IV.

All Letters of Mart and Reprifal, heretofore granted, for any Cause whatsoever, are declar'd Null, nor fhall the like be hereafter given by either of the faid Allies, in prejudice of the Subjects of the other, except only in cafe of a manifeft Denial of Justice, which cannot be deem'd to be fuch, if the Petition of him, who defires the faid Letters of Reprifal, is not first communicated to the Minifter refiding there, on the part of the State, against whofe Subjects thofe Letters ought to be granted; that within the Space of Four Months, or fooner if poffible, he may inform himfelf of the contrary, or procure the due SatisfaEtion of Justice.

V.

Nor fhall his Majesty's private Subjects be fued or arrefted in their Perfons and Eftates, for any thing which his Majefty may owe; nor the private Subjects of the faid Lords the States-General, for the Publick Debts of the said States.

VI.

The Subjects and Inhabitants of the Countries under the Obedience of his Majefty, and of the faid Lords the States-General, fhall live, converfe, and affociare one with another, in all good Amity and Correfpondence, and enjoy Freedom of Commerce and Navigation in Europe, throughout the Countries of both, in all forts of Merchandize and Commodities which are not generally and univerfally prohibited to all, as well Subjects as Foreigners, by the Laws and Decrees of both States.

VII.

And for this end, the Subjects of his Majefty, and thofe of the faid Lords the States General, may freely frequent, with their Merchandizes and Ships, the Countries, Lands, Towns, Harbours, Places, and Rivers of both States, thither to bring and fell to all Perfons without Diftinction, to buy, traffick, and tranfport, all forts of Merchandize, whofe Importa

tion, and Transportation, fhall not be prohibited to all the Subjects of his Majefty, and of the faid Lords the States-General, without prohibiting, limiting, or reftraining that reciprocal Liberty, by any Privilege, Grant, or particular Conceffion, and without permitting either to grant or procure for their Subjects any Immunities, Privileges, Free Gifts, or other Advantages, above thofe of the other, to their Prejudice; and without obliging the faid Subjects on either fide, to pay greater or other Duties, Charges, Gables, or Impofts whatsoever, upon their Perfons, Eftates, Commodities, Ships, or Freight, directly or indirectly, under any Names, Title, or Pretence whatsoever, than thofe which fhall be paid by the proper and natural-born Subjects of both.

VIII.

Nor fhall the Subjects of the States-General be treated otherwise, or worse in the Duties of Contablie, Anchorage, Sol Parifis, and all other Charges and Impofitions, by whatfoever Name they may be call'd, whether under the Title of Foreign Duty, or otherwife, without any Referve or Exception, than the Subjects of his Moft Chriftian Majefty, who fhall not be Burgers in the Places where the faid Duties are rais'd.

IX.

That as to the Trade from the Levant into France, and the 20 per Cent. rais'd on that Occafion, the Subjects of the States-General of the United Provinces fhall alfo enjoy the fame Liberty and Freedom, as the Subjects of the Mott Chriftian King; fo as that the faid Subjects of the States-General fhall be permitted to carry Merchandizes from the Levant to Marfeilles, and other Places permitted in France, as well by their own Ships as in French Ships; and that the Subjects of the States-General shall in neither Cafe be fubject to the faid 20 per Cent. unlefs in Cafes where the French are fubject to it, for carrying Merchandizę in their own Ships to Marseilles, or other Places permitted; and that no Alteration fhall be made herein to the Prejudice of the Subjects of the faid States-Gene ral.

X. The

X.

The Subjects of the Lords the States-General shall be permitted freely, and without Moleftation, to bring, import, and fell Salt-Herrings in France and the conquer'd Countries, without Diftinction, and without being liable to pack them up again, notwithstanding all Edicts, Declarations, and Arrefts of Council to the contrary, and namely thofe of July 15. and Sept. 14. 1687, which prohibit the Bringing or Importing into the Harbours of France, or the conquer'd Places, any Herrings otherwife than in Pickle, and falted with the Salt of Brouage; and which order, That the faid Herrings fhall be brought into the Harbours of the Sea in Pickle in Barrels, Eighteen of which make a Dozen of Pack'd-Herrings; which Arrets fhall be revok'd and annull'd.

XI.

The Subjects of both Nations fhall be dispatch'd reciprocally at the Cuftom-Houfe or Offices, as well in France, as in the Countries of the States-General, equally and without Diftinction, with all poflible fpeed, without giving them any Hindrance or Delay whatsoever.

