintain between thein and their f aid 
 States and SubjeSis, this reciprocal 
 Friendjhip and Correfpondence, net 
 permitting any Sort of Hojiilities t9 
 be committed, on one Side or the other, 
 on any Caufe,. or under any Pretence 
 whatfoever ; and avoiding every 'thing 
 that may, for the Future, diflurb the 
 Union happily re-eftabliJJxd between 
 them }, andy on the contrary, endea- 
 vouring to procure, on all Occajionsy, 
 whatever may contribute to their mu- 
 tual Glory,, Inter efh and AdvantagSy 
 without giving ar^ J^Mance or Fro- 
 teSiion, direSlly or inaireSlh, to thofe 
 who would injure or prejudice any q/T 
 the f aid Higfi ContraSiing Parties. . 
 
 -• HLi 
 
 . .S-ticlell,. > Article n. 
 
 n y aura un Oubli general de tout There Jhall be a general ObUvton of 
 
 ec qui a pA 6tre feit ou commis pen- whatever may have been dme or cont' 
 
 dant la Guerre, qui vient. de finir j mitted during the tVar^ pow ended. 
 
 ct Chacun, a Jour de i'Echaoge des JnddUPerJm, upontjff Day of the- 
 ' . • ' Rati.^ Exchange 
 
(9) 
 
 ■fi 
 
 -* Ki 
 
 Ratifications de toutes les Parties, 
 fcra confervc ou remis en Pofleflion 
 de tous les Biens, Dignites, Benefices, 
 Eccleiiaftiques, Honneurs, Rentes, 
 dont II jouiiToit, ou devoit jou'ir au 
 Commencement de la Guerre, non- 
 obflant toutes Depoflcflions, Saifies, 
 ou Confifcations occaiionnees par la 
 dite Guerre. 
 
 Jrticle III. 
 LesTraites de IVeJlpbalie de Mil fix 
 cent quarante Huit j Ceux de Ma- 
 dridy entre les Couronnes A'Angle- 
 tcrrCy et ^Efpagne^ de Mil fix cent 
 foixante fept, et de Mil fix cent 
 foixante dix \ Les Traites de Paix de 
 Nimeguey de Mil fix cent foixante 
 dix huit, et de Mil fix cent foixante 
 dix neuf -, de Ryfwycky de Mil fix 
 cent quatre vingt dix fept j d'Ufrechty 
 de Mil fept cent treize j de Badey 
 de Mil fept cent quatorze ; Le Traite 
 de la Triple Alliance, de la Hayey 
 de Mil fept cent dix fept ; Celui de 
 la Quadruple Alliance, de LondreSy 
 de Mil fept cent dix huit ; et le Traite 
 de Paix de Vienney de Mil fept cent 
 trente huit i fervent de Bafe, et de 
 Fondement i la Paix Generale, et au 
 prefent Traite ; Et, pour cet efFet, 
 ils font renouvelles, et confirmes dans 
 la meilleure Forme, et comme s'ils 
 etoient inferes ici mot a mot j En 
 forte qu'ils devront exadtement etre 
 obferves a I'avenir dans toute leur Te- 
 neur, et religieufement executes de 
 part et d'autre, a I'exception cepen- 
 dant des Points, aux quels il eft de- 
 roge par le prefent Traite. 
 
 Article lY,. 
 
 Exchange of the Ratifications of all 
 the PartieSy Jhall be mainiaiiid or re- 
 epblijhed in the Pojfejfion of all the 
 Effeeisy Dignitiesy Ecclefiajlical Be- 
 nejicesy HonourSy Revenuesy which they 
 snjoydy or oUght to have enjoy' dy at the 
 Commencement of the WaVy notwith- 
 Jlanding all DiJpoJfeJionSy Seizuresy or 
 Confifcations, occqfioned by thefaidWar, 
 
 Article III. 
 lleTreaties o/"Weftphalia ofiti^^y, 
 tkofe of Madrid, between the Crowns 
 0/ England and Spain, of 1 667. and 
 1 670 i the Treaties of Peace of Ni- 
 megen of 1678, ana ib'rg j ofKyC- 
 wick ofitgy -, o/" Utrecht 0/ 171 3 ; 
 of Baden of 1714; the Treaty of the 
 Triple Alliance of the Hague ofiyiy-, 
 that of the ^adruple Alliance of Lout 
 don of iji%-y and the Treaty of Peace 
 of Vienna of 1738, ferve as a Bafis 
 and Foundation to the General PeacCy, 
 and to the prefent Treaty j andy for 
 this Purpofcy they are renewed and 
 confirmed in the befi For my and as if 
 they were herein infer tedy Word for 
 Word-y Jo that they Jhall be punSiually 
 oMerved for the Future in all thetr 
 Tenoury and religioufiy executed on the 
 one Side and the other yfuch Points 
 hcwevery as have been derogated Jrorm 
 in the prefent Treaty y excepted.. 
 
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 Article IV. 
 
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 N 
 
 tj; 
 
 f 
 
 jlrtick IV. 
 Tous les Prifonnicrs, faits, de part 
 et d'autrc, tant fur Terre que fur 
 Mer, et les Otages exiges ou donnes 
 pendant la Gv.erre, et jufqu'a ce Jour, 
 feront reflitues fans Ran^on dans fix 
 femaines au plus tard, a compter de 
 I'Echange de la Ratification du pre- 
 fent Traite, et Ton y procedera im- 
 mediatement apres cet Echange ; Et 
 tous les Vaifleaux, tant de Guerre 
 que Marchands, qui auront ete pris 
 depuis TExpiration des Termes con- 
 venus pour la Ceffation des Hoftilitcs 
 par Mer, feront pareillement rendus 
 de bonne foi, avec tous leurs Equi- 
 pages et Cargaifons j Et il fera donne, 
 de part et d'autre, des Suretes pour le 
 Paiement des Dettes, que les Prifon- 
 niers ou Otages auroient pu contrac- 
 ter dans les Etats ou lis auroient ete 
 detenus jufqu'a leur entiere Liberte. 
 
 Article V. 
 Toutes les Conquetes, qui ont ete 
 faites depuis le Commencement de 
 la Guerre, ou qui, depuis la Con- 
 clufion des Articles Preliminaires, 
 fignes le trente du Mois ^Avrtl der- 
 nier, pourroient avoir ete ou ctre fai- 
 tes, foit en Europe^ foit aux Indes 
 Orientales ou Ocddentales, ou en 
 quelque Partie du Monde que ce foit, 
 devant etre reftituees fans Exception, 
 conformement a ce qui a ete ftipule 
 par les dits Articles Preliminaires, et 
 par les Declarations fignees depuis j 
 Les Hautes Parties s'engagent a faire 
 injiefTamment proceder a cette Refti- 
 
 tution, 
 
 Article IV. 
 j4II the Prijonen made on the one 
 Side and the other ^ as ivell by Sea as by 
 Land^ and tt'S Hojlages required or 
 given during the War^ and to this 
 Day ^ pall be rejloredyivithout Ranjbm, 
 infix ff^eeks at lateji^ to be reckoned 
 Jrom the Exchange of the Ratification 
 of the prefent Treaty ; and itjhall be 
 immediately proceeded upon after that 
 Exchange : And all the Ships of War^ 
 as well as Merchant Vefels, that P:all 
 have been taken fince the Expiration 
 of the Terms agreed upon for the Cef- 
 fation of Hojiilities at Sea, Jhall be, in 
 like Manner, faithfully rejlored, with 
 all their Equipages and Cargoes j and 
 Sureties Jhall be given on all Sides for 
 Payment of the Debts, which the Pri- 
 foners or Hojiages may have contracted 
 in the States, where they had been de- 
 tained, until their full Dif charge. 
 
 Article V. 
 All the Conquejls, that have been 
 made fince the Commencement of the 
 War, or which, fince the Conclufion of 
 the Preliminary Articles, figned the 
 20th of April /a/i, may have been or 
 JJmII be made, either in Europe, or the 
 Eaft or Weft-Indies, or in any other 
 Part of the World whatfoever, being to 
 be rejloredwithout Exception, in Confor- 
 mity to what was Jiipulated by thefaid 
 Preliminary Articles, and by the Decla- 
 rations fmcefgned; The High Contract- 
 ing Parties engage to give Orders imme- 
 diately for proceeding to that Rejiitu- 
 tiony as well as to the putting the moji 
 
 fercne 
 
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 ,. 
 
 tution, ftinfi qu'a la Mife en Poflef- 
 iion du fereniffime Infant Don Pbi^ ' 
 iippe dans lesEtats qui lui doivent etre 
 cedes en Vertu des dits Preliminaires; 
 Les dites Parties renon9ant folem- 
 nellement, tant pour Elles, que pour 
 Leurs Heritiers et Succeffeurs, a tous 
 Droits et Pretenlions a quelque Titre 
 et fous quelque Pretexte, que ce 
 puifle etre, ^ tous les Etats, Pays et 
 Places, qu'EUes s'engagent refpcc- 
 tivcment a reftituer ou a ceder } fauf 
 cependant la Reverfion ftipulee des 
 Etats cedes au fereniflime Infant 
 Don Philippe, 
 
 Article VI. 
 
 II eft arrete et convenu, que toiites 
 les Reftitutions et Ceffions refpedlives 
 en Europe^ feront entierement faites 
 et executees de part et d'autre, dans 
 I'Efpace de fix Semaines, ou plutot, 
 fi faire fe peut, a compter du Jour de 
 I'Echange des Ratifications du pre- 
 fent Traite, de toutes les huit Parties 
 ci-defl*us nominees ; De forte que, 
 dans la meme Terme de fix Se- 
 maines, Le Roy Tres Chretien re- 
 mettra, tant a I'lmperatrice Reine de 
 Hongrie et de Boheme, qu'aux Etats 
 Generaux des Provinces Unies, toutes 
 les Conquetes, qu'Il a faites fur Eux 
 pendant cette Guerre. 
 
 L'Imperatrice Reine de Hongrie 
 et de Boheme fera remife, en confe- 
 quence dans la pleine et paifible Pof- 
 ieflion de tout ce qu'EUe a poflede 
 avant la prefente Guerre dans les 
 Pais-Bas, et ailleurs, fauf ce qui eft 
 regie autrement par ie prefent Traite. 
 
 Dans 
 
 ferene Infant Don Philip tn Pojfejion 
 of the States J which are to be yielded 
 to him by virtue of the f aid Prelimt" 
 nariesy the faid Parties folemnly re- 
 nouncing , as well for themf elves as for 
 their Heirs aiid Succe^'ors, all Rights 
 and ClaimSy by what Title or Pretence 
 foevery to all the States^ Countries and 
 Placesy that they refpe£iivcly engage 
 to re/lore or yield ; facing, however y the 
 Reverfon Jiipulated of the States yield- 
 ed to the moji ferene Infant Don Phi- 
 lip. 
 
 Article VI. 
 
 It is fettled and a greedy that all the 
 refpeSlive Reftitutions and Cejjions in 
 ^wxo^jhall be entirely made and exe- 
 cuted on all Sides in the Space of fix 
 Weeks y or fooner if pojjible^ to be rec- 
 koned from the Day of the Exchange 
 of the Ratifications of the prefent Trea- 
 ty of all the Eight Parties above-men- 
 tioned ^ fo thaty within the fame Term 
 oj fix JVeeksy the moji Cliriftian King 
 fhall rejlorcy as well to the Emprefs 
 ^een of Hungary and Bohemia, as 
 to the States General of the United Pro- 
 vinceSy all the Conquejis which he has 
 made upon them during this War. 
 
 The Emprefs ^een of Hungary 
 and Bohemia f}:all be put, in Confe- 
 quence hereof y in full and peaceable 
 PoJeJJion of all that f^e pqff'ejed bifore 
 the prefent War in the Low Coimtricsy 
 and elfcwherey except what is other- 
 wife regulated by the prefent Treaty. 
 
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 r* 4^ 
 
 Dans le m^me terns, Lcs Seigneurs 
 Etats Generaux des Provinces Unies 
 feront remis dans la pleine et pailible 
 Pofleflion, et telle qu'Ils I'avoient 
 avant la prefente Guerre, des Places 
 de Bergen-op-Zooniy et de Maejlricht^ 
 et de tout ce qu'Ils poffedoient, avant 
 la dite prefente Guerre, dans la 
 Flandre dite Hollandoife^ et dans le 
 Brabant dit HollandoiSi et ailleurs. 
 
 Et les Villes et Places dans les 
 Pais-Bas, dont la Souverainete appar- 
 tient k rimperatriceReine deHongrie 
 et de Bobe'me, dans lefquelles Leurs 
 Hautes PuifTanccs ont le Droit dc 
 Garnifon, feront evacuees aux Troupes 
 de la Republique dans Ic meme 
 Efpace de Terns. 
 
 Le Roy de Sardaigne fera, de meme, 
 et dans le meme Terme, entierement 
 retabli et maintenu dans le Duche de 
 Savcie, et dans le Comte de Nice, auffi 
 bien que dans tous les EtatSy Pais, Pla- 
 ces, et Forts conquis et occupes fur Lui, 
 a I'occafion de la prefente Guerre. 
 
 Le fercniflime Due de Modem, 
 et la fereniffime Republique de Genes, 
 feront, aufli dans le meme terme, 
 entierement retablis et maintenus 
 dans les Etats, Pais, Places et Forts 
 conquis ou occupes fur Eux pendant 
 la prefente Guerre j et ce, conforme- 
 ment a la Teneur des Articles trei- 
 zieme et quatorzieme de ce Traite, 
 qui Les corjcernent. 
 
 Toutes les Reftitutions et Ceffions 
 des dites Villes, Forts et Places, fe 
 feront avec toute I'Artillerie, et Mu- 
 nitions de Guerre, qui s'y font trou- 
 
 vees 
 
 In the fame Time the Lords the 
 
 States General of the United Provinces 
 
 jhallbe put in full and peaceable Pojef- 
 
 Jion, and fuch as they had before the 
 
 prefent H'ar, of the Places of Bergen- 
 
 op-Zoom tf;;^ Maeftricht, and of' all 
 
 they pofjefj'ed before the faid prefent 
 
 War in Dutch Flanders, Dutch Bra*. 
 
 bant, and elfewhere : 
 
 And the Towns and Places in tide 
 Lo^v Countries, the Sovereignty cf 
 nvhicb belo?igs to the Rmprefs ^een of 
 Hungary and Bohemia, in which their 
 High Might inefj'es have the Right of 
 Garrifon, P:all be evacuated to the 
 Troops of the Republick, within the 
 fame Space of Time. 
 
 The King of Sardinia foall be in 
 like Manner, and within the fameTime, 
 entirely re-efiablifhed and maintained 
 in the Dutchy of Savoy, and in the 
 County of Nice, as well as in all the 
 States, Countries,P laces and Ports con^ 
 guer'd, and taken from him on Occa- 
 fion of the prefent War. 
 
 The mofl Jerene Duke of Modena, 
 and the mofl ferene Republick of Gq- 
 vioz, floall be alfo, within the fame 
 Time, entirely re-ejiablifloed and main- 
 tained in the States,,. Countries, Places, 
 and Forts conquered and taken from 
 them during the prefent War, conform- 
 ably to the Tenour of the iph and 
 I4.th Articles of this Treaty, which 
 relate to them. 
 
 All the Reftitutions and Cefjions ^ 
 the faid Towns, Forts, and Places, fhall 
 be made, with all the Artillery and 
 Warlike Stores, that were found there 
 
 m 
 
 4 
 J 
 
 X 
 
 '■?- ,J"' 
 
 I i 
 
('3) 
 
 •which 
 
 vees au Jour de leur Occupation dans 
 le Cours de la Guerre, par les Puif- 
 fances qui ont a faire les dites CefTions 
 et Reftitutions ; et ce, fuivant les In- 
 ventaires qui en ont ete faits, ou qui 
 en feront delivres de bonne foi, de 
 part et d'autre j Bien entendu, qu'a 
 I'egard des Pieces tl'Artillerie, qui 
 ont ete tranfportees ailleurs pour etre 
 refondues, ou pour d'autres Ufages, 
 elles feront remplacees, par le meme 
 Nombre, de m^me Calibre, ou Poids 
 en Metal. Bien entendu aufli, que 
 les Places de Charleroyy MonSy Ath^ 
 Oudenarde et Menin^ dont on a de- 
 moli tous les Ouvrages exterieurs, 
 feront reftituees fans Artillerie j On 
 n'exigera rien pour les Faix et De- 
 penfes, emploies aux Fortifications 
 de toutes les autres, ni pour autres 
 Ouvrages publies ou particuliers, qui 
 ont ete faits dans les Pais, qui 
 doivent etre reftitues. 
 
 Article Yll. 
 En Confideration des Reftitutions, 
 que fa Majefte Trcs Chretienney et 
 fa Majefte Catbolique font par le pre- 
 fent Traite, foit a fa Majefte I'lm- 
 peratice Reine de Hongrie et de Bo- 
 hemCy foit a fa Majefte le Roy de Sar- 
 Maigne. Les Duchcs de Parme^ de 
 Plaifance^ et de Gtiajialle^ appar- 
 tiendront a I'avenir au ferenifiime 
 Infent Don Philippe^ pour etre pof- 
 fedcs par lui et fcs Defcendans 
 Males ncs en legitime Mariage, 
 en la meme manierc et dans la 
 meme etendi^e, qu'ils out et^^ ou dd 
 
 etre 
 
 on the Day of their Surrender during 
 the Courfe of the War^ by the Powers 
 who are to make the /aid Ckjiom and 
 ReJiitutionSf and this according to the 
 Inventories which have been made of 
 themy or which jhall be deUver'd boni 
 fide, on each Side. Provided that, 
 as to the Pieces of Artillery ^ that have 
 been removed eljewhere to be new cafi^ 
 or for other UfeSy they jhaUbe replaced 
 by the fame Number of the fame Bore^ 
 or Weight in ^tal. Provided al/b, 
 that the Places of Charleroy, Mons, 
 Athe, Oudenarde, and Menin, the 
 Outworks of which have been demo^ 
 lijhedy jkall be refored without Artil" 
 lery. Nothing jhall be demanded for 
 the Charges and Expences employed in 
 the Fortifications of all the other PlactSi 
 nor for other pubtick or private Works, 
 which have been ^btru in the Countries 
 that are to be rejlered. 
 
 Article VII. 
 In Cot^deration of the Reftitutions 
 that his moft Chriftian Majefiy^ and 
 his Catholick Majefty make, by the 
 prefent Treaty, either to her Majefty 
 the ^een u, Hungary and Boliemia, 
 or to his Majefty the King o/' Sardinia, 
 the Duthies (f Parnaa, PUcentia, and 
 Guaftallay^tf//, for the Future^ belong 
 to the mo/l ferene Infant Don FhiVipy 
 to be pojfejf'ed by him and his Male De- 
 fcendantSy bom in lawful Marriage, 
 in the fame Manner, and in the fame 
 Extent, as tl>ey have been, or ought 
 to be,p^ej0d by the prefent Pojfejfors % 
 t) arid^ 
 
 ■•m 
 
( 14) 
 
 ^ 
 
 ^tre pofled^ par les prcfents Poflef- 
 feurs } et le dit fereniffime Infant, 
 ou fes Defcendans MSles, joiiiront 
 des dits trois Duches, conformement, 
 ct fous les Conditions exprimeas dans 
 les Ades de Ceffion de I'lmperatrice 
 Reine de Hongrie et de Boheme^ et 
 du Roy de Sardaigne. 
 
 Ces Ades de Ceffion, de I'lm- 
 peratrice Reine de Hongrie et de Bo- 
 heme^ et du Roy de Sardaigne^ feront 
 remis avec Leurs Ratifications du 
 prefent Traite, a rAmbaiTadeur Ex- 
 traordinaire et Plenipotentiaire du 
 Roy Catholique ; de meme, que les 
 Ambaffadeurs Extraordinaires et Ple- 
 •nipotentiaires du Roy Tres Chretien, 
 et du Roy CatboliqueyXtmsiXxonX., avec 
 les Ratifications de Leurs Majeftes, d 
 celui du Roy de Sardaigne, les Or- 
 dres aux Generaux des Trouppes 
 Fran^oifes et Efpagmles de remettre 
 la Savoie, et le Comte de Nice, aux 
 Perfonnes commifes par ce Prince, a 
 I'efFet de les recevoir : De forte que 
 la Reftitution des dits Etats, et la 
 Prife de Poffeffion des Duches de 
 Parme, Plaifance et Guajialky par, 
 «u au Nom, du fereniffime Infant 
 Don Phili/>pe, puiiTent s'effedtuer dans 
 le meme tems, conformement aux 
 Adles de Ceffion, dont la Teneur 
 s'enfuit. 
 
 ^ O S Maria Therejia, &c. Notum 
 teftatumque vigore praefentium 
 facimus. Cum finiendo funefto bel- 
 lo, inter Miniftros Plenipotentiarios 
 Sereniffimi^et Potentiffimi Principis, 
 c,. Domini 
 
 and thefaid mofiferene Infant, or his 
 Male Defcendants,JhaU enjoy the faid 
 three Dutchies, conformably and under 
 the Conditions cxprejfed in the A6ls of 
 Cefjion of the Emprefi ^leen of Hun- 
 gary and Bohemia, and of the King 
 of Sardinia. 
 
 Thefe ASis ofCsfpon of the Emprefs 
 Siueen of Hungary and Bohemia, and 
 of the King of Sardinia, Jhall be de-^ 
 livered, together with their Ratifca- 
 tions of the prefent Treaty, to the Am- 
 bafjador Extraordinary and Plenipo- 
 tentiary of the Catholick King, in 
 like Manner as the AmbaJJ'adors Ex- 
 traordinary and Plenipotentiaries of 
 the mofl Chriftian King and Ca- 
 tholick King, Jhall deliver, with 
 the Ratif cations of their MajeftieSy 
 to the AmbaJJador Extraordinary 
 and Plenipotentiary of the King of 
 Sardinia, the Orders to the Generals 
 of the French and Spanifh Troops to 
 rejlore Savoy and the County of Nice 
 to the Perjons appointed by that Prince 
 to receive them j fo that the Rejlitution 
 of thefaid States, and the taking Pof- 
 fijjion of the Dutchies of Parma, Pla- 
 centia, and Guaftalla, by or in the 
 Name of the moji ferene Infant Don 
 Philip, may be effeifed within the fame 
 Time, conformably to the A£ts of Cef- 
 fion, the Tenor whereof follows. 
 
 ff^E Mary Therefia, &c. make 
 
 known by thefe Prefents : Whereas, 
 in order to put an End to the fatal 
 War, certain Preliminary Articles 
 were agreed upon the ^oth o/' April of 
 
 this 
 
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C'S) 
 
 »:* 
 
 Domini Georgii Secundi, Magna 
 Britannice Regis, et Sereniffimi et 
 Potentiflimi Principis, Domini Lu- 
 dovici Decimi Quinti, Regis Chrijii- 
 anijjimiy nee non Celforum et Po- 
 tentium ftatuum Generalium Unita- 
 rum Fcederati Belgii Provinciarum, 
 trigefimS ^rilis die hujus anni, de 
 certis quibufdam Articulis Praelimi- 
 naribus conventum, hiq; pofthac ab 
 omnibus, quos illi concernunt, Prin- 
 cipibus rati habiti : Tenor autem 
 Articuli eorundem quarti fequentem 
 in modum conceptus fit. 
 
 Les Duches de Parme^ de Plai- 
 fance, et de Guaftalle, feront cedes au 
 fereniffime Infant Don Philippe, pour 
 lui tenir lieu d'Etabliffement, avec le 
 Droit deReverfion aux prefents Poffef- 
 feurs, apfes que fa Majefte le Roy 
 des Deux Sieiles aura pafle a la Cou- 
 ronne d'Efpagne ; ainfi que dans le 
 Cas, ou le fereniffime Infant Don 
 Philippe viendroit a mourir fans En- 
 fans. 
 
 Neque minus fubfecuto pofthac 
 definitivo Pacis Tra<5latu vigore ejuf- 
 dem Articulorum diverfa banc ma- 
 teriam concernentia rerum capita 
 communi eorundem, quorum inter- 
 cft, confenfu ea, qua; fequitur,- ra- 
 tione explanata fuerint : 
 
 En Confideration des Reftitutlons 
 que fa Majefte Tres Chretienne, et fa 
 Majefte Catholique, font par le prefent 
 Tiraite, foit a fa Majefte I'lmpera- 
 
 trice 
 
 this Tear, between the Minijlen Ple- 
 nipotentiaries of the mofi Serene and 
 moji Potent Prince George II. King 
 o/" Great Britain, and the moji Serene 
 and mojl Potent Prince Lewis XV. 
 the mojl Chriftian tGng, and their 
 High Mightinejes the States General 
 of the United Provinces, which have 
 been fnce ratified by all the Pcwers 
 concerned, 'The Tenor of the ^th Ar- 
 ticle whereof is conceived in the fol- 
 lowing Manner. 
 
