III. Her faid Majefty and the States-General, in confequence of the fifth Article of the Alliance concluded between the Emperor, the late King of Great Britain, and the States-General, the 7th of September 1701. will employ all their Force to recover the reft of the Spanish Low-Countries. IV. And further, they will endeavour to conquer as many Towns and Forts as they can, in order to their being a Barrier and Security to the faid States. V. And whereas, according to the ninth Article of the faid Alliance, it is to be agreed, amongst other matters, how and in what manner the States fhall be made fafe by means of this Barrier, the Queen of Great Britain will ufe her Endeavours to procure, that in the Treaty of Peace it may be agreed, that all the Spanish Low-Countries, and what else may be found neceffary, whether conquer'd or unconquer'd Places, fhall ferve as a Barrier to the States. VI. That to this end their High Mightineffes fhall have the Liberty to put and keep Garifon, to change, augment and diminish it as they fhall judg proper, in the Places following: namely, Newport, Furnes, with the Fort of Knocke, Ipres, Menin, the Town and Citadel of Life, Tournay and its Citadel, Conde, Valenciennes; and the Places which fhall from henceforward be conquer'd from France; Maubeuge, Charleroy, Namur and its Citadel, Liere, Hale to fortify, the Forts of Perle, Philippe, Damme, the Caftle of Gand, and Dendermonde: The Fort of St. Donas being join'd to the Fortifications of the Sluice, and being entirely incorporated with it, fhall ́remain and be yielded in Property to the States. The Fort of Rodenhuysen, on this fide Gand, fhall be demolifh'd. VII. The faid States-General may, in cafe of an ap parent Attack, or War, put as many Troops as they fhall think neceffary in all the Towns, Places and Forts in the Spani Lom-Countries, where the Reafon of War fhall require it VIII. They may likewife fend into the Towns, Forts and Places, where they fhall have their Garifons, without any hindrance, and without paying any Duties, Provifions, Ammunitions of War, Arms and Artillery, Materials for the Fortifications, and all that fhall be found con convenient and neceffary for the faid Garifons and For tifications. IX. The faid States-General fhall alfo have liberty to appoint in the Towns, Forts and Places of their Barrier, mention'd in the fixth Article, where they may have Garifons, fuch Governours and Commanders, Majors and other Officers, as they fhall find proper, who fhall not be fubject to any other Orders, whatsoever they may be, or from whence foever they may come, relating to the Security and Military Government of the faid Places, but only to thofe of their High Mightineffes (exclufively of all others;) ftill preferving the Rights and Privileges, as well Ecclefiaftical as Political, of King Charles the Third. X. That, befides, the faid States fhall have liberty to fortify the faid Towns, Places and Forts which belong to them, and repair the Fortifications of them, in fuch manner as they fhall judg neceffary; and further to do whatever fhall be useful for their Defence. XI. It is agreed, That the States-General fhall have all the Revenues of the Towns, Places, Jurifdictions, and their Dependencies, which they fhall have for their Barrier from France, which were not in the poffeffion of the Crown of Spain at the time of the Death of the late King Charles the Second; and befides, a Million of Livres fhall be fettled for the Payment of one hundred thoufand Crowns every three months, out of the clearest Revenues of the Spanish Low-Countries, which the faid King was then in poffeffion of; both which are for maintaining the Garifons of the States, and for fupplying the Fortifications, as alfo the Magazines, and other neceffary Expences, in the Towns and Places above-mention'd. And that the faid Revenues may be fufficient to fupport these Expences, Endeavours fhall be used for enlarging the Dependencies and Jurifdictions aforefaid, as much as poffible; and particularly for including with the Jurifdiction of Ipres, that of Caffel, and the Foreft of Niepe and with the Jurifdiction of Life, the Jurifdiction of Doway, both having been fo join'd before the prefent War. XII. That no Town, Fort, Place, or Country of the Spanish Low-Countries, fhall be granted, transfer'd, or given, or defcend to the Crown of France, or any one of the Line of France, neither by virtue of any Gift, Vol II. li 2 Sale, Sale, Exchange, Marriage, Agreement, Inheritance, Suc ceffion by Will, or thro want of a Will, from no Title whatsoever, nor in any other manner whatever, nor be put into the power or under the authority of the most Chriftian King, or any one of the Line of France. t r b 01 V T tr XIII. And whereas the faid States-General, in confequence of the ninth Article of the faid Alliance, are to T make a Convention or Treaty with King Charles the Third, for putting the States in a condition of Safety, by fa means of the faid Barrier, the Queen of Great Britain will do what depends upon her, that all the foregoing Particulars, relating to the Barrier of the States, may be inferted in the aforefaid Treaty or Convention; and that her faid Majefty will continue her good Offices, till the above-mention'd Convention, between the States and the faid King Charles the Third, be concluded, agreeably to what is before-mention'd; and that her Majelty will be an Guarantee of the faid Treaty or Convention. pl ne G in XIV. And that the faid States may enjoy from hencefel forward, as