XII.

The Ships of War on both fides fhall always find the Roads, Rivers, Ports, and Harbours free and open for Entrance, Departure, and Anchorage, whenever it shall be thought neceffary, without being fearch'd; with a Caution, nevertheless, to ufe this Liberty with Difcretion, and to give no Caufe of Jealoufy, by a too long and affected Stay, or otherwife, to the Governors of the faid Places and Ports, whom the Captains of the faid Ships fhall acquaint with the Caufe of their Arrival and Stay.

XIII.

The Ships of War of his Majefty, and of the faid Lords the States-General, and the Privateers of their Subjects, may, with all Freedom, carry the Prizes they have taken from their Enemies whither they

think fit, without being obliged to pay Duties, whe ther of the Lords-Admirals or Admiralty, or any others, and without stopping or feizing the faid Ships or Prizes entring into the Harbours or Ports of his Majefty, or of the faid Lords the States-General; nor fhall the Officers of the Places take Cognizance of the Validity of the faid Prizes, which fhall depart, and be convoy'd with all Freedom and Liberty to the Places contain'd in the Commiffions, which the Captains of the faid Ships of War fhall be obliged to produce: And on the contrary, no Sanctuary or Retreat fhall be given in their Ports or Harbours to those who fhall take Prizes from the Subjects of his Majefty, or of the faid Lords the States-General; but if they are forced in by bad Weather, or the Danger of the Sea, they fhall be fent out as foon as poffible.

XIV.

The Subjects of the faid Lords the States-Gene ral fhall not be reputed Aliens in France, and fhall accordingly be exempt from the Laws of Aliens, and may difpofe of their Eftates by Will, Donation, or otherwife: And their Heirs, Subjects of the faid States, refiding as well in France as elfewhere, may inherit their Eftates ab inteftato, though they have not obtain❜d any Letters of Naturalization, without contefting or hindring the Effect of that Conceffion, under Pretence of any Right or Prerogative of par, ticular Provinces, Towns, or Perfons: The Subjects of the faid Lords the States may likewife, without the faid Letters of Naturalization, fettle with all Liberty in any Town of the Kingdom, there to manage their Commerce and Traffick, but without the Capacity of acquiring any Right of Burghership, unless they have obtain'd Letters of Naturalization from his Majefty in good Form; and thofe of the United Provinces fhall in general be treated every where, and in all refpects, as favourably as his Maje fty's own natural-born Subjects, and particularly be exempted from the Taxes which may be laid on Foreigners, and every thing fet down in the prefent Article fhall likewife be obferv'd, with regard to the

King's Subjects in the Countries under the Dominion of the faid Lords the States.

XV.

The Ships laden by one of the Allies paffing along the Coasts of the other, and being driven into their Roads or Ports, by Tempeft or otherwife, fhall not be oblig'd to unlade or vend their Merchandizes there, or any part of them, nor to pay any Duties there, unless when they unlade Merchandizes there voluntarily, and of their own accord.

XVI.

Neither the Mafters of Ships, their Pilots, Offcers, and Soldiers, Mariners, and other Seafaring Men, nor the Ships, nor the Commodities and Merchandizes, with which they fhall be laden, shall be feiz'd or arrested, by vertue of any General or Special Order from whomfoever, or for any Cause or Occafion whatever, not even under the Pretence of the Prefervation and Defence of the State; and in general, nothing fhall be taken from the Subjects of both fides, without Confent of the Proprietors, and paying for the Things desired of them; in which nevertheless, it is not meant to include thofe Seizures and Arrefts, which are made by Order and Authority of Juftice, and by the ordinary Methods, and for legal Debts, Contracts, or other lawful Caufes, which fhall be fued in a Courfe of Right, according to the Form of Justice.

XVII.

All the Subjects and Inhabitants of France, and the United Provinces, may with all Safety and Liberty, fail with their Veffels, and trade with their Merchandizes, without Diftinction who are their Proprietors, from their Ports, Kingdoms, and Provinces, and alfo from the Ports and Kingdoms of other States or Princes, towards the Places of those who are already declared Enemies as well of France, as of the United Provinces, or of either of the Two, or which may become fuch: And alfo the fame Subjects and Inhabitants may, with the fame Safety and

Freedom,