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<P>ARTICLES OF <HI>PEACE</HI> and <HI>ALLIANCE</HI> Between the mo&s;t Serene and Mighty PRINCE, CHARLES II. By the grace of God, King of <HI>England, Scotland, France</HI> and <HI>Ireland,</HI> Defender of the Faith, <HI>&amp;c.</HI> And the <HI>High and Mighty LORDS,</HI> THE STATES GENERAL Of the <HI>&V;NITED NETHERLANDS,</HI> Concluded the 14^t^h^, day of <HI>September,</HI> 1662.</P>
<P>Publi&s;hed by His Maje&s;ties Command.</P>
<P><HI>EDINB&V;RGH,</HI> Re-printed by <HI>Evan Tyler,</HI> Printer to the Kings mo&s;t Excellent Maje&s;ty, 1663.</P>
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<HEAD>Articles of Peace and Alliance between the mo&s;t Serene and Mighty Prince, <HI>Charles</HI> the &s;econd, by the grace of God, King of <HI>England, Scotland, France</HI> and <HI>Ireland,</HI> Defender of the Faith, <HI>&amp;c.</HI> and the High and Mighty Lords, the States General of the &V;ni|ted <HI>Netherlands,</HI> concluded the fourth day of <HI>September, 1662.</HI></HEAD>
<P N="1">I. _FIr&s;t it is concluded and agreed, That from henceforward there be a true, firm and inviolable Peace, &s;incere Friend&s;hip and &s;traiter Alliance, Confederation and Uni|on between His Maje&s;ty, the King of <HI>Great Britain,</HI> and the States General of the United Provinces of the <HI>Nether|lands,</HI> and the re&s;pective Lands, Countries and Cities under their obedience, where&s;oever &s;cituate, and their People and Inhabi|tants of what quality or condition &s;oever.</P>
<P N="2">II. That the &s;aid King of <HI>Great Britain</HI> and the &s;aid States General remain Friends, Confederate, United and Allied, for the defence and pre&s;ervation of the Rights, Liberties and Immuni|ties of either Ally and their Subjects again&s;t all whom&s;oever, who &s;hall endeavour to di&s;turb the Peace of eithers State by Sea or Land, or &s;uch as living within eithers Dominions, &s;hall be de|clared publick enemies to either.</P>
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<P N="3">III. That neither the &s;aid King of <HI>Great Britain</HI> nor the &s;aid States General &s;hall act, do, endeavour, treat or attempt any thing again&s;t the other, or the Subjects of either, any where by Land or Sea, or in any Ports, Liberties, Creeks or Fre&s;h-waters, upon any occa&s;ion what&s;oever; And that neither they nor the Subjects of either of them, &s;hall give, afford or &s;upply any aid, coun&s;el or favour, nor con&s;ent that any thing be done, treated or attempted by any other who&s;oever, to the harm or prejudice of the other, or the Subjects of either; but &s;hall expre&s;ly and actual|ly oppo&s;e, contradict, and really hinder all whom&s;oever, re&s;iding or dwelling in either the re&s;pective Dominions, who &s;hall act, do treat or attempt any thing again&s;t either of them.</P>
<P N="4">IV. That neither the &s;aid King nor the &s;aid Common-wealth, nor any of the Subjects of either, inhabiting or re&s;iding under either of their Juri&s;dictions, &s;hall encourage or a&s;&s;i&s;t with coun&s;el, aid or favour, the Rebels of either; but &s;hall expre&s;ly and effectually hinder all per&s;ons abiding, re&s;iding or dwelling in either of their Dominions, or under their Command, from &s;ending or furni&s;h|ing under-hand to any of the afore&s;aid Rebels, any &s;uccour or a&s;&s;i&s;tance, either in Men, Ships, Arms, Ammunition or other for|bidden Goods, as al&s;o Money or Victuals; And that all Ships, Arms, Ammunition of War, or other contraband Goods, al&s;o Money or Victuals of any per&s;on or per&s;ons what&s;oever, which &s;hall be &s;ent or imployed again&s;t the intent of this Article, &s;hall be confi&s;cate and forfeited to the benefit of that &s;ide where the Offenders &s;hall be found: And moreover, the per&s;ons who wittingly and willingly &s;hall have acted, undertaken, or given coun&s;el again&s;t the &s;en&s;e of this Article, &s;hall be accounted ene|mies of either Party, and &s;hall be puni&s;hed as Traitors again&s;t the State where the offence &s;hall be committed, But as touch|ing the &s;pecification of prohibited or contraband Goods, it &s;hall be hereafter provided.</P>