 The Dutchies o/" Parma, Placentia, 
 aud Guaftalla Jhall be yielded to the 
 moji Serene Infant Don Philip toferve 
 him, as an EJlabliJhmenty with the 
 Right of Reverfon to the prefent Pof- 
 fefjhrs, after that his Majejiy the King 
 of the Two Sicilies Jhall have Jitc- 
 ceeded to the Croivn of Spain ; as alfa 
 in Cafe the faid mofi Serene Infant Don 
 Philip Jhould happen to die without 
 Children, 
 
 And whereas a Definitive Treaty of 
 Peace having f nee been concluded, the 
 Jeveral Points relating to this Affair, 
 have been, by virtue of the Articles 
 thereof, explained by the common Con- 
 Jent of the Parties concerned^ in the 
 following Manner. 
 
 In Confideration of the Refiitutions, 
 that his mofi Chriftian Majeliy and his 
 Catholick MajeJly make, by the pre- 
 fent Treaty, either tt her Majefty the 
 ^een of Hungaiy and Bohemia, or 
 to bis Majefty the King of Sardinia, 
 
 the 
 
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 ij>i 
 
 trice Reine de Hongrie et de Bo- 
 himey foit 4 fa Majefte le Roy de 
 SardaignCy les Duches de Parmcy de 
 Plaifance^ et de Guaftalle^ appartien- 
 dront ^ Tavenir au fereniffime Infant 
 Don Philippe^ pour ^tre pofledes par 
 lui, et fes Defcendans Males nes en 
 legitime Mariage, en la m^me Ma- 
 niere, et dans la m^me Etendue, 
 qu'ils ont ete, ou du €tre, poiTedes 
 par les prefents Poflefleurs j Et le dit 
 ferehiflime Infant, ou. fes Defcendans 
 Males, joiiiront des dits trois Duches, 
 conformernent, et fous les Conditions 
 exprimees dans les Adles de Ceffion 
 de rimperatrice Reine de Hongrie et 
 de Bohemcy et du Roy de Sardaigne. 
 Ces Adles de Ceffion, de I'lmpera- 
 trice Reine de Hongrie et de Boheme, 
 et du Roy de Sardaigne^ feront remis, 
 avec leurs Ratifications du prefent 
 Traite, a I'Ambaffadeur Extraordi- 
 naire, et Plenipotentiaire du Roy 
 Catholique ; de meme que les Ani- 
 baffadeurs Extraordinaires, et Pleni- 
 potentiaires, du Roy Tres Chritieny 
 et du Roy Catholique^ remettront, 
 avec les Ratifications de Leurs Ma- 
 jeftes a celui du Roy de Sardaigne, 
 les Orders aux Generaux des 
 Trouppes Franpifes et Efpagnoksy 
 de remettre la Savoie^ et le Comte de 
 Nice, aux Perfonnes commifes par 
 ce Prince ^ I'cffet de les recevoir ; 
 de forte que la Reftitution des dits 
 Etats, et la Prife de Pofleffion des 
 Duches de Parme, Plaifance, et 
 Guajialle, par, ou au Nom du fe- 
 reneniffime Infant Don P/6/7//>^, puifr- 
 
 fent 
 
 the Dutcbies ^ Parma, Placentia, and 
 GuaftallayJ&tf//, for the Future, belong 
 to the moj't ferene Infant Don Philip, 
 to be pofj'ejfed by him, and his Male 
 Defcendants born in lawful Marriage, 
 in the fame Manner, and in the fame 
 Extent, as they have been or ought to 
 be pojfeffed by the prefent Pojfejfors ; 
 and the fat d moft ferene Infant, or his 
 Male Defcendants y Jhall enjoy the f aid 
 three Dutchies, conformably and under 
 the Conditions exprejfed in the j4£is of 
 Cefjmn of the Emprefs ^een of Hun- 
 gary and Bohemia, and of the King 
 rf Sardinia. 
 
 Thefe A£is ofCefjion of the Emprefs 
 ^een o/* Hungary a»</ Bohemia, and 
 of the King of Sardinia, Jhall be de- 
 liveredy together with their Ratifications 
 of the prefent Treaty y to the Ambaf- 
 fador Extraordinary and Plenipoten* 
 tiary of the Catholick Kingy in like 
 Manner as the AmbaJJadors Extraor- 
 dinary and Plenipotentiaries of the 
 moft Chriftian King and Catholick 
 King Jhall delivery with the Ratifica- 
 tions of their Majeflies, to the Ambaf 
 fadors Extraordinary arid Plenipoten- 
 tiaries of the King o^Sardinia, the Or- 
 ders to the Generals (fthe French and 
 Spanish 'Troops to rejlore Savoy and 
 the County o/'Nice, to the Perfons ap* 
 pointed by that Prince to receive them ; 
 fo that the Reftitution of the faid States, 
 and the taking PofeJJion of the Dutchies 
 o/'Farma, Placentia and Guaftalla, by 
 or in the Name of the nioji ferene In- 
 fant Don Philip, may be eJfeSled in 
 
 tht 
 
 J 1 i 
 
 i^iuiiiw ai»»wi]''W"".' 
 
( 
 
 fent s'eflTeftuer dans le m^me terns, 
 conformement aux dits Adtes de 
 CefTion. 
 
 Hinc eft, qu6d nos fatisfaftura; 
 lis, ad quae nos* in praeinfertis Arti- 
 culis obilrinximus, ac cerd fpe firetae, 
 vicifslm k Ke^ibvL&ChrifiiamJ^mOyCa- 
 tholicOy et futuro jpraefetorum trium 
 Ducatuum Poffeflore, Ejiifque de- 
 fcendentibus Mafculis antememora> 
 torum Articulorum tenorem, pari 
 bond fide, ex afle adimpletum, pari- 
 terque ad normam eorundem, turn 
 Articuli fecundi, et decimi Odavi 
 Praeliminarium, Ditiones et Loca 
 Nobis reftituenda aequalibus paflibus 
 Nobis reftitutum iri, pro Nobis, et 
 fuccefforibus Noftris, fub iis, quae in 
 fupra infertis et memoratis Articulis 
 (ancitae funt, Conditionibus, cedi- 
 mus, et renuntiamus omnibus Juri- 
 bus, Aftionibus et Pnetenfionibus, 
 quae Nobis quocunque titulo, aut 
 qudcunque demum de causa, in prs- 
 fatos tres Ducatus, Parmay Flacen- 
 tiay et Guajiallay antehic ^ Nobis 
 pofTeiTos, competunt, eademque Ju- 
 ra, Adtiones et Praetenfiones, in fere- 
 nifCimam Hijpamarum InfantemPift/- 
 iippumy Ejufqj defcendentes Mafcu- 
 los, ex legitimo Matrimonio nafcitu- 
 ros, quo fieri poteft, meliore et fc- 
 lemniore modo transferimus j ablbl- 
 ventes ab Obfequio et Juramento, 
 quod Nobis praeftiterunt, univerfos 
 praediaxjrum Ducatuum Incolas, qui 
 id in pofteriim iis, quibus jura nos- 
 tra ceilimus, prasftare tenebuntur. 
 
 Quae 
 
 17 ) 
 
 the fame Ttmey conformaBly te thefiik 
 ASli ofCeffion, 
 
 Wherefore y in order to fulfil thofe 
 tbingSy to which we have bound our- 
 felves by the Articles before inferted, 
 and in the firm Hopey that the mofl 
 Chriflian and Catholick KingSy and 
 the future Pofeffor of the ^orifmd 
 three DutcbieSy and his Male Defcen^ 
 dants willy on their Part, bond fide, 
 and j^unSlualfyy fuyU the tenor of the 
 Arttcles abovementionedy and will like- 
 wife refiore to iw, within the fame 
 TtnUy the States and Placesy which 
 are to be reftored to usy in Confequenci 
 of the zd and iSth jlrticles of the 
 fame PreliminarieSy we do yield and 
 renouncey for us and our Succejon^ 
 Under the Conditions expreffed in the 
 abovementioned ArticUsy aU Rights, 
 Claimsy and Pretenfions to us undeP 
 any title or Caufe wbatfoever belong* 
 ingy upon the afirefaid three Dutcktes 
 o/' Parma, Placentia, and Guaflilla, 
 formerfy poffeffed by us ; and traiufet 
 the fame Rights y Claims undPfeteti' 
 fionsy in the beft and moflfolefnn Man- 
 ner poffibky to the mofi ferene Doh 
 Philip Infant of Spain, and his Mai 
 Dejcendants to be born in lawful Mar- 
 riagey abfolving all the Inhabitants of 
 the laid Dutcbies f^om the JJkgianc^ 
 ana Oath y tiMch thdy have taken to us, 
 whojhallbe obliged, for the Ftttuf-ey i6 
 pay the fame Allegiance to thofe to whom 
 we have yielded our Rights ; all which 
 however is to be underfiood cnfy for 
 that Space of Timey that either the 
 E faid 
 
( i8 ) 
 
 i 
 
 I. 
 
 k ■ 
 
 
 Quae omnia tameii non ni/i de e6 
 temporis intervallo intelligenda funt, 
 qud vel praedidhis fereniflimus H/J- 
 paniarum Infans Philippus^ vel unus 
 ex Ejufdem Defcendentibus, vel 
 Utriufque Sicilice, vel Hifpaniarumy 
 Thronum necdutn confcendeiit j 
 quippe pro quo tempore, et illo, quo 
 fepe menioratus Infans abfquc De- 
 fcendentibus Mafculis deceiferit, Nos, 
 Nobis Noftrifque Haeredibus, et Suc- 
 ceflbribus, omnia Jura, Adliones ac 
 Prastenfiones, quaj Nobis in eofdciu 
 pucatus prius competicrunt, ac pro- 
 inde Reverfionis Jus per expreflum 
 refcrvamus. 
 
 In quorum omnium iidem 
 ' v'.v. roburq; Gff. ©"c. ©"c. 
 
 IQARLO Emanuele, &c. H defi- 
 derio di' contribuire dal canto 
 I^oftro al pill prbnto riftabilimento 
 della publica tranquillka, che gia ci 
 mofTe ad accedere agli Articoli Preli- 
 minari> fignati, li trenta Aprile fca- 
 duto» tra i Miniftri di fua Maefta 
 Britannicoy di fua Maefta Chriftia- 
 nijjimay e dei Signori Stati Generali 
 delle Provincie Unite, come fotto il 
 dl trenta uno Maggio icorfo v'habbi- 
 amo, per Mezzo del Noftro Pleni- 
 poijtentiario, acceduto, portandoci 
 ora al compimento di quanto dee 
 farci da Noi in Dependenza di effi, e 
 (ingolarmente per I'Efecutione del 
 dif^ofto air Articulo quarto dei me- 
 dcfimi, in vigore di cui devono ef- 
 fere ceduti al fereniflimo Principe 
 Don FilippOy Infante di Spagna, i 
 
 Ducati 
 
 faid mo/l ferene Infant Don Philip, or 
 one of his Defendant s^ fhall not have 
 afcended either the Throne of t lie Two 
 Sicilies, or (?/'Spain j Jor at thatTime, 
 and in Cafe the aforefaid Infant Jhoiild 
 die without Male DeJeendantSy ive ex- 
 prefy referve to ourfehes^ our Heirs. 
 and SucceJforSy all Rights^ Claims and 
 Pretcnfiom^ 'which have heretofore be- 
 longed to us, and conjequently the Right 
 of Rcverfion to the fatd Dutchies. 
 
 In Witnefs whereof &c- 
 
 I ■ . a: I., : '?(:';•) 
 
 (^Harles Emanuel, &c. The Defire 
 we have to contribute, on our Part, 
 to the mojl fpeedy Re-ejlablifjment of 
 the publick Tranquility^ which lately 
 induced us to accede to the Preliminary 
 Articles, figned the '^oth o/' April laji 
 between the Miniflers of his Britannick 
 Majejly, his mofl Chriftian Majefly, 
 and the Lords the States General of the 
 United Provinces, which we did, on 
 the 3 1/? o/' May laji, by our Plenipo- 
 tentiary, accordingly accede to, indu- 
 cing us now to aceomplijh as much as 
 is to be performed, on our Part, in 
 Purfuance of them j and particularly 
 for the Execution of what is contain- 
 ed in the fourth Article of the faid 
 Preliminaries, by vertue whereof the 
 Dutchies of Parma, Placentia, and 
 Guaftalla, are to be yielded to the mofi 
 
 ferene 
 
 n 
 
 ^ 
 
 > •''.' 
 
 ""W 
 
 »w>,Mlpi 
 
 1*1 
 
"I 
 
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 in 
 
 Ducati di Parmay Piacenzat e Guaf- 
 talby per tenergli luogo di ftabili- 
 mento col diritto di Reverfibilita ai 
 prefentanei PolTeflbri, tofto che fua 
 Maeila il Re delle due Sicilie fard 
 palliito alia Corona di Spagna, 6 che 
 il nominato Infante venifle a morire 
 lenza figliuoli mafchi ; per il pre- 
 fcntc Atto, in conformita di quanto 
 fupra renunciamo, ccdiamo, e traf- 
 portiamo, per Noi, e Noftri Succef- 
 Ibri, al predctto fereniflimo Infante 
 Don FilippOy ed a fuoi figliuoli Maf- 
 chi da medcfimi nati di legitimo e 
 coflante Matrinionio, la Citta di Pi- 
 acenza ed il Piacentino, da Noi pof- 
 fcduto, per tenerlo e pofledcrlo, in 
 qualita di Duca di Piacenzay renun- 
 ziando a queft' effeto a tutti i diritti, 
 azioni e pretefe, che fopra di efli ci 
 Gompetono, rifervata pero exprefla- 
 mente a Noi ed a Noftri fucceffori, 
 la raggione di Reverfibilita nei cafi 
 fopra detti. 
 
 In fede di che, Gfc 
 
 Article VIII. 
 Pour affurer et effedluer les dites 
 Reftitutions et Ceflions, on eft con- 
 venu, qu'elks feront entierement ex- 
 ecutees et accomplies de part et d'au- 
 tre en Europe^ dans I'efpace de fix 
 Semaines, ou plutot,. fi faire fe peut, 
 a compter du Jour de I'Echange des 
 Ratification^ de toutes les huit Pu- 
 iflances y Bien entendu que quinze 
 Jours apres la Signature du prefent 
 Traite, les Generaux, ou autres Per- 
 fonnes, que les Hauts Contradans, 
 
 de 
 
 ferene Prince Don Philip, Infant tf 
 Spain, to holdy as an E/iabliJhmenty 
 with the Right ofReverJion to the pre- 
 fent PoJfeJJbrSy as foon as his Majejiy 
 the King of the Two Sicilies JJjall 
 have fucceeded to the Crown of Spain, 
 or that the /aid Infant Jhould happen 
 to die without IJJ'ue Male ; we^ in Con- 
 formity thereto^ do, by the prefent ASi, 
 renounce y yieldy and transfer, for our- 
 fehes and our SvcceJ/brs, to the afore- 
 faid mq/l ferene Infant Don Philip,. 
 and to his Male IJJ'ue , and their De- 
 fendants born in lawful Marriage, the 
 'Town of Placentia, and the Plaifan- 
 tine, (whereof we were pofeJJ'ed) to be 
 held and poJJ'eJJed by him as Duke of 
 Placentia ;, renouncing to this End all 
 Rights, Claims, and Pretenfions, which 
 we have upon them-, refervingy how- 
 ever, exprefy to us, and our SuccefforSy 
 the Right of Reverfon, in the Cafes 
 above-mentioned. 
 
 In Witnefs whereof, &c^ 
 
 Article VIII. 
 In order tofecure and effedluate the 
 faid Reflitutions and CeJJions, it is 
 agreed, that they Jhall be entirely exe- 
 cuted and accomplijlied on all Sides, in 
 Europe, within the Term of fix Weeksy 
 orfooner ifpojfible, to be reckoned from 
 the Day of the Exchange of the Rati- 
 fications of all the Eight Powers j // 
 being provided, that in fifteen Days 
 after the Signing of the prefent Trea- 
 ty, the Generals, or other Perfons, 
 whom the High Contrasting Parties 
 
 Jhall 
 
 >,V- 
 
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 { 
 
 de part ct d'autre, jugeront k propos 
 de commettre a cet enet, s'aflemble- 
 ront k Bruxelks et a Nice^ pour con- 
 certer et convenir des Moiens de pro- 
 ceder aux Reflitutions, et Mifes en 
 PofTeflion, d'une £39011 ^alement 
 convenable au bien des Troupes, des 
 Habitans, et des Pays refpedifs ; 
 mais aufli, de Sorte que toutes et 
 chacune des Hautes Parties Con- 
 tradtantes, fe trouvent conformement 
 ^ leurs Intentions, et aux Engage* 
 mens contradtes par le prefentTraite, 
 en Pofleflion tranquile et entiere, fans 
 rien excepter, de tout ce qui doit 
 leur revenir, foit par Reflitution, foit 
 par CefHon, dans ie dit terme de fix 
 Semaines, ou pBt6t, fi faire fe peut, 
 apres I'Echange des Ratifications du 
 prefent Trait6, de toutes les dites 
 huit Puifiances. 
 
 fiall think proper to appoint for that 
 Purpofiy Jhall meet at Brufifels and at 
 Nice, to concert and agree on the 
 Method of proceeeding to the RefHtu- 
 tionsy and of putting the Parties in 
 PoJjeJJvmy in a Manner eguaify conve- 
 nient for the Good of the troops^ the 
 ItthalfitantSf and the rej^eilive Coun- 
 tries ; butfo that aU and each of the 
 High Contrasting Powers may be^ 
 agreeable to their Intentions.^ and to 
 the Engagements contrasted by the pre- 
 fent treaty y in full and peaceable Pof- 
 fefjvmy ivtthout any Exception^ of all 
 that is to be acquired to them^ either 
 Rejlitution or Ceffion^ within the 
 JaidTerm offixWeeks^ or fooner if 
 pojjibley after the Exchange of the Ra- 
 tifications of the prefent Treaty by all 
 thefaid Eight Powers, 
 
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 I 
 
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 Article IX. 
 En Confideration de ce que non 
 obftant I'Engagement mutuel, pris 
 par I'Article dix huit des Prelimi- 
 naires, portant que toutes les Refti- 
 tutions et Ceflions marcheront d'un 
 pas ^gal, et s'executeront en m€mc 
 terns } fa Majefte Tres ChrStienne 
 s'engage, par I'Article fix du prefent 
 Traite, ^ reftituer, dans I'Efpace de 
 fix Semaines, ou pltktfit, fi faire fe 
 peut, a compter du Jour de I'Echange 
 des Ratifications du prefent Traite, 
 toutes les Conqu^tes qu'elle a faites 
 dans les Pais-Bas, pendant qu'il n'efl: 
 pas poflible, vu la Diftance des Pais, 
 que ce qui concerne Vjimrique ait 
 
 fon 
 
 Article IX. 
 In Confideration thaty notwithftand- 
 ing the reciprocal Engagement taken 
 by the iSth Article of the Prelimi~ 
 nariesy importingy that all the Refti~ 
 tutions and CeJJions Jhould be carried on 
 equalfyy andfimtld be executed at the 
 fame Timey his mofi Chriftian Majefty 
 engagesy by the btb Article of the pre- 
 fent Treatyy to reftorCy within the 
 Space of fix Weeks y orfioner if poffi- 
 bky to be reckoned from the Day of the 
 Exchange of the Ratifications of the 
 prefent Treatyy all the Conquefts nbhicb 
 he has made in the Low Countries j 
 whereas it is not pofjibky confidering 
 the Diftance of the Couhft'iesj that 
 
 what 
 
 '¥■■ 
 
 '.iWWff' 
 
 tmi» fi m « 
 
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 fon effct dans le meme terns, ni 
 m^me dc fixer le Terme de fa par- 
 fa ite Execution j Sa Majefte Bri- 
 tannique s'engage aufli, de fon Cot6, 
 ^ faire pafler, aupres du Roy Tres 
 Chretien^ aufllt6t apres I'Echange 
 des Ratifications du prefent Traitc, 
 deux Perfonnes de Rang, et de 
 Confideration, qui y demeureront 
 en Otage jufqu' ^ ce qu'on y ait 
 appris, d'une fa^on certaine et au- 
 tentique, la Reftitution de I'lfle 
 Roiale, dite Cap Breion, et de toutes 
 les Conquetes, que les Armes, ou les 
 Sujets, de fa Majefte Britannique 
 pourroient avoir faites, avant ou apres 
 la Signature des Preliminaires, dans 
 les Indes Orientales et Occidentales. 
 
 Leurs Majeftcs Britannique, et 
 Tres Cbretienney s'obligent pareille- 
 ment de faire remettre, a I'Echange 
 des Ratifications du prefent Traite, 
 les Duplicata des Ordres addrefles 
 aux Commiflaires nommcs pour re- 
 mettre, et pour recevoir refpedlive- 
 ment tout ce, qui pourroit avoir ete 
 conquis, de part et d'autre, dans les 
 dites Indes Orientales et Occidentales, 
 conformement a I'Article fecond des 
 Preliminaires, et aux Declarations 
 des Vingt un, et trente un May, et 
 huit yuillet derniers, pour ce qui 
 concernc les dites Conquetes dans les 
 Indes Orientales et Occidentales : Bien 
 entendu neanmoins, que I'llle Roiale, 
 dite le Cap Breton, fera rendue avec 
 toute I'Artillerie, et Munitions de 
 Guerre, qui s'y feront trouvees au 
 Jcur de. fa Reddition, conformement 
 
 aux 
 
 what relates to Amtrksi Jlou/d be ef- 
 feiied within the fame Time, or even 
 to fix the time of its entire Execution ; 
 His Britannick Majejly likewife en' 
 gages on his Part to fend to his mofi 
 Cliriflian Majejly, immediately after 
 the Exchange of the Ratifications of 
 the prefent Treats, Two Perfons of 
 Rank and Confideration, who Jhall 
 remain there as Hofiages, till there 
 Jhall be received a certain and authen- 
 tick Account of the Reftitution of 
 Ifie Royal called Cape Breton, and of 
 all the Conquefis which the Arms or 
 SubjeSls of his Britannick Majefiy 
 may have made before, or after tot 
 figning of the Preliminaries, in th& 
 Eaft and Weft Indies. 
 
 Their Britannick and mofi Chx'xKiaiX* 
 Majefties oblige themjelves likewife to 
 cauje to be delivered, upon the Ex- 
 change of the Ratifications of the pre- 
 fent Treaty, the Duplicates of the Or- 
 ders addrejj'ed to the Commijj'aries ap- 
 pointed to rejlore, and r-eceive, refpec- 
 tively, whatever may have been con- 
 quered, on either Side, in thejaid Eaft. 
 and Weft Indies, agreeably to the 2d 
 Article of. the Preliminaries, and to 
 the DeclarMions of the 2 \fi and 3 1/2- 
 of May, and the Sth of July lafi, in 
 regard to what concerns the f aid Con- 
 quefis in the Eaft <?«<^Weft Indfes. 
 Provided neverthelej's, that Ifie Royal,. 
 called Cape Breton,- yZW/ be rejiored. 
 with all the Artillery and warlike 
 Stores, which Jhall have been founds 
 therein on the Day of its Surrender, 
 conformably to the Inventories, whicbi 
 F hav£ 
 
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 i\ 
 
 [< II 
 
 aux Invcntaires qui en ont etc drcflcs, 
 et dans I'Etat, ou ctoit la dite Place 
 Ic dit Jour de fa Rcddition. Quant 
 aux autres Reditutions, elles auront 
 Icur effet, conform^ment i I'efprit de 
 I'Article fecond des Prcliminaires, et 
 des Declarations et Convention des 
 Vingt un, et trcnte un May^ et huit 
 yuillet derniers, dans I'Etat, ou fe 
 feront trouvecs les chofes le onze 
 7«/«, nouveau Stile, dans les Indes 
 Occidentales ; et le trente un O£iobre 
 pareillement nouveau Stile, dans les In- 
 des Orientales ; toutes chofes d'ailleurs 
 y feront remifes fur le pied qu'elles 
 etoient, ou devoient etre, avant la 
 prefente Guerre. 
 
 Les dits Commiflaires refpeftifs, 
 tant ceux pour les Indes Occidentales, 
 que ceux pour les Indes Orientales^ 
 devront etre prets a partir au premier 
 Avis, que leurs Majeftes Britannique^ 
 et Tres Chretienne, recevront de 
 I'Echange des Ratifications, munis 
 de toutes les Inftrudlions, Commiffi- 
 ons, Pouvoirs, et Ordres neceffaires 
 pour le plus prompt Accomplifle- 
 ment des Intentions de leurs dites 
 Majeftes, et des Engagemens, qu'elles 
 contradlent par le prefent Traite. 
 
 Article X. 
 Les Revenus ordinaires des Pays, 
 qui doivent etre reftitues ou cedes 
 refpeiftivement, et les Impofitions 
 faites, dans ces Pays pour le traite- 
 ment, et les quartiers d'hiver des 
 Troupes, appartiendront aux Pu- 
 iffances, qui en font en Pofleffion, 
 
 juf. 
 
 have been made thereof , and in the 
 Condition that the Jaief Place was in, 
 on the faid Day of its Surrender. As 
 to the other Rejlitutions, they JJiall 
 take place conjormably to the Meaning 
 of the fecond Article of the Prelimi- 
 naries, and of the Declarations and 
 Convention of the 2 ijl and 3 \fl of 
 May, and the Sth of July laji, in the 
 Condition in which 'things were 
 on the iith of June, N. S. in the 
 Weft \ndks,and on the '^y/l of Odlo- 
 ber, alfo N. S. in the Eaft Indies. 
 And every Thing befides jhall be re- 
 eflablifjed on the Foot that they were or 
 ought to be before the prefent War. 
 
