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<HEAD>An <HI>An&s;wer</HI> of the <HI>States-General</HI> of the <HI>United Provinces,</HI> To the <HI>Memorial</HI> of the <HI>Extraordinary Amba&s;&s;adour</HI> of <HI>Sweden,</HI> Relating to a PEACE.</HEAD>
<HEAD TYPE="sub">Thus Concluded in the Meeting of the High and Mighty Lords, <HI>States-General,</HI> in the <HI>Hague. Novemb.</HI> the 17th, <HI>1674.</HI></HEAD>
<P>THE <HI>States General</HI> of the <HI>&V;nited Provinces</HI> having &s;een and examined the <HI>Memorials</HI> of the Heer <HI>Ehren|&s;teyn,</HI> Amba&s;&s;adour of the King of <HI>Sweden</HI> to this State, which was delivered to them on the 28th of <HI>Augu&s;t,</HI> and the 24th of <HI>October</HI> la&s;t: Have found them&s;elves obliged to return him this An&s;wer, That they had hopes, that the An&s;wer which they returned to him the 25th of <HI>July</HI> la&s;t, was &s;ufficient to &s;atisfie the whole World, that They with their Allies have always had, and yet have, a &s;incere and good Inclination to a la&s;ting Peace; And therefore it was not needful to u&s;e any more Arguments to per&s;wade them to that to which they are &s;o much Inclined, and have done their ut|termo&s;t Endeavour. Yet their Lord&s;hips do find them&s;elves highly engaged to his Maje&s;ty of <HI>Sweden,</HI> for his great Zeal and Endeavours to turn a De&s;tructive War into a Peace; And that they will not be unmindful upon all occa&s;ions to give real Demon&s;trations of their Thankfulne&s;s to his Maje&s;ty; And al&s;o upon all occa&s;ions acknowledg the good Offices and En|deavours which the fore&s;aid Amba&s;&s;adour hath done to the &s;ame End. But this <HI>State</HI> would willingly have been di&s;penced from giving any more Arguments; the World being &s;ufficiently &s;atisfied of their Peaceable Inclinations; e&s;pecially, con&s;idering what they had done in their former An&s;wer: But con&s;idering the fore&s;aid Amba&s;&s;adour, in his fore&s;aid <HI>Memorials,</HI> &s;eems to &s;u&s;pect, That the Arms of this <HI>State,</HI> with tho&s;e of their Allies,
<PB N="2" REF="2">do &s;eem to &s;et backward the Peace, and redound to the Pre|judice of &s;ome Princes and States, e&s;pecially in <HI>Germany;</HI> For which Rea&s;on their Lord&s;hips do find them&s;elves ab&s;olutely obliged to Reiterate to the fore&s;aid Amba&s;&s;adour, That it can|not be Imputed to Them, as being the Cau&s;e of the pre&s;ent War, and of the Calamities that proceed from thence; And all the World mu&s;t know, That it did not a little trouble them, when his Maje&s;ty of <HI>France</HI> was plea&s;ed to turn that Affection which his Maje&s;ty and his renowned Predece&s;&s;ors have had for this <HI>State,</HI> into Anger and Indignation; And therefore they hope his Excellency will be plea&s;ed to con&s;i|der, That this <HI>State</HI> at that time gave their Allies and Friends, as al&s;o His Maje&s;ty of <HI>Sweden,</HI> to under&s;tand the Fear they had of the War which His Maje&s;ty of <HI>France</HI> would Declare a|gain&s;t them; For which rea&s;on they have done their uttermo&s;t by all their Friends and Allies to divert His Maje&s;ty from this his Intention: Declaring al&s;o, That with good Con&s;cience they could &s;ay, They did not know of any Treaty which they had made with His Maje&s;ty which they had broken; And yet they are willing to give His Maje&s;ty all Contentment and Satis|faction for any Offence they had Committed. But they were &s;o unhappy, that all their Endeavours which they had done by His Maje&s;ty, and all their Pre&s;entations by Me&s;&s;age, were with|out Succe&s;s; And on the contrary, His Maje&s;ty hath done his Endeavours to draw the Friends of this <HI>State</HI> into a War