the faid Empire fhall in a special manner be invited into the fociety of this alliance. It fhall moreover be lawful for the confederates, jointly, or any of them separately, to defire whomfoever they fhall think fit to be an acceffary to this alliance. XIV. This treaty fhall be ratified by all the confederates within the, fpace of fix weeks, or sooner, if it may be done. At the Hague, the 7th Day of September, 1701, Treaty of Alliance between the Kings of Great Britain and Denmark, and the States General of the United Provinces of the Netherlands. Concluded at Odensee, the 20th of Jan. 1701. E it known to all whom it concerns. After the change lick King, his majefty the king of Great Britain, and their High Mightineffes the States General of the United Provinces of the Netherlands, on the one part, and his majefty the king of Denmark on the other, have maturely confidered, that for the fecurity of their kingdoms and provinces, it would be of great ufe to restore their ancient amity and confidence, in fuch manner that there might be a perfect union of interefts and concord, and an entire confidence established between them, with regard to all affairs that might happen in Europe, and that they should enter into strict engagements to one another, and that for this purpose they should agree on a defenfive alliance: and his majefty the king of Denmark, being informed that his majesty the king of Great Britain, and their High Mightineffes, had fent orders to their minifters at his court, to enter into a conference with the minifters, whom his majesty should be pleased to nominate to treat of fuch defenfive alliance, has likewife given order to his minifters, to enter into a negotiation upon this head, with Mr. Hugh Gregg, refident of his majefty the king of Great Britain, at the court of the king of Denmark; and with the Sieur Robert Goes, lord of Bouchhorftburg, their High Mightineffes refident at the court of Denmark; who, after divers confe rences, rences, and the communication and exchange of their full powers, have agreed on the following articles. I. The defenfive alliances concluded between his majesty the king of Great Britain, and the lords the States General of the United Provinces on one part, and his majesty the king of Denmark on the other part, on the 3d of November, 1690, and the 3d of December, 1696, fhall remain in force, and are confirmed and renewed in all their articles and clauses, except what are altered by the present treaty. II. His majefty the king of Great Britain, and their High Mightineffes, promife to pay, without any abatement, default or delay, the fums ftipulated by the said alliance of 1696, in good money of Holland, at Amfterdam, one half as foon as the troops mentioned in the 10th article of this treaty, shall begin their march towards their High Mightineffes frontiers, and the other half fix months after. III. And as it is of very great importance to traders, that the navigation be free and fafe, his majefty the king of Denmark promises his majesty the king of Great Britain, and the States General, that for the fecurity of commerce, in case a war fhould happen, he will fuffer no privateers, or men of war, to come into any ports or harbours in his dominions, unless fuch men of war ferve as convoys to a fleet of merchant fhips: in which cafe they fhall have free entrance into his majefty's ports and rivers; but not when they convoy particular fhips or ftragglers. Now, it fhall not be deemed a fleet of merchant fhips, unless it consist of forty fhips or more; and that number shall be fufficient to denominate it a fleet as it paffes by Jutland, but it is not abfolutely neceflary that it be fo numerous, when the men of war enter into his majefty's ports, becaufe when the merchant fhips come to that latitude, they either fail to the Sound, or difperfe themselves to the feveral ports of Norway. IV. His majesty the king of Denmark, will not oppose the ninth electorate, but promifes to conform himself to the contents of the third article of the treaty of 1696, and to the feventh fecret article of the said treaty. V. His majefty the king of Denmark will make no engagement, nor enter into any treaty, whereby the peace of the North may be disturbed, or whereby a third party may be formed, either in the North, or in Germany; nor will he foment such disturbances, on pretence of being thereto forced by former treaties; but, on the contrary, his majefty, according to the 4th article of the abovementioned alliance, fhall do his endeavour to hinder any fuch treaties from being made. VI. His majesty the king of Denmark, exprefsly ftipulates liberty of commerce for his fubjects, in case a war fhould happen; but being unwilling, however, to permit foreigners to commit frauds, by making ufe of Danish paffports, it is agreed, that immediately after the figning of this treaty, the convention made in 1690, between his ma jesty the king of Great Britain, and their High Mightineffes on the one part, and his majefty the king of Denmark on the other part, relating to commerce in France, shall be examined, in order to change it, as far as it is neceffary, for better preventing of frauds; and, till this alteration is agreed on by common confent, the faid convention fhall be put in force as formerly, and fhall ferve as a law and rule for the faid commerce. VII. His majesty the king of Great Britain, and their High