 The faid refpeSlive CommifJ'aries^ as 
 well thole jor the Weft, as thofe for 
 the Eaft-Indies, fl^all be ready to fet 
 out on thefirfl Advice that their Bri- 
 tannick and moji Chriftian Majeftirs 
 Jhall receive of the Exchange of the 
 Ratifications, furnifhed with all the 
 necefjary InJiruSlions, Commiffions, 
 Pcnoers, and Orders, for the moji 
 expeditious Accomplifhment of their 
 faid Majefties Intentions, and of the 
 Engagements taken by the prefent 
 Treaty, 
 
 Article X. 
 
 The ordinary Revenues of the Coun - 
 tries that are to be refpeilively rejio- 
 red or yielded, and the Impofitions laid 
 upon thofe Countries for the Enter' 
 tainment and Winter garters of the 
 Troops, Jhall belong to the Powers 
 that are in Poffejfion of them, till the 
 
 Day 
 
 .J 
 
( 23) 
 
 the 
 in. 
 
 jufqu'au Jour dc I'Echangc dcs Rati- 
 fications du prefent Traitc ; fans ne- 
 anmoins qu'il foit pcrmis d'ufer d aii- 
 cune voie d'Execution, pou -^ qu'il 
 ait ^€ donn6 Caution rufHfance pour 
 le paiement : Bien entendd, que leg 
 fourages, ct uflenciles pour les 
 Troupes fc fourniront jufqu' aux 
 Evacuations ; au moien de quoi, 
 toutcs les Puiffanccs promettent, et 
 s'engagent, de ne rien repcter, ni 
 exiger, des Impofitions, et Contribu'- 
 tions, qu'elles pourroient avoir etablies 
 fur les Pays, Viiles et Places, qu'elles 
 ont occupies dans le Cours de la 
 Guerre, et qui n'auroient point €te 
 paiees au t^ms que les Evenemens 
 de la dite Guerre les auroient obligees 
 k abandonncr les dits Pays, Viiles et 
 Places ; toutes Pretenfions de cette 
 Nature demeurant, en vertu du pre- 
 fent Traite, aneanties. 
 
 Article XI. 
 Tous les Papiers, Lettres, Docu- 
 ments et Archives, qui fe font 
 trouves dans les Pays, Terres, Viiles 
 et Places, qui font reftitu^s, et ceux 
 appartenants aux Pays cedes, feront 
 delivr^s, ou fournis refpeftivement, 
 de bonne foi, dans le m6me terns, 
 s'il eft polTible, de la Prife de Pof- 
 feflion, ou, au plus tard, deux Mois 
 apres I'Echange des Ratifications du 
 prefent Traite, de toutes les huit 
 Parties, en quelques lieux, que les 
 dits Papiers, ou Documents, fe puif- 
 fent trouver, nommement, ceux qui 
 auroient et6 tranfportes de I'Archive 
 du Grand Confeil de Malines. 
 
 Article XI7. 
 
 Day of the Exchange &f the Ratijica- 
 tiom of the prefent Treaty, nvitlxut^ 
 however y its being Permitted to pro- 
 ced to any Kind of Execution^ pro- 
 vided fumcient Security has been given 
 J or the Payment ; /'/ being ahvays to 
 be underjtood^ that the Forage and 
 Utenftlsfor the Troops jhall be fur' 
 nijhed till the Evacuations ; in Confe- 
 quence of which, all the Powers pro- 
 mife and engage not to demand or ex- 
 a6l Impofitions and Contributions which 
 they may have laid upon the Countries^ 
 Tokens and Places that they havepofief- 
 fed during the Courfe of the fVar^ and 
 which had not been paid at the Time 
 that the Events of the faid War had 
 obliged them to abandon the faid Coun- 
 trieSy TownSf and Places ; all Pre-- 
 tenfions of this Nature being made 
 void by the prefent Treaty, 
 
 Article XI. 
 All the Papers^ Letters, Docu- 
 ments, and ArchiveSy which were 
 in the Countries, Eftates, Towns and 
 Places which are refiored, and thofe 
 belonging to the Countries yielded, 
 Jhall be rejpe6iively, and bond fide, 
 delivered or given up at the fame 
 Time, ij pojjible, as Poffejjion Jloall be 
 taken, or at farthefi two Months af- 
 ter the Exchange of the Ratifications 
 of the prefent Treaty of all the Eight 
 Parties, in whatever places the faid 
 Papers or Documents may be, namely, 
 thofe which may have been removed 
 from the Archive of the Great Coun- 
 cil o/' Mechlin. 
 
 Article XII. 
 
 ii 
 
 I 
 I 
 
 i 
 
 ^ .*T iff* 
 
( 24) 
 
 » i If 
 
 V 
 
 jirticle XIL 
 Sa Majeflc le Roy de Sardalgne. 
 reftera en PofTclTion de tout ce, dont 
 il jouiflbit, anciennement et nouvel- 
 lement, et particulierement de I'Ac- 
 quifition qu'il a faite, en Mille fept 
 cent quarante trois, du Vigevanaf- 
 que^ d'une Partie du Pavejhny et du 
 Comte d'j4nghtera, de la maniere que 
 ce Prince les poflede aujpurd' huy, 
 en Vertu des Ceflions qui lui en ont 
 etc faltes. 
 
 Artic/e XIIJ. 
 
 Le fereniffime Due dc Modene,. 
 en Vertu, tant du prefcnt Traite, que 
 de its Droits, Prerogatives et Dig- 
 nites, prendra PofTelJion, iix Sc- 
 maines, ou plutot, fi faire fe peut, 
 apres I'Echange des Ratifications du 
 dit Traite, de tous fes Etats, Places,. 
 Forts, Pays, Biens et Rentes, et ge- 
 p.cralement de tout ce dont il jouii- 
 foit avant la Guerre.. 
 
 Luiferont rendus pareillement,dans 
 le meme terns, fes Archives, Docu- 
 ments, Ecrits et Meubles, de quelque 
 Nature, que ce puiffe etre, comme 
 auffi I'Artillerie, Attirails, et Muni- 
 tions de Guerre, qui fe feront trouves 
 dans ces Pays, au terns de leur Oc- 
 cupation. Quant a ce qui manquera, 
 ou qui aura etc converti en une autre 
 Forme, le jufte Prix des chofes ainfi 
 otees, ct qui doivent etre reftituees, 
 fera paie en Argent comptant ; le- 
 quel Prix, ainfi que I'Equivalent des 
 Fiefs, que le fereniffime Due de 
 Modene poiTedoit en Hongnc, s'ils ne 
 
 lui 
 
 Article Xll. 
 Hi's Majefty the King of Sardinia 
 JJ.all remain in Fopfjion of all that 
 be anciently and ncicly enjoyed, and 
 particularly of the Acquiftion ivhich 
 he made in the Tear 1743. ?/ ^^^ ^*~ 
 gevanafque, a Part oj the Pavefan,. 
 and the County oj Anghiera, in the 
 Manner as this Prince now popjjes 
 thent^ by 'vertue of the CeJJions that 
 have been made of them to him. 
 
 Article Xlll. 
 
 The mofl ferene Duke of Modena, 
 by Vertue as ivell of the prefent Treaty, . 
 as of his Rights^ Prerogatives and 
 Dignities, fxiil take Pefj'ejjwn fix 
 Weeks, or jooner if pojjible, ajtcr the 
 Exchange of the Ratif cations of the 
 faidTreat;^, of all his States, P laces y 
 Forts, Countries^ EjfeSls, and Reve^ 
 71UCS, and, in general, of all that he 
 enjoyed before the War. 
 
 At the Jame Time JJoall be Ukcivife 
 rejlored to him bis Archives, Docu- 
 ments, Writings, and Moveables of 
 what Nature foever ihey may be, as 
 alfo the Artillery, and Warlike Stores^ 
 which fiall have been found in his 
 Countries, at the Time of their being 
 Jeized, As to what J}.^all be wanting^ 
 or JJoall have been converted into ano- 
 ther Form, the jujl Value of the 
 Things fo taken away, afid which are 
 to be rejlored, fuill be paid in ready 
 Money j which Money, as well as the 
 Equivalent for the Ficjs, which the 
 mofl ferene Duke o/' Modena poffcjjed 
 
 in 
 
i-.— 
 
 fas) 
 
 im 
 
 lui font pas remis, fera regie et con- 
 ftat6, par les Generaux cu Commif- 
 faires refpeftifs, qui, fuivant I'ArticIe 
 huitieme du prefent Traite, doivent 
 s'aflembler k Nice quinze Jours apr^s 
 la Signature, pour convenir des 
 moiens d'executer les Reftitutions et 
 Mifes en Pofleflion reciproques, de 
 forte que dans le m^me terns, et le 
 meme Jour que le ferenifllme Due 
 de Modene prendra Pofleffion de tous 
 fes Etats, il puiffe entrer auffi en 
 Joiiiflance, foit de fes Fiefs en Hon- 
 gricj foit du dit Equivalent, et rece- 
 voir le Prix des Chofes, qui ne pour- 
 roient lui etre reftitu^es. Lui fera 
 pareillement fait Juftice, dans le dit 
 terme fe lixSemainesapres I'Echange 
 des Ratifications, fur les AUodiaux 
 de la Maifon de Guaftalle. 
 
 Artkk XIV. 
 La fereniflime Republique de 
 GeneSy en Vertu tant du prefent 
 Traite, que de fes Droits, Preroga- 
 tives, et Dignites, rentrera en Pof- 
 feffion fix Semaines, ou plutot, fi 
 faire fe peut, apres I'Echange des 
 Ratifications du dit Traite, de tous 
 les Etats, Forts, Places, Pays, Biens, 
 de quelque Nature, que ce puifle 
 ^tre, Rentes, et Revenus, dont Ellc 
 jouillbit avant la Guerre, fpecialement 
 tous et chacun des Membres, et Su- 
 jets de la dite Republique, rentreront, 
 dans le terme fuf-dit apres I'Echange 
 des Ratifications da prefent Trait^, en 
 Pofleffion, Joiiiflance et Libert^ de 
 
 difpofer 
 
 in Hungary^ if they are not rejlored 
 to binty Jhall be fettled and adjuned by 
 the refpeSiive Generals er Chmmtffaries^ 
 who, according to the Sth Article of 
 the prefent Treaty, are to affemble at 
 Nice in fifteen Days after the Signa- 
 ture, in order to agree upon the Mians 
 for Executing the reciprocal ReJHtu^ 
 tions and Putting in PoJfeJion,Ja that 
 at the fame Time, and on the fame Day 
 as the moji ferene Duke of Modena 
 Jhall take PoJfeJJion of all his States, 
 he may likewife enter into the Enjoy* 
 ment, either of his Fiefs in Hungary, 
 or of the faia Equi'valent, and receive 
 the Value ofjuch Things as cannot be 
 rejlored to him. Jujlice Jhall alfo be 
 done him, within the fame Time offx 
 Weeks after the Exchange of the Rati- 
 fications, with reJPeSi to the Albdial 
 EffeSls of the Houfe of Guaftalla. 
 
 Article XIV. 
 
 The mojl ferene Republick of Gcnoz, 
 
 as well by Vertue oj the prefent Treaty, 
 
 as of its Rights, Prerogatives and 
 
 Dignities, Jhall re-enter into the Pof- 
 
 J^'en, fix Weeks, orfootier if poffMe, 
 
 ^ter the Exchange of the Ratijka^ 
 
 tions of the faid Treaty, of all the 
 
 States, Forts, Places, Countries, Ef 
 
 feSIs, of what Nature foever they 
 
 may be. Rents and Revenues, that it 
 
 enjoyed before the War j particularly, 
 
 all and every one of the Members and 
 
 SubjeSts (f the faid Republick Jhall, 
 
 within the aforefaid Term, after the 
 
 Exchange of the Ratifications of the 
 
 prefent Treaty, re-enter into ihe Pof- 
 
 G fcjjion 
 
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 & 
 
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 fl% 
 
 fl ' 
 
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 I 
 
 ■ 5- 
 
 diipofer dc tous les Fonds, qu'ils 
 avoient fur la Banque de Fienne en 
 jiutriche^ eh BobemCf ou en quelque 
 Partie que ,ce foit des Etats de I'lm- 
 pcratrice Reine de Hongrie et de Bg- 
 ie'me, et de ceux du Roy de Sar- 
 daigue j et les Interets leur feront 
 paies exadement et regulierement, 4 
 compter du dit Jour de I'Echange des 
 Ratifications du prefent Traite. 
 
 Article y;N. 
 II a etc arrete et convenu entre 
 les huit Hautes Parties, que pour le 
 bien et affirmiffement de la Paix en 
 general, et pour la Tranquilite de 
 Xltalie en particuUer, toutes chofes 
 y demcureront dans I'etat, ou elles 
 etoient avant la Guerre, fauf et apres 
 I'Execution des Difpofitions faites 
 par le prefent Trait€. . 
 
 Article XVI. 
 XeTrjut^ de r./^«/opour la Traite 
 de Negres figne a Madrid le Vingt fix 
 Marsy mil fept cent treize, et I'Arti- 
 cle du VaifiTeau Annuel faifant par- 
 tie du dit Traite, font fpecialement 
 confirmes par le prefent Traite, pour 
 les quatre Annies pendant lefquelles 
 la Jouiflance en a et^ interrompiie, 
 depuis le commencement de la pre- 
 fente Guerre, et feront executes fur 
 le m^me Pied, et fous les memes 
 Conditions qu'ils ont ete, ou du etre, 
 executes avant la dite Guerre. 
 
 Article XVII. 
 
 fejjtorti Enmmenti and Liberty of difr- 
 pofing of all the Funds ^ which they had 
 in the Bank of Vienna in Auflxia, in 
 Bohemia, or in any other Part ivhat- 
 foever of the States of the Emprefs 
 ^een o/" Hungary tf»^ Bohemia, and 
 ofthofe. of the King o/" Sardinia j and 
 the Interejl Jhall be exaSlly and regu- 
 larly paid them^ to be reckoned from 
 thefaid Day of the Exchange of the 
 Ratif cations of the prefent 'Treaty, 
 
 Article XV. 
 It has been fettled and agre-d upon 
 between the Eight High Contrasting 
 Parties t that for the Advantage and 
 Maintenance of the Peace in general^ 
 and for the Tranquility of Italy in 
 particular y all Things Jhall remain 
 there in the Condition they were in 
 before the War ^ faving^ andafter^ the 
 Execution of the Difpq/itions made by 
 the prefent T'reaty. 
 
 Article XVI. 1 
 
 iTue T'reaty oj the M{\eniofor the 
 Trade of Negroes^ figned at Madrid 
 on the zbth ^ March 1713, and the 
 Article of the Annual Ship^ making 
 Part of the /aid Treaty, are particu- 
 larly confirmed by the prefent Treaty ^ 
 for the four Years during which the 
 Enjoyment thereof has been interrupted^ 
 fnce the Commencement of the prefent 
 War, and Jhall be executed on the fame 
 Footing, and under the fame Conditions, 
 as they have or ought to have been ex- 
 ecuted before thefaid War. 
 
 Article XVII. 
 
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 'fdif- 
 
 ey had 
 ria, in 
 njohat- 
 mprefs 
 , and 
 \ and 
 regu- 
 from 
 of the 
 aty. 
 
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 jirtick XVll Article XVII. 
 
 Dunkerque reftera fortifi^ du Cot^ Dunkirk Jhall remain fortified on 
 
 de Terre en I'etat, qu'il eft aduelle- the Side of the Land, in the fame Con- 
 
 ment, et pour le Cote de Mer, il ref- dition as it is at prefenti and as 
 
 tera fur le Pied des anciens Traites. to the Side of the Sea^ it Jhall remain 
 
 , on the Footing of former Treaties, . 
 
 x.\K\ 
 
 •v«\ v^ 
 
 ArticU XVIIL ' ' 
 Les Pretenfions d' Argent, que fa 
 Majeft6 Britannique a, comme Elec- 
 teur de Hannovrey fur la Couronne 
 d'EJpagnei Les Pifferents touchant 
 I'Abbaye de Saint Hubert ; Les En- 
 claves du Hainaulty et les Bureaux 
 nouvellement etablis dans les Pais- 
 Bas } Les Pretenfions de I'Elecfleur 
 Palatin j et les autres Articles qui 
 n'ont p6 etre regies, pour entrer dans 
 le prelent Trait^ le feront inceflam- 
 ment i Tamiable par des Commif- 
 faires nommds a cet effet de part et 
 d'autre, ou autrement, felon qu'il en 
 fera convenii par les Puiflances inter- 
 cfsees. 
 
 Article XIX. 
 L'Article cinq du Traits de la 
 Quadruple Alliance, concl^ k Lon- 
 dres le deux Aout, Mille fept cent 
 dix huit, contenant la Garantie de la 
 Succeflion au Royaume de la Grande 
 Bretagne dans la Maifon de la Ma- 
 jefte Britannique, k prefent Regnante, 
 et par le quel on a pourvu a tout ce 
 qui peut 6tre relatif i la Perfonne, 
 qui a pris le Titre de Roy de la 
 Grande Bretagne, et a fes Delcendans 
 des deux Sexes, eft expreffement rap- 
 pelle et renouvelle par le prefent Ar- 
 ticle, 
 
 Article XVIIL 
 The Demands of Money that his Bri- 
 tannick Majejly has, as EleSlor ©/'Ha- 
 nover, upon the Crown ofSrpzin ; the 
 Differences relating to the Abbey of 
 St. Wwhtxt i the Enclaves of \l2\m\j\t, 
 and the Bureaux newly efiablijhed in the 
 Low Cotintries j the Pretenfions of the 
 EleElor Palatine ; and the other Ar- 
 ticles, which could not be regulated, fo 
 as to enter into the prefent Treaty, fiiall 
 be amicably adjufied immediately by the 
 Commijfaries appointed for that Pur- 
 pofe, on both SideSy or otherwife, as 
 Jhall be agreed on by the Powers con- 
 cerned. 
 
 Article XIX. 
 Ihe ^tb Article of the Treaty of the 
 ^adruple Alliance, concluded at Lon- 
 don the 2d of Augud 171 8. contain- 
 ing the Guaranty of the Succejfion to 
 the Kingdom of Great Britain in the 
 Houje of bis Britannick Majefiy now 
 reigning, and by which every Thing 
 has been provided for, that can relate 
 to the Perfon, who has taken the Title 
 of King of Great Britain, and fo his 
 Defcendants of both Sexes, is exprefiy 
 confirmed and renewed by the prefent 
 
 Article, 
 
 vl 
 
 V 
 
 A 
 
 \ 
 

 Til. ■" 
 
 :1 
 
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 • t 
 
 it 1-^ 
 
 L 
 
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 tide, comme s'il y etoit infere dans Articky ai if it was here inferted in 
 tout Ion contena. its Jull Extent. 
 
 .'HI, 
 
 Article XX. 
 Sa M.2i}M Britamiquey en fa Qua- 
 lite d'Elefteur de Brunfwick Lune- 
 bourgy tant pour Lui, que pour fes 
 Heritiers et Succeffeurs, et tous les 
 Etats et Poffeflions de fa dite Ma- 
 jefte en Allemagney font compris et 
 garantis par le prefent Tr£Ut6 de Paix. 
 
 Article XXI. 
 Toutes les PuiffanCes interefsees au 
 prefent Traite, qui ont garanti la 
 San^ion Pragmatique, du dix neuf 
 Avrily Mille fept cent, treize, pour 
 tout i'Heritage du feu Empereur 
 Charles Six, en Faveur de fa Fille 
 rimperatrice Reine de Hongrie et de 
 Bobemey adtuellement regnante, et 
 de fes Deicendans i. perpetuite, fui* 
 vant rOrdre etaUi par la diteSandlion 
 Pragmatique, la renouvellent dans la 
 nieilleure Forme, qu'il eft poflible, 
 a I'exception dependant des Ceflions 
 deja faites, foit par le dit Empereur, 
 foit par la dite Princefle, et de celks, 
 qui font ftipul^s par le prefent 
 Traite, 
 
 Article yXll. 
 Le Duche de Silejiey et le Cwntc 
 de GlatZy tels que fa Majefte Pruf- 
 Jiennc les poflede aujourd'huy, font 
 garantis a ce Prince par toutes les 
 Puiffances, Parties et Contra(Saiates 
 du prefent Traite. . 
 
 Article XXIII. 
 
 Article XX. 
 
 His Britannick Majefiyy as EkEtor 
 
 of Brunfwick Lunebourg, as well 
 
 for himfelfy as for Ids Heirs and Sue- 
 
 cefforsy and aU the States and Pojef- 
 
 fans of bisfaid Majefty in Gennany, 
 
 are included and guarantied by the 
 
 prefent Treaty of Peace, 
 
 Article XXI. ^ 
 All the P rivers interefled in thetre" 
 fent Treaty y 'who have guarantied the 
 Pragmattck SanStion rf the igth of 
 AprU 1713. for the whole Inheritance 
 of the late Emperor Charles VI. in 
 Favour of his Daughter the Emprefs 
 ^een oj Hungary <7ff</ Bohemia, raw 
 reigning y and of her Defcendants for 
 every according to the Order ejfablijh- 
 ed by the faid Pragmattck SandlioNy 
 renew it in the beji Manner pojftble j 
 except however the CeJJions mready 
 madey either by the faid Emperor y or 
 the faid Princefiy and thofe fipulated 
 by the prefent 'Treaty, 
 
 Article XXn. 
 The Dutchy of Silefia, and the 
 County of Glatz, as his PrufHan Md- 
 jejiy now pajfejfes tbemy are guarantied 
 to that Prince by aU the PvwerSy Par- 
 ties and ContraSiors of the prefent 
 Treaty,. 
 
 Article XXIII. 
 
••«»•»« tt-' 
 
 .(29) 
 
 jirficteXKin. Article 3tXIII. 
 
 Toutes les PuifTances Contrac- -<^// fhe Powers contraSiing and In" 
 
 tantes, et interefsees au prefentTraite, terejied in the prefent Treaty y red- 
 
 en garantiflent, reciproqudmeht, et procally and refpe£lively guaranty the 
 
 refpcdivement, TExecution. ^; Execution thereof . 
 
 ^ Article J^iY. 
 
 Les Ratifications folennelles du 
 J)refent Traitc, expediees en bonne et 
 due forme, feront echang^es, en cette 
 Ville A'Aix la Chapelhy entre toutes 
 les Huit Parties, dans I'Efpacc d'un 
 Mois, ou pliil6t, s'il dl poffible, a 
 compter du Jour de la Signature. 
 
 lEn fdi de qtioi Nous Souflign^s, 
 Leuts Ambaffadeurs Extraordirtaires 
 et Miniftres Pknipotentiaires avons 
 figne, de Notre Main, en Leuf 
 Nom, et en vertu de nos Plein- 
 jjouvoirs, le prefent iTraite Defini- 
 tif, et y avons fait appofer le Cachet 
 de Nos Armes. 
 
 Fait a Aix laXAapdli', le dix hiiit 
 X)5tobre^ M:l fept cent quarante httit. 
 
 ' ; Article XXIV. "'' 
 
 The folemn Ratijications of the pre- 
 fent Treaty y expedited in good and due 
 Fornty fhall be exchanged in this City 
 of A\x la Chapelle, between all the 
 Eight Parties, within the Space oj one 
 Monthy orfooner ifpofjibky to be rec- 
 koned from the Day of its Signature. 
 In Witnefs wherey^ we the under- 
 written their Ambafadors Extraordi- 
 7iary and Minijiers Plenipotentiaries 
 havefgned with our Handsy in their 
 NamCy and by Vert'ue 6f our Full 
 Power Sy the prefent Treaty of Peace, 
 and have caufed the Seals of our Arms 
 to be put thereto. 
 
 Done at Aix la Chapelle, the i W) 
 of Odlober 1748. 
 
 ( Sign^ ) 
 
 (L. S.) Sandwich. (L. S.) St. Scverin dAragbn. (L. S.) W. ^entinck. 
 (L. S.) T.Robinfon. (L. S.) La Porte du Theil. (L. S.) G. A. UaJJclaer. 
 
 (L. S.) 7. V. Borfele. 
 
 {L.S.)b.Z. Van Harm. 
 
 Articles Separes. 
 
 Separate Articles. 
 
 Article I. Article I. 
 
 QUclqvtes uns des Titres employes CO ME of the Titles made life ofbv 
 
 ^ par les PuifTances Contradlan- ^ the ContraBing Pavers, cither in 
 
 tcs, foit dans les Pleinpouvoirs, et the Full Po^vers, and other A£ls during 
 
 autres Ade?, pendant le Cours de la the Courfe of the Negotiaiiony or in 
 
 Nego- H the 
 
 ,*--.. 
 
t f' 
 
 ( 30 :) 
 
 Negociation, /oit dans le Preambule the Preamble «f 4he pr-efent Treaty ^ 
 
 du prefent Traite, n'etant pas gene- not being generally acknowledged^ it 
 
 ralement reconnus, il a ete convenu, has been agreed^ that no Prejudice 
 
 qu'il ne pourroit jamais en refulter Jhall at any time refult ther.^rom to 
 
 aucune Prejudice pour aucune des any of the faid Contracting Parties ; 
 
 dites Parties Contradantes, et que les and that the Titles taken or omitted 
 
 Titres, oris ou omis, 'de part et on either Side^ m Account of the faid 
 
 d'autre, a i'Occafion de la dite Ne- Negotiation^ and of the prefent Treaty^ 
 
 gociation, et du prefent Traite, ne /W/ not be cited^ or any Confequence 
 
 pourront etre cites ni tires a Confe- drawn therefrom. 
 
 quence. ' ) . ' i 
 
 Article II. 
 