<P N="5">V. That the &s;aid King of <HI>Great Britain,</HI> and the &s;aid States General &s;hall mutually, &s;incerely, and faithfully (as there is oc|ca&s;ion) a&s;&s;i&s;t each other again&s;t the Rebels of either, by Sea or Land, with Men and Ships, at the co&s;t and charges of the Par|ties who de&s;ire the &s;ame, in &s;uch proportion and manner, and upon &s;uch conditions, as afterward &s;hall be agreed, and the pre|&s;ent occa&s;ion &s;hall require.</P>
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<P N="6">VI. That neither the &s;aid King, nor the &s;aid Common-wealth, nor the Subjects of either, &s;hall in any of their Juri&s;dictions, Countries, Lands, Havens, Sea-ports, Creeks, receive any Rebel or Rebels, Fugitive or Fugitives of the other Party, declared, or to be declared, nor &s;hall give or yield unto &s;uch declared Rebels and Fugitives in the places afore&s;aid, or el&s;ewhere, though with|out their Lands, Countries, Havens, Sea-ports, Creeks or Ju|ri&s;dictions, and Help, Coun&s;el, Lodging, Souldiers, Ships, Money, Arms, Ammunition or Victuals: As al&s;o neither of the States &s;hall permit that &s;uch Rebels or Fugitives be received by any per&s;on or per&s;ons within their Juri&s;dictions, Countries, Lands, Sea-ports, Havens, Creeks, nor &s;uffer that any Help, Coun&s;el, Lodging, Favour, Arms, Ammunition, Souldiers, Ships, Moneys or Provi&s;ion be given or yielded to &s;uch Rebels and Fugitives; but &s;hall expre&s;ly and effectually oppo&s;e, and really hinder the &s;ame.</P>
<P N="7">VII. That in ca&s;e either of them by their publick and authen|tick Letters &s;hall make known and declare unto the other, that any per&s;on or per&s;ons are or have been a Rebel or Rebels, Fugi|tive or Fugitives, and that they or any of them have been receiv|ed, or re&s;ide, lie hid, or &s;eek &s;helter in their Juri&s;dictions, Lands, Countries, Sea-ports, or in any of them; then that party who &s;hall have received &s;uch Letters, or to whom &s;uch notice &s;hall be given, or declaration made, &s;hall within the &s;pace of Twenty eight dayes, to be accounted from the day that &s;uch notice was given, be bound to Charge and Command &s;uch Rebel or Rebels, Fugitive or Fugitives to withdraw and depart out of their Juri&s;|dictions, Lands, Dominions, Countries, and every of them: And in ca&s;e any of the &s;aid Rebels or Fugitives do not withdraw and de|part within fifteen dayes after &s;uch Charge or Command &s;o given, then that they be puni&s;hed with death, and lo&s;s of Lands &amp; Goods.</P>
<P N="8">VIII. That no Rebel of the &s;aid King of <HI>Great Britain</HI> &s;hall be received into any of the Ca&s;tles, Cities, Havens, Juri&s;|dictions, or other places Priviledg'd or not Priviledg'd which any per&s;on, of what dignity or degree &s;oever he be, or &s;hall be, hath within the Dominions or Territories of the United Provinces, by what right or title &s;oever he doth or &s;hall hold or po&s;&s;e&s;s the &s;ame; nor be permitted to be received into, or
<PB N="6" REF="4">remain in them, by any per&s;on, of what quality or degree &s;o|ever he be. Neither &s;hall the &s;aid States General permit or &s;uffer, that in any of the afore&s;aid places, any A&s;&s;i&s;tance, Coun&s;el or favour with Ships, Souldiers, Money or Provi&s;ion, or in any other manner, be given or afforded unto any &s;uch Rebel, by any per&s;on of what degree or quality &s;oever he be, but &s;hall openly and expre&s;ly forbid, and effectually hinder the &s;ame. And if any per&s;on or per&s;ons, of what degree or quality &s;oever they be, dwelling or remaining within the Dominions of the &s;aid United Provinces, or under their Command, &s;hall act any thing con|trary to this Agreement, That then all and &s;ingular &s;uch per&s;ons &s;o doing, &s;hall for term of their lives re&s;pectively, lo&s;e and forfeit all &s;uch