by ratify and approve the fame. In witnefs whereof, we have caufed these prefents, figned by our own hand, to be fealed with our feal. Vienna, the 14th day of the month of September, in the year of our Lord 1718, the feventh of our Roman, the fifteenth of our Spanish, and the eighth of our Hungarian and Bohemian reigns. CHARLES.

Philip Lud. Count Sinzendorf. By the express command of his Sacred Imperial and Catholic Royal Majefty.

John George Buol.

The most Christian King's Ratification of the Treaty, and of Three of the feparate Articles, N° 2, 3, 4.

LEWIS, by the grace of God, King of France and Navarre, to all who fhall see these prefents, greeting. Whereas our beloved and faithful the Abbot du Bois, counfellor in ordinary of our Council of State, and of the Council for foreign affairs, Secretary of our Cabinet, and our Plenipotentiary, has, by virtue of full powers which we gave him for that purpose, concluded, agreed, and figned at London, the 2d of this prefent month of Auguft, with M. Chriftopher Penterridter, of Adelfhaufen, Imperial Aulic Counsellor, and Affeffor of the Council of the Auftrian Netherlands, and John Philip Hoffinan, Refident of our most dear and most beloved brother the Emperor of the Romans at London, his Plenipotentiaries, furnished in like manner with his full powers; and with William Archbishop of Canterbury, Primate and Metropolitan of all England; Thomas Lord Parker, Baron of Macclesfield, Lord High Chancellor of our most dear and moft beloved brother the King of Great Britain; Charles Earl of Sunderland, Prefident of the Council of our faid brother; Evelyn Duke of Kingfton, Lord Privy Seal; Henry Duke of Kent, Lord High Steward of the Houshold of our faid brother; Thomas Duke of Newcastle, Lord Chamberlain of

the Houfhold of our faid brother; Charles Duke of Bolton, Lord Lieutenant and Governor General of the Kingdom of Ireland; John Duke of Roxburghe, one of the principal Secretaries of State of Great Britain; James Earl of Berkeley, firft Commiffioner of the Admiralty; and James Craggs, likewife one of the principal Secretaries of State of Great Britain, furnifhed in like manner with his full powers, the treaty of alliance, and the feparate articles, the tenor whereof follows.

In the name, &c.

We approving the above-mentioned treaties of alliance and feparate articles in all and every the points therein contained, have by the advice of our most dear and most beloved uncle the Duke of Orleans, Regent of our kingdom, as well for us, as for our heirs, fucceffors, kingdoms, countries, territories, lordships, and fubjects, accepted, approved, ratified, and confirmed, and by these prefents, figned with our hand, do accept, approve, ratify, and confirm the fame; and promife, on the word and faith of a King, to keep and obferve the whole inviolably, without ever acting one way or other to the contrary, directly or indirectly, in any kind or manner whatever. In witnefs whereof, we have caufed our feal to be affixed to these prefents. Given at Paris, the 30th of Auguft, in the year of grace one thousand seven hundred and eighteen, and of our reign the third.

By the King.

The Duke of Orleans, Regent, present.

LEWIS.

Phelypeaux.

The moft Chriftian King's Ratification of the feparate and fecret Articles, and of one of the separate Articles, N° 1.

LEWIS, by the grace of God, King of France and Navarre, to all who fhall fee thefe prefents, greet

ing. Whereas our beloved and faithful the Abbot du Bois, counsellor in ordinary of our Council of State, and of the Council for foreign affairs, Secretary of our Cabinet, and our Plenipotentiary, has, by virtue of full powers which we gave him for that purpose, concluded, agreed, and figned at London, the 2d of this prefent month of Auguft, with M. Chriftopher Penterridter, of Adelfhaufen, Imperial Aulic Counsellor, and Affeffor of the Council of the Auftrian Netherlands, and John Philip Hoffman, Refident of our moft dear and most beloved brother the Emperor of the Romans at London, his Plenipotentiaries, furnished in like manner with his full powers; and with William Archbishop of Canterbury, Primate and Metropolitan of all England; Thomas Lord Parker, Baron of Macclesfield, Lord High Chancellor of our most dear and most beloved brother the King of Great Britain; Charles Earl of Sunderland, Prefident of the Council of our faid brother; Evelyn Duke of Kingfton, Lord Privy Seal; Henry Duke of Kent, Lord High Steward of the Houfhold of our faid brother; Thomas Duke of Newcastle, Lord Chamberlain of the Houfhold of our faid brother; Charles Duke of Bolton, Lord Lieutenant and Governor General of the Kingdom of Ireland; John Duke of Roxburghe, one of the principal Secretaries of State of Great Britain; James Earl of Berkeley, firft Commiffioner of the Admiralty; and James Craggs, likewife one of the principal Secretaries of State of Great Britain, Plenipotentiaries of our faid brother the King of Great Britain, furnished in like manner with his full powers, separate and secret articles, the tenor whereof follows.