again&s;t them: So that this <HI>State</HI> leaves it to all the World to judg to whom this War, and all the Effects of it, are to be Imputed; and whether any thing of this War may be Imputed to this <HI>State,</HI> who have done all that was po&s;&s;ible to continue in Peace with His Maje&s;ty. And when it plea&s;ed God to give &s;uch Succe&s;s to the Arms of His Maje&s;ty, that this <HI>State</HI> was almo&s;t &s;wallowed up, this <HI>State</HI> was not wanting in their Endeavours to be re|lea&s;ed of this War, and to come to a Peace: But His Maje&s;ty was plea&s;ed to propo&s;e &s;uch hard Conditions, that they were forced to re&s;olve to continue in War, notwith&s;tanding the Dan|gers which did attend them. And when His Maje&s;ty of <HI>Sweden</HI> was plea&s;ed, from a Generous Mind, for the good of this <HI>State,</HI> to pre&s;ent his Mediation to His Maje&s;ty for the extingui&s;hing of
<PB N="3" REF="3">this War; His Maje&s;ty was never plea&s;ed to explain him&s;elf in any Propo&s;itions for a Peace; or at lea&s;t tho&s;e that were pro|po&s;ed were judged &s;o Unrea&s;onable, that they were not to be accepted of. It is well known to all the World, That the Allies of this <HI>State</HI> did well fore&s;ee, with Compa&s;&s;ion, the Effects of this War. The King of <HI>Spain</HI> was the fir&s;t, who not being engaged, that a&s;&s;i&s;ted this <HI>State;</HI> and His Maje&s;ty the Elector of <HI>Brandenburgh</HI> was the fir&s;t that engaged with them as a Party; and His Maje&s;ty the Emperor came in to the Treaty, to a&s;&s;i&s;t the fore&s;aid Elector; which was &s;o ill re|&s;ented by His Maje&s;ty of <HI>France,</HI> that the <HI>Spani&s;h Nether|lands</HI> &s;uffered as much by the <HI>French</HI> Army before as after the War was Declared between the two Kings. His Maje&s;ty fell al&s;o &s;o heavy upon the Dominions of the Elector of <HI>Bran|denburgh</HI> that he was forced to &s;eek out for his own &s;ecurity. So that this <HI>State</HI> finding them&s;elves &s;tripped of all Supplies of his Maje&s;ty of <HI>Spain,</HI> and the Emperor, and <HI>Brandenburgh,</HI> and de&s;titute of all Allies; So that it mu&s;t be reckoned as a wonderful favour of God, that they being de&s;titute of all Allies, and getting no Honourable Terms of Peace of His Maje&s;ty of <HI>France,</HI> notwith&s;tanding a<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 letter"> <GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 span"> they &s;hould enter into a nearer Alliance with the <HI>Empire,</HI> and <HI>Spain,</HI> and the Duke of <HI>Lorrain,</HI> there being no other way in the eye of Rea&s;on to help them&s;elves; So that the Rea&s;on of the&s;e Alliances mu&s;t be retorted upon tho&s;e that were the Cau&s;e of them, and not upon the <HI>States.</HI> So that there is no Per&s;ons of Honour, but will give Prai&s;e and Honour to this <HI>State,</HI> for their continuing faithful to what they have promi|&s;ed to their Allyes, who engaged them&s;elves with them, in the time of their Straits and Nece&s;&s;ities; And the <HI>States</HI> are bound in faithfulne&s;s to declare, That their renowned Allyes have Declared as occa&s;ion hath pre&s;ented it &s;elf; and demon&s;tra|ted, that they are always inclined to a la&s;ting and durable Peace; and that they had not the thoughts to &s;eek the &s;uppre&s;|&s;ion of others, further than related to their own welfare and &s;ecurity. And that all their Allies, in all their Treaties, have in&s;erted as a &s;pecial Ingredient, the Pre&s;ervation of the <HI>We&s;t|phalia</HI> Treaty. So that it is no &s;mall trouble to this <HI>State,</HI> that
