ticular alliance and confederacy; the principal end and only aim of which shall be the public quiet and tranquillity; and to prevent, by measures taken in time, all the events which might one day excite new war. It is with this view, that her British majefty has given her full power to agree upon fome articles of a treaty, in addition to the treaties and alliances that he hath already with the lords the States-general of the United provinces, to her ambassador extraordinary and plenipotentiary, Charles, viscount Townshend, baron of Lyme-Regis, privy counsellor to her British majesty, captain of her majesty's yeomen of the guard, and her lieutenant in the county of Norfolk; and the lords the States-general of the United provinces, the fieur John * de Welderen, lord of Valburgh, great bailiff of the Lower Betewe, of the body of the nobility of the province of Guelder; Frederick, baron of Reede, lord of Lier, St. Anthony, and T'er Lee, of the order of the nobility of the province of Holland and WeftFriezeland; Anthony Heinfius, counsellor-penfionary of the province of Holland and West-Friezeland, · keeper of the great feal, and fuper-intendant of the fiefs of the fame province; Cornelius Van Gheet, lord Spranbrook, Bulkeftyen, &c. Gedeon Hoeuft, canon of the chapter of the church of St. Peter at Utrecht, and elected counsellor in the flates of the province of Utrecht; Haffel Van Sminia, Secretary of the chamber of the accounts of the province of Friezeland; Ernest Itterfum, lord of Ofterbof, of the body of the nobility of the province of Overyffel; and Wicher Wichers, fenator of the city of Groningen;

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all deputies to the assembly of the faid lords the Statesgeneral on the one part, respectively of the province of Guelder, Holland, Weft-Friezeland, Zeland, Utrecht, Friezeland, Overyffel and Groningen, and Ommelands, who, by virtue of their full powers, have agreed upon the following articles :

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ARTICLE I

HE treaties of peace, friendship, alliance,

and confederacy between her Britannic majefty and the States-general of the United provinces fhall be approved and confirmed by the present treaty, and fhall remain in their former force and vigour as if they were inferted word for word.

ARTICLE

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II.

The fucceffion to the crown of England having been fettled by an act of parliament, paffed the twelfth year of the reign of his late majesty king William III. the title of which is, An act for the further limitation of the crown, and better securing the rights and liberties of the subject; and lately, in the fixth year of the reign of her present majefty, this fucceffion having been again established and confirmed, by another act made for the greater fecurity of her majesty's perfon and government, and the fucceffion to the crown of Great-Britain, &c. in the line of the most serene house of Hanover, and in the person of the princess Sophia, and of her heirs, fucceffors, and defcendants, male and female, already born or to be born: and although no power

hath

hath any right to oppofe the laws made upon this fubject by the crown and parliament of GreatBritain; if it shall, happen, nevertheless, that, under any pretence, or by any caufe whatever, any perfon or any power or ftate may pretend to difpute the establishment which the parliament hath made of the aforefaid fucceffion, in the most serene house of Hanover, to oppose the said fucceffion, to affist or favour those who may oppose it, whether directly or indirectly, by open war, or by fomenting feditions and conspiracies against her or him to whom the crown of Great-Britain shall descend, according to the acts aforefaid; the States-general. engage and promife to affift and maintain, in the faid fucceffion, her or him to whom it shall belong, by virtue of the faid acts of parliament, to affift them in taking poffeffion, if they should not be in actual poffeffion, and to oppofe those who would disturb them in the taking of fuch poffeffion, or in the actual poffeffion of the aforefaid fucceffion.

ARTICLE 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 feventh of September 1701, will employ all their force to recover the rest of the Spanish Low-countries.

ARTICLE IV.

And further, they will endeavour to conquer as many towns and forts as they can, in order to their being a barrier and fecurity to the faid States.

ARTICLE 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 conquered or unconquered places, fhall ferve as a barrier to the States.

That, to this end, their high. mightineffes fhall have the liberty to put and keep garrifon, to change, augment, and diminish it as they shall judge proper, in the places following: namely, Newport, Furnes, with the fort of Knocke, Ypres, Menin, the town and citadel of Lifle, Tournay, and its citadel, Conde, Valenciennes; and the places which shall from hence forward be conquered from France, Maubeuge, Charleroy, Namur, and its citadel, Lier, Halle, to fortify the ports of Perle, Philippe, Damme, the caftle of Gand, and Dendermonde. The fort of St. Donas, being joined to the fortification of the Sluce, and being entirely incorporated with

it, fhall remain and be yielded in property to the States. The fort of Rodenhuyfe, on this fide Gand, fhall be demolished.

ARTICLE VII.

The faid States-general may, in cafe of an appa rent attack, or war, put as many troops as they shall think necessary in all the towns, places, and forts in the Spanish Low-countries, where the reafon of war fhall require it.

ARTICLE VIIÏ.

They may likewife fend into the towns, forts, and places, where they fhall have their garrisons (without any hindrance, and without paying any duties), provifions, ammunitions of war, arms, and artillery, materials for the fortifications, and all that shall be found convenient and neceffary for the faid garrifons and fortifications.

ARTICLE IX.

The faid States-general fhall alfo have liberty to appoint, in the towns, forts, and places, of their barrier mentioned in the foregoing fixth article, where they may have garrifons, fuch governors and commanders, majors, and other officers, as they shall find proper, who shall not be subject 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 (exclufive of all VOL. IX. N others);