Ca&s;tles, Towns, Villages, Lands, and other places which they or any of them at that time have or pretend to have, by what right or title &s;oever. In like manner, no Rebel of the &s;aid States of the United Provinces &s;hall be received into any Ca&s;tles, Towns, Havens, or other places, or any of them, Priviledg'd, or not priviledg'd, which any per&s;on or per&s;ons, of what degree or quality &s;oever they be, and by what right or title &s;oever he or they do or &s;hall hold and po&s;&s;e&s;s, within the Kingdoms or Dominions of His &s;aid Maje&s;ty of <HI>Great Britain:</HI> Nor &s;hall &s;uch Rebel be &s;uffered to be received by any per&s;on or per&s;ons what&s;oever, or there to re|main; neither &s;hall the King of <HI>Great Britain</HI> permit or &s;uffer, that any Coun&s;el, A&s;&s;i&s;tance, or Favour in any of the &s;aid Places with Ships, Men, Money, Victuals, or in any other manner be given or afforded unto any &s;uch Rebel, by any &s;uch per&s;on or per&s;ons, of what degree or quality &s;oever they be, but &s;hall openly and expre&s;ly forbid, and effectually hinder the &s;ame. And in ca&s;e any of the Subjects of the &s;aid King, or within His Domi|nions, &s;hall do or attempt any thing again&s;t this Agreement, That all and every per&s;ons &s;o offending, &s;hall in like manner for their re&s;pective lives, lo&s;e and forfeit all &s;uch Ca&s;tles, Cities, Towns, Lands, and other places which they or any of them at that time hath, or &s;hall pretend to have, by any right or title what&s;oever.</P>
<P N="9">IX. That the &s;aid King of <HI>Great Britain</HI> and His Subjects, and all the Inhabitants of His Maje&s;ties Dominions, and al&s;o the &s;aid United Provinces and their Subjects and Inhabitants, of what rank or condition &s;oever they be, &s;hall be bound
<PB N="7" REF="4">to u&s;e each other kindly and friendly in every thing; &s;o that they may freely and &s;afely pa&s;s by land or by water into each others Countries, Cities, Towns walled or unwalled, fortified or not fortified, and their Havens, and all other their Domini|ons &s;cituate in <HI>Europe,</HI> to continue and abide therein, &s;o long as they &s;hall plea&s;e, and may there buy &s;o much Provi&s;ions as are nece&s;&s;ary for their u&s;e, without any hinderance: And that like|wi&s;e they may Trade and Traffique in Goods and Commodities of all &s;orts, as to them &s;hall &s;eem fit, and then to Export and Im|port at their plea&s;ure, paying the u&s;ual Duties, &s;aving to each Countrey their particular Laws and Cu&s;toms. Provided that the Subjects and Inhabitants of either &s;ide exerci&s;ing their Trade in each others Countries and Dominions, &s;hall not be obliged hereafter to pay any more Cu&s;toms, Impo&s;t, or other Duties, then according to that proportion which other Foreign Nations Trading in the &s;aid places do u&s;ually pay.</P>
<P N="10">X. That the Ships and Ve&s;&s;els of the &s;aid United Provinces, as well men of War as others, meeting any Men of War of the &s;aid King of <HI>Great Britain's</HI> in the <HI>Briti&s;h</HI> Seas, &s;hall Strike the Flag, and Lore the Top-&s;ail in &s;uch manner as the &s;ame hath been for|merly ob&s;erved in any times what&s;oever.</P>
<P N="11">XI. And for the greater freedom of Commerce and Navigati|on, it is agreed and concluded, That the &s;aid King of <HI>Great Britain,</HI> and the &s;aid States General, &s;hall not receive into their Havens, Cities and Towns, nor &s;uffer that any of the Subjects or Inhabitants of either &s;ide do receive Pirates or Sea-Rovers, or afford them any entertainment, a&s;&s;i&s;tance, or provi&s;ion, but &s;hall endeavour that the &s;aid Pirates and Sea-Rovers, or their Partners, Sharers and Abettors, be found out, apprehended, and &s;uffer condign puni&s;hment for the terror of others; And all the Ships, Goods, and Commodities taken by them in Piracy, and brought into the Havens of either Dominion, &s;uch Goods as can be found, although they were &s;old, &s;hall be re&s;tored to the right Owners, or &s;atisfaction given to them, or to &s;uch per&s;ons as &s;hall claim them by Letters of Procuration, &s;o as the property be made to appear in the Court of Admiralty by due and lawfull Evidence.</P>