 II a ^te convenu et arrete, que la 
 Langue Fr^«fwW employee dans tous 
 les Exemplaires du prefent Traite, et 
 qui pourra I'etre dans les A(ftes d'Ac- 
 ceflion, ne formera point un Ex- 
 emple, qui puiffe etre allegue, ni 
 tire a Confequence, ni porter Preju- 
 dice, en aucune in'iniere, a aucune 
 des Puiflances Contradlantes ; et que 
 I'on fe conformera, a I'avenir, a ce 
 qui a ete obferve, et doit etre obferve 
 a regard, et de la part des Puiflances, 
 qui font en Ufage, et en Pofleflion 
 de donner, et de recevoir des Exem- 
 plaires de femblablesTraites et Adles, 
 en une autre Langue que la Fran- 
 pife. 
 
 Le prefent Traite, et les Accef- 
 fions, qui interviendront, ne laiflant 
 pas d'avoir la meme Force et Vertu, 
 que fi le fufdit Ufage y avoit ete ob- 
 ferve, et les prefents Articles Separes 
 auront pareillement la meme Force, 
 que s'ils etoient inferes dans le Traite. 
 
 En Foi de quoi Nous Souflignes 
 Ambafladeurs Extraordinaires et Mi- 
 
 nifl;res 
 
 Article 11. 
 
 It has been agreed and determined^ 
 that the French Language made Ufe of 
 in all the Copies of the prefent Treaty ^ 
 and ivhich may be ufed in the ASls of 
 Accejion, Jhall not be made a Precedent 
 that may be alledgedy or drawn into 
 Confequence^ or in any Manner preju- 
 dice any of the Contrasting Powers ; 
 and that they conform tbemfehes for 
 the Future to what has been and ought 
 to be objcrved with regard to, and on 
 the Part of PowerSy who are ufed 
 and have a Right to give and receive 
 Copies of like Treaties and ASis in an- 
 other Language than the French. 
 
 The prefent Treaty, and the AcceJJionSy 
 which jhall intervene, having fill the 
 fame Force and Effe£i, as if the afore- 
 faid PraSiice had been therein obfer- 
 ved : And the prejent Separate Articles 
 fhall have likewife the fame Force, as 
 if they were inferted in the Treaty. 
 
 In JVitnefs whereof, we the under- 
 written Ambafjadors Extraordinary 
 and Miniflers Plenipotentiary: < cf his 
 Britannick jk%'^;', of his m^ ChrlC- 
 
 tian 
 
 
(31 
 niftres Plenipotentiaires de faMajefte 
 Britannique, de fa Majeft^ Tres 
 ChrStienne, et des Seigneurs Etats Ge- 
 neraux des Provinces Unies, avons 
 fign6 lesprefents Articles Separ6s, et 
 y avons fait appofer le Cachet de nos 
 Armes. 
 
 Fait a Aix la Chapelky le dix huit 
 OSlobrCy Mil fept cent quarante huit. 
 
 • " ' • ■ " {Signn ■ 
 
 (L. S.) Sandwich. (L. S.) St, Severin d'Aragon. 
 (L. S.) t. Robinfon. (L. S.) La Porte du theil. 
 
 ) 
 
 tian Majejiy^ and (f the Lords the 
 States General of the United Pro^ 
 vincest havefgned the prefent Sepa- 
 rate Articles^ and canjed the Seals of 
 our Arms to be put thereto. 
 
 Done at Aix la Chapelle, the iSth 
 of Odtober 1748. 
 
 (L.S.) fF. Bentimk. 
 {L.S.)G.A.Hafelaer. 
 {L.S.) y.KBorfe/e. 
 {US.) O. Z.Fan JJaren. 
 
 as 
 
 Plenipotentiarum Tabulae Ple- 
 nipotentiariorunt Magnae 
 Britannke. 
 
 GEORGIUS R. 
 /^Eorgius Secundus, Dei Gratia, 
 ^-* Magf^a Britannia^ Francia^ et 
 Hihernia Rex, Fidei Defenfor, Dux 
 Brunfvici et Luneburgi^ Sacri Rotna- 
 ni Imperii Archi-Thefaurarius, et 
 Princeps Eledtor, &c. Omnibus et 
 iingulis ad quos pracfentes hx Literas 
 pervenerint, Salutem. Cum ad per- 
 ficienda Pacis Generalis Negotia, 
 tarn feliciter inchoata, eademque ad 
 finem exoptatum quantocius perdu- 
 cenda, Nobis e re vifum lit, Viros 
 quofdam idoneos Legatorum Noftro- 
 rum Extraordinariorum et Pleiiipo- 
 tentiariorum Titulo, et munere in 
 Congreffu jam inftituto infignire. 
 
 Sciatis 
 
 His Britannick Majefty's 
 Full Power. 
 
 GEORGES. 
 
 GEorge the Sccondy by the Gra^ 
 ofGody of Great Britain, France 
 and Ireland, Kingy Dejender of the' 
 Faithy Duke of Brunfwipk.tf;p^ Lu-- 
 nenburg, Arch Treafurer of the Jfo^- 
 ^ Roman Umpire y and Prince Elec- 
 tor y &c. To all to whom thefe Pre- ■■ 
 fentsjball comCy Greeting. WhereaSy. 
 in order to perjeSt the. Work of a Ge- 
 neral PeacCy fo happily begun, and to ■• 
 bring ;>, asjbon as pojfibky to the dc-~ 
 fired ConcluftoHy We have thought pro- - 
 per to invejl 'Two ft Perfons with the - 
 Title and CharaEler of Our Ambajja- - 
 dors Extraordnuiry, and Plenipoten— 
 tiiirii's at the prefent Cofigrefs 3, Knowt 
 
( 32 
 
 Sciatis i^iir, quod Nos Fide, Ju- 
 dicio, titquc in rebus maximi mo- 
 •menti tradtandis ufu ac folertia, per- 
 quam Fidelis et praediiedti Confan- 
 guinei Noftri Johannis Comitis de 
 SciTklwkhy nee non Fidelis et dilcdi 
 Nobis ThoMKe Robinfoti, Honoratiffi- 
 mi Ordinis Noftri de Balneis Equi- 
 tis, et Miniftri Noftri ad bonain 
 Sororcm Noftram ^ermaiiice Impe^ 
 ratricem, Htingaria, Bohemiaque Re- 
 ginam, Plenipotentiarii plurimum 
 confifi, Eofdem nominavimus, fe- 
 cimus, conftituimus, et ordinavimus, 
 quemadmodum per pra^fentes no- 
 minamus, facimus, conftituimus, et 
 ordinamus. Legates T>Joftros Extra- 
 ordinarios, verofque, certos et indu- 
 bitatos Miniftros, Commiflarios, De- 
 putatos, Procuratores, et Plenipoten- 
 tiaries, dantes eifdem, aut alterutri 
 eorum, conjundtim, vel feparatlm, 
 omnem, et omnimodam Potefta- 
 lem, Facultatem, Authoritatemque, 
 nee non Mandatum generale, pariter 
 ac fpeeiale, (ita tamen, ut generale 
 fpeciali non deroget, nee e contra) 
 Aquisgranum^ vel alium quemcun- 
 que Locum, ubi Pacis et Tranquil- 
 litatis praememoratae Tradlatus et 
 Negotiationes inftitui, et celebrari 
 eontigerit, adeundi, ibique pro No- 
 bis, et Nomine Noftro, una cum 
 Legatis, Commiflariis, Deputatis, et 
 Plenipotentiariis Principum, et Sta- 
 tuum, quorum intereffe potent, fuf- 
 fieienti itidem Poteftate atque Autho- 
 ritate inftrudtis, tarn fingulatim ac 
 vdivisim> quam aggregatlm ac con- 
 
 jundlim, 
 
 ) 
 
 ye therefore^ that JVe^ having enfhe 
 Confidence in the Zealy Judgement^ 
 Skill and Jlbilitiei in managitig great 
 Affairs^ of 'Our Right Trujly and 
 Wellbeloved Ccnfin.'^ohn Earl i9/Sand- 
 wich, as alj'o Our ^rtify and WtMe- 
 loved Thomas Robinlon, Knight of 
 the mojl Honourable Order of the Bath, 
 tindOur MinifterFlenipoter.t'.avy to Our 
 good Sifter the Emprefs c/' Germany, 
 ^een ©/""Hungary rtW Bohemia, have 
 named, made, conjlitiited and ixppointedy 
 as We by thej'e Prcfents name, make, con" 
 Jiitute and appoi?Jt, them Our true and 
 undoubted AmbaJJadors Extraordinary^ 
 Miftijicrs, Commijjioners, Deputies^ 
 Procurators and Plenipotentiaries, 
 giving unto ' tljem, or vach of theniy 
 jointly or feparately, all and all Man- 
 ner of Power and Authority, as well 
 as Our general and Jpecial Command, 
 (yet fo, tliat the General do not dero- 
 gate from the Special, or otherwife) 
 to repair to Aix la Chapelie, or to 
 any other Place ivhere the Treaty and 
 Negotiations for the abovementioned 
 Peace and Iranquillity way be to be 
 carried on ; and there, for Us, and 
 in Our Name, together nvith the Am- 
 baff'adors, ComyniJJioners, Deputies, and 
 Plenipotentiaries of the Prijices and 
 States, whom it may concern, proper- 
 ly vejled with the fame Power and 
 Authority, to meet, in Congrefs and 
 Conference, either ft jjgly and feparate- 
 ly, or jointly and in a Body i and 
 with them to agree upon, treat, con- 
 fult and c&)Klnde what may be necef- 
 fa^y cfor 7?taking a firm and fable 
 
 Peace, 
 
 .? 
 
 i 
 
nftre 
 mentf 
 gnat 
 and 
 and- 
 
 ht of 
 Bath, 
 "oOur 
 
 .con- 
 
 
 ( 33 ) 
 
 junftlm, congrcdicfldi etcoUoqoendi, Teace^ and re^^efiabUfh^ •* a Jhaerf 
 atque cum ipfis de Pace firm^ et 1 xa- Friendjhip and good Bu amy ; and 
 bill, fmccrMue AmicitU etcoftror- to fgn^or Us, and in Our Nana, 
 did quantocius reftituendis, corwini- evers ioi)^ fo i^reedupon, and con" 
 endi, tradtandi, confulendi, et con- eluded % and to make a Treaty or Trea" 
 cludendi, idque omne quod ita con- ties upon lobat Jhall have been fo agreed 
 ventum et conclufum fiierit, pro andconcluded,ttndtodoandtranfa£laU 
 Nobis et Noftro Nomine Aibfignan- other Matters, which may appertain. 
 di, atque Tradatum, Tradlatufve, to thefimjbing the ahomefaid Work, in 
 iuper ita conventis et concluiis, con- as ample Msmner and Form, and with 
 ficiendi, omniaque alia, que ad Opus equal Force and F^acy, as iVe Our» 
 fupradi£tum feliciter exequendym fehes could do, tf perfmaUy prefent, 
 pertinent, tranfigendi,ttimamplis Mo- engaging, and on Our Royal Wora 
 do, et Formd, ac Vi efFeduque pari, promtfing, that whatever Things Jhah 
 ac Nos, fi intereffemus, facere et be tranmled and concluded by our faid 
 praeftare poilemus ; l^ndentes, et in Amhaffadors Extraordinary, and Ple^ 
 Verbo Regio proinktentes, Nos om- nipotentiaries, or by either of them, 
 nia et fingukj quscunque a didtis Jhall be agteed to, acknowledged, and 
 Noftris Legalis Extraordihariis, et (Accepted by XJs, in the fullefl Manner % 
 Plcnipotehtiariis, aut eorum alter- ana that We will never Juffer, either 
 utro, tranfigi et condudi cont^erit, in the Whole, or in Part, any Perfon 
 gratum, ratum, et acccptum, omni whatfoever to infringe or a£l contrdr^ 
 meliori modo, habituro^, neque paf- to the fame. In Witnefs whereof We 
 
 have fgned thefe Prejents with Our 
 Royal Hand, and have caufed to be 
 affixed thereto Our Great Seal of 
 Great Britain. Given at Our Pa^ 
 lace at Herrhhaufeh the "^^ Da^ 
 
 ^f&^ '* '-^ ^^^r f.^r Lord 
 1748. and in the 'Twenty Second Ye'ar 
 bf Our Reign, 
 
 furos 
 parte, 
 
 in 
 
 unquamj ut in toto, vel 
 a quopiam violentur, aut ut 
 lis in contrarium eatur. In quorum 
 omnium majorem Fidem, et Rbbur^ 
 Prsefentibus Manu Ndftra Regid fig- 
 natis, Magnuih Noftnim Magna 
 Britahnia Sigilliim appendi fecimus. 
 Qus dabanhir in Palatio Noftro 
 flpbd HehtnhdufeH ^^^ Die Men- 
 tis ^, Anhd tfotHM Mfliefimb 
 
 ScptiMehtefuno C(jk4rflgefimo €|c- 
 lavo, Kegjmque Ndfei ^JHcei^oi Se- 
 cundo, V 
 
 Pk 
 
 /«- 
 
 The 
 
 •ill.- ■*••»•- 
 
Pleinpouvotr de Sa Majefle 
 
 Tres-Chretienfse. 
 ,t OUlSt par la Grace de Dieu, 
 *-* Roi de Prance gt de Navarre. A 
 tons ceux qui ces prefentes Lettres 
 verroiit, Salut. Comme nous ne 
 voulons rien obmettre de ce qui peut 
 dependre de nous pour accelerer la 
 •Cofifommation du grand et falutaire 
 Ouviage de la Paix, et du Retabliffe- 
 ment de la Tranquilite Publique, 
 nous confiant entieremcnt en la Ca- 
 pacite et Experience, Zele et Fide- 
 lite pour notre Service, de nos chers 
 et blen ames le Sieur Comte de Saint 
 Severin d'Aragon^ Chevalier de nos 
 Ordres, ct Ic Sieur de la Porte du 
 Tbeily Confeiller en nos Confeils, Se- 
 cretaire de notre Chambre et Cabi- 
 net, et des Commandemens de notre 
 tres-cher et trcs-ame Fils, le 
 Dauphin. Pour ces Caufes et autres 
 bonnes Confiderations a ce nous 
 mouvant, nous les avons commis et 
 ordonn^, et par ces prefentes fignees 
 de notre Main, commettons ct or- 
 donnons, et leur avons donne et 
 donnons a I'un et a I'autre conjointe- 
 ment, aufli bien qu'a i'un d'entre eux 
 feparement, en Cas d'Abfence,ou d'ln- 
 commodit^ de I'autre, Pleinpouvoir, 
 Commiffion et Mand6ment Special 
 pour en notre Nom, en Qualite de 
 nos AmbafTadeurs Extraordinaires et 
 Plenipotentiaires, convenir avec les 
 AmbafTadeurs et Miniftres adtuelle- 
 ment aflembl^s a Aix la Cbapelle^ 
 pour la Confommation de la Paix, 
 munis de Pleinpouvoirs, en bonne 
 
 Forme, 
 
 34) 
 
 The Moft Chrifiian Kipg's 
 
 Full Power. 
 T EWIS, by the Grace of God, 
 ■■-' /&«^ o/' France <?«</ Navarre. To 
 all thdfe, to nabom thefe PrefeMsJhall 
 come. Greeting. Whereai nve are 
 defirous of omitting nothing in our 
 Power i in order to accelerate the Con- 
 .clufion of the Great and Salutary 
 Work of Peace y and the Re-ejlablifh- 
 ment of the Public k Tranquility y truji- 
 ing entirely to the Capacity and Ex- 
 perience, Zeal and Fidelity for our 
 Service of our dear and well-beloved 
 the Count de St. Severin d'Aragon, 
 Knight of our Orders, and the Siewr 
 de la Porte du Theil, Counfellor in 
 our Councils, Secretary of our Cham- 
 ber and Cabinet, and of the Commands 
 cf our moft dear and mofl beloved Son 
 the Dauphin. For thefe Caufes, and 
 other good Confiderat^im us thereto 
 moving, we have commij/icned and or- 
 dained them, and by thefe Prefents 
 figned with our Hand, do commijion 
 and ordain., and have given them, and 
 do give to the one and to the other 
 jointly, as well cs to either of them 
 feparately, in Cafe of Abfenee or In- 
 difpqfition of the other. Full Power, 
 Commijfion, and fpecial Order, in our 
 Name, and in the ^tfality if our Am- 
 baffadors Extraordinary and Plenipo- 
 tentiaries, to agree ivtth the Ambaf- 
 fadors and Minijiers aSlually qfembkd 
 at Aix la Chapelle for the Conclu/ion 
 of a Peace, provided with Full Pow- 
 ers in good Form on the Part of their 
 Majiers, to fettle, conclude, andfgn 
 
 fucb 
 
 sf 
 
Articles et Conventions, que I'un 
 ct I'autre enfemble, ou I'ua d'entre 
 eux, dans les dits Cas d"Abfence 
 ou d'Incommodite de Tautre, avi- 
 
 ( 35 ) 
 
 Forme, de la ptrt de leurs Maitres, fuch Treaties^ Articles^ and Conven- 
 
 arreter, oonclure ct figner tclsTraites, tionsy as the one and the other toge- 
 ther^ or either of them, in the afore- 
 /aid Cafe of Ahfcnce or Indifpofition of 
 the other y Jhall think goody and chiefly 
 the Definitive Treaty y njohich fl^all re- 
 
 feroit bon £tre, et principalcment le ejlablijh a folid Peace and perjecl 
 
 Trait^ Definitif, qui retablira une XJnion between us and the Princes and 
 
 Paix' folide, et une Union parfaite, States formerly at War^ or Auxiliaries 
 
 tntre nous et les Princes et Etats ci- of the Powers at War \ fromifing on 
 
 devant en Guerre, ou Auxiliaires dcs the Faith and Word of a King, to 
 
 Puiflances belligerantes ; promettant, accept, keep firm and fable for roer, 
 
 en Foi et Parole de Roi, d'avoir accomplifi) and execute punSluallyy all 
 
 agreable, tenir ferme et ftable a tou- that the faid Count de St Severin 
 
 jours, accbmplir ct executer pondlu- d'Amgonf and the faid SieurdehForte 
 
 ellement tout ce que le dit Sieur du Tneil or either of themy in the 
 
 Comte de Saint Severin d'Aragony faid Cafes of Abfence or Indij^ofition 
 
 et le dit Sieur 'de la Porte du Theily of the other y fiiall have fiipulated, pro- 
 
 ou Tun d'ientre eu*, dans les dits mifed and figned by virtue of this pre- 
 
 Cas d'Abfence ou d'Incomodite de fent Power, without ever contravening 
 
 I'autre, auroit ftipule, promis et thefamcy orfuffering it to be contra- 
 
 figne, en vertu du prefent Pouvoir, vened, for what Caufty or under what 
 
 fans jamais y contrevenir, ni per- Pretext foever; as alfo to caufe our 
 
 mettre qu'il y foit contrevenu, pour Letters of Ratification thereof to Be 
 
 quelque Caufe, ou fous quelque Pre- difpatched in good Form, and ex- 
 
 texte que ce puifle ^tre, conrnie aufli changed in the time that fi^all be 
 
 d'en faire expedier noS Lettres de agreed upon: For fuch is our Plea- 
 
 Ritification, en bonne Forme, pour fure. In Witnefs whereof we have 
 
 etre echang^es dans les Tems dont caufed our Seal to be put to thefe Pre- 
 
 il fera convcnu. Car tel eft notre fents. Given at Fontainebleau the 
 
 Plaifir. En Temoin de quoi, nous yth Day of Odlober, in the Tear of 
 
 avons fait mettre notre Seel 4 ces Grace 1748, and of our Reign the 
 
 dites prefentes. Donn^ 4 Fontaine- 
 bleau, le fepti6me Jour diOSiobre, 
 I'An de Grace Mil fept cent quarante 
 huit, et de notre Regne le Trentc 
 Quatrieme. {SignS) LOVISy 
 £c fur le Replis 
 
 par le Roi, 
 {Sign4) Brulart. 
 
 Et Scelle du Grand Sc^au 
 de Cire Jaune. 
 
 Thirty Fourth. 
 
 (Signed) LEWIS, 
 (And lower) 
 By the King, ..^ 
 
 (Signed) Brulart. 
 Andfealed with the Great Seal in Tel- 
 low Wax, 
 
Pleinpouvoir des Etats 
 Gemraux, 
 
 (36) 
 
 •*■> 
 
 The States Generars 
 , Full Power. 
 
 LES Etats Generaux des Pro- 
 vinces Unies des Pai's-bas. A 
 Tous ceux.qui ces Prefentes verront, 
 Salut. Comme nous ne fouhaitons 
 rien plus ardemment, que de voir fi- 
 nir par une bonne Paix, la Guerre, 
 dont la Chretienti eft si pre(ent affli- 
 gee, et que la Ville d'^'x la Cbapelle, 
 a etc agrei pour le lieu des Confer- 
 ences. Nous, par ce in£me defir, 
 d'arr£ter autant qu'il fera en nous, 
 la Defolation de tant de Provinces, 
 et TEffufion de tant de Sang Chre- 
 tien, avons bien voulu y contrib'ier 
 tout ce qui depend de nous, et pour 
 cet efFet deputer i la dite Aflemblee 
 quelques Perfonnes du Corps de la 
 Notre,qui ontdonn6 plufieurs preuves 
 de la ConnoifTance et Experience, 
 qu'ils ont des Affaires publiques, aufli 
 bien que de I'Affeftion, qu'ils ont 
 pour le Bien de notre Etat. 
 
 ,£t comme les Sieurs Guillaume 
 Comte de Bentinck^ Seigneur de 
 Rhoon et Pendrecht^ du Corps des 
 Nobles de la Province de Hollande et 
 Wejlfrife, Curateur de TUniverfit^ 
 de Leydfii &c. &c. &c. Frederic 
 Henry Baron de Waffenaer^ Seigneur 
 de Catwyke et ZanMy du Corps des 
 Nobles de la Province de Hollande 
 et Wejlfrifey Hfiog - JJeemrade de 
 Rkynlande,^6cc, &c. &c. Gerard Ar^- 
 mut Hfifefofir^ Ecbevin et Senateur 
 de la Ville ^Amjlerdam^ Diredleur 
 de la Compagnie des IndesOrientales } 
 
 et 
 
 *rHE States General of the United 
 "* Provinces ^/i6^ Netherlands. To 
 alltboje, ivbojhalljee tbefe Prefents, 
 Greeting. Whereas we defire nothing 
 more ardently ^ than to fie the War.t 
 with iMch Chrijiendom is at prej'ent 
 affiiSledt terminated by a good Peace ^ 
 and the Cits of Kvx. la Chapelle has 
 been agreed upon for the Place of the 
 Conferences j We^ by the fame D^re d" 
 putting a Stopt as far as Jhall be 
 in ust to the Defolation of Jo many 
 Provinces^ and to the Efftyion of fo 
 much Chrijlian Bloody have been wil- 
 ling to contribute thereto all that de- 
 pends upon us; and, to this End, to de^ 
 Pute to the f aid Ajjembly fame Per- 
 Jons out of our own Body, who have 
 given Jeveral Proofs of the Knowledge 
 and Experience wbtch they have of 
 publick Affairs, as well as of the AJ- 
 feSlion which they have for the Good 
 of our State. 
 
