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‘United Profvimes of tbe Low-Cqu-iz-trey; 5

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 League of ‘Umkm laetwixt 

l"Majefly, and the Eflpztes Genemlof the’

United Provinces of the Low—Courztreys _;
fir an Efficariom Mediation of Peace !2e~
tween the V900 Neighbouring Crown: now
in War. t

'  He mofl Serene and mofi Mighty
' ’ ii  Prince and Lord, Clmrles. the Se-
cond, King Of Great Britain, and
the High and Mighty Lords the

 

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 tberlzmd: , reflcéiing with much
  grief and trouble on the miferies
and calamities of the War which is lately broken out
in the Borders between the two Crowns, and which

will by an inevitable confequence

tim ely “prevented,
the Princes and States

involve the greatell part of

States General of the united Ne-i ,

me in the Neighbourhood, if not

of Chrifiendotn in the fame evils, have thought,

they (hould be much wanting to that duty God hath

e injnined them, if now that they have by his mercy
fo hzppily renewed and rellored the ancient Friend- i
{hip and Alliance between Great Britain and the Zl2:i—«,.“

‘ted Netherlands, and at the fame time eftablifhedzy

A 2 ‘   Peace.

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Peafice between four 'powerh11 States, who were par-
ties in thatth15htTy:re\Vearr'e‘-, they ={hou1di~' nott’he'hm p’10}/,

and with a11A"diefi’genceapply themfeives to fettle thhfe

‘dihiferences that ‘ have arifen between the {aid two

T Crowns, and p.1rti_cuI.;r’ry for the quenching» the flame

of that Warfe iipor-I the C.onfines. -And therefore the‘
moi’: Serene King of Gr6dttBrita;i22,—r3nd the High,and
Mighty States of” the Law-Ctozmtreys, hariingy after
rmtrch pains and great”Infi:rhce,ohtainedfrom the moi}

  Chrifiian King, a Promife-eta the {aid States 'G€f‘I€-NJ,
h That he~will~ forthwithandttrom thrs trtne. forw.'ard.1.ry

c’o:vn his Arms, on condition the tShp432£;u?d;_ be ready,
formally and folemnly by a Treaty ofPeace, to quit
to hgirn all thofe Places and Ports, together Withrthc

(ZI1a{’c:llenyeS ani their Appurten’1hces5fWh'ich’ he hast

bytforce or Arm*es~ taken in, or fortiffdtirn the I.;1{ty’e;nfg
Expedition’; or -othemife that the .«Spani;zm’5q Abe
brought totetransferr to him all the remainder of.tthérir
Right to the Data/97 of Luxamburg (or to the County
of Burgundy.) together hwith Ct-zmérzzyland Cazmhéfii,
Douay; Aye, St, 0mcrs,BergrzIe St; Wz'mrx3Fr¢ernc5, and
Liztk, with the Btitlywicks ,?rLCha{Ee11enyes, attd 'rall'
other their depeendencies, and in‘ this 1:19: Cafe, the
moi’: Chrifiiaa King to ‘be obiiged totreitore to the
King  Spain, 3.31 Places and Territories whichthee

}'rc’h:€f7“”haVe hv their Armestaken fince their‘entr:tnce~
rnt‘o' F!42m’:r5;Oa this Condrtron That the High and

I‘/1rg“htyhLOtdS the S ttrtes Genera], do reciprocally"
trnjertake and fecure to the malt Chrxfiran K1ng,th;1t

layrestfonsh and oth-errrnercms they w1i1"p-revatil with the.
Sp'4;:rizzm’5 to Confent tor«the“fame C'o-ndrtrofn so :* They-

have thought; tthatiin this {eafottx and conjunéhrre of
A " h t ‘fl"airs
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?affaiis,- they flmtiide _em§g1qy§‘tihem£e1\+ze,s«very adgm.
tsg?oufl_v, not nn‘e1;yfor itiJ_t_;e‘]}nt;e_refli cit bcritih .theTa,i‘d
Kings, but of all 0ther'neighbdu1'ing Princes ‘and
S{a’£tfS,'i§ by their joint Coiunfels and endeavot-its-they

, flionld exiiott, and as much as in thernlies, oblige the

two beforeen:1entioned»CrQwn§,to make P.eaee..u.pon
the}.A,i'tic1es and J C0nditj,On'$ ..abovefait‘d : Towvhich
end Vi]: wiiofe Names are here;fubfC:~i‘oed, by virtue
0’: put r*efpeé‘cive POWEIS, andgin p_t1rf_t1,ancje oi-tour‘ In-i
flifutifions, have agreedupon thefee _f0i1ow'in_g ‘Points
and Articles; ‘ i  ‘ ! A i      *