<P N="12">XII. It &s;hall not be permitted to the Subjects of the &s;aid King of <HI>Great Britain,</HI> and the Inhabitants of the Kingdoms and
<PB N="8" REF="5">Countries under His Obedience, or to the Inhabitants and Sub|jects of the &s;aid United Provinces, to do or offer any Ho&s;tility or Violence to each other, either by Land or by Sea, upon any pretence or colour what&s;oever: And con&s;equently it &s;hall not be lawfull for the &s;aid Subjects or Inhabitants to get Com|mi&s;&s;ions or Letters of Repri&s;al from any Prince or State, with whom either of the Confederates are at difference, or in open War; and much le&s;s by vertue of tho&s;e Letters to mole&s;t or damnifie the Subjects of either Party. Neither &s;hall it be law|full for any Foreign private Men of War, who are not Subjects to one or the other Party, having Commi&s;&s;ions from any other Prince or State, to Equip their Ships in the Harbours of either of the afore&s;aid Parties, or to &s;ell or ran&s;om their prizes, or any other way to Truck, as well the Ships and Goods, as any other Loading what&s;oever. And it &s;hall not be lawfull for them to buy any Victual, but what &s;hall be nece&s;&s;ary to bring them to the next Port of that Prince from whom they obtained their &s;aid Commi&s;&s;ions. And if perchance any of the Subjects of the &s;aid King of <HI>Great Britain,</HI> or of the &s;aid States General &s;hall buy, or get to them&s;elves by Truck, or any other way, &s;uch Ship or Goods which have been taken by the Subjects of one or the other Party; in &s;uch ca&s;e the &s;aid Subjects &s;hall be bound to re&s;tore the &s;aid Ship or Goods to the Proprietors with|out any delay, and without any Compen&s;ation or re-imbur&s;e|ment of Money paid or promi&s;ed for the &s;ame; Provided that they make it appear before the Council of the &s;aid King of <HI>Great Britain,</HI> or before the &s;aid States General, that they are the right Owners or Proprietors of them.</P>
<P N="13">XIII. That in ca&s;e the &s;aid King of <HI>Great Britain,</HI> or the &s;aid States General do make any Treaty of Amity or Alliance with any other Kings, Re-publicks, Princes or States, they &s;hall therein comprehend each other and their Dominions, if they de&s;ire to be therein comprehended; and &s;hall give to the other notice of all &s;uch Treaties of Friend&s;hip and Alliance.</P>
<P N="14">XIV. That in ca&s;e it happen, during this Friend&s;hip, Confe|deracy and Alliance, any thing &s;hall be done or attempted by any of the Subjects or Inhabitants of either Party again&s;t this Trea|ty or any part thereof, by Land, Sea or Fre&s;h-waters, That never|thele&s;s
<PB N="9" REF="5">this Amity and Alliance between the &s;aid Nations &s;hall not thereby be broken or interrupted, but &s;hall remain and con|tinue in its full force; and that only tho&s;e particular per&s;ons &s;hall be puni&s;hed, who have committed any thing again&s;t this Treaty, and none el&s;e; and that Ju&s;tice &s;hall be rendred, and &s;atisfaction given to all per&s;ons concerned, by all &s;uch who have committed any thing contrary to this Treaty, by land or &s;ea, or other waters, in any part of <HI>Europe,</HI> or any places within the <HI>Straits,</HI> or in <HI>America,</HI> or upon the Coa&s;ts of <HI>Africa,</HI> or in any Lands, I&s;lands, Seas, Creeks, Bayes, Rivers, or in any pla|ces on this &s;ide the <HI>Cape of Good Hope,</HI> within twelve moneths &s;pace after Ju&s;tice &s;hall be demanded; And in all places what&s;o|ever on the other &s;ide the &s;aid <HI>Cape</HI> (as hath been above&s;aid) within eighteen moneths next en&s;uing after demand of Ju&s;tice &s;hall be made in maner afore&s;aid. But in ca&s;e the offenders again&s;t this Treaty do not appear and &s;ubmit them&s;elves to Judge|ment, and give &s;atisfaction within the re&s;pective times above ex|pre&s;&s;ed, proportionable to the di&s;tance of the places, they &s;hall be declared enemies of both Parties, and their E&s;tates, Goods and Revenues what&s;oever, &s;hall be confi&s;cated for due and full &s;ati&s;|faction of the injuries and wrongs by them offered; and their per&s;ons al&s;o, when they come within the Dominions of either Party, &s;hall be liable unto &s;uch puni&s;hments as every one &s;hall de|&s;erve for his re&s;pective offences.</P>