 And whereas the Sieurs Wil- 
 liam Count Bentinck, Lord of 
 Rhoon and Pendrecht, ^ the Body 
 of Nobles of the Province of Holland 
 and Weft-Frizeland, Curator of the 
 Univerfity of Leyden, &c. J^ede- 
 rick Henry Baron Waflenaer, Lord 
 of Catwyck and Zand, of the Body 
 of Nobles of the Province g/* Holland 
 and Wcft-Frizeknd, Hoog-Heemrade 
 e^Rhynland, GV. Gerard Arnold 
 Haffelaer, Scbepen and Senator of the 
 City. 2|f Amfterdami and Dire^or of 
 
 the 
 
 it 
 
( 37) 
 
 bos 
 the 
 
 et Onno Zivier de Haren, Giictnian 
 de IVc/i-Stellingivcrf, Conll-iller De- 
 pute de la Province de Friffy et Coni- 
 milTaire General de toutes les Troupes 
 Suijjes et GriJ'om a notrc Service ; 
 Deputes refpedlils en notre Afl'em- 
 blee, ct au Conlcil d'Etat de la part 
 des Provinces de Hollamle et IVejl- 
 frife^ et de Frifc, fe font lignalcs en 
 plufieurs Emplois importants pour 
 notre Service, ou ils ont donne des 
 marques de leur Fidelite, Application 
 et Addrefle au maniemcnt des Af- 
 faires i Pour ces Caufes, et autres 
 bonnes Confiderations a ce nous 
 mouvant, nous avons commis, or- 
 donnc et depute, lefdits Sieurs 
 de Bentiuck, Wajjenaer, HaJJ'cIaar, et 
 de Haren, commettons, ordonnons 
 et deputons par ces Prcfentes, et leur 
 avons donne et donnons I'leinpouvoir, 
 Commiflion et Mandcment fpecial, 
 d'aller a j^ix la Cbapellc^ en Qualite 
 de nos Ambafliideurs Extraordinaires 
 etPlenipotentiaires pour laPaix,et d'y 
 conferer avec les Ambafladeurs Extra- 
 ordinaires ct Plenipotentiaires de Sa 
 MajcftcTres-CV'rcV/Vww, et fes Allies, 
 munis dePouvoirs fufHfans, ct y trai- 
 ler des movens de terminer et pacitier 
 lesDifferends qui caufent adjourd'huy 
 la Guerre, ct pourront nos dits Am- 
 balliidcurs Extraordinaires etPlenipo- 
 tentiaires, tous enfemble ou quclques 
 uns, ou quelqu'un d'cntre eux, en 
 Cas de I'Abfence des autres, pnr Ma- 
 ladie, ou autre Empcchement, en 
 convenir, et fur iceux conclurc et 
 iigner unc bonne et fure Paix, ef 
 
 gene- 
 
 the Eaft India Company ; ^WOnno 
 Zvvier van Haren, Grietman o/Wclk 
 Stellingwerf, Deputed CoiinJ'ellGr of 
 the Province of Frizeland, and Com^ 
 mijjary General of all the Swifs and 
 Grifon Troops in our Service ; refpec- 
 tive Deputies in our ylJJ'emblyy and in 
 the Council of State^ on the Part 
 of the Provinces oj Holland and^McH 
 Frizeland, cW Frizeland, have dijlin- 
 guijhed them/elves in Jeveral EMploy- 
 nients of Importance for our Service, 
 in which they have given Marks of 
 their Fidelity, ^application and Ad- 
 drefs in the Management of Affairs \ 
 For thefe Caufes, and other good Coufw 
 derations us thereunto moving, ffl' 
 have commifioned, ordained and dcpur. 
 ted the [aid Sieurs Bentinck, Wafler- 
 naer, Flaflelaer, and van Haren, do 
 commifjion, ordain and depute them, 
 by thefe Prefents, and have g 'ven and 
 do give unto them Full Power, Com- 
 mijjion and Special Order, to go to Aix 
 la Chapel le, in polity oJ our AmhaJ~ 
 fadors Extraordinary and Plenipoten- 
 tiaries for the Peace, and there to con- 
 fer with the Ambafj'adors Extraordi- 
 nary and Plenipotentiaries oj his Mojl 
 Chri/iian Maje/ly, and his Allies, pre- 
 vided ivith fufficient Powers, and there 
 to treat of the Means of terminating 
 and pacifying the Differences which at 
 prefent cccafion the War ; and our 
 /aid AmbaJJ'adors Extraordinary and 
 Plenipotentiaries, all together, or any 
 of them, or any one among them, i,i 
 Cafe of Ab fence of the others, by Sick^ 
 7ifs or other Impediment, J}:all have 
 K Power 
 
 
( 38) 
 
 generalement fairc, negocier, pro- 
 mettre et accorder, tout ce qu'ils ef- 
 timeront neceflaire pour le fufdit ef- 
 fet.de la Paix, et de faire generale- 
 ment tout ce que nos pourrions 
 faire, fi nous y etions prefens, quand 
 meme pour cela il feroit befoin de 
 Pouvoir, et Mandement plus fpecial, 
 non contenu dans ces dites Prefentes j 
 Promettant fincerement et de bonne 
 foi, d'avoir pour agreable, ferme, et 
 ftable, tout ce que p^r lefdits Sieurs 
 NosAmbafladeurs Extr.aordinaires et 
 Plenipotentiaires, ou bien par quel- 
 ques-uns, ou quelqu'un, d'entre eux, 
 en Cas de Maladie, d'Abfence, ou 
 autre Empechement des autres, aura 
 ete ftipule, promis et accorde, et 
 d'en faire expedier nos Lettres de 
 Ratification, dans le terns, qu'ils au- 
 ront promis en notre Nom de les 
 fournir. Donne a la HayCy en Notre 
 AiTemblee, fous notre Grand Sceau, 
 la Paraphe du Prefident de Notre 
 AfTemblee, et le Seing de notre Pre- 
 mier Greffier, le huitieme de Mars^ 
 Mil fept cent quarante huit. 
 ( Signe ) H. Van Ijfelmuden, Vt. 
 
 ( Plus bas ) 
 Par Ordonnance des fufdits Seigneurs 
 Etats Generaux, ( Signe ) 
 
 H. Fagel 
 
 Pleinpouvoir des Etats 
 Generaux. 
 
 ES Etats Genen ax des Provinces 
 ' Unies de&Pais-bas. A tous ceux, 
 
 qui 
 
 Power to agree about the fame ^ and 
 thereupon to conclude and Jign a good 
 and Jure Peace, and, in general, to 
 tranfadt, negociate, promife, and grant 
 whatever theyJJoall think nccejj'ary to 
 the faid Effect of the Peace, and 
 generally to do every Thing that we 
 could do, if we were there prefent, 
 even though a more fpecial Power, 
 and Order, not contained in thefe 
 Pnfenfs, fould be necefj'ary for that 
 Purpofe ; promifingfmcerely and bona 
 fide, to accept and keep firm and 
 fiable whatever by our faid Ambafj'a- 
 dors Extraordinary and Plenipoten- 
 tiaries, or by any, or any one of them, 
 in Cafe of Sicknefs, Abfence, or other 
 Impediment of the others, Jhall have 
 been fiipulated, promifed and granted, 
 and thereof to caufe our Letters of 
 Ratification to be difpatched, in the 
 Time that they fhall have promifed in 
 our Name to furnifh them. Given at 
 the Hague in our Affembly, under our 
 Great Seal, the Paraphe of the Prefi- 
 dent of our Affembly, and the Signature 
 of our FirfiGriJier, the Eighth Day of 
 March 1748. ( Signed ) 
 
 H. van IfTelmuden, Vt. 
 ( Lower ) 
 By Order of the faid Lords the States 
 General^ ( Signed ) 
 
 H. Fagel. 
 
 The States GeneraFs 
 Full Power. 
 
 THE States General of the United 
 Provinces of the 'Netherlands. To 
 
 all 
 
 s 
 
 I : L 
 
and 
 good 
 to 
 ant 
 
 Vt. 
 
 ( 39) 
 
 qui ces prefentes verront, Salut. all thofe^ who Jlioll fee thefe Prejenti^ 
 Comme nous ne fouhaitons rien plus Greeting. Whereas we defire nothing 
 ardemment, que de voir finir, par more ardently, than to fee the War, 
 une bonne Paix, la Guerre dont la with which Chrijlendom is at prefent 
 Chretiente eft a prefent affligee, et affiiEled, terminated by a good Peace ; 
 que la Ville d^Aix la Cbapelle a etc and the City of Aix la Chapelle 
 agree pour le lieu des Conferences j has been agreed upon for the Place of 
 Nous, par cc meme defir, d'arreter, the Conferences ; We, by the fame De- 
 autant qu'il fera en nous, la Defo- fire of putting a Stop, as far as 
 lation de tant de Provinces, et I'Ef- Jhall be in Us, to the Defolation of 
 fufion de tant de Sang Chretien, fo many Provinces, and to the Effu- 
 avons bien voulu y contribuer tout fion of fo much Chrijlian Blood, have 
 ce qui depend de nous, et pour cet been willing to contribute thereto all 
 efFet, nous avons deja depute cy- that depends upon us ; and, to this 
 devant a la dite Aflemblce quelques End, have already deputed fome Per- 
 Perfonnes du Corps de la Notre, qui fons heretojore to thefaid Affembly out 
 ont donne plufieurs Preuves de la of our own Body, who have given f 6' 
 ConnoiiTance et Experience, qu'ils veral Proofs of the Knowledge and 
 ont des Affaires Publiques, aufli bien Experience, which they have of Pub- 
 que de 1' Affection qu'ils ont pour le lick Affairs, as well as of the Affec- 
 Bien de notre Etat j a f9avoir, les tion, which they have for the Good of 
 Sieurs Guillaume Comte de Bentimk, our State -, To wit, the Sieurs William 
 Seigneur de Rhoon et Pendrecht, du Bentinck, Lord of Rhoon and Pen- 
 Corps des Nobles de la Province drecht, of the body of Nobles of the 
 de Hollande et Weflfrife, Curateur Province of Holland and Weft- 
 de rUniverfite de Leyde, &c. Pre- Friefland, Curator of the Vniverfity 
 deric Henry, Baron de Wafj'enaer, of Leyden, Gfr. Frederic Henry Ba^ 
 Seigneur de Catwyck et Zande, du ron Waflenaer, Lord of Catwyck and 
 Corps des Nobles de la Province Zand, of the Body of Nobles of the 
 de Hollande et Weflfrife, Hoogheem- Province o/'HoUand ^w^Weft-Frief- 
 rade de Rhynlande, &c. Gerard Ar- land, Hoog-Heemrade of Rhynland, 
 nout Hajj'elaar, Echevin et Senateur &c. Gerard Arnold Haffelaer, Sche- 
 de la Ville di Arnfierdam, Diredleur de pen and Senator of the City of Am- 
 la Compagnie des Indes Orientales, fterdam, and DireSlor of the Eaft- 
 et Onno Zwier de Haren, Grietman India Company ; and On no Zwie^ 
 
 de Weji-Stellingwerff, Confeiller De- 
 pute de la Province de Frifc, et 
 Commiflaire General de toutes les 
 Troupes Suiffes et Grifones a notre 
 
 Van Haren, Grietman of Wcfl-Stel- 
 lingwerff, Deputed Cou?ifellor of the 
 Province oj Friefland, and Ccmmifja- 
 ry General of all the Swifs and Grifoii 
 
 Service ; Deputes refpedifs en notre T^roops in our Service -, refpcSlive De- 
 
 Aflem- piitU'i 
 

 Ill i 
 
 ( 40 ) 
 
 AlTemblee, et au Confeil d'Etat, dc f-utics in Our A[jhnhly, and in the 
 
 la Part des Provinces de Holhnde ct Council cf Stdte, on the Part of the 
 
 Wejlfrifc, et de Frij'e j et comme ;\ Provinces of Holland and Wt^l- 
 
 prd'cnt nous avons jugc a propos dc Friefland, ^WFriclland. And'whcre- 
 
 jdindre une cinquicme Perlcnne aux as we have at prefent thought proper 
 
 quatre Sieurs fus-nommes pour ce to join a Fijth Per/on to the Four 
 
 nicmc effet, et que le Sieur Jean above-mentioned, Jor this fame Pur- 
 
 Baron de Borjek, Premier Nohlc et pofe ; and the Sieur John Baron Van 
 
 reprelentant la NoblclTe dans les BorfTele, Firjl Noble, and reprefent- 
 
 Etats, au Conlcil, et a I'Amirautc ing the Nobility , in the States, in the 
 
 de Zelande, Diredleur de la Com- Council, and in the Admiralty of Zct- 
 
 pagnie des Indes Orient ales, et Depute land, DireBor of the Eall-India Com- 
 
 tn Notre Aflcmblee de la part de pajiy, and Deputy in our Afj'embly 
 
 la dite Province de Zdandc, s'cit on the Part of the faid Province of 
 
 lignale en plulieurs Emplois impor- Zeeland, has dr!tinguijl:ed himfelf in 
 
 tajis pour Notre Service, oui 1 a donne feveral Employments of Importance 
 
 des Marques de ill Fidelite, Applica- for our Service, in ivhich he has gi' 
 
 tion, et Addrelle au Maniement des 
 Atfaires ; Pour ces Caules, et autres 
 bonnes Confiderations ii ce nous 
 mouvant. Nous avons commis, or- 
 donne ct depute led it Sieur de 
 Bcr/Ji'le, commettons, ordonnons et 
 
 ven Marks cf his Fidelity, Applica- 
 tion and /iddrefs in the Management 
 oj Affairs : For thefe Caufes, and 
 other good Confiderations Us thereunto 
 moving. We have commif/ioned, or- 
 dained, and deputed the faid Sieur 
 
 deputons, par ces prefentes, et luy Van Borflele, do commi[jion, ordain, 
 
 avons donne et donnonsPleinpouvoir, and depute him, by thefe Prefent s, and 
 
 Commiflion et Mandemcnt Ipecial have given, and do give unto him 
 
 d'aller a Aix la Chapellc, en Qualitc Full Power, Commifjion, and fpecial 
 
 lie Notre Ambaffadeur Extraordinaire Order, to go /"o Aix la Chapelle, m 
 
 et Plenipotentiaire pour la Paix, et ^lality of our Ambafjador Extraor- 
 
 d'y conferer avec les Ambaffadeurs dinary and Plenipotentiary Jor the 
 
 Extraordinaires ct Plenipotentiaires Peace, and there to confer with the 
 
 lie Sa Majeile Tres Cbreticnnc et fes Ambaffadors Extraordinary and Ple- 
 
 Allies, munis de Pouvoirs faffilans, nipotetitiarics of his Mofi Chriftian 
 
 et y trailer des moyens de terminer Majejly and his Allies, provided with 
 
 et pacifier les Differends, qui caufent fuffcient Full Powers, and there to 
 
 aujourd'huy la Guerre, etpourra Notre treat of the Means of terminating 
 
 dit Ambaflddeur Extraordinaire et and pacifying the Differences, which 
 
 Plenipotentiaire, enfemble avec les at prefent occafion the War, and 
 
 dits Sieurs de Bejttinck, de Waffenacr, our faid Ambaffador Extraordinary 
 
 Hafjelaar, et de Haren, Nos quatre aftd Plenipotentiary^ together with 
 
 autres ^/•'^ 
 
-Ji- 
 
 -.. i' 
 
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 gi" 
 
 flutres Anibaffadeurs Extracrdinaircs 
 et Plenipotentiaires, ou avec quel- 
 ques uns, ou quelqu'un d'entre eux, 
 ou m^me feul, en Cas de I'Abfence 
 des autres, par Maladie, au autre 
 Empechement, en convenir, et fur 
 iceux conclure et figner une bonne 
 ct fure Paix, et generalement faire, 
 negocier, promettre et accorder tout 
 ce qu'il eltimera neceflaire pour le 
 fufdit EfFet de la Paix, et de faire 
 generalement tout ce que nous pour- 
 rions faire, fi nous y etions prefens, 
 quand meme pour cela il feroit be- 
 foin de Pouvoir et Mandement plus 
 fpecial, non contenu dans ces dites 
 Prefentes j promettant iincerement et 
 de bonne Foy d'avoir pour agreable, 
 ferme et (lable tout ce que par le 
 dit Sieur de Borffele enfemble avec 
 nos quatre autres Ambailadeurs Ex- 
 traordinaires et Plenipotentiaires, ou 
 bien quelques uns, ou quelqu'un 
 d'entre eux, ou par luy feul, en Cas 
 de Maladie, d'Abfence ou autre Em- 
 pechement des autres, aura iti fti- 
 puW, promis et accord^, et d'en faire 
 cxpedier nos Lettrcs de Ratification, 
 dans le terns qu'il aura promis en 
 notre Nom de les fournir. Donn6 
 i la /faxt*} en notre Aflfemblee, fous 
 notre Grand Sceau, la Paraphe du 
 Prefidcnt de notre Aflembl^e, et le 
 Sctng de notre premier Greffier, le 
 25 Avrit 1748. 
 
 (Signi) H.V,IIamerfter,^^ 
 (Plus bas) 
 Par Ordonnancc des fufdits Sei- 
 gneurs Etats Gcneraux, 
 
 (Sign^) UTa^l 
 
 the (aid Sieurs Bentinck, Waffenaer, 
 Hallelaer, and Van Harcn, our other 
 Four AmbaJJadors Extraordinary and 
 Plenipotentiaries^ or with any, or 
 any one of tbem, or even aione^ in 
 Cafe of Abfence of the others^ by Sick- 
 nefs or other Impedimenty jhall have 
 Pofwer to agree about the fame^ and 
 thereupon to conclude and Jign a good 
 and Jure Peace^ and in general to 
 tranfaSly negociateypromi/ey and grant, 
 whatever be Jhall think necejfary for 
 the faid Effedf of the Peace ^ and ge- 
 nerally do every Thing that we could 
 do, if we were there prefent^ even 
 tho* a more Jpecial Power and Order, 
 not contained in thefe Prefents,Jhould 
 be necejfary Jor that Purtofe \ pro- 
 mifmgfincerely, and bona fide, to ac» 
 cept and keep frm and Jiahle, what-" 
 ever by thejaid Sieur Van BoriTele, to^ 
 gethcr with our other Four Ambajja" 
 dors Extraordinary and Plenipoten- 
 tiaries, or any^ or any one of them, 
 or by him alone, in Cafe of Sicknejs, 
 Abjence, or other Impediment of the 
 9tbers, Jhall have been fiipalated, pro- 
 mifed, and granted, and thereof to 
 caufe our Letters of Ratifcation to be 
 dijpatched, in the Time that they Jhall 
 imie promifid in ottr Name tofurnijh 
 them. Given at the Hague, in our Af- 
 fembly, under our Great Seal, the Pa- 
 rapke of the Prejident oj our Affembly, 
 Of id the Signature of our Firji Grejier, 
 Jtbe z^th Day a/" April 1748. 
 
 {Signed^ H.V. Hamerfter, Vc. 
 
 (Lower) By Order of thejaid Lord^ 
 the States General, 
 (Signed) H. Fagel. 
 
(4a) 
 
 AcceJlfton de flmperatrke The Acceflion of the Emprefs 
 Reim de Hongrie. *^^ Qu^tn oi Hungary. 
 
 H 
 
 
 V It J 
 
 ' s 
 
 /In Norn de la trh Sainte ct Indivtjlble 
 Trinite^ Pere^ Fils et Saint EJprit. 
 Ainfi (hit il. 
 C O I T notoire a tous ceux qu'il 
 ^ appartiendra, on peut appartenir. 
 Les Ambafladeurs Extraordinaires et 
 Plenipotentiaires de fa Majefte Bri- 
 tannique, de faMajefte trts Cbretienne, 
 et des Hauls et Puiffants Seigneurs 
 les Etats Generaux des Provinces 
 Unies, ayant conclu et ligne en cette 
 Ville d'j4ix la Chapelle, le dix huit du 
 prefent Mois ^Oilobre^ fur le Fon- 
 dement des Preliminaires convenus 
 et arretes d'abord entre eux le 
 trentieme A'oril de cette Annee, un 
 Traite General et Definitif de Paix, 
 et deux Articles Separes, defquels 
 Traite et Articles Separes la Teneur 
 s'enfuit. 
 
 [ Fiat Infertio. ] 
 
 Et les dits Ambaffadc t-s Extraor- 
 dinaires et Plenipotenti.iires ayant 
 amiablement invito rAmbafladeur Ex- 
 traordinaire et Plenipotentiaire de fa 
 Majefte I'lmperatrice Reine de Hon- 
 grie et de Bobeme d'y acceder au 
 Nom de fa dite Majefte. 
 
 Les Atnbaftadeurs Souflignes, fa- 
 voir, de la Part du SerenilTlme et 
 tres Puiflant Prince, George Second, 
 par la Grace de Dieu, Roy de la 
 Grande Bretagne, les Seigneurs Jeim 
 Comte de Sandwich., Vicomte Hin- 
 cbinirooke. Baron Montagu de St. 
 
 Neots, 
 
 In the Name of the irioft Holy and 
 Undivided Trinity, Father, Son, 
 and Holy Ghoft. 
 f)E it known to all, whom it Jlall 
 *^ or may concern. The Ambajfa- 
 dors Extraordinary and Plenipoten- 
 tiaries of his Britannick Majejly, of 
 his mofl Chriftian Majejly, and of the 
 High and Mighty Lords the States 
 General of the United Provinces, hav- 
 ing concluded andfgned, in this City 
 of Aix la Chapelle, on the iSth Day 
 of this prefent Month of October, 
 upon the Bafts of the Preliminaries 
 which were agreed upon and concluded 
 between them the ^oth Day of April 
 of the prefent Tear, a General and 
 Defnitive Treaty of Peace, and two 
 Separate Articles, the Tenor of which 
 Treaty and Separate Articles follows. 
 
 [ Fiat Infertip. ] 
 
 And the faid Ambaffadors Extraorr 
 dinary and Plenipotentiaries havingy 
 in a friendly Manner, invited the Am* 
 baJJ'ador E^xtraordinary and Plenipoten- 
 tiary of her Majefty the Ejnprefs ^een 
 c/* Hungary and Bohemia, to accede 
 thereto, in the Name of her faid Majefty. 
 
 The Ambafjadors underwritten, that 
 is to fay, on the Part of the mofl Se- 
 rene and mofi Potent Prince, George 
 the Second, by the Grace of God, 
 King of Great Britain, John Earl of 
 Sandwich, Vifcount Hinchinbrooke, 
 5<7r^« Montagu of St, Neots, Peer of 
 
 England, 
 

 ( 43 ) 
 
 Neots, Pair A' jingleterre. Premier England, Firji Lord CommiJJioner of 
 Seigneur Commiflairc dc I'Amiraute, the Admiralty^ one of the Lords of the 
 I'un dea Seigneurs Regents du Roy- Regency of the Kingdom^ his Minijier 
 aume, fon Miniftre Pienipotentiaire Plenipotentiary to the Lords the States 
 auprcs des Seigneurs Etats Generaux General of the United Provinces ; and 
 des Provinces Unies, et Thomas Ro- Sir Thomas Robinfon, Knight of the 
 binfony Chevalier du tres Honorable mojl Honourable Order of the Bath, 
 Ordre du Bainy et fon Miniiire Pleni- and his Minijier Plenipotentiary to his 
 potentiaire aupres de faMajefte I'Em- Majejly the Emperor of the Romans, 
 pereur des Romains et de Sa Majefte and to her Majejly the Emprefs S^een 
 i'lmperatrice Reine de Hongrie et de of Hungary and Bohemia j and on 
 Boheme j et de la part de la Serenif- the Part of the mojl Serene and mofi 
 fime et tres Puiflante Princefle Marie Potent Princefs Maria Therefia, by 
 Tberefey par la Grace de Dieu, Reine the Grace ofGody ^leen of Hungary 
 de Hongrie et de Boheme^ Impera- and Bohemia, Emprefsy the Lord 
 trice, le Seigneur fVence^as Antoine Wenceflas Anthony Ccww/" </(?Kaunitz 
 Comte de Kaunitz Rittberg, Seigneur Rittberg, Lord of Effens, StetefdoriF, 
 de E/Jensy Stetefdorff, Witmiindy Aiif- Wittmund, Aufterlitz, Hungrifch- 
 terlitZyHungrifchbrody Wiejeyixx.. Con- brod, Wiefe, t^c. aEiual Privy Coun- 
 feiller d'Etat intime aftuel de leurs Jellor to their Imperial MajeJfieSy by 
 Majeftes Imperiales, en vertu de leurs Virtue of their Full PowerSy which 
 Pleinpouvoirs, qu'ils fe font commu- they have communicated to each othery 
 niques, et dont Copies font ajoutees and Copies whereof are annexed to the 
 a la fin du prefent Adle, font conve- End of this prefent A6ty have agreed 
 nu9 de ce qui fuit. on what follows. 
 
 Que fa Majefte I'lmperatrice Reine iTsat her Majejly the Emprefs ^een 
 de Hongrie et de Bohemey defirant of Hungary and Bohemia, being dc- 
 de contribuer et concourir a retablir ftrous of contributing to re-ejlablijlj 
 et afFermir au pluftoft le Repos de and confirmy as foon as pofRbky the 
 XEuropcy accede, en vertu du prefent Repofe of Europe, accedeSy by virtue 
 Adle, aux dits Traite et deux Arti- of the prefent A£ly to the fatd Treaty 
 cles Separes, fans aucune Referve ou and two Separate Articles^ without 
 Exception, dans la ferme Confiance, any Referve or Exceptiony in the firm 
 que f Jut cc qui y eft promis a fa dite Confidence that every Thing, which is 
 Majeft^ fera accompli de bonne Foy j therein promifed to her /aid Maje/ly, 
 Declarant en meme tems, et pro- will be bona, hde fuelled i declaring, 
 mettant qu'EUe accomplira de raeme, at the fame Time, and promifngy that 
 de la meilleure Foy, tous les Arti- Jloe will, in like Manner, mofi faith' 
 cles, Claufes et Conditions, qui la fully perform all the Articlesy Claufes 
 ■ conferneat. and Conditions^ which relate to her. 
 
 De His 
 
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 '.»ii 
 
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 .y 
 
 De meme fa Majefte Britamique 
 accepte la prefente AccefSon de I'lm- 
 peratrice Reine de Hongrie ct de Bo- 
 heme, et promet pareillement d'ac- 
 compiir, fans aucune Referve ou Ex- 
 ception, tous les Articles, Claufes et 
 Conditions, contenus dans le dit 
 Traite, et les deux Articles Separes 
 cy-deffus inferes. 
 
 Les Ratifications du prefent Ade 
 feront echangces en cette Ville d^Aix 
 la Chapelle^ dans I'Efpace de trois Se- 
 maines, a compter de ce Jour. 
 