much as poffible, a Barrier for the Spanish Low-Countries, they fhall be permitted to put their Ga Af rifons in the Towns already taken, and which may hereafter be fo, before the Peace be concluded and ratify'd. Se And in the mean time the faid King Charles the Thirdma fhall not be allow'd to enter into Poffeffion of the faid me Spanish Low-Countries, neither entirely nor in part; and the during that time the Queen fhall affift their High Mightineffes to maintain them in the Enjoyment of the Revetl nues, and to find the Million of Livres a Year above-wh mention'd. ral XV. And whereas their High Mightineffes have ftipu lated by the Treaty of Munster, in the fourteenth Article, That the River Schelde, as alfo the Canals of Sas, of Swyn, and other Mouths of the Sea bordering thereupon, fhould be kept fhut on the fide of the States: And in the fifteenth Article, That the Ships and Com-Co modities going in and coming out of the Harbours of t Flanders, fhall be and remain charg'd with all fuch Impofts and other Duties, as are rais'd upon Commodities going and coming along the Schelde, and the other Canals above-mention'd: The Queen of Great Britain promises and engages, That their High Mightineffes fhall never be disturb'd in their Right and Poffeffion, in that refpect, neither directly nor indirectly; as alfo that the Commerce fhall not, in prejudice of the faid Treaty, be made more eafy by the Sea-Ports than by the Rivers, Canals and Mouths of the Sea, on the fide of the States of the United Provinces, neither directly nor indirectly. And whereas by the 16th and 17th Articles of the fame Treaty of Munster, his Majefty the King of Spain is obig'd to treat the Subjects of their High Mightineffes as favourably as the Subjects of Great Britain and the Hans Towns, who were then the People the moft favourably treated; her Britannick Majesty and their High Mighti neffes promise likewife to take care that the Subjects of Great Britain, and of their High Mightineffes, fhall be treated in the Spanish Low-Countries, as well as in all Spain, the Kingdoms and States belonging to it, equally, and as well the one as the other, as favourably as the People the most favour'd. XVI. The faid Queen and States-General oblige themfelves to furnish, by Sea and Land, the Succours and Affiftance neceffary to maintain by force her faid Majefty in the quiet poffeffion of her Kingdoms; and the most Serene House of Hannover in the faid Succeffion, in the manner it is fettled by the Acts of Parliament beforemention'd; and to maintain the faid States-General in the poffeffion of the faid Barrier. XVII. After the Ratifications of this Treaty, a particular Convention fhall be made of the Conditions by which the faid Queen and the faid Lords the States-General will engage themfelves to furnish the Succours which fhall be thought neceffary, as well by Sea as Land. XVIII. If her British Majefty, or the States-General of the United Provinces, be attack'd by any body whatfoever, by reafon of this Convention; they fhall mutually affift one another with all their Forces, and become Guarantees of the Execution of the faid Convention. XIX. There fhall be invited and admitted into the prefent Treaty, as foon as poffible, all the Kings, Princes and States, who fhall be willing to enter into the fame; particularly his Imperial Majefty, the Kings of Spain and Pruffia, and the Elector of Hannover. And her British Majefty, and the States-General of the United Provinces, 113 and and each of them in particular, fhall be permitted to require and invite thofe whom they fhall think fit to require and invite, to enter into this Treaty, and to be Guarantees of its Execution. XX. And as Time has fhewn the Omiffion which was made in the Treaty fign'd at Ryswick in the Year 1697, between England and France, in refpect of the Right of the Succeffion of England, in the Perfon of her Majesty the Queen of Great Britain now reigning; and that for want of having fettled in that Treaty this indifputable Right of her Majefty, France refus'd to acknowledg her for Queen of Great Britain, after the Death of the late King William the Third of glorious Memory: Her Majefty the Queen of Great Britain, and the Lords the StatesGeneral of the United Provinces, do agree and engage themselves likewise not to enter into any Negotiation or Treaty of Peace with France, before the Title of her Majefty to the Crown of Great Britain, as alfo the Right of Succeffion of the moft Serene Houfe of Hannover to the aforefaid Crown, in the manner it is fettled and eftablifh'd by the before-mention'd Acts of Parliament, be fully acknowledg'd as a Preliminary by France, and that France has promis'd at the fame time to remove out of its Dominions the Perfon who pretends to be King of Great Britain, and that no Negotiation nor formal Difcuffion of the Articles of the faid Treaty of Peace fhall be enter'd into, but jointly and at the fame time with the Queen, or with her Minifters. XXI. Her British Majefty, and the Lords the StatesGeneral of the United Provinces, fhall ratify and confirm all that is contain'd in the present Treaty, within the fpace of four Weeks, to be reckon'd from the day of the figning. In Teftimony whereof, the underwritten Ambaffador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of her Britif Majefty, and the Deputies of the Lords the StatesGeneral have fign'd this prefent Treaty, and have affix'd their Seals thereunto. At the Hague, October 29. 1709. (L. S.) Townshend. (L. S.) F.V. Welderen. The |