<P N="15">XV. It is al&s;o agreed and concluded between His &s;aid Maje&s;ty of <HI>Great Britain,</HI> and the &s;aid Lords States of the United <HI>Ne|therlands,</HI> That the I&s;land of <HI>Pularon</HI> &s;hall be re&s;tored unto His &s;aid Maje&s;ty, or unto them whom He &s;hall thereunto appoint by a Commi&s;&s;ion under the great Seal of <HI>England;</HI> and that &s;o &s;oon as any one provided with &s;uch a Commi&s;&s;ion, &s;hall arrive there and demand the &s;aid re&s;titution: Which that it may be effected with the more ea&s;e and certainty, Commi&s;sions nece&s;&s;ary for that end &s;hall be delivered unto Him from the States General and the <HI>Netherlands Ea&s;t India</HI> Company, immediatly after the Ratification of this Treaty. And that by the re&s;titution of the &s;aid I&s;land of <HI>Pularon,</HI> all actions and preten&s;ions wherein the Subjects of either Party think they have right for lo&s;&s;es, injuries and offences committed upon each other in <HI>India,</HI> and taken no|tice
<PB N="10" REF="6">of in <HI>England</HI> before the 10th,/20. of <HI>January,</HI> 1658/9. (with this exception, That they who &s;ay that they have &s;uffered lo&s;s in two Ships, to wit, the <HI>Bonaventure</HI> and <HI>Bona E&s;peranza,</HI> may pro&s;ecute the Suit already begun) &s;hall cea&s;e, be extingui&s;hed and annulled in the maner following:</P>
<P>That all offences, injuries and lo&s;&s;es (except before excepted) which one part hath &s;uffered, or can any way pretend to have &s;uffered from the other in the <HI>Ea&s;t Indies,</HI> whereof any notice hath been given to the Engli&s;h at <HI>London,</HI> or to the <HI>Netherlan|ders</HI> at the <HI>Hague,</HI> before the twentieth day of <HI>January,</HI> 1659. new Stile, or the tenth of <HI>January,</HI> 1658. old Stile; but in other parts of the world on this &s;ide the <HI>Cape,</HI> of any actions or things what&s;oever, that hapned before the publication and notice of the Peace concluded between both Nations the 4/14. day of <HI>March,</HI> 1653/4. &s;hall remain utterly cancelled and extingui&s;hed, &s;o as neither Party &s;hall trouble the other for any &s;uch damage, offence, injury or de|triment (except before excepted) but there &s;hall be and remain a perfect abolition of all and every one of them, and all Suits and Actions upon &s;uch account &s;hall be void and null: But other da|mages, offences, injuries and detriments, which the Engli&s;h Nation either upon publick or private account, can affirm to have fallen or been brought upon them by the Government of the United <HI>Netherlands,</HI> or by the Companies or private per&s;ons &s;ubject to that Government; as on the other &s;ide what the United <HI>Ne|therlanders</HI> can, upon publick or private account, pretend to have fallen or been brought upon them by the Government of the <HI>Engli&s;h,</HI> or by the Companies or private per&s;ons &s;ubject there|unto, in the <HI>Ea&s;t Indies,</HI> before the 10th./20, day of <HI>January,</HI> 1658/9. or at lea&s;t whereof there was no notice at <HI>London</HI> or the <HI>Hague,</HI> before that day; and in other parts of the world after the pub|lication and notice of the afore&s;aid Peace in the year, 1653/4, with|out any further di&s;tinction or exception of per&s;ons, place or time, &s;hall be &s;ubmitted, as by this Treaty they are &s;ubmitted, unto the examination, arbitration and deci&s;ion of Commi&s;sioners or Arbitrators, after the maner and under the conditions following.</P>