<PB N="4" REF="4">the fore&s;aid Amba&s;&s;adour &s;eems to &s;u&s;pect, that this <HI>State</HI> with their Allies were of Sentiment to break the <HI>Westphalia</HI> Trea|ty, or to infringe the lea&s;t part of it, and thereby give his Ma|je&s;ty of <HI>Sweden</HI> occa&s;ion to &s;tand up for the Pre&s;ervation there|of. For this <HI>State</HI> have formerly declared, and do now de|clare to the Amba&s;&s;adour and Mediator, That they with their Allies were always ready, and now are, to give to His Ma|je&s;ty of <HI>Sweden</HI> &s;uch Security, that they do not intend any thing to the lea&s;t prejudice of the <HI>We&s;tphalia</HI> Treaty, as he him&s;elf &s;hall de&s;ire of them, when His Maje&s;ty &s;hall be plea&s;ed to give them the like Security, that &s;o all Su&s;pition of this nature may be taken away from each other.</P>
<P>This <HI>State</HI> mu&s;t needs acknowledg, That they cannot ap|prehend why this Amba&s;&s;adour and Mediator &s;hould pro|po&s;e his Opinion, as that this <HI>State</HI> do &s;hew the le&s;s Inclina|tion to the Peace, by rea&s;on of the League which is lately made with the Elector of <HI>Brandenburgh,</HI> the Duke of <HI>Brun&s;wick</HI> and <HI>Luningburgh,</HI> they Imploying their Arms again&s;t his Ma|je&s;ty of <HI>France;</HI> as though thereby the Peace was made the more difficult and that thereby the Arms of the&s;e tended to the oppre&s;&s;ions of the Standen of <HI>Germany,</HI> and that thereby the Treaty of <HI>We&s;tphalia</HI> would be in danger, of which His Maje&s;ty of <HI>Sweden</HI> &s;tands as Guaranteur. When-as indeed the fore&s;aid Alliance tends to no other end, but to come to a good and la&s;ting Peace, and the pre&s;ervation of the <HI>We&s;t|phalia</HI> Treaty; it being the only thing the fore&s;aid Princes had in their eye in the making of this Alliance; &s;o that the fore&s;aid Princes have the &s;ame thing in their eye as His Maje&s;ty of <HI>Sweden</HI> hath &s;o many times declared to have, having nothing in their aim but the Common Good; they pretending to no|thing el&s;e in the Treaty of Peace, but a good and la&s;ting Peace, and the pre&s;ervation of the <HI>We&s;tphalia</HI> Treaty; having taken Arms for no other end than to pre&s;erve the Emperor as Head of the <HI>Empire,</HI> and the Decrees of the <HI>Empire,</HI> in tho&s;e good and honourable Intentions for which they were made, they them&s;elves being Members of that honourable Body; &s;o that it would &s;eem very &s;trange to this <HI>State,</HI> That the Amba&s;&s;a|dour and Mediator &s;hould expre&s;s him&s;elf &s;o &s;u&s;piciou&s;ly in
<PB N="5" REF="5">his fore&s;aid Memorials, with relation to this Alliance: If they were not fully &s;atisfied of his upright and &s;incere In|tentions for the forwarding of a Peace, and of tho&s;e good offices which he hath done to that end; and that tho&s;e for|mer expre&s;&s;ions do only proceed from the fear that po&s;&s;e&s;&s;eth his mind, That the fore&s;aid Princes have only ingaged them|&s;elves for particular ends; and that thereby the good work which he with &s;o much trouble hath begun &s;hould be retard|ed: But their Lord&s;hips now believing that the fore&s;aid Am|ba&s;&s;ador is now convinced, as indeed the truth is, That the&s;e Princes have only ingaged them&s;elves into the&s;e dangers, only to follow their Head and decrees of the Emperor, with|out reflection or relation to any particular Intere&s;t, but only to bring the Empire to a de&s;ired Peace, and the differing parties to quiet again; do hope that the Amba&s;&s;adour will think them worthy of prai&s;e and honour in this their good Intentions; and it is hoped His Maje&s;ty will not &s;tand in their way, but will, &s;o much as belongs to him as a Me|diator, add as much as can be de&s;ired to the &s;ame <GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 word"> This State <GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 word"> <UNCLEAR>very</UNCLEAR> <GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 span"> Allies cannot &s;ub&s;i&s;t in the Empire, without &s;ome prejudice to the Standen: But yet this State and their Allyes have done and yet do their endeavours to prevent all prejudice that might come to the Empire thereby; and to bring their forces into the lands of the enemy; but they cannot believe that his Maje&s;ty of <HI>Sweden</HI> will look upon it as unrea&s;onable, and as a breach of the <HI>We&s;tphalia</HI> Treaty, That the Emperor and the Princes thereof do u&s;e their Arms to force the King of <HI>France</HI> to go with his Army out of the Empire, and leave them in quiet, from tho&s;e many oppre&s;&s;ions which they have &s;o often felt; for otherwi&s;e the Empire would be le&s;t as a prey to tho&s;e that will but attack it: And this State &s;uppo&s;eth, that not only they, but the whole World mu&s;t judg with them, That the zeal of tho&s;e that &s;eek to maintain their own freedoms, notwith|&s;tanding the dangers that attend them, are worthy of great prai&s;e, and that &s;uch a defence is permitted to all: But on the contrary it is a plain infringing of the <HI>Westphalia</HI> and <HI>Akens</HI> Treaty without con&s;ent, nay again&s;t the wills of the Standen
<PB N="6" REF="6">of the Emperor, and the King of <HI>Spain,</HI> to march with great Armies over the Lands and Juri&s;dictions of the Emperor, e&s;pe|cially tho&s;e that would not joyn with His Maje&s;ty, or tho&s;e that &s;eemed the mo&s;t convenient for him to attain his ends, therewith u&s;ing them as enemies, taking away, demoli&s;hing, or fortifying at his plea&s;ure &s;uch Places as he thought good: And therefore with rea&s;on we may expect, that His Maje&s;ty of <HI>Sweeden,</HI> as being Guarenteur of the <HI>We&s;tphalia,</HI> and <HI>Akens</HI> Treaties, will &s;how his di&s;plea&s;ure again&s;t tho&s;e that were the Authors and di|&s;turbers of the Re&s;t of <HI>Europe,</HI> by &s;o needle&s;s, and &s;o unrighteous a War as this is: Who having no regard to Trea|ties and Agreements, have brought the Empire, and their neigh|bouring Country into a flame; And that His Maje&s;ty will not mole&s;t tho&s;e that &s;tand up only in their own defence for the publick quiet, without having re&s;pect to any particular advan|tage of their own; in regard they have no other way left open for them. This State doth acknowledg with all thankfulne&s;s, and prai&s;e the goodne&s;s of the great God, that hath re&s;tored their <GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 span"> <GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 letter">nd hath relea&s;ed them from a great part of this War, and do with nothing le&s;s than that they were wholly relea&s;ed, and their Allies brought a|gain to Re&s;t and Peace, in regard they by experience do know what it is to have the burden of a War: But this State do not know wherein they have been wanting in their endeavours, for the forwarding of the Peace; and are willing to be informed from the fore&s;aid Amba&s;&s;a|dor, not in general terms which cannot be an&s;wered; but in <HI>&s;pecie,</HI> and in particular, what they could have done more; but this State &s;uppo&s;eth, that they &s;hould &s;tand guilty before God and all the World, and that they could never an&s;wer it, if they &s;hould not be faithful to their Allies in what they ingaged, who were &s;tirred up by God to a&s;&s;i&s;t them in their troubles; and this only is the cau&s;e why they per&s;i&s;t|ed, That the Duke of <HI>Lorrain</HI>'s Agents ought to have pa&s;|ports to appear at the place of Treaty, declaring that other|wi&s;e they could not proceed: And they &s;uppo&s;e there is none that can &s;ay they did ill in this re&s;pect, for demanding that, to which they were bound to by Treaty, which is not
