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<HEAD>Articles of Peace, Ratiffied and Confirmed between the <HI>King of Denmark,</HI> AND THE Hou&s;e of Lunenburgh.  <DATE><ADD>19. Oct. 1693</ADD></DATE></HEAD>
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<P><HI>Licen&s;es,</HI> October <HI>the 17th.</HI> 1693.</P>
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<P><HI>IN the Name of the holy Trinity.</HI> Be it known to all Men by the&s;e Pre&s;ents, That the Differences happened between His Maje&s;ty the King of <HI>Denmark, Norway, Vandals, Gother, &amp;c.</HI> on the one part, and the mo&s;t Illu&s;trious Hou&s;e of <HI>Brunzwich, Lunenburgh, Zell,</HI> and <HI>Hannouer, &amp;c.</HI> on the other; upon Account of the New Fortifications, made at <HI>Ratze|burgh,</HI> and of a con&s;iderable Number of Troops; which having pa&s;&s;ed the <HI>Elbe,</HI> have been put there in Garri|&s;on by the &s;aid mo&s;t Illu&s;trious Hou&s;e, have been at la&s;t admirably Annima|ted in the Manner following, by the Interce&s;&s;ion of His Imperial Maje&s;ty, of Their Maje&s;ties, the Kings of <HI>Sweden,</HI> and of <HI>Great-Britain;</HI> of His Electoral Highne&s;s of <HI>Brandenburgh,</HI> and of the High and Mighty Lords, the States|General of the <HI>United Provinces:</HI> Who, to prevent the trouble&s;ome Con|&s;equences thereof, have Interpo&s;ed their good Offices: and promi&s;ed Their general Guarantee, and each of them in particular.</P>
<P N="1"><HI>I.</HI> That the antient Amity and Con|&s;ience &s;hall by the pre&s;ent Treaty be Renewed and Re-e&s;tabli&s;hed between His Maje&s;ty, the King of <HI>Denmark,</HI> and the mo&s;t Illu&s;trious Hou&s;e of <HI>Brunz|wich, Lunenburgh,</HI> and all that might have been done on the one &s;ide or other, upon the Account of the above|mentioned Differences, &s;hall be intire|ly forgot.</P>
<P N="2"><HI>II.</HI> The &s;aid mo&s;t Illu&s;trious Hou&s;e, <HI>&amp;c.</HI> declares, That She will demoli&s;h the Fortifications, made as well within as without <HI>Ratzeburgh,</HI> and that She will begin to cau&s;e Work thereupon the next day, after the Exchange of the Ratiffications of the pre&s;ent Trea|ty, and &s;hall continue the &s;ame with|out Intermi&s;&s;ion, and with &s;uch Dili|gence, that they may be intirely de|moli&s;hed in Three Weeks at furthe&s;t.</P>
<P N="3"><HI>III.</HI> The &s;aid mo&s;t Illu&s;trious Hou&s;e, <HI>&amp;c.</HI> further declares, That &s;o &s;oon as the &s;aid Demoli&s;hing of <HI>Ratzeburgh,</HI> &s;hall be intirely perfected, She will withdraw all the Troops She had put therein, into Her own Terri|tories, and on the other &s;ide the <HI>Elbe,</HI> except 200 Men, which She may leave there, to keep the Po&s;&s;e&s;&s;ion of the Principality, which She re&s;erves to Her &s;elf, and to the whole above-mention|ed mo&s;t Illu&s;trious Hou&s;e of <HI>Brunzwich, Lunenburgh.</HI></P>
<P N="4"><HI>IV.</HI> His <HI>Dani&s;h</HI> Maje&s;ty declares on the other Hand, That after the Exchange of the Ratiffications of the &s;aid Treaty, he will withdraw into His Obedience all the Troops that He has, as well before <HI>Ratzhurgh,</HI> as in all the Country of <HI>Saxe, Lauwenburgh,</HI> promi&s;|ing to begin the next day after the &s;aid Exchange, and to evacuate in Four Days the &s;aid Country of <HI>Lauwenburgh,</HI> excepting only Two Regiments of Ca|valry, 
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and Six Battalions of Infantry, which &s;hall remain with the Artillery Fourteen Days at mo&s;t, after the Ra|tiffication, in ca&s;e that the&s;e and the Ar|tillery cannot depart the &s;aid Country &s;ooner, on Condition that the &s;aid Two Regiments of Cavalry, and Six Battali|ons of Infantry, can exact nothing of the Country, except Forrage only, and that His Maje&s;ty &s;hall cau&s;e, provide them with Bread, and other things nece&s;&s;ary for their Sub&s;i&s;tance: In the mean time, the going in and out &s;hall be free at <HI>Ratzeburgh,</HI> after &s;igning the Treaty, and the Artillery &s;hall be like|wi&s;e removed from the Po&s;t without delay, after the Ratiffication, and tran|&s;ported half a League from the &s;aid <HI>Ratzeburgh,</HI> where the Troops that are to remain till the intire Evacuation of the Country; which, as 'tis already &s;aid, ought to be done in Fourteen Days at furthe&s;t, after the Ratiffication, &s;hall al&s;o &s;ub&s;i&s;t.</P>
<P N="5"><HI>V.</HI> It has been further agreed, That from the day of Signing the Treaty, all Ho&s;tilities &s;hall cea&s;e on both &s;ides, and fir&s;t on the part of His &s;aid Maje&s;ty, no new Impo&s;itions can be exacted nor impo&s;ed upon the Country beyond the Impo&s;ition, made and Intimated in the Month of <HI>Augu&s;t</HI> la&s;t.</P>
<P>As al&s;o that the <HI>Dani&s;h</HI> Generals in their Retreat, &s;hall cau&s;e a good Order and Di&s;cipline to be kept, &s;o that the Contreveeners &s;hall be puni&s;hed accor|ding to the Crime.</P>
<P N="6"><HI>VI.</HI> That His Maje&s;ty &s;hall not con|cern him&s;elf, nor imploy any Intere&s;t in the Affair of the Succe&s;&s;ion of <HI>Saxe, Lauwenburgh,</HI> in Oppo&s;ition to the &s;aid mo&s;t Illu&s;trious Hou&s;e of <HI>Brunzwich, Lunenburgh,</HI> and &s;hall not trouble the &s;ame Directly nor Indirectly in the &s;aid Hou&s;e, but &s;hall &s;tand to the deci|&s;ion that &s;hall be given by the appointed Arbitrators.</P>
<P N="7"><HI>VII.</HI> And finally, That the above mentioned High and Mighty Mediators have promi&s;ed to &s;ecure the pre&s;ent Treaty, and faithfully to Maintain the Executors thereof.</P>
<P>The re&s;t contains the u&s;ual Formality Sub&s;criptions of the Parties, and of the Mediators, the Date, and the Seals of the one, and the others; with the Acts of Exchange of Ratiffications, which we have not thought nece&s;&s;ary here to relate.</P>
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<P><HI>London,</HI> Printed for <HI>R. Hayhur&s;t,</HI> in <HI>Little-Britain,</HI> 1693.</P>
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