<P>That Commi&s;&s;ioners be appointed only for maters pa&s;t, but not at all for matters to come, which may happen after the day where|upon this Treaty is concluded.</P>
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<P>That their Commi&s;sion directed unto pa&s;t things only, as hath been already &s;aid, is not to contain any general Clau&s;e, but to be expre&s;&s;ely confined and limited to a &s;pecial Catalogue, which &s;hall be annexed unto the Commi&s;sion, &s;o as they may by no means take cogni&s;ance of any other thing be&s;ides the Actions &s;et down in that Catalogue.</P>
<P>But that they may mutually agree thereupon, a Catalogue &s;hall be made by both Parties, and interchangably delivered, that it may be punctually and duly examined by either &s;ide: And if there be found in either of the Catalogues, any thing what&s;o|ever relating to the <HI>Ea&s;t Indies,</HI> which were known in <HI>London</HI> before the 10th./20. of <HI>January,</HI> 1658/9 as to actions of the Engli&s;h, or at the &s;ame time at the <HI>Hague,</HI> as to the actions of the United Provinces, or which hapned in other parts of the world before the publication and notice of the fore&s;aid Peace; in the year, 1653/4 or other actions of &s;uch a nature as may not be thought fit to be referred unto &s;uch Arbitration, they &s;hall be rejected and ex|punged out of the Catalogues.</P>
<P>Wherefore, after each &s;ide is agreed upon the&s;e Catalogues, a whole year &s;hall be appointed, wherein all bu&s;ine&s;&s;es contained in in tho&s;e Catalogues may be accommodated and compo&s;ed by friendly conferences between His <HI>Maje&s;ties</HI> Mini&s;ter and the Commi&s;&s;ioners of the States General at the <HI>Hague;</HI> and the Pretenders or their Deputies thereunto appointed by &s;pecial Letters of Atturney, &s;hall be bound to make their appearance at the <HI>Hague,</HI> before the end of the &s;ixth moneth in the fore&s;aid year: But that year being expired, all tho&s;e actions about which the Pretenders or their Deputies were at the <HI>Hague</HI> with an aim or purpo&s;e to have them brought unto a friendly i&s;&s;ue (which they &s;hall be bound to prove by a lawfull te&s;timony of the King of <HI>Great Britain</HI>'s Envoy, and the Commi&s;&s;ioners of the States General, or of either of them) and which neverthele&s;s have not been by that time brought to &s;uch an i&s;&s;ue, &s;hall be referred to the &s;aid Commi&s;sioners, that they may be at la&s;t compo&s;ed or decided by them; which Commi&s;sioners, after the &s;aid year is expired, if there remain any Actions uncompo&s;ed in &s;uch friendly maner at that time, &s;hall to that purpo&s;e meet at <HI>London,</HI> and they &s;hall be four on either &s;ide, in&s;tructed and provided with Autho|rity;
<PB N="12" REF="7">and thenceforward this &s;ubmi&s;sion and progre&s;s in and through all things, &s;hall be carried on in the &s;ame manner as it was in the year 1654. But &s;o as the Arbitration upon the&s;e mat|ters be not referred to the Prote&s;tant Cantons of <HI>Swi&s;&s;erland.</HI></P>
<P N="16">XVI. That the Subjects of the &s;aid King of <HI>Great Britain,</HI> and tho&s;e which are under His Juri&s;diction, may freely and &s;e|curely travel in all the Provinces of the <HI>Low-Countries,</HI> and all their Dominions in <HI>Europe,</HI> and through them by Sea or Land pa&s;s to other places there or beyond them, and through all Quar|ters of the United Provinces, Cities, Forts, or Gari&s;ons what|&s;oever, which are in any parts of the United Provinces, or el&s;e|where in their Dominions in <HI>Europe,</HI> as well they them&s;elves exerci&s;ing Trade in all tho&s;e places, as their Agents, Factors and Servants, may go armed or unarmed (but if armed, not above Forty in a Company) as well without their Goods and Merchandi&s;es as with them, where&s;oever they plea&s;e. The People al&s;o and Inhabitants of the United Provinces &s;hall enjoy the &s;ame liberty and Freedom in all the Dominions of the &s;aid King in <HI>Europe;</HI> Provided that they and every of them do in their Trade and Merchandi&s;ing yield obedience to the Laws and Statutes of either Nation re&s;pectively.</P>