 En Foi de quoi, nous Ambafladeurs 
 Extraordinaires et Plenipotentiaires 
 de fa Majefte Britannique, et de fa 
 Majefte I'lmperatrice Reine de Hon- 
 grie et de Bo^me, avons fignc le pre- 
 fent Aifte, et y avons fait appofer le 
 Cachet de nos Armes. 
 
 Fait i Aix la Chapelle, le vingt trois 
 OSlobre^ Mil fept cent quarante huit. 
 
 (L.S.) Sandivicb. 
 (L.S.) T.RobwJhn. 
 
 His Britannick Majejh Ukewije 
 accepts the prefent Accejion of the 
 En^refs ^w-wi g^ Hungary andBo- 
 hemia, and promifes, in like Manner, 
 to perform, without any Referve or 
 Exception, all the Articles, Claujes 
 and Conditions, contained in the /aid 
 'Treaty and the two Separate Articles 
 before inferted. 
 
 The Ratifications of the prefent ASt 
 fhall be exchanged, in this City of Pas. 
 la Chapelle, within the Space of three 
 Weeks, to be computedfrom this Day. 
 
 In IVitnefs whereof, we the Ambaf^ 
 fadors Extraordinary and Plenipoten- 
 tiaries of his Britannick Majefiy, and 
 her Majefiy the Emprefs ^een of 
 Hungary and Bohemia, have figned 
 the prefent AB, and have thereunto 
 affixed the Seal of our Arms. 
 
 Done at Aix la Chapelle, the 23^ 
 Day of 0<5tober 1 748. 
 
 (L.S.) LeComte V. A. 
 de Kawiitz Rittbcrg. 
 
 Pknarum Tabul<e Poteflatum The Emprefs Queen of Hun- 
 Imperatricis Regince Hungariae. g^ry% Full Power. 
 
 r J/£ Maria Therefia, by the Grace 
 ^^ of God, Emprefs of the Romans, 
 and of Germany, of Hungary, Bo- 
 hemia, Dalmatia, Croatia, Sclavonia, 
 Gff. ^een, Arch-Dutchefs o/*Auftria, 
 Dutchefs ^Burgundy, Brabant, Mi- 
 lan, Styria, Carinthia, Olrniolia, 
 Mantua, Parma and Placentia, Llm- 
 burghjLuxemburgh, Gueldre, Wur- 
 
 temberg. 
 
 XJ OS Maria Therefia, Dei Gra- 
 ■*-^ tia, Romanorum Imperatrix, ac 
 Germanice, Hungaria, Btmemice, Dal- 
 matian Croatia, Slavoniaque, &c. 
 Regina, Archi-Dux Auflria, Dux 
 Burgundia, Brabantia, Mediolani, 
 Styria, Carinthia, Carmolia,Mantua, 
 Parma et Placentia, Limburgia, 
 Luxemburgia, Geldria, Wurtembur- 
 
Bo. 
 ner, 
 or 
 
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 ^/>, Superioris ct Inferioris Silejiay 
 Princcps Suevia et Tranfylvanieey 
 Marchio Sacri Romani Imperii, Bur- 
 govia^ Moravia, Superioris ct Infe- 
 rioris Lufatia, Comes Habjpurgi^ 
 Flandriit, Tyrolis, Ferretis, Kyburgiy 
 Goritia, Gradifca et Arthejta, Co- 
 mes Namurcit Domina Marchiee 
 Slavonia, Port^is Naonis, Salinarum 
 ct Mechlinia, &c. Lotharingia et 
 Barri Dux, Magna Dux Hetruriay 
 &c. Notum, teftatumque, vigore 
 praefentium, facimus. Cum relatum 
 nobis fit, diflbluto, qui Bredee inftitu- 
 tus fuerat, Pacis CongreiTu, inter Mi- 
 niftros Principum, praefenti Bello im- 
 plicitorum> plenS, eum in finem, fa- 
 cultate munitos, fuper mediis exorta 
 diffidia componendi, et Qgietem re- 
 ducendi, AquiJ'grani Conferentias ha- 
 bitum iri, nihilque nobis magis curae 
 cordique fit, qu^m tarn exoptatum 
 fcopum, quo citius e6 melius, quo- 
 que fieri poteft, firmiore modo,quan. 
 tum penes nos eft, promovere, fine 
 mori noftrS, qudquc ex parte ad 
 Opus ade6 falutare peragendum, Mi- 
 niitros noftros Plcnipotentiarios, Ora- 
 torum infiipcr Chara<0:cre condeco- 
 ratos, ablegare conftituimus. Con- 
 fifae itaque plurimum expert* ftepius 
 fidei, rerum tradlandarum experi- 
 mento, infignique Prudentiae turn 
 Viri Illuftris et Magnifici, Confiliarii 
 noftri A.&?ii2X\%\nt\m\,WenceJlai AntO' 
 nit, ex Sacri Romani Imperii Comiti- 
 bus, de Kaunitz et Rittberg, tuni Viri 
 Magnifici, noftri Camerarii, Regimi- 
 nis Anterioris Aujiria Confiliarii, et 
 
 ad 
 
 ) 
 
 temberg, of the Upper and Lower 
 Silefia, Princefs of Suabia, and Tran- 
 filvania, Marchionefs of the Holy Ro- 
 man Empire, Bufgovia, Moravia, and 
 the Upper and Lower Lufatia j Coun- 
 tefi of Habspurg, Flanders, Tirol, 
 Ferrete, Kybourg, Goritia, Gradifca, 
 and Artois, Countefs o/'Namur, Lady 
 of the Marches o/*^Slavonia, the Port 
 o/'Naon, Saline, tf«^ Mechlin, &c. 
 Dutchefs of horrainc aid Barr, Great 
 Dutchefs of Tufcany, C^c. Do make 
 known, and certify, by Virtue ofthefe 
 Prefents. Whereas we^are informed, 
 that the Congrefs which had been opend 
 at Breda, is dtjfoh'd-, and that Confe- 
 rences are to be heldathix laChapelle, 
 between toe Minijiers of the feveral 
 Princes engaged in theprefentWar, au- 
 thorized to agree upon the Means of ter- 
 minating the Differences that have ari- 
 fen between them, andreftoring Peace ; 
 And as we have nothing more at Heart, 
 than to do every Thing, that depends up- 
 on us, towards obtaining, asfoon aspof- 
 fible,fo defireable an End, in the moji 
 fecure and effeSiual Manner j we lofe no 
 'Time in doingourPart towards the pro- 
 moting fo falutary a Work, by fending 
 thither our Mintjiers Plenipotentiaries, 
 whom we have, moreover, invejied 
 with the Chara^er of our Ambajfa- 
 dors. Confiding therefore entirely, in 
 the often tried Fidelity, Experience in 
 Bufnefs, and great Prudence of our 
 a^ual Privy Counfellor, Wenceflaus 
 Anthony de Kaunitz & Rittberg, 
 Count of the Holy Roman Empire; 
 as alfo of Thaddaeus, Free Baron of 
 M Reifchach, 
 
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 ad Celfos ac Potentcs Ordines Gene- Rcifchach, our Lord of the Bed- 
 
 rales Unitarum Belgii Provinciaram Qhambery Counfellor for the Govern- 
 
 Abicgati, Thaddai liberi Baronis a wf«/ 0/ Anterior Auftria, aW o«rJlf;- 
 
 Rcifchachy jifdemque et unicuique nijier to the High and Mighty the 
 
 eorum, tarn Oratoris noAri Charac- States General of the United Provin- 
 
 tereni, quam plenam facultatem elar- ces j both ofnuhom^ and each of thenty 
 
 gitx fumus, licuti vigore prcsfcntium, icv ha^oe invefted with the CharaSler 
 
 tuin ambobus, turn unicuique eo- of our Anibajadory as well as with 
 
 rum, altero forsan abfcntc, vel impc- Full PowerSy as luc do accordingly by 
 
 djto, qua fieri potcft ampliflima ra- thefe PrefentSy invefi them bothy and 
 
 tione elargimur, idquc cum in finem, each of thenfy in Cafe of the AbfencCy 
 
 lit vel ambo, vel unufquifque eorum, or Hindrance of the other, in the mofl 
 
 altero forsan imped ito, vel abfente, ample Manner pofjible ; to the End, 
 
 juncta cum Sociis noflris, eorumque that bothy or either of theniy in Cafe 
 
 Miniftris opera, cum aliorum Prin- of the Abfence or Hindrance of the 
 
 cipum contra nos, aut Socios nof- othery may join their Endeavours with 
 
 tros praefenti Bello implicitorum Mi- our Allies^ and their MiniJierSy hold 
 
 niftris, et eorum unoquoque pari fa- friendly Conferences with thofe of other 
 
 cultate munitis aut munito, arnica Princes engagedy in the prefent fVary 
 
 Colloquia inftitucre, fuper cuncflis againJlusorourjiUieSyandwithany 
 
 CO fpedtantibus rebus et caufis con- one, or more of /hem, fiirnijhed with 
 
 venire, et quicquid ita, vel conjunc- the like Full Powers^ and agree 
 
 tjm, vel feorsim, conventum fuerit, upon any Matters and Things rela- 
 
 fubfcribere et fignare, atque uno ver- ting thereto, and whatever J}:all have 
 
 bo, noftro Nomine omnia ea per- been fo agreed upon, whether joint- 
 
 agere poffint aut poffit, quae nofmet- ly, or J'eparatelyy to fgn and Jeal ; 
 
 ipfiE, fi praefentes foremus, peragere andy in a Word, to do all thofe 
 
 poflemus : Verbo Caeiareo, Regio et 'Things, in our NqmCy which we ot^r- 
 
 Arcbiducali fpondentes, nos ea om- felves could doy if per jonally prefent : 
 
 nia et fingula, grata, et accepta habi- Promifmg, on our Imperialy Royaly 
 
 turas, atque fideliter adimpleturas and Archiducal Wordy that we will 
 
 efle, quae praefati noftri Miniftri Pie- agree tCy accept of and faithfully 
 
 nipotentiarii, Oratorum infupcrCha- fulfilly all and fngular Juch AStSy, as 
 
 raftere condecorati, ita egerint, con- our aforefaid Minijiers Plenipoten- 
 
 cluferint, atque fignaverint. In quor tiariesy invejied over ^and above with 
 
 rum Fidem, majufque robur, prae- the Chara^ers of our Ambajitdors, 
 
 fentes Plenipotentiarum Tabulas pro- Jballhavejo doney concluded y andfigned. 
 
 pria Manu fubfcriplimus, Sigilloque In Witnefs whereof, and for its greater 
 
 noftro Caefareo, Regio et Archidu- Force, we havefgned the prefent Full 
 
 cali. Powers 
 
 
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 call, pendente, firmari juflimus. Da- 
 tum in Civitate noftra Viennx^ Dir 
 1 9"* Decembris^ Anno Millefimo Sep- 
 tingentefimo Quadragefimo Septimo, 
 Regnorum noftrorum Odavo. 
 
 MARIA THERESIA. 
 C. Comes ab Ulfeld. 
 Ad Mandatum Sacra, Caefareae Re- 
 ' gia;que Majeftatis proprium. 
 Job. Chrijiophorus Bartenjiein. 
 
 r, (• 
 
 ) 
 
 Powers mtb our own Handt and or- 
 dered our Imperial^ Royal and Archt- 
 ducal Seal to be affixed thereto. Given 
 in our City c/' Vienna, the igtb Day 
 of December, in the Tear 1747, the 
 Eighth Tear of our Reign. 
 (Signed) 
 
 MARIA THERESIA. 
 C. Count Ulfeld. 
 
 By Command of her Sacredy Imperial 
 Royal Majejly^ 
 
 John Chriftoph. Bartenftein. 
 
 Accejfton de Sa Majejie 
 Catholique. 
 
 Au Nom de la tres Sainte et Indi- 
 vifble Trinite^ Pere^ Fils et Saint 
 ■ Efprit. Ainfifoit il. 
 OGIT notoire a tous ceux qu'il 
 ^ appartiendra, ou peut appartenir. 
 Les Ambafladeurs et Plenipotentiaires 
 de fa Majefte Britannique^ de fa Ma- 
 jeft^ tres ChretiennCy et des Hauts et 
 Puiffants Seigneurs les Etats Gene- 
 raux des Provinces Unies, ayant con- 
 clu et figne a Aix la Chapelky le dix 
 huit OSlobre de cette Annee, un 
 Traite de Paix Definitif et deux A**- 
 tides fepares, defquels Traite et 
 Articles fepares la Teneur s'eiifuit. 
 
 [ Fiat Infertio. ] ' ,' 
 
 Et les dits Ambafladeurs et Pleni- 
 potentiaires ayant amiablement invite 
 
 I'Am- 
 
 His Cathohck Majefty's 
 Acceffion. 
 
 In the Name of the moft Holy and 
 Undivided Trinity, Father, Son 
 and Holy Ghoft. 
 
 yyE it known to all thofcy to whom it 
 ^ Jhall belong or ean belong. Hhe Am- 
 bafjadors and Plenipotentiaries of his 
 Britannick Majefty^oJ Am wg^Chriftian 
 Majeftyy 'and of the High and Mighty 
 Lords the States General of the United 
 Provinces, having concluded andjign- 
 ed at Aix la Chapelle, the jSth 
 of October of this Tear, a Definitive 
 'Treaty of Peace, and two Separate- 
 Articles 'y the Tenour of which Treaty 
 and Separate Articles is asfollvwsi 
 
 '\ . [ Fiat Infertia. ];•'<. ' 
 
 And the faid Ambafadors and Ple- 
 nipotentiaries having amicably invited 
 
 the 
 
 ' ■ • ■ J 
 
 r 
 
 -•T .— .. 
 
(48) 
 
 '! » 
 
 TAmbafladeur ExtraorJiiraire et Ple- 
 ntpotentiaire de fa Majefte Catholique 
 d'y acceder au Nom de fa dite Majef- 
 te ; Les Anibafladeurs fouffigncs, fa- 
 voir, de la Part du Screniflime et tres 
 Puiflant Prince, George Second, par la 
 Grace de Dieu, Roy de la Grande 
 Breiagne, de France, ct d'Ir/ande, 
 Due de Brunfwic et Lunebourg, Ar- 
 chitreforier et Eledteur du Saint 
 Empire Romatn, Gfc. les Seigneurs 
 Jean Comte de Sandnvichy Vicomte 
 de Hinchinbroohe, Baron Montagu de 
 Saint NeotSy Pair 6! Angleterre^ pre- 
 mier Seigneur Commiffaire de I'Ami- 
 raute» I'un des Seigneurs Regcns da 
 Royaume, fon Miniftre Plenipoten- 
 tiaire aupres des Seigneurs Etats Ge- 
 neraux des Provinces Unies ; tX.ThO' 
 mas Robinfotty Chevalier du tres ho- 
 norable Ordre du Baiuy et fon Mi- 
 niftre Plenipotentiaire aupres de la 
 Majefte I'Empereur des Romains, et 
 de fa Majefte l!Imperatrice Reine de 
 Hongrie et de Boheme -, et de la Part 
 du Sercnilfime et tres Puiflant Prince, 
 Ferdinand Six, par la Grace de 
 Dieu, Roy d^Efpagne et des Indes^ 
 le Seigneur Don Jacques MaJJonne de 
 JJtaa y Soto Mayor^ Gentilhomme 
 de la Chambre de fa dite Majefte 
 Catholique^ et Marechal de Camp de 
 fes Arm^ j en vertu de leurs Plein- 
 pouvoirs, qu'ils fe font communiques, 
 et dont copies font ajout^es a la fin 
 du prefent Ade, font convenus de ce 
 qui fuit. 
 
 Qjie 
 
 the Amhafl'mhr Extraordinary and 
 Plenipotentiary of his Catholick Ma- 
 jefiy to accede thereto in the Name of 
 his /aid Majejly. The under-written 
 Ambvfjddors \ to tvity on the Part of 
 the moft Serene and moli Potent Prince^ 
 George the Second^ by the Grace of 
 Gody King of Great Britain, France 
 and Ireland, Ouke of Brunfwick and 
 Lunenburg, Arch-Treajurer and Elec- 
 tor of the Holy Roman Empire, &c. 
 the LordSf John Earl of Sandwich, 
 Vifcount of Hinchinbrooke, Baron 
 Montagu of St. Neots, Peer of Eng- 
 land, Firft Lord Commiffioner of the 
 Admiralty^ one of the Lords Regents 
 of the Kingdom^ his Minifier Pleni- 
 potentiary to the Lords the States Ge- 
 neral of the United Provinces i and 
 Thomas Robinfon, Knight of the 
 mofi Honourable Order of the Bath, 
 and bis Minifier Plenipotentiary 
 to His Majefty the Emperor of 
 the Romans, and Her Majejiy the 
 Emprefs ^ueen of Hungary and Bo- 
 hemia. And on the Part of the mofi 
 Serene andmqfl Potent Prince, Ferdi- 
 nand the Sixth, by the Grace of God, 
 King of Spain and of the Indies, the 
 Lord Don James Mafibne de Lima 
 y Soto Mzyov, Lord of the Bed-Cham- 
 ber of his Jaid Catholick Majejly, 
 and Major General of his Armies, 
 By virtue of their Full Powers, which 
 they have communicated, and Copies 
 whereof are added at the End of the 
 prefent ASi, have agreed upon what 
 follows, 
 
 that 
 
 i 
 
 f 
 
 / 
 
( 
 
 Que fa Majeftc CathoUque defirant 
 contribuer ct concourir a retablir et 
 affermir au pluftot Ic Repos de V Eu- 
 rope^ accede en vertu du prefent 
 Adte, au dit Trait^, et deux Articles 
 Separ6s, fans aucune Referve ou Ex- 
 ception, dans la ferme Confiance, 
 que tout ce qui y eft promis d fa 
 dite Majefte fera accompli de bonne 
 foy ; declarant en m^me terns, et 
 promettant, qu'elle accomplira de 
 meme, de la meilleure foy, tous les 
 Articles, Claufes, et Conditions qui 
 la concernent. 
 
 De meme, fa Majefte Britannique 
 accepte la prefente Acceflion, de fa 
 Majefte Catboliquey et promet pareil- 
 lement d'accomplir, fans aucune Re- 
 ferve ou Exception, tous les Articles, 
 Claufes, e' Conditions contenus dans 
 le dit Traiii et les deux Articles Se- 
 pares ci-deffus inferes. 
 
 Les Ratifications du prefent A(fle 
 feront echangees en cette Ville A'Aix 
 la Chapelky dans I'Efpace d'un Mois, 
 i compter de ce Jour. 
 
 En Foy de quoy. Nous AmbafTa- 
 deurs Extraordinaires et Plenipoten- 
 tiaires, de fa Majefte Britannique^ et 
 de fa Majeft6 Catfooh'que, avons figne 
 le prefent Adte, et y avons fait ap- 
 pofer le Cachet de nos Armes. 
 
 Fait a yiix la Chapelle le vingt Oc- 
 tobrCj Mil fept cent quarante huit. 
 
 i (L. S.) Sandwich. -. . * (L. 
 
 (L.S.) T.Robinfon. 
 
 49 ) 
 
 'That hii Catholick Majejiy defiring 
 
 to contribute and concur to re-eftablijh 
 
 and fettle^ asjoon aipojjibky the Peace 
 
 of Europe, accedes^ by virtue of the 
 
 prefent AEl^ to the Jaid Ireaty^ and 
 
 two Separate Articles^ without any 
 
 Referve or Exception^ in a firm Con- 
 
 fdencCy that whatfoever is promijed 
 
 therein to his /aid Maje/iy, Jha/i be 
 
 Jaithfully fulfilled i declaring at the 
 
 Jame Time^ and promifing^ that be will 
 
 al/o perform mojl faithfully all the 
 
 Articles^ Claujesand Conditions^ which 
 
 concern him. 
 
 In like Manmr his Britannick Ma- 
 jejiy accepts the prefent Acceffion of 
 his Catholick Majejiy i and likewi/e 
 promifes to perform^ without any Re- 
 ferve or Exception^ all the Articles^ 
 Claufes and Conditions contained in the 
 JdidT'reaty^ and two Separate Articles^ 
 inferted above. 
 
 The Ratif cations of the prefent A£i 
 Jhall be exchanged in this City of Aix 
 la Chapelle in the Space of a Months 
 to be computed from this Day. 
 
 In Tejimony whereof ^ We the Am- 
 bajjadors Extraordinary and Pleni- 
 potentiaries of bis Britannick Majefty^ 
 and of his Catholick Majejiy^ have 
 figned the p> efent A^y and have cau/ed 
 the Seal of our Arms to be fet iheretOf 
 Done at Aix la Chapelle the zotb 
 ofOSiober 1748. , ' ,. 
 
 S.) Don Jay me Mafones de Lima 
 y Soto Mayor. 
 
 n 
 
 I 
 
 I' 
 
 i 
 
 N 
 
 Pleno 
 
( so ) 
 
 Plcno Poder de Su Mageftad His Catholich Majefty V • 
 
 Catolica. , ■ ^i- • Full Power. it n,!i<; 
 
 'I 
 • t 
 
 fER NANDO, por la Gracia de 
 Dios, Rey de Ca/it//a, dc Leon, 
 dc yiragon, de las dos Sicilias, de 
 "Jcrujakm, de Nabarra, de Granada, 
 lie 7o/p^o, de Valencia, de Galicia, 
 de Mallorca, de Sevi/la, de Cerdena, 
 de Cordoiia, de Corcega, de Murcia, 
 de y^fw, de los Algarvcs, de .^<'- 
 z/r^, de Gihraltar, de las ^^j ^i? 
 Cannrias, de las /W/V/j Orientales y 
 Occidentales, Iflas y Tierra Firme del 
 MarOcceano, Archiauque de Aujiria, 
 Duque de Borgona, de Brabante, y 
 Milan j Conde de Abfpurg, de F/^/r- 
 ^pj, del 7/rfl/, y Barcelona, Senor de 
 Vifcaya, y de Molina, &c. Por- 
 quanto ha fido mi mas fervorofo an- 
 helo defde que la Divina Providencia 
 me fi6 il Govierno de los Vaftos Do- 
 minios de mi Corona el terminer de- 
 corofamente el empeno en que hallc 
 mis Armas, y el concurrir a dar la 
 Paz ^ la Europa, por todos los juftos 
 medios que parecieren los mas pro- 
 porcionados i. aqu^l Fin j Y por 
 quanto he fabido que fe juntan en 
 Aix la Chapetle con igual Yntento de 
 una comun Pacificaci6n varios Mi- 
 niftros, fingularmente los de las Po- 
 tencias hoy beligerantes. Por tanto, 
 fiendo precifo que Aflifta por mi 
 parte uno que efte dotado de la fide- 
 lidad, 2elo, y inteligencia que fe re- 
 quieren ; Y reconociendo en vos 
 Don Jaime Mafones de Lima, Gentil- 
 
 hombre 
 
 "PERDINAND, by the Grace of 
 ^ God, King of CzdiWc, of Leon, 
 oj Aragon, of the Two Sicilies, of 
 Jerufalem, of Navarre, of Granada, 
 o/' Toledo, of Valencia, of Galicia, 
 of Majorca, of Seville, of Sardinia, 
 e/^ Cordova, o/'Corfica, o/" Murcia, of 
 Jaen, of the Algarves, of Algezira, 
 o/" Gibraltar, of the Canary lilands, of 
 the Eaft and Weft-Indies, the IJlandi 
 and Terra Firma of the Ocean Sea, 
 Archduke of Auftria, Duke of Bur- 
 gundy, o/" Brabant /7»</ Milan, Count 
 o/Haplburg,o/' Flanders, Tirol, and 
 Barcelona, Lord of '^xk.vy and of Mo- 
 lina, Qc. Whereas it has been my. 
 mojl earneji Defire, ever f nee Divine 
 Providence has trufted me with the 
 Government of the vajl Dominions an- 
 nexed to my Crown, to put an honour- 
 able End to the Troubles in which 1 
 found my Arms involved, and to concur 
 in giving Peace to Europe, by all the 
 juji Means that Jhould appear mojl 
 conducive to that End : And whereas 
 I knowing that fever al Minijiers, and 
 particularly thofe of the Powers now 
 at War, are meeting at Aix la Cha- 
 pelle with the fame View to a General 
 Pacification \ and it being therefore 
 necejfary that I Jhould appoint one to 
 afjm on my Part, endowed with that 
 Fidelity, Zeal, andUnderJlanditig, re- 
 quifite for fuch a Purpofe, and finding 
 in yoUf Don Jaime Mafone de Lima, 
 
 Lord 
 
 [H 
 
(s« ) 
 
 hombre de mi Caiiiara, y Marifcal 
 de Campo de mis Exercitos, eftas 
 efpeciales y diflinguidas prendas, os 
 clijo, y nombro paraque rcbcftido 
 del Cara^er de mi Ambajador £x- 
 traordinario y Pienipotenciario, acu- 
 dais en mi nombre, y reprefentando 
 mi propi^ Perfona al Mencionado 
 parage de Aix la Chapelky y que 
 trateis, y coniirais con el Miniftro, 
 6 Miniuros de las Potencias oy be- 
 ligerantes que alii refiden, 6 que en 
 adelante refidieren alii, 6 donde fe 
 Gonviniere tratar ; y paraque del 
 mifmo modo concluiais, y firmeis 
 con ellos el Tratado, 6 Tratados que 
 conduxeren al unico objeto de venir 
 a una folida, y honorrofa Paz ; y todo 
 loque aflitrateis, concluyais, y fir- 
 meis lo doy defde ahora por grato, 
 y rato, y prometo baxo mi Real 
 Palabra que lo obferuar^, y cumplire, 
 y lo hare obfervar y cumplir, como 
 li por mi mifmo lo hubiefe tratado 
 y conferido, concluido, y firmado : 
 Para loqualos doy toda mi facultad 
 y pleno Pod6r en la m^s amplia 
 forma que de Derecho fe Nefefita, 
 Y en Fe de Ello hice expedir el pre- 
 fente firmado de mi mano, fellado 
 con mi Sello fecreto, y refrendado 
 por mi infrafcripto Confejero y Se- 
 cretario de Eftaoo, y del Defpacho 
 univerfal de Guerra, Hacienda, In- 
 Jias, y Marina. En jiranjues a doce 
 de Mayo de mil fetecientos quarenta 
 y ocho. 
 