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e Hat the King of iG2i'ic‘}zt Britain and the States
i "* Gtriereal OE tire unit'ed Netber14i=?d5,.jOintI} or

feverafly (but always \V’.Ch communication of C,_c7un_~‘
fels, and according to what flnllbe agi;e~eci on b€tW€_t:1‘l  

t‘.-*-gem)?’-ufe.ia11po{Ttb1e diligence and induftry with the

mofi Chritfiitant King‘, to 1n5.uce;thim .3by.._ft>I.emn
'I‘~reat;y,in.the befi and m0fi»<aut'nentick.Form, to pi-o'—,

mife and engage to the King /of eGm‘t Britgziza. and the
States General of the 1»£nited‘Prc«vz';7ces, to mrtkea
Treaty of eace with the King OfS‘D41.i7,eVViti1C»L}t any
Exception or Referve for any caufe or pretence what-
fdievefi/;.%?iF t~i1e~':Kingf of ‘Sp4z_’n‘c‘an‘be induceti. orpre-

vailed with bythe Kng or Great Britain and the ?«t‘z2z'-,
ted’Stzzte:, to: quit to the rnoflz Lrhri{1iean¢1+i;ir1%g%,eeither .
thofe p.1iacétsitaisen from t 1116311316 1§1fl~}’€‘«'3‘1“bi}i"if0TC€ of  

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Atmejs in the 2‘y7et«xZ»erl_4xd5,' or an iiEquiLv_?§1ent by izlteii
delivery of tine’ plzcees 3_1D®'V’€(}T‘sC_I’1€l'QnCLi jot fozne <>;t~.her‘s,.

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iinfiead thereof — according as the Parties -cont erned‘
{hall mutually agree between themfelves; A

-‘ II,  

.. Tlhatrthetmofl C’hri’.i’l-Zara iKing:confent to :-1 Cefl'a-
ton of Arms in the Netlmlamis till the end of M4},

t t in the mean while rlrt-K_ing of Greg: .5-ri:4z,m,dl
the united States may ufe then‘ bell €fld€3V’0ur and di-’
l-igence with the King atrdQgeen of Spam and their’.

Council, to confent totlze aforcfaid Al.f'i:lC1€$ and
Conditions,   K K
111.

But that the molt Chriiiiarr King may not upon it

any jult reafon refule the Cel“fatio‘n of Arms, the
King of Great Britain and the Zlnited State: {hall ob-
lige themfelves: by the fame Ti‘i'3aT.y,g_t}«l3t Spain {hall

uit to Frame all thatthe Franc/9 Forces took from

them the laft; year, or fuch Equivalent, as {hall on

both fidesrbe agreed to.
    IV.

That the moft Chrifiian King be induced and pr‘-:4
vailed with, to rel’: fatisfi’d in the afor‘efaidlPromiI'e,
and to rely upon it ;- fo, as not for the future to make
any farther W arre in the lLar1{-Cotmtrtys : lB;1t if con;
trary to all hopes and expeéta-tions, -the King of Great

Bffit4i» and the united States cannot by their inilzinees ‘A
and intrezties prevail with the Spaniardx, before the 

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e end of :14; ttext enfuing, to confent to thejaforefaid

Conditions, and that cor-1l'cquemlyii't be necellary to
come, to ways of more efficacy ; neverthclefs the
.Frc»'clrfl1all not make, or b1'lnf?.ithC War within or
upon the Borders of the {aid Netberlmdxgbut the King
of Great Britahrand the united States £h1l.l engage and
undertake‘thernfelvesto do whatever {lull be nec:efl'a—‘
1'Ys €fFeé‘tu'2lly to obligethe Spaniard: to accept of
Peace upon the Conditions abovefaid; and fo, ii:
fléiallnot be freefor the molt Chrifiian King to exer-i
6111-‘: any Acfts ofHoQ.-ility in the {aid Countreys, nor to

’“!~3k€ any Town, though it {hould willingly furrenderit a
felf, unlefs the King, of Great Britain and the united t_

-Yfdfl’-:i forbear and omit to do what is. abovetnen-«
none , L   

V’.

That upon aPeace gm ade.e~between'- the two Crowns;
not onely the King of G*reatBrz?mz'n and the united

..S't—mr {hall be Warrantiesi for it in the befyampleft‘ .
and fecureft For-m that maybe, bttét alfo the Empe-=~

rour, and all the Neighbouring Kings aindP1‘in=Ces‘,whoe
{hall think it their intereft to keep the Peace of C ‘iii,-

flendom undifiurbed, and to-reitoretthe Low Cazmmyr?

to‘ their former trarrquiliiry. Toewhich en l‘ the diltinét.
number ofmilitary Forces (hall be agreed upon,‘. toge-
ther with fuch other means as {hall be fit to be ufed a-

gainl't- either ofthe parti es wholhall break or violate- "
  the Peace, obliging him to ceafe the v.iole.ncie,.and res

pair the party. injured,

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/ Articles, We have hereunto fer our I-Iandé”:if:'cI
Seals. At the Hague_i1yHofl4nd,]an.  1668.

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