<P N="17">XVII. That in ca&s;e the Merchant-Ships of the Subjects of ei|their Nation &s;hall by Storm, Pirates, or any other nece&s;sity what|&s;oever, be driven into any Haven of either Dominion, they may depart &s;ecurely and at their plea&s;ure, with their Ships and Goods, without paying any Cu&s;toms or other Duties; provid|ed they break no Bulk, nor &s;ell any thing; nor &s;hall they be &s;ub|ject to any Mole&s;tation or Search, provided they do not receive on board any Per&s;ons or Goods, nor do any thing el&s;e contrary to the Laws, Ordinances or Cu&s;toms of the places where they (as afore&s;aid) &s;hall happen to arrive.</P>
<P N="18">XVIII. That the Merchants, Ma&s;ters and Seamen of either Party, their Ships, Goods, Wares, or Merchandi&s;es &s;hall not be Arre&s;ted or Sei&s;ed in the Lands, Havens, Roads or Rivers of the other, to &s;erve at War, or any other u&s;e, by vertue of any general or &s;pecial Command, unle&s;s upon an extraordinary ne|ce&s;sity, and that ju&s;t &s;atisfaction be given for the &s;ame; but &s;o as the &s;ame &s;hall not derogate from the Sei&s;ures and Arre&s;ts
<PB N="13" REF="7">duely made in the ordinary Courts of Ju&s;tice of either Na|tion.</P>
<P N="19">XIX. That the Merchants on both &s;ides, their Factors and Servants, and al&s;o the Ma&s;ters and other Seamen, as well going as returning by Sea and other Waters, as al&s;o in the Havens of either Party, or going on Shore, may carry and u&s;e for the de|fence of them&s;elves and Goods, all forts of Weapons, as well Offen&s;ive as Defen&s;ive; but being come into their Lodgings or Inns, they &s;hall there lay by and leave their Arms, until they be going on board again.</P>
<P N="20">XX. That the Men of War, or Convoys of either Nation, meeting or overtaking at Sea any Merchants Ship or Ships belong|ing to the Subjects or Inhabitants of the other, holding the &s;ame Cour&s;e, or going the &s;ame Way, &s;hall be bound, as long as they keep one Cour&s;e together, to protect and defend them again&s;t all and every one who would &s;et upon them.</P>
<P N="21">XXI. That if any Ship or Ships of the Subjects or Inhabitants of either Nation, or of a Neuter, be taken by a third Party in the Harbours of either, not being of the Subjects or Inhabitants of either Nation, they, in or out of who&s;e Haven or Juri&s;diction the &s;aid Ships &s;hall be taken, &s;hall be bound to endeavour with the other Party, that the &s;aid Ship or Ships be pur&s;ued, brought back, and re&s;tored to the Owners; but all this &s;hall be done at the charges of the Owners, or whom it concerns.</P>
<P N="22">XXII. That Searchers and other like Officers on both &s;ides, &s;hall regulate them&s;elves according to the Laws of either Nation, and &s;hall not impo&s;e or demand more then they are allowed by their Commi&s;&s;ions and In&s;tructions.</P>
<P N="23">XXIII. That if any injury be done or practi&s;ed by either Nati|on, or the Subjects or Inhabitants of the &s;ame, again&s;t the Sub|jects or Inhabitants of the other, or again&s;t any of the Articles of this pre&s;ent, Treaty, or again&s;t common right; yet neverthe|le&s;s no Letters of Repri&s;al, Mark or Countermark &s;hall be grant|ed by either &s;ide, till Ju&s;tice hath been fir&s;t demanded according to the ordinary cour&s;e of Law; but in ca&s;e Ju&s;tice be there de|nied or delayed, then that the &s;aid King of <HI>Great Britain</HI> and the &s;aid States General, or Commi&s;&s;ioners of that Nation who&s;e Subjects and Inhabitants have &s;uffered the wrong, &s;hall publick|ly
<PB N="14" REF="8">require Ju&s;tice from that other Party, where (as above-&s;aid) it was denied or delayed, or from that Power appointed to heat and decide &s;uch differences, that there may be a friendly com|po&s;ure, or due proce&s;s of Law. But if &s;till there happen more delays, and neither Ju&s;tice be admini&s;tred, nor &s;atisfaction given within three moneths after &s;uch demand, that then Letters of Re|pri&s;al, Mark, or Countermark may be granted.</P>