 YO EL REY. 
 
 Cenon de Somo de ViUa. 
 
 Lord of my Bed-Chamber y and Ma- 
 jor-General of my Armies^ tbefefpe- 
 cial and dijtinguijhed Salifications j 
 / do chufe and nominate you^ to the 
 End thaty invejled with the CharaSler 
 of my Ambaffador Extraordinary and 
 Plenipotentiary y you do repair^ in my 
 Namey to Aix la Chapelle, and re- 
 prefentingy at that Places my own 
 Perfon, you do treat and confer ivitb 
 the Mimjler or Minijlers of the Powers 
 now at War^ who do already^ orjhall 
 hereajter^ refde there ^ or in any other 
 Place where it fhall be thought conve- 
 nient to treat \ and to the End that 
 you mayy in the fame Manner ^ conclude 
 and fgn with the faid MiniflerSy the 
 Treaty or Treaties which fhall tend to - 
 the file View of producing a Solid and 
 Honourable Peace j and whatever you 
 may thus treat of conclude^ andfgn^. 
 I do from this Time acknowledge as 
 accepted and ratified, and promifcy upon 
 my Royal Word, to obferve andfulfilly. 
 and to caufe the fame to be obferved 
 and fulfilled in the fame Manner, as if 
 I my f elf had treated and conferred up- 
 on, concluded and fgned the fame ' To 
 which End, I do hereby give you all, 
 my Authority and Full Power, in tbK 
 moji ample Manner as by Law requt- 
 red. In Witnefs wbere(f, I have' 
 caufed the Prefents to be difpatchedy, 
 ftgned with my Hand, fealed with my 
 Secret Seal, and counterfigned by, my 
 underwritten Counfelior, and Secretary^ 
 of Statey and of the General Difpatcb. 
 of War, the Revenues, Indies and Ma-^ 
 rine. Given at Aranjues the 1 2th of 
 May 1748. I THE j^ING. 
 
 Genon de Somo de Villiu 
 
 
 ^-i^^ 
 
( 52 ) 
 
 j^ccejfion de Sa Majefie 
 le Roy de Sardaigne. 
 
 All Nom de la trcs Sainte et Indhijible 
 Trinite^ Pere, Fils et Saint Ejprit. 
 Ainjijbit il. 
 COIT notoire a tons ceux qu'il ap- 
 *^ partiendra, ou peut appartenir. 
 
 Les Ambafladeurs Extraordinaires 
 ct Plenipotentiaires de fa Majefte 
 Britannique^ de fa Majefte Tres 
 Chretienne^ et des Hants et PuifTants 
 Seigneurs les Etats Generaux des 
 Provinces Unies, ayant conclu et 
 figne, en cette Ville ^Aix la Cha- 
 pelky le dix huit du Mois ^05tobre 
 dernier, fur le Fondement des Pre- 
 liminaires, convenus et arretes d'abord 
 entre eux le trentieme Avril de cette 
 Annee, un Traite General et Defini- 
 tif de Paix, et deux Articles Separes, 
 defquels Traite et Articles Separes la 
 Teneur s'enfuit. 
 
 [ Fiat Infertio. ] 
 
 Et les dits Anibafladeurs Extraor- 
 dinaires et Plenipotentiaires ayant 
 amiablement invite les Ambafladeurs 
 Extraordinaires et Plenipotentiaires 
 de fa Majeft6 le Roy de Sardaigne d'y 
 acceder au Nom de fa dite Majefte. 
 
 Les Ambafl*adeurs Souflignes, fa- 
 voir, de la part du fereniflime et tres 
 Puifl!ant Prince, George Second, par 
 la Grace de Dieu, Roy de la Grande 
 Bretagne, de France et d'Irlande, les 
 Seigneurs Jean Comte de Sandwich, 
 
 Vicomte 
 
 His Sardinian Majefty*s 
 Acceflion. 
 
 In the Name of the moft Holy and 
 Undivided Trinity, Father, Son 
 and Holy Ghoft. 
 DE it known to all thofe, to whom it 
 *^ jhall or may belong. 
 
 The AmbaJJadors Extraordinary 
 and Plenipotentiaries of his Britan- 
 nick Majejiy, of his moft Chriftian 
 Majefty, and of the High and Mighty 
 Lords the States General of the United 
 Provinces, having concluded andfigned 
 in thisCity rf Kxk. laChapelle, the \ 8th 
 of the Month of 0&.Qhcr lift, upon the 
 Foundation of the Preliminaries at 
 fir ft agreed to and fettled amongft them 
 the Thirtieth o/' April of this Tear, a 
 General and Definitive 'Treaty of Peace, 
 and two Separate Articles, the Tenor 
 of which Treaty and Separate Articles 
 is as follows. 
 
 [ Fiat Infertio. ] 
 
 And the faid Ambafadors Extraor- 
 dinary and Plenipotentiaries having 
 amicably invited the AmbaJJadors Ex- 
 traordinary and Plenipotentiaries of 
 his Majefty the King of Sardinia to 
 accede thereto in the Name of his faid 
 Majeliy. 
 
 The underwritten Ambaffadors, to 
 'u'it, on the Part of the moft Serene 
 and moft Powerful Prince, George the 
 Second, by the Grace of God, King of 
 Great Britain, France, and Ireland, 
 
 the 
 
 i ff i. 
 
( 53) 
 
 Vicomte de Hinchinbrookey Baron 
 Montagu de St. Neots^ Pair 6! jingle- 
 terrey premier Seigneur CommifTaire 
 de TAmiraute, I'un des Seigneurs 
 Regens du Royaume, fon Miniftre 
 Plenipotentiaire aupres des Seigneurs 
 Etats Generaux des Provinces Unies j 
 et 'Thomas Robinfotiy Chevalier du tres 
 Honorable Ordre du Baifty et fon 
 Minillre Plenipotentiaire aupres de 
 fa Majefte I'Empereur des Romaines, 
 et de fa Majefte I'lmperatrice Reine 
 de Hongrie et de Boh^me j Et de la 
 part du fereniflime et tres Puiffant 
 Prince, Charles Emanuel Trols, par la 
 Grace de Dieu, Roy de Saraaigtiey 
 les Seigneurs Dqn "Jtfeph OJfcrioy 
 Chevalier Grand Croix, et Grand 
 Confervateur de I'Ordre Militaire 
 de Saints Maurice et Lazare, et En- 
 voye Extraordinaire de fa Majefte le 
 Roy de Sanlaigne, aupres de fa Ma- 
 jefte le Roy de la Grange Brefagne, 
 et Jojlfb BorrJ, Comte de la Cha- 
 'vanne, Son Confeillcr d'Etat, et Son 
 Miniftre aupres des Seigneurs Etats 
 Generaux des Provinces Unies, en 
 vertu de leurs Pleinpouvoirs, qu'ils 
 fc font communiques, et dont Copies 
 font ajoutees a la fin du prefent 
 Aite, font convenus de ce qui fuit. 
 Que fa Majefte le Roy de Sar- 
 daigfie defirant contribuer et con- 
 courir a retablir et afFermir au plutot 
 le Repos de Y Europe, accede, en ver- 
 tu du prefente Adle, aux dits Traite 
 et deux Articles Separes, fans aucune 
 Referve ou Exception, dans la ferme 
 Confiance que tout ce qui y'eft pro- 
 mis 
 
 the Lordsy John Earl of Sandwich, 
 Ft/count oj Hinchinbrookcy BaronMon- 
 tagu of Saint Neots, Peer o/" England, 
 Fir/l Lord Commijponer of the Admi- 
 ralty y One of the Lords Regents of the 
 Kingdom, his Minijler Plenipotentiary 
 to the Lords the States General of the 
 United Provinces; and Thomas Robin- 
 fon. Knight of the mojl Honourable 
 Order of the Bath, and his Minijler 
 Plenipotentiary to his Majejiy the Em- 
 peror of the Romans, and her Majejiy 
 the Emprefs Siueen of Hungary and 
 Bohemia j arm on the Part of the 
 mojf Serene and mojl Potent Prince, 
 Charles Emanuel the Thirdy by the 
 Grace of Gody King of Sardinia, the 
 Lords Don Jofeph Oflbrio, Chevalier 
 Grand Croixy and Grand Confervator 
 of the Military Order of the Saints 
 Maurice and Lazarus, and Envoy 
 Extraordinary of bis Majejiy the Kin^ 
 of Sardinia to his Majefly the King of 
 Great Britain, and Jofeph Borre Count 
 de la Chavanne, his Coiinfcllor of State, 
 and his Minijler to the Lords the States 
 General of the United Provinces, by 
 Virtue of their Full Powers, which 
 they have communicated to each other, 
 and Copies whereof are added at the 
 End of the prefent ASi, have agreed 
 upon what follows. 
 
 That his Majejiy the King o/' Sar- 
 dinia, dejiring to contribute and concur 
 to re-ejiablijh and Jet tie, asfoon as pof- 
 fible, the Peace oJ Europe, accedes, by 
 Virtue of the prefent A6t, to the J aid 
 Treaty and two Separate Articles, 
 in a firm Confidence, that whatfoever 
 O is 
 
( 54 ) 
 
 mis a fa dite Majeft^, fera accompli is promifed therein to hisfaid Majejiy, 
 de bonne foy ; Declarant en meme jhall be faithfully fulfilled ; declaring 
 terns, et promtitant, qu'EUc ac- at the fame Time^ and promifng^ thai 
 
 he will alfo perform., mofl faithfully ^ 
 all the Artickst Claufes and Conditions^ 
 which regard him. 
 
 In like Manner his Britannick Ma- 
 
 complira de m^me de la meilleure 
 foy, tous les Articles, Claufes et 
 Conditions, qui la concernent. 
 De meme fa Majeft6 Britannique 
 
 accepte la prefente Acceffion de fa jejly accepts the prefent Acceffion of his 
 
 Majefte le Roy dtSardaigne^ et pro- Majejly the Ktng of Sardinia ; and 
 
 met pareillement, d'accomplir fans Hkewije promifes to perform., nvithout 
 
 aucune Referve, ni Exception, tous any Referve or ExceptioN, all the Ar- 
 
 les Articles, Claufes et Conditions ticleStChufes and Conditionst contained 
 
 contenus dans le dit Traite et les intbefaid Treaty and the two Separate 
 
 deux Articles Separ^ ci-deiTup in- Articles^ inferted above. 
 
 'feres. Tki Ratifications of the prefent AH 
 
 Les Ratifications du prefente Adle Jhall be exchanged in this City ofAlx 
 
 feront echangees en cette Ville d'Aix la Chapelle, in the Space of Twenty 
 
 la Chapelle, dans I'eipace de vingt five Daysy to be computed from this 
 
 cinq Jours, a compter de ce Jour. Day. 
 
 En foy de quoy. Nous Ambafla- in Tefiimony whereof We the Am- 
 
 deurs Extraordinaires et Plenipoten- bafjadors Extraordinary and Pleni- 
 
 tiaires de fa Majeft^ Britannique, et potentiaries of his Britannick Majefiy, 
 
 de fa Majefte le Roy de Sardaigne, and of his Mrjefiy the King of Sardi- 
 
 fign^ le prefent Adte, et y nia, have figned the prefent A6i, and 
 
 avons 
 
 avons fait appofer le Cachet de nos have caufed the Seal of our Arms to 
 
 Armes. be fet thereto. 
 
 Fait a j^x la Chapelle, le fept Done at Aix la Chapelle, the Se- 
 
 Novembre, Mil fept cent quarante venth of November, One Tboufand 
 
 huit. Seven Hundred Forty Eight. 
 
 (L. S.) 7; Robinfen, (L. S.J Offorio. 
 
 (L. S.) De la Chavanne. 
 
 Pleinpouvotr de Sa Majefte The King of Sardinian 
 
 Le Roy de Sardaigne. Full Power. 
 
 r^HARLES EMANUEL, par |^HARLES EMANUEL, by 
 
 ^ la Grace de Dieu, Roi de Sar- ^^ the Grace of God, King of Sar- 
 
 daigne, de Chypre et diQ Jerufalem ; dinia, 0/' Cyprus, <;«</ 0/ Jerufalem ; 
 
 Due Duke 
 
nng 
 \that 
 luJly, 
 lions, 
 
 ^ 
 
 i ss) 
 
 Due deSavoye,deMontferrat,d'^oJey Duke of Savoy, of Montfcrrat, of 
 
 dc Chablds^ de Genevois ct de Plai- Aofte, of Chablais, of Genevois 
 
 fance ; Prince de Fiimont et d'Oneilk j and o/'Plaifance ; Prince of Piedmont 
 
 Marquis d'ltalie, de Saluce, de Suje, and of Oneillej Marquis of Italy, of 
 
 d'lvr^e, de Che, du MarOy d'Oriftan Saluces, of Sufa, of Ivr^, 0/ Ceve, 
 
 et de Sefane j Comte de Maurienne, of Maro, o/" Oriftan and of Sc6ne ; 
 
 de Genevcy de iV/V^, de Tende^ de C<?««/ e/* Maurienne, of Geneva, of 
 
 Romonty ^Aji, d' Alexandrie, de Go- Nice, o/'Tende, c/^Romont, o/"Aft, 
 
 €eany de Novare, de Tortonney de r/- 0/ Alexandria, 0/ Goccan, o/" Nova- 
 
 gevanoy et de Bobbio-y Baron de Ttf^^ ra, o/'Tortona, c/* Vigevano tfW of 
 
 et de Faucigm j Seigneur de Verceily Bobbio j B<jrfl» 0/ Vaud tf»i o/" Fau- 
 
 de Pigneroiy de Tarantaifey de la L«- cigny j Lord of VcrccWy of Pigncrol, 
 
 melline et de la Vallee de Seifa ; of Tarantaife, of the Lumelline and 
 
 Prince et Vicaire pcrpetuel du St. of the Vallev of Sefia j Prince and 
 
 Empire en //«//>, &c. A Tous Perpetual Vicar of the Holy Empire 
 
 ceux qui ccs Prefentes verront, Salut. in Italy, &c. To ally ivhofkallfee 
 
 D'autant qu'apres avoir accede aux thefe PrefentSy Greeting : fVhereaSy 
 
 Articles Preliminaires de Paix, fignes after having acceded to the Prelimi- 
 
 le L n«:f Aoril dernier, a Aix la nary Articles of Peacey figned the 
 
 Cb.. ■. , lous fommes fincerement 30//6 o/'April /^ «/ Aix laChapelle>, 
 
 em^ -.-.owS de ccncourir au parfait JVe are fincerely dedrous of concur- 
 
 Retabliflement de la Paix Generale ring in the perfect Re-eftablifhrnent of 
 
 en Europe y a laquelle toutes les Puif- the General Peace in Europe, to which 
 
 fances qui ont figne, et accede comme all the Power Sy that have figned and 
 
 nous, aux fufdits Articles Prelimi- accededy as nae have done, to the 
 
 naires, font dans la Difjpofition de afore-faid Preliminary ArticleSy are 
 
 donner les mains, en redigeant \ti ^ifpofed to give their Afjiftancey by re- 
 
 memes Articles Preliminaires et au- ducing thqfe fame Preliminary Ar- 
 
 tres Adtes qui en dependent, en uo ticleSy and other ASfs depending there* 
 
 Trait^ Definitif de Paix Generale. ony into one Definitive Treaty of Ge- 
 
 A ces Caufes, et autresConfiderations 
 ^ ce nous mouvant, nous confknt 
 en la Capacity Experience, Zele et 
 Fidelity pour notre Service, de nos 
 chers, bien ames et feaux, le Che- 
 
 neral Peace, For thefe Reafbns, and 
 other Confderations us thereunto mo- 
 vingy wcy trufiing in the Capacity y 
 Experience y Zeal and Fidelity for our 
 ServicCy of our deary well-beloved and 
 
 valier Offorioy Chevalier Grand Croix, trufiyy the Chevalier Oflbrio, Knight 
 
 et Grand Confervateur de notre Or- Grand Croix and Grand Confervator 
 
 dre Militaire des Saints Maurice et of our Military Order of the Saints 
 
 Lazarcy et notre Envoye Extraordi- Maurice arid Lazarus, and our En- 
 
 nairc 'f^^y 
 
( 56) 
 
 naire aupres du Roy de la Grande voy Extraordinary to the King of 
 
 Brdagne, et le Comte Borri de la Great Britain j and the Count Borre 
 
 Chavanne, notre Confeiiler d'Etat, de la Chavanne, our Counfellor of 
 
 notre Minillre aupres des Seigneurs State^ our Minijler to the Lords the 
 
 Etats Generaux des Provinces Unies, States General of the United Pro- 
 
 ( t notre Miniftre Plenipotentiaire aux vinces^ and our Minijler Plenipoten- 
 
 Conferences di'y^ix la Chapelle^ nous tiary to the Conferences of Aix la 
 
 les avons nommes et deputes, comme Chapelle, have named and depu- 
 
 par les Prefentes nous le nommons ted them^ as by thefe Frejents -we do 
 
 et deputons, nos Ambafladeurs Ex- name and depute them our Ambajfa- 
 
 traordinaires et Plenipotentiaires, et dors Extraordinary and Plenipoten- 
 
 leur avons donne, et leur donnons, tiaries ; and have given them^ and do 
 
 pouvoir, Commiffion et Mandement give them^ Power^ Commijion, and 
 
 Special, pour en notre Nom, et en Special Order , in our Name, and in 
 
 la dite Qualite de nos Ambafladeurs the faid ^ality of our Ambajfadors 
 
 Extraordinaires et Plenipotentiaires, Extraordinary and Plenipotentiaries^ 
 
 faire,conclure et(igner,tous deux con- to make^ conclude andfign^ both joint- 
 
 jointement, ou I'un d'eux feul en Cas ly, or one of them alone ^ in Cafe ofAb- 
 
 d'Ablence, de Maladie, ou autre Em- Jence, Sicknefs, or other Hindrance of 
 
 pechement de I'autre, avec les Am- the other y "with the refpeStive Ambaf- 
 
 bafladeursExtraordmairesetPlenipo- fadors Extraordinary and Plenipo- 
 
 tentiaires refpedifs, des fufdites Pu- tentiaries of the above-mentioned Pow- 
 
 illlinces, conjointement, ou fepare- erSy jointly or feparately^provided with 
 
 ment, munis de Pouvoirs a cet efFet, Powers Jor that Purpofe, fuch Def- 
 
 tels Traite Definitif de Paix, Arti- nitive Treaty of Peace, Articles, Con- 
 
 cle?, Conventions, ou Adtes, qu'ils venfions, or A^s, as they Jhall think 
 
 avileront bon ctre pour retablir foli- /^ for re-ejiablijhing, in a folid 
 
 denient la Paix Generale en Europe, 
 ou acceder a ceux que Ton auroit 
 deja conclu et figne pour le meme 
 
 Manner, the General Peace in Eu- 
 rope, or to accede to thoje, which Jhall 
 have been already concluded andfign- 
 
 But ; voulant quails agiflent en ces ed jor the lame End -, Willing, that 
 Occalions avec la meme Autorite, tk^y fy^ulJ, upon thofe Occtfions, a5i 
 
 que jious ferions, fi nous etipns pre- 
 fcns en Perfonne, encore qu'il y eiit 
 quelque phofe qui requit un Mande- 
 ment plus fpecial, non contenu en 
 CCS Prefentes. Promettant en Foi 
 j,t Parole dc Roy, d'obferver et de 
 Lxirc inviolablcment obferver tout ce 
 
 qui 
 
 with the fame Authority, as we would 
 do, if we were prefent in Perfon, and 
 even ij any 'Thing jhould occur, which 
 might require a more Jpecial Order, 
 not contained in thefe Prefents : 
 Promifmg, upon the Faith and Word 
 of a Kingy to ohferve and caufe to 
 
 be 
 
.^ ,i•^,^ ^,, 
 
 he 
 
 ^ ( 
 
 qui aura ^te fait, convenu, regie et 
 figne par les fufdits Chevalier OJfo- 
 rio et Comte de la ChavannCy nos 
 Ambafladeurs Extraordinaires et Ple- 
 nipotentiaires, fans y contrevenir, ni 
 permettre qu'il y foit contrevenu, di- 
 redtement ni indiredement, pour 
 quelque Caufe, et fous quelque Pre- 
 texte que ce foit,et puiffe etre,comme 
 aufli d'en faire expedier nos Lettres 
 de Ratification en bonne forme, pour 
 ctre echangees dans le terme dont 
 on fera convenu. En temoin de 
 quoi, nous avons figne les Prefentes 
 de notre Main, et fait contrefigner 
 par le Marquis D. Leopold de Carret 
 de Gorzegne^ notre Premier Secre- 
 taire d'Etat pour les Affaires Etran- 
 geres, et a i9elles fait appofer le 
 Sceau fecret de nos Armes. Donnees 
 a Turin, le vingt quatricme du Mois 
 ^'Aoiity I'An de Grace, Mil fept cent 
 quarante huit, et de notre Regne le 
 dix neuvieme. 
 
 {L.S.) C. EMANUEL. 
 , , ( Et plus bas ) 
 
 Carret de Gorzegne. 
 
 57 ) 
 
 he obferved inviolably all that Jhall be 
 done^ agreedy regulated and Jigned 
 by the above-mentioned Chevalier Of- 
 iorio and Count de la Chavanne, our 
 Ambaffadon Extraordinary and Fie- 
 nipotentiarieSy without ccniraveningy 
 orfuffering any Contravention there- 
 to, direSlly or indireSlly, for what 
 Caufe, or under what Pretext fo- 
 ever it Jhall or may be j As alfo to 
 caufe to be dijpatcbed, our Letters of 
 Ratif cation thereof in due Form, ta 
 be exchanged within the Term which 
 Jhall be agreed on. In Witnefs where- 
 of, we havefgned thefe Frefents with 
 our Handy and caufedthem to be coun- 
 terfigned by the Marquis D. Leopold 
 de Carret de Gorzegne, our Firfi Se- 
 cretary of State for Foreign Affairs ^ 
 and caujed the Secret Seal of our Arms 
 to be^xed thereto. Given at Turin, 
 the Twenty-Fourth of the Month of 
 Auguft, in the Tear of our Lord, One 
 tboufand feven hundred and forty- 
 eight, and of our Reign the Nine- 
 teenth. 
 
 (L. S.) C.EMANTUEL. 
 {Lower) 
 
 Carret de Gorzegne. 
 
 Accejfion du Due de 
 Modene. 
 
 The Acceflion of the 
 Duke of Modena. 
 
 Au Norn de la tres Sainte et Indiviftble In the Name of the moft Holy and 
 
 Trinite, Fere, Fils et Saint Efprit. Undivided Trinity, Father, Son, 
 
 Ainfijbit il. and Holy Ghoft. 
 
 SO I T notoire a tous ceux qu'il D£ it known to all thofe, to whom it 
 
 appartiendra, ou peut appartenir. ^ Jhall or may belong. The Ambaf- 
 
 appartiendra, ou peut appartenir. 
 
 Les 
 
 Jadors 
 
( S8 ) 
 
 t 
 
 M ! 
 
 
 Les Am'^ afladeurs Extraordinaires et 
 Plenipotentiaires de fa Majefte Bri- 
 tannique^ de fa Majefte trisVhretiennet 
 ct des Hauls et Puiffants Seigneurs 
 les Etats Generaux dcs Provinces 
 Unies, ayant conclu ct fign6 en cctte 
 Ville d'^/AT ia Chapelle, Ic dix huit du 
 prefent Mois d'0£fol>re, fur Ic Fon- 
 dement des Preliminaircs convenus 
 et arrets d'abord entre eux le 
 trentieme Avrii dc cctte Annee, un 
 Trait6 General ct Definitif de Paix, 
 et deux Articles Separ^, defquels 
 Trai^ et Articles Separ^s la Tencur 
 s'enfuit. 
 
 [ Fiat Infertio. ] 
 
 £t les dhs Ambafladeurs Extraor- 
 dinaires et Plenipotentiaires ayant 
 amiablement invite le Miniftre Ple- 
 nipocentiaire de fon Akeffe Sere- 
 muime i^ia^e/jTrois, par la Grace 
 de Dien, Due de Modhe^ Reg- 
 gie, la Mirandokt C^c. d'y ac- 
 ceder au Nom de fon Alteife Se- 
 reoiflime. 
 