Mightineffes, promife to pay 300,000 crowns fubfidy per annum to his majefty the king of Denmark, all the time that the war continues; and it fhall be paid in good bank money at Hamburgh every three months. And in cafe it does not come to a war, but that the present differences fhould be pacified by an accommodation, and that the troops of his majefty the king of Denmark fhould be actually on the march towards the frontiers of the state, his majefly the king of Great Britain, and their High Mightineffes, fhall, in fuch cafe, be at all the charge of raifing those troops. And if an accommodation be made after the ratification of this treaty, but before the actual march of the faid troops towards the frontiers of their High Mightinesses, the king of Denmark fhall content himself with one year's subfidy, and a quarter of the fum ftipulated for the levies. VIII. His majesty the king of Great Britain also promifes in particular, to pay to his majesty the king of Denmark what remains due to him, by virtue of the convention in 1689, as well for the tranfportation of 7000 men to Ireland, as with regard to what ftill remains due to the faid troops out of their pay, in cafe it appear by inspecting the accounts, that the whole has not been paid; and the fame shall be caft up in a year after the ratification of this treaty, and the payment afterwards be made, without delay, in the city of Hamburg. IX. And in order to remove every obstruction out of the way, his majesty the king of Denmark is willing to recede from all demands, which he may have upon their High Mightineffes, on condition that their High Mightineffes oblige themfelves to pay thofe fums for his majefty, which are demanded of him by the province of Holland, and the city of Amfterdam, and to reftore to his faid majefty, the bonds which his late majefty king Frederick III. of glorious memory, gave to the faid province and city. X. His majefty the king of Denmark promises to send to the affiftance of his majefty the king of Great Britain, and their High Mightineffes, as foon as the prefent treaty is figned, 3000 horfe, 1000 dragoons, and 8000 foot, of the kingdom of Denmark, and the country of Holstein ; which troops fhall be duly mounted and armed, and furnifhed with their officers and generals. The faid troops fhall take an oath of fidelity to his majefty the king of Great Britain, and their High Mightineffes, in the fame manner as the 7000 men of the Danish troops did formerly to his majefty the king of Great Britain, when they entered into his fervice. The difpofal of vacant commiffions, and the adminiftration of justice, shall be upon the same foot as they were, with regard to the faid 7000 men. majesty the king of Great Britain, and their High Mightineffes, fhall pay for the raifing of the faid troops, 80 crowns for every trooper, 60 for every dragoon, and go crowns. for every foot foldier: one half of this money fhall be paid as foon as the faid forces are actually on their march towards their High Mightineffes frontiers, and the other half when they are all arrived there. The pay and maintenance His of or of thofe troops, fhall be on the fame foot as that of the other troops of their High Mightineffes, and the money fhall be advanced to the Danish Commiffaries, for them to diftribute it, without any discount or deduction; and the pay fhall commence from the day that the faid troops begin their march towards the frontiers. And if it should be thought proper to tranfport the troops that are to come from Denmark and Holftein, either in whole or in part, by fea, towards the countries in the dominion of the States, the faid transportation fhall be at the expence of his majefty the king of Great Britain, and their High Mightineffes; and in cafe of neceffity, they fhall be permitted to make ufe of the ships of his majefty the king of Denmark, those of his fubjects, to facilitate and haften the said transportation. His majefty the king of Great Britain, and their High Mightineffes, may keep the faid troops in their fervice, as long as they think fit; and when they are for fending them home, they fhall let his majefty the king of Denmark know it three months beforehand. Mean time, if any rupture or war happen, the faid troops fhall, nevertheless, continue in the fervice of his majefly the king of Great Britain, and their High Mightineffes, as long as the war lafts, unless his majefty the king of Denmark should be attacked in his own kingdoms and dominions, for having furnished the faid troops; in which cafe his majefty the king of Denmark referves to himself the right and power of recalling them, as foon as he thinks neceffary. XI. In cafe that one or more regiments or companies of the faid troops have the misfortune to be ruined, his majefty the king of Great Britain, and their High Mightineffes, promife to pay, without lofs of time, to the colonels or captains of the regiments or companies ruined, the neceffary fums to recruit and replace them on the same foot as before. And at the end of the campaign, the fame fums for recruits fhall be paid to the Danish officers, as are paid to the other officers of their High Mightineffes; to the end that the faid troops may be always kept up in a good condition, to be fent home in due time, in as good order as they came. XII. In like manner his majefty the king of Great Britain, and their High Mightineffes promife, that if his maVOL. I. E jesty |