<PB N="7" REF="7">denied to any: This being a Hou&s;e which is reckoned for one of the Illu&s;trious in <HI>Europe;</HI> and one, as His Maje&s;ty hath many times declared, that he was willing to re&s;tore to his Country again: So that the retardment ought not to be imputed to this State with any rea&s;on, nor to any of their Allies, who in this re&s;pect have demanded nothing but what was rea&s;onable in it &s;elf: But it mu&s;t be imputed to His Maje&s;ty of <HI>France,</HI> who hath refu&s;ed a thing that is &s;o common and cu&s;tomary, and yet per&s;i&s;ted therein; whereby he evidently declares, he hath no intention to come to a Treaty of Peace. And what relates to the relea&s;e of Duke <HI>William</HI> of <HI>Fur&s;tenburgh,</HI> which the Amba&s;&s;adour in&s;i&s;ts upon, His Excellency may take notice, That this State, nor none of their Allies, excepting tho&s;e who&s;e Subject he was, had any hand in his Impri&s;onment, neither had they any knowledg thereof: But it &s;eemeth &s;trange that this State &s;hould be &s;olicited to Intercede for a Per&s;on that openly vented again&s;t the Amba&s;&s;adours of this State, and declared as a thing in which he much gloried, That he had been Fifteen years bu&s;ie to bring our Country into that Labyrinth in which at pre&s;ent it is involved; and that according to his own &s;aying, he had been the Author of &s;o much mi&s;chief as was now brought to pa&s;s, with the &s;hedding of &s;o much in|nocent blood as hath been &s;hed, not only in our Country, but al&s;o in <HI>Germany;</HI> So that this State, and as they believe all Chri&s;tian Princes mu&s;t look upon him as a di&s;turber of the common good, and that the great God hath not only righte|ou&s;ly let him feel a Pri&s;on, but may &s;uffer &s;omething el&s;e to fall upon him as a puni&s;hment for his mo&s;t wicked deeds; of which he him&s;elf hath made his boa&s;ts. And therefore it will be very unacceptable to peaceable men, That a Treaty &s;hould be broke off for not relea&s;ing &s;o great a di&s;turber: And though this State would have been glad to have heard that His Maje&s;ty of <HI>France</HI> had pitched upon a place of Treaty, requi&s;ite for all our renowned Allies, or at lea&s;t that His Maje&s;ty of <HI>Sweden</HI> had plea&s;ed to have done it, in regard they would not be willing to have this good work come to nothing; therefore this Amba&s;&s;adour and Mediator
<PB N="8" REF="8" MS="y">may declare to His Maje&s;ty of <HI>Sweden,</HI> That this State do leave it to His Maje&s;ty to pitch upon what place he &s;hall think be&s;t; whether it be <HI>Franckfort, Hamburgh,</HI> or <HI>Aken,</HI> where it was before, of which the fore&s;aid Amba&s;&s;adour hath made &s;o often mention; and that this State are well a&s;&s;ured, That their renowned Allies will make no difficulty to &s;end their Amba&s;&s;adors to any of the fore&s;aid places; and de&s;ire from our hearts, that any of the fore&s;aid places may be cho|&s;en, the &s;ooner the better; and that God would be plea&s;ed to ble&s;s the good intentions of His Maje&s;ty of <HI>Sweden,</HI> and the unwearied endeavours of this Amba&s;&s;adour, that they may carry away the honour and the glory, That by their endeavours <HI>Europe</HI> may be freed from &s;o great a War, and brought to quiet again; to which end this State will con|tribute what is po&s;&s;ible for them to do.</P>
<CLOSER><DATELINE>Thus concluded in the meeting of the High and Mighty Lords, States General, in the Hague. <DATE><HI>November</HI> the 17th. 1674.</DATE></DATELINE></CLOSER>
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