 Les Ambafi&deurs et Miniftre Ple- 
 nipotentiaire Soufti^^, fgavoir, de 
 la Part du Serenillime et tr^s Pu- 
 ijiant Prince, George Second, par 
 la Grace de Dieu, Roy de la Grande 
 Bretagne, de France, et d^Irlande, 
 les Seigneurs, Jean Comte de Sand- 
 ivicb, Vicomte de I£ncbin6rcoke, Ba- 
 ron Monfagtt de St. Neots, Pair 
 ^AngUterre, Premier Seigneur Com- 
 miftaire de rAmiraut^, Ttm des 
 Seigneurs Regens du Royaiune, fon 
 Miniftre Plenipotentiaire aupres des 
 
 Seigneurs 
 
 fadors Extraordinary and Pknipoien^ 
 tiaries of his Britannick Majejlyy of 
 his moji Chriftian Majejiy, and of the 
 High and Mighty Lords the States 
 General oj the United Provinces, hav- 
 ing concluded andjigned, in this City 
 ofKix. laChapelle, the iSth of the 
 prefent Month £/'0<flober, upon the 
 Foundation of the Preliminaries, atfrjl 
 agreed upon and conchided amongji 
 them the ^oth Day of April of this 
 Tear, a General and Definitive Treaty 
 of Peace, and two Separate Articles, 
 the Tenor of which Treaty and Sepa- 
 rate Articles follows. 
 
 [ Fiat Infertio. ] 
 
 And the (aid Ambajfadors Extraor- 
 dinary and Plenipotentiaries having 
 amicably invited the Mimjier Pleni- 
 potentiary of his moll Serene Highnefs, 
 Francis the Third, by the Grace of 
 God, Duke o/*Modena, Reggio, Mi- 
 randola, &c. to accede thereto, in the 
 Name of his moJi Serene Highnefs, 
 
 The underwritten AmbaJJadors and 
 Minifier Plenipotentiary, to wit, on 
 the Part of the moji Serene and moji 
 Potent Prince, George the Second, 
 by the Grace of God, King of Great 
 Britain,France and Ireland, the Lords, 
 John Earl of Sandwich, Vifcount of 
 Hlnchinbrooke, Baron Montagu of 
 St, Neots, Peer of England, Fi^ 
 Lord Otmmiffioner of the Admiralty, 
 One of the Lords Regents of the King- 
 dom, his Minifier Plenipotentiary to the 
 Lords the States General of the United 
 Provinces I and Thomas Robinfon 
 
 Knight 
 

 (59 ) 
 
 Seigneurs Etats Genenrax des Pro- Knight cf the nu^ Honourable Order 
 
 vinces Untes ; ct l^omas Robinfim^ of the Bi^h, and his Mintfier Pknipo- 
 
 Chevalier da tres Honorable Ordre tentiary to bis Mofe/iy the Emperor of 
 
 du Bainy ct fon Miniftre Plenipo- the Romans, and her Majejiy the Em- 
 
 tentiaire auprcs de (a MajeAd I'Em- prefs^tteen o^Hungary and Bohemia ; 
 
 perrur des RomainSy et de Sa Majefte arid on the Part of his moji Serene 
 
 I'Imperatrice Rcine de Hongrie ct de Highnefs the Duke of Modena, the 
 
 Bof.yeme j et de la part de fon Altefle Sieur Count de Monzone, his Counfel- 
 
 Sereniflime le Due de i' le /or of State and Cobnei in his Service^ 
 
 Sieur Comte de Monzone, ion ^ v 
 feiller d'Etat, ct Colonel i fon Ser- 
 vice, et fon Miniftre Plenipotentiaire 
 aupres de fa Majeft^ tr^ ChrMenne, 
 
 and his Mimjler Plenipotentiary to his 
 
 OT^Chrii'v : M^rjejiyi by Virtue of 
 
 their FuU ^ owers, which they have 
 
 •communicated to each other, and of 
 
 en vertu de leurs Pleinpouvoirs, qu'ils ivbich Copies are added at the End of 
 
 fe font communiques, et dont Copies the prefent AEl, have agreed on what 
 
 font ajoutees a la fin du prefent Adle, follows. 
 
 font convenus de ce qui fuit. ^hat his moJi Serene Highnefs the 
 
 Que fon AltefTe Sereniflime le Duke ^Modena, defiring to contri- 
 
 Duc de Modene defirant contribuer et bute and concur to re-ejiablijh and 
 
 concourir a retablir et afferniir au plu- fettky as foon as pofjible, the Peace 
 
 tot le Repos de \ Europe y accede, en of Europe, accedes, by Virtue of the 
 
 vertu du prefent A(Ste, aux ditsTraite, prefent ASly to the /aid 'treaty and 
 
 XX deux Articles Separes, fans aucune two Separate jirticles, without any 
 
 Refcrvc, ni Exception, dans la ferme Referve or Exception, in a firm Con- 
 
 Confiance, que ■ oai ce qui y eft pro- fidence, that what is promifed to bis 
 
 mis i fa dite Altefte Sereniflime, fera faid ntofl Serene Highnefs thereiny 
 
 accompli de bonne foy > Declarant fhall be faithfully fulfilled j declaring 
 
 <n rndme terns, etpromettant, qu'Elle andpromifing, at the fame Time, that 
 
 acc<»nplira de meme, de la meiUeure he will alfo perform, moft faithfully, 
 
 foy, tous les Articles, Claufes et all the ArticleSyClaufes and ConditionSy 
 
 Conditions, qui la concement. 
 • De m6me fa Majefte Britannipte 
 accepte la prefente Acceflion de fon 
 Altefie Seremflime le Due de Mo- 
 d^y et promet pareillement d'ac- 
 cmnplir, fans aucune Referve ni £x- 
 <:eption, tous les Articles, Claufes et 
 Conditions, contenus dans le dit 
 
 which concern him. 
 
 In b'ke Manner his Britannick Ma- 
 Jefiy accepts the prefent jiccejjion of 
 his m^ Serene Highnefs the Duke of 
 Modena, and promifes likewife toful- 
 filly without any Referve or Excep- 
 tiouy off the Articles, Claufes and Can- 
 ditionsy contained in the faid Treaty 
 
 Trait^, et les deux Articles Separes and the two Separate Articles j infert- 
 cy-deilus inferes. ed abovi, 
 
 • Les Tbe 
 
j^jfWJ^,. 
 
 '^i^ 
 
 \) 
 
 U; 
 
 ( 60 ) 
 
 Les Ratifications du prefent Adte the Ratificathm oftheprefent ASt 
 
 feront echangees en cette Ville d'y^/'x JImU be exchanged, in this City of Aix 
 
 la Chapelk, dans I'Efpacp dc trois Se- la Chapelle, in the Space of three 
 
 maines, i compter de ce jour. IVeeis, to be computed from this Day. 
 
 En Foi de quoi, nous AmbaiTadeurs In Teftimony 'whereof We the jhn- 
 
 Extraordinaires et Miniftre Plenipo- baJTadors Extraordinary and Mtnijier 
 
 tentlaire de fa Majefte Britannique, et Plenipotentiary of l.. Britannick Afol 
 
 de fon Altefle Sereniffime le Due de jejly, and of his moji Serene Highnefs the 
 
 Modene, avons figne ie prefent Afte, Duke o/'Modcna, have fgned the pre- 
 
 et y avons fait appofer le Cachet de fent A£l, and have caufed the Seal of 
 
 nos Armes. our Arms to befet thereto. 
 
 Fait a Aix la Chapelky le vingt cinq Done at Aix la Chapelle, the 2^fh 
 
 OSlobre, Mil fept cent quarante huit, of Q&ohQx 1748. 
 
 (L.S.) T.Robinfon. (L.S.) Le Comte de ^onzone. 
 
 Pienopotere del Duca di 
 Modena. 
 
 Francefco Duca di Modena, Reggio, 
 Mirandola. 
 
 ES S E N D O che nelle Conferenze 
 di Generale Pacificatione delle 
 Potenze interelTate nella prefente 
 Guerra, da tenerfi in Aquifgrano, ab- 
 biafi a trattare ancora deeli affari che 
 ci riguardano, per i quali fia d'uopo 
 di avervi un Miniftro, dalla cui abi- 
 lita, fede e prudenza ci poffiamo 
 afficurare, non abbiamo creduto di 
 poterci valere con piu fidenza di per- 
 fona alcuna, quanto del Conte di 
 Monzone, noftro Configliario di Stato, 
 Miniftro Plenipotenziario alia Corte 
 di fua Maefta ChriJiianiJJima, e Colo- 
 nel lo al noftro Servigio ; Percio 
 I'eleggiamo et deputiamo per noftro 
 Miniftro Plenipotenziario pure adeflb 
 
 Congreflb, 
 
 The Duke of Modena s 
 Full Power. 
 
 Francis Duke 0/' Modena, Reggio, 
 Mirandola. 
 TT/HEREAS, in the Confere7ices 
 "^ to be held at Aix la Chapelle,ycr 
 a General Pacification between the 
 Powers concerned in the prefent War^ 
 Affairs are to be treated of which 
 regard us ; for which it is necef- 
 fary to have a Minifier there, on whofe 
 Ability, Fidelity and Prudence we 
 may fafely rely, we have not thought 
 that we could employ any Perfon with 
 greater Confidence, on this Occafion, 
 than the Count de Monzone, our 
 Counfellor if State, Minifier Pleni- 
 potentiary at the Court of bis mofi 
 Chriftian Majejiy, and Colonel in our 
 Service ; for which Rea/bn, we do 
 chufe and depute him for our Minifier 
 
'!►»/' 
 
 ( 6i ) 
 
 Congreflb, con dargli e concedergli 
 facolta, autoridl, e picnopotere, e 
 mandato generate e fpeciale di trattare 
 ivi, a Nome noftro, di tutti gli affari 
 che ci riguardano, e di promettere, 
 convenire, concludere, ftipulare, e 
 fottofcrivere per parte noftra, quelle 
 ch'egli credera piu convenicnte al 
 Servigio noftro, pregando a quanto 
 fine li Signori Miniilri Plenipoten- 
 ziari deile corti tutte che interver- 
 ranno a far parte nel Congreflb me- 
 defimo, di accettarlo e riconofcerlo 
 per noftro Miniftro Plenipotenziario j 
 rromettendo in fede e parola di 
 Principe avere per fermo e rato, e di 
 approvare e oflervare tutto cio che 
 fara conclufo, accettato e ftipolato 
 dal medeflmo. 
 
 In fede di che, abbiamo fottofcritte 
 le prefenti, che faranno munite del 
 noftro Sigillo, e contrafegnate da 
 uno de noftri Miniftri. Dato di 
 Marjiglia li trenta Nvvembre^ Mille 
 fette cento quaranta otto. 
 (Signe) 
 
 (L.S.) FRANCESCO. 
 
 ( Et plus bas contrefigne ) 
 
 De Bondigli. 
 
 Plenipotentian ot the /aid CoNgrefs, 
 by giving ana granting to him. Fa- 
 culty, Authority, ana Full Power, 
 ivith General and Special Order, to 
 treat there, in our Name, oj all Mat- 
 ters which concern us, and to promije, 
 agree to, conclude, jUpulate and Jign, 
 on our Part, whatever he Jhall judge 
 moji convenient for our Service ; ae- 
 firing, for this End, the Minijlers 
 Plenipotentiary oj all the Courts con- 
 cerned, which Jhall be frefent at the 
 faid Congrefs, to accept of, and ac- 
 knowledge him, as our Minijler Ple- 
 nipotentiary J Promijing, on the Faith 
 and Word of a Prince, to hold as con- 
 firmed and ratified, and to approve 
 and obferve all thatJJjall be concluded, 
 accepted of, and ftipulated by the fame 
 Minijler Plenipotentiary. . 
 
 In JVitnefs whereof we have fgned 
 thefe Prejents, which jljall be counter- 
 figned by one of our Minijlers, and 
 have our Seal affixed thereto. Given 
 at Marfeilies this ^oth o/' November 
 1748. 
 
 {Signed) FRANCESCO. 
 
 [And underneath counterfgned) 
 
 de Bondigli. 
 
 Accejfton de la Republiqm The Republick of Genoa % 
 
 de Genes. Acceflion. 
 
 Au Norn de la tres Sainte et Indi- In the Name of the moft Holy and 
 
 vijible Trinity, Pere, Fils et Saint Undivided Trinity, Father, Son 
 
 EJprit. Ainfijoit il. and Holy Ghoft. 
 
 CO IT notoire a tous ceux qu'il I>E it known to all thofe, to whoni it 
 
 ^ appartiendra, ou peut appartenir. ** jkallf or may belong. 
 
 Les Q_ The 
 
( 62 ) 
 
 y. 
 
 Les Amballadeurs Extraordinaires 
 ct Pleiiipoteiitiaircs de laMajefte Bri- 
 tanniquc, dc fa Majefte tres Chreiicnne, 
 et des Hants ct Puiflaiits Seigneurs 
 les Etats Generaux des Provinces 
 ITnies, ayant conclu et figne en cette 
 Vjlle d'j4rx la Chapelle, le dix huit 
 du prefejit Mois ^OSiobre^ fur le 
 Fondement des Preliminaires conve- 
 nus et arretes d'abord entre eux le 
 trentieme Avril de cette Annee, un 
 Traite General et Definitif de Paix, 
 et deux Articles Separes, defquels 
 Traite et Articles Separes la Teneur 
 s'enfuit. 
 
 [ Fiat Infertio. ] 
 
 Et les dits AmbafTadeurs Extraor- 
 dinaires et Plenipotentiaires ayant 
 amiablement invite le Miniftre Pleni- 
 
 f)otentiaire de la Sereniflime Repub- 
 ique de Genes^ d'y acceder au Nona 
 de la dite Sereniffime Republique. 
 
 Les Ambaffadeurs et Miniftre Ple- 
 nipotentiaire fouflignes, f9avoir, de la 
 Part du Sereniflime et tres Puiflant 
 Prince, Gf-fjr^^ Second, par la Grace de 
 Dieu, Roy de la Grande Bretagne, 
 de France, et ^Irlandcy les Seigneurs, 
 '^fean Comte de Sandnvich, Vicomte 
 de Hinchinbrooke, Baron Montagu de 
 Saint NeotSy Pair A'Angleterre, Pre- 
 mier Seigneur ComniifTaire de I'Ami- 
 raute, I'un des Seigneurs Regens du 
 Royaume, fon Miniftre Plenipoten- 
 tiaire aupres des Seigneurs Etats Ge- 
 neraux des Provinces Unies j et Tho- 
 ?nas Robinfony Chevalier du tres ho- 
 norable 
 
 The Amhajjadon Extraordinary 
 and Plenipotentiaries of bis Britan- 
 nick Majejiy^ of his moji Chriftian 
 Majejlyy and of the High and Mighty 
 Lords the States General of the United 
 Provinces^ having concluded and Jign^ 
 ed, in this City of Aix la Chapelle, 
 the I %th oftheprefent Month o/'Odto- 
 ber, upon the Foundation of the Preli~ 
 minarieSy atfrfi agreed upon and fet- 
 tled amongfl them the ^oth of April 
 of this Tear^ a General and Defnitive 
 'Treaty of Peace , and two Separate 
 Articles ; of which Treaty ana Sepa- 
 rate Articles the Tcnour is as follows. 
 
 [ Fiat Infertio. ] 
 
 And the faid Ambajfadors Extraor- 
 dinary and Plenipotentiaries having 
 amicably invited the Minijler Pleni- 
 potentiary of the mojl Serene Repub- 
 lic/: oj Genoa, to accede thereto in the 
 Name of the faid mojl Serene Republick, 
 
 The underwritten Ambaffddors and 
 Minijler Plenipotentiary j to wit, on 
 the Part of the mojl Serene and moll 
 Potent Prince y George the Second , by 
 the Grace oJ God, King of Great 
 Britain, France and Ireland, the 
 Lords, John Earl of Sandwich, 
 yifcount of Hinchinbrooke, Baron 
 Montagu of St. Neots, Peer of Eng- 
 land, Firji Lord Commifjioncr of the 
 Admiralty, One of the Lords Regents 
 of the Kingdom, his Minifler Pleni- 
 potentiary to the Lords the States Ge- 
 neral of the United Provinces j and 
 Thomas Robinfon, Knight of the 
 
 mojl 
 
 n 
 
 Q 
 
 c 
 
( 63 
 norable Ordre du Baw, et fon Mi- 
 niflre Plcnipotentiaire auprcs de Ta 
 Majeftc TEmpereur des Romains, et 
 de fa Majefte I'lmperatrice Reine de 
 Hongrie et de Boheme \ et de la Part 
 de la Sereniflime Republique de Ge- 
 nes, le Sieur Francois Marquis Doria^ 
 en vertu de leurs Pleinpouvoirs, qu'ils 
 fe font communiques, ct dont Copies 
 font ajoutees a la fin du prefent 
 Adte, font convenus de ce qui fuit. 
 
 Que la Sereniflime Republique de 
 Genesy defirant contribuer et concou- 
 rir a retablir et affermir, au plut6t, le 
 Repos de VEurope, accede, en vertu 
 du prefent Adle, aux dits Trait^, et 
 deux Articles Separes, fans aucune 
 Referve, ni Exception, dans la ferme 
 Confiance, que tout ce qui y eft 
 promis a la dite Sereniflime Repub- 
 lique, fera accompli de bonne foy, 
 declarant, en meme Terns, et pro- 
 mettant qu'elle accomplira de meme 
 de la meilleure foy, tous les Articles, 
 Claufes et Conditions qui la con- 
 cernent. 
 
 De meme, fa Majefte Britanuique 
 acccpte la prefente Acceflion de la 
 Sereniifime Republique de Genesy et 
 promet pareillement d'accomplir, fans 
 aucune Referve, ni Exception,, tous 
 les Articles, Claufes et Conditions, 
 contenus dans le dit Traite, et les 
 deux Articles Separes, ci-deflus in- 
 feres. 
 
 Les Ratifications du prefent A<Sle 
 feront echangees en cette Ville d!Aix 
 la Chapclky dans I'Efpace de vingt 
 tinq Jours, a compter de ce Jour. 
 
 En 
 
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 moji Honourable Order of the Batb^ 
 and his Minifter Plenipotentiary 
 to His Majejy the Emperor of 
 the Romans, and Her Maje/iy the 
 EmpreJ'i ^ueen of Hungary and Bo- 
 hemia ; and on the Part of the moJi 
 Serene Republic k of Genoa, the Sieur 
 Francis Marquis Doria, by Virtue of 
 their Full Powers, which they have 
 communicated to each other, and Copies 
 whereof are added at the End of the 
 prefent ASl, have agreed upon what 
 follows, 
 
 T'hat the mq/l Serene Republick of 
 Genoa, dejiring to contribute and con- 
 cur to re-ejlablifh and fettle the ^uiet 
 o/" Europe, accedes, by Virtue oj the 
 prefent Aif, to the faid Treaty and 
 two Separate Articles, without any< 
 Referve or Exception, in a firm Con- 
 fidence, that whatfoever is promifed 
 therein to the faid mofi Serene Repub- 
 lick, fhall be faithfulh fulfilled ', de- 
 claring at the jame "fime, and tro-^ 
 mifing, that fhe will aljb' perform^, 
 mofl faithfully, all the Articles,ClauJes 
 and Conditions, which regard her. 
 
 In like Manner his Britannick Ma- ■ 
 jcjly accepts the prefent AcceJJion of the > 
 mofi Serene Republick oj Genoa j and 
 likewife promtfes to perform, without' 
 ofiy Referve or Exception, all the Ar- 
 ticles, Claufes and Conditions contained 
 in the faid Treaty and the two Sepa- 
 rate Articles, injerted above* 
 
 The Ratifications of the prefent ASt ' 
 
 fhall be exchanged in this City of Aix • 
 
 la Chapelle, in the Space of Twenty . 
 
 Five Days, to be computed from this . 
 
 Day, In 
 
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 >; 
 
 En foy de c|Uoy, Nous Ambafla- 
 deurs Extraordinaires et Miniftre Pie- 
 nipotentiaire de fa Majefte Britan- 
 nique, et de la Screniflime Republi- 
 que de GcncSy avons fignc le prefent 
 Adle, et y avons fait appofer le Ca- 
 chet de nos Armes. 
 
 Fait a Aix la Chapelle, le vingt 
 huit OSiobre^ Mil fept cent quarante 
 huit. 
 
 (L. S.) T. Robinfon. . , (L 
 
 In Tejiimony ivhereof^ We the Am- 
 bajjadors Extraordinary and Minifter 
 PUnipotentiary of bis Britannick Ma- 
 jejiy^ and of the moji Serene Republick 
 0/ Genoa, havejgned the prefent ^<f?, 
 and have caufed the Seal of our Arms 
 to be affixed thereto. 
 
 Done at Aix la Chapelle, the 2S th 
 o/Odober 1748. 
 
 S.) Fr."'' M.'* Marquis DVria. 
 
 Pienpotere delta Republica The Republick of Genoa\ 
 di Geneva. Full Power. 
 
 Doge^ Governatoriy e Procuratori 
 dclla Republica di Geneva. 
 
 CO N S C I dell' Experienza,Fe- 
 delti e Zelo del noftro Patrizio 
 Francefco Maria UOria^ lo abbiamo 
 Elctto e deputato il noftro Miniftro 
 Plenipotenziario alle Conferenzc di 
 Pace di Aquifgrano^ o fia Aix la Cha- 
 pelle, e in qualunque altro luogo 
 ove fi teneflero, o foflero in appreflb 
 trasferite le Conferenze di Pace, e 
 gli abbiamo data e conferta, come 
 gli diamo, e gli conferiamo ampia 
 facu'ta, e Pienpotere, e Mandate Ge- 
 neral e Speciale, di trattare ivi, a 
 Nome noftro, gli afFari che ci ri- 
 guardano, e di convenire, conchiu- 
 dere, ftipulare e firmare, per parte 
 noftra, quello, che apprendera piu 
 conveniente ai noftri interefli, e come 
 potreflemo fare noi fteffi fe foffemo 
 prefenti, anchorche fi richiedefle un 
 piu ampio, e fpeciale Mandate del 
 
 prefente j 
 
 The Doge, Governors, and Pro- 
 curators of the Republick of 
 Genoa. 
 /^ On/iious of the Experience, Fidelity 
 ^ and Zeal of our Patrician Fran- 
 cefco Maria D'Oria, We have chofen 
 and deputed him, as our Minijler Ple- 
 nipotentiary at the Conferences of Peace 
 at Aquifgrano, otherunfe Aix la Cha- 
 pelle, or any other Place where the 
 faid Conferences of Peace may here- 
 after be held, or transferred to, and 
 ive have given and conferred upon 
 him, as ive do give and confer upon 
 him, ample Faculty and Full Power, 
 with General and Special Order, to 
 treat there in our Name, upon the 
 Affairs which regard us, and to agree 
 to, conclude, Jiipulate ajid fign, on our 
 Part, whatever he Jhall apprehend to 
 be mojl fui table to our Inter efls, and 
 that, in the fame Manner, as we our- 
 felves, were we prefent, could do, al- 
 though a more full andfpecial Order 
 
 than 
 
 fei- 
 
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 K ■ ■.■,\jit^<iiL ■■ 
 
( 6s ) 
 
 prefente ; Pregando a tal fine li Sig- 
 nori Miniftri Plcnipotenziari dclle 
 Corti tutte, che interverranno a fur 
 parte nelle Conferenze medefnne, di 
 accettarlo, e riconofcerlo per noftro 
 Miniftro Plenipotenziario ; E pro- 
 mettendo noi, in fede e Parola di 
 Principe, di avere per fermo, rato, 
 c di approvare, ed ofTervare tuttocio 
 che fara conclufo, accettato, ftipu- 
 lato, e fottofcritto dal medefimo in 
 virtu del prefente Pienpotere, come 
 altrefi di far fpedire le noftre ratifiche 
 in buona forma per efler cambiate 
 nel Tempo, che lara convenuto. 
 
 Ed in fede fara il prefente fir- 
 mato dall' infrafcritto noftro Segre- 
 tario di Stato, e munito del noftro 
 foUito Sigillo. 
 
 Dat. nel noftro Real Palazzo 
 quefto di primo Marzo 1748. 
 
 C. Giufeppe Maria Sertorioy 
 
 (L. S.) Segretario di Stato. 
 
 than the Prefcnt might be rcf^uilltc, 
 dcjiring, for this End, the Mimjlers 
 Plaiipotcnticiries of all the Courts con- 
 cern d^ -which J}:all be prefent at the 
 faid Conferences^ to accept of, and ac- 
 knowledge him, as our Minijler Plenipo- 
 tentiary ; Promijing, on the Faith and 
 Word of a Prince, to hold as confirmed 
 and ratifiedy and to obferve all that 
 fhall be concluded, accepted, fiipulated 
 andfignedby the fame, in vertue of' the 
 prefent Full Power -, as alfo to dijpatch 
 cu • Ratifications in due Form, to be ex- 
 changed within thi Time which Jhall 
 be agreed upon 
 
 In V/itnefs whereof, thefe Prefents 
 Jhall be fii-ed by r,nr underwritten 
 Secretary of State with our ufual 
 Seal affixed there r , 
 
 Given .-"t our Royal Palace, this 
 firfi of Mar':h 1748. 
 
 C. Giufeppe Maria Sertorio, 
 (L, S.) Secretary of Stat'\. 
 
 
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