Guelder, Holland, Weft-Friezeland, Zeeland, Utrecht, Frizeland, Overyffell, and Groninguen, and Ommelands, who, by Vertue of their full Powers, are agreed upon the following Articles.

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Article I.

HE Treaties of Peace, Friendship, Alliance and Confederacy between Her Britannick Majefty and the States-General of the United Provinces, fhall be approved and confirmed by the prefent Treaty, and fhall remain in their former Force and Vigou, as if they were inferted Word for Word.

II.

The Succeffion to the Crown of England having been Setled by an Act of Parliament paffed the Twelfth Year of the Reign of His late Majefty King William the Third, 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 Sixth Year of the Reign of Her prefent Majefty, this Succeffion having been again Established and Confirmed by another Act made for the greater Security of Her Majesty's Perfon and Government, and the Succeffion to the Crown of Great Britain, &c. in the Line of the most Serene Houfe of Hanover, and in the Perfon of the Princess Sophia, and of Her Heirs, Succef fors and Defcendants, Male and Female, already Born or to be Born: And though no Power has any Right to Oppofe the Laws made upon this Subject, by the Crown and Parlia

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ment of Great Britain, if it fhould happen, nevertheless, that under any Pretence, or by any Cause whatever, any Perfon, or any Power or State may pretend to difpute the Eftablifhment which the Parliament has made of the aforefaid Succeffion, in the most Serene House of Hanover, to Oppose the faid Succeffion, to Affift or Favour those who may Oppose it, whether directly or indirectly, by open War, or by fomenting Seditions and Confpiracies againft Her or Him to whom the Crown of Great Britain fhall defcend, according to the Acts aforefaid; The States-General engage and promise to Affift and Maintain, in the faid Succeffion, Her or Him to whom it shall belong, by Vertue of the faid Acts of Parliament, to affift them in taking Poffeffion, if they should not be in actual Poffeffion, and to Oppose those who would difturb them in the taking fuch Poffeffion, or in the actual Poffeffion of the aforefaid Succeffion.

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 LowCountries.

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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

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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 Safe 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.

VI.

That to this end their High Mightineffes fhall have the Liberty to put and keep Garrifon, to change, augment and diminish it as they fhall judge proper, in the Places following: Namely, Newport, Furnes, with the Fort of Knocke, Ipres, Menin, the Town and Cittadel of Lifle, Tournay and its Cittadel, Condé, Valenciennes; and the Places which fhall from henceforward be Conquered from France. Maubeuge, Charleroy, Namur and its Cittadel, Liere, Hale to Fortifie, the Ports of Perle, Philippe, Damme, the Caftle of Gand, and Dendermonde; the Fort of St. Donas being joined 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 Demolished.

VII.

The faid States-General may, in cafe of an apparent Attack, or War, put as many Troops as they fhall think neceffary in all the Towns, Places

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and Forts in the Spanish Low-Countries, where the Reafon of War fhall require it.

VIII.

They may likrwife 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 fhall be found convenient and necessary for the faid Garrisons and Fortifications.

IX.

The faid States-General fhall alfo have Liberty to Appoint in the Towns, Forts and Places. of their Barrier, mentioned in the foregoing Sixth Article, where they may have Garrifons, fuch Governors and Commanders, Majors and other Officers, as they fhall find proper, who fhall not be fubject to any other Orders, whatfoever 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.

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That, befides, the faid States fhall have Liberty to Fortifie the faid Towns, Places and Forts which belong to them, and Repair the Fortifications of them, in fuch manner as they fhall judge 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 shall 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 besides, a Million of Livres fhall be fettled for the Payment of One hundred thoufand Crowns every three, Months, out of the cleareft Revenues of the Spanish Low-Countries, which the faid King was then in Poffeffion of; both which are for maintaining the Garrifons. of the States, and for fupplying the Fortifications, as alfo the Magazines, and other neceffary Expences, in the Towns and Places above-mentioned. And that the faid Revenues may be fufficient to fupport these Expences, Endeavours shall be ufed 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 Jurifdi&tion of Douay, both having been fo joined before the prefent War.

XII.

That no Town, Fort, Place, or Country of the Spanish Low-Countries, fhall be granted, transferred, or given, or defcend to the Crown of France, or any one of the Line of France, neither by vertue of any Gift, Sale, Exchange, Marriage, Agreement, Inheritance, Succeffion by Will, or through want of Will, from no Title

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