Separate Articles, &c.

We approving the above-mentioned feparate and fecret articles, in all and every the points therein contained, have by the advice of our most dear and moft beloved uncle the Duke of Orleans, Regent of our kingdom, as well for us as for our heirs, fucceffors,

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kingdoms,

kingdoms, countries, territories, lordships and fubjects, accepted, approved, ratified, and confirmed, and by these prefents, figned with our hand, do accept, approve, ratify, and confirm the fame, and promife, on the word and faith of a King, to keep and obferve the whole inviolably, without ever acting one way or other to the contrary, directly or indirectly, in any kind or manner whatsoever. In witnefs whereof, we have caused our feal to be affixed to thefe presents. Given at Paris, the 30th of Auguft, in the year of grace one thousand seven hundred and eighteen, and of our reign the third. LEWIS.

By the King.

The Duke of Orleans, Regent, prefent.

Phelypeaux.

The Treaty of Peace and Alliance between the Emperor Charles VI. and George II. King of Great Britain, in which the States of the United Provinces of the Netherlands are included. Made at Vienna, the 16th of March, 1731.

In the name of the moft Holy and Undivided Trinity. Amen.

TO all to whom it does or may any way appertain. Be it known, that the moft Serene and most Potent Prince and Lord, Charles VI. Emperor of the Romans, King of Spain, of both the Sicilies, Hungary, and Bohemia, Archduke of Auftria, &c. &c. and the most Serene and most Potent Prince and Lord, George II. King of Great Britain, France, and Ireland, together with the High and Mighty Lords the States General of the United Provinces of the Netherlands, having taken into confideration the prefent un

fettled

fettled and perplexed ftate of affairs in Europe, ferioufly bethought themselves of finding proper methods, not only to prevent thofe evils which muft naturally arife from the cavils and divifions that were daily increafing, but also to establish the public tranquillity upon a fure and lafting foundation, and in as eafy and speedy a manner as it was poffible: for this end their faid Majefties, and the faid States General, being fully animated with a fincere defire to promote fo wholefome a work, and to bring it to perfection, judged it expedient to agree among themselves upon certain general conditions, which might ferve as the bafis for reconciling the animofities and fettling the differences of the chief Princes of Europe, which, as they are heightened among themselves, do greatly endanger the public tranquillity.

For which purpofe, the moft High Prince and Lord, Eugene, Prince of Savoy and Piedmont, actual Privy Counsellor to his Sacred Imperial and Catholic Majefty, Prefident of the Council of the Auftrian Netherlands at Vienna, and his Lieutenant General, Major General of the holy Roman Empire, and Vicar General of the kingdoms and ftates of the faid Empire in Italy, Colonel of a regiment of dragoons, Knight of the Golden Fleece; and alfo the most Illuftrious and moft Excellent Lord, Philip Lewis, Hereditary Treasurer of the holy Roman Empire, Count of Zinzendorf, Free Baron of Ernftbrunn, Lord of the Dynafties of Gfoll, Upper Selowitz, Porlitz, Sabor, Mulfig, Loof-zan, and Drefkau, Burgrave of Rheineck, Hereditary Master of the Horfe in Upper and Lower Auftria, Knight of the Golden Fleece, Chamberlain to his Sacred Imperial Majefty, actual Privy Counfellor, and first Chancellor of the Court, &c. and alfo the moft Illuftrious and moft Excellent Lord, Gundacker Thomas, Count of the holy Roman Empire, by the titles of Staremberg, Schatomburg, and Waxemburg, Lord of the domains of Efchelberg, Liechtenhagen, Roteneg, Freystadt, Haus, Oberwalfe, Sef

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fenberg,