infringements committed are repaired, and the peace is restored. IX. Provided nevertheless, that the faid 6000 foldiers fhall not be required as fuccour by any of the confederates any more than once; so that if they be fent to one of the allies by virtue of this common league, no more are to be fent; but the confederates fhall agree among themselves, about the place where they are most necessary. X. That if any of the confederates, upon an exigency, fhall furnish another with the fuccours ftipulated by private conventions, either in whole or in part, then he fhall not be obliged to give fuccours to the faid confederate, by vir tue of this common league; unless the furplus which remains over and above the number of fuccours ftipulated by the common league, exceeds the number determined by the private treaty. XI. But if it fhall happen, that these fuccours are not fufficient to establish peace, or if the aforefaid confederates, or any one of them, be involved in a war, in that cafe the confederates fhall treat with one another for increasing the fuccours, according to the contents of the fourth article of this treaty. XII. The confederates alfo bind themselves, that they will not furnish fuccours, or give affiftance to the enemies of him or them who fhall be involved in war; but, on the contrary, that they will make it their bufinefs to weaken the enemy's forces: and to this end the allies fhall confult together, for prohibiting commerce with the enemies of fuch confederate or confederates; or how fuch enemies may be weakened, and how all approach of their forces may be prevented. XIII. In cafe that the fuccours abovementioned are to be fent to a certain place, the confederates fhall unite their endeavours to render the paffage of the foldiers fafe and eafy; and to this end they fhall ufe their beft offices with the princes whofe countries they are to pass through. XIV. The faid auxiliary forces, fent as is already said, fhall be under command of the general of the confederate who is required to fend them, and fhall alfo remain united in one and the fame body, as long as the nature of the war will admit of it; but the faid general fhall be obliged to obey obey the chief commanding officer, or general of the confederate that requires them. XV. Those confederates who happen to be involved in war, fhall fincerely and faithfully communicate to one another, every thing that is done, and undertake no negotiation, nor make any truce or peace, without mutual confent. XVI. They fhall likewife confer about all matters with that confederate who happens not to be engaged in war, and fhall alfo comprehend him in the future treaty of peace; and, in the mean time, they fhall confer with him, in what manner the fuccours fent may be made most effe&tual. XVII. It fhall be lawful for other kings, princes, and ftates, to accede to the prefent treaty, as far as their acceffion may, by the joint opinion of the confederates, be thought conducive to promote, and affert the public tranquility. XVIII. This league fhall continue 18 years, and the ratifications fhall be exchanged at the Hague in two or three months, or fooner, if poffible. In witness whereof, we the plenipotentiaries abovenamed, have figned and fealed the prefent treaty, of which fix inftruments are drawn, viz. I Nicholas, free baron de Lillienroot, for the king of Sweden, at the Hague, January , 1700; I Jofeph Williamfon, for the king