<P N="24">XXIV. That they who have obtained private Commi&s;sions from either Party, before they receive &s;uch Commi&s;sions, &s;hall give good and &s;ufficient caution before the Judge of the Court where they receive &s;uch Commi&s;sions, by re&s;pon&s;ible men, who have no part or &s;hare in &s;uch Ships, that they &s;hall do no damage or injury to the Subjects or Inhabitants of either &s;ide.</P>
<P N="25">XXV. It is al&s;o agreed and concluded, That the Subjects and Inhabitants of either Party &s;hall alwayes have free acce&s;s to each others Sea-ports, there to remain and from thence to depart with the &s;ame freedom; and not only with their Merchant-&s;hips and Loading, but al&s;o with their Men of War, whether they be|long to the &s;aid King or States General, or unto &s;uch as have ob|tained private Commi&s;sions, whether they arrive through vio|lence of tempe&s;t or other ca&s;ualty of the Seas, or to mend their Ships, or to buy Provi&s;ion, &s;o they exceed not the number of eight Men of War when they come there voluntarily, nor &s;hall remain or abide longer in the Havens or Places adjacent, then they &s;hall have a ju&s;t cau&s;e to repair their &s;aid Ships, or to buy Victuals or other nece&s;&s;aries. And if a greater number of Men of War &s;hould upon occa&s;ion de&s;ire to come unto &s;uch Ports, they &s;hall in no ca&s;e enter thereinto, untill they have fir&s;t obtained leave from tho&s;e to whom the &s;aid Havens do appertain, unle&s;s they be for|ced &s;o to do by &s;torm, or &s;ome force or nece&s;sity, whereby they may avoid the danger of the Sea: In which ca&s;e al&s;o they &s;hall pre&s;ently make known the cau&s;e of their coming unto the Go|vernour or chief Magi&s;trate of the place, and &s;hall &s;tay no longer then the &s;aid Governour or chief Magi&s;trate &s;hall permit them, and &s;hall not do any acts of Ho&s;tility or other prejudice in the afore&s;aid Havens during their abode there.</P>
<P N="26">XXVI. Furthermore it is agreed and concluded, That both Parties &s;hall truly and firmly ob&s;erve and execute this pre&s;ent
<PB N="16" REF="8">Treaty, and all and every the maters contained therein, and ef|fectually cau&s;e the &s;ame to be ob&s;erved and performed by the Subjects and Inhabitants of either Nation.</P>
<P N="27">XXVII. Al&s;o for further caution and a&s;&s;urance that this Treaty and Confederacy &s;hall be duly and <HI>bon&acirc; fide</HI> ob&s;erved on the part of the &s;aid States General of the United Provinces and their People, it is concluded and agreed, as al&s;o the &s;aid States General by the&s;e pre&s;ents do agree, and firmly oblige and bind them&s;elves, That all and every one whom they or the States of the Provinces &s;hall at any time choo&s;e, appoint, or make Captain General, Governour or chief Pre&s;ident, or State-holder, General of Armies or Military Forces by Land, or Admiral or General of the Fleets, Ships or Forces at Sea, &s;hall be bound and obliged by Oath to confirm this Treaty and all the Articles thereof, and promi&s;e &s;acredly upon Oath, that they &s;hall, as far as it is po&s;&s;ible, religiou&s;ly ob&s;erve and execute the &s;ame, and as much as concerns them, cau&s;e the &s;ame be ob&s;erved and executed by others.</P>
<P N="28">XXVIII. And it is further agreed and concluded, That this pre&s;ent Treaty, and all and every thing therein contained and concluded, &s;hall be confirmed and ratified by the &s;aid King of <HI>Great Britain,</HI> and the &s;aid States General of the United Pro|vinces, by Letters Patents on both &s;ides, &s;ealed with the great Seal, in due and authentick form, within three moneths next en|&s;uing, (or &s;ooner if it can be done) and that within the &s;aid time the Ratifications on both &s;ides &s;hall be exchanged; and that pre|&s;ently after the delivery and exchange, this Treaty and Alliance &s;hall be publi&s;hed in &s;uch places and maner as is u&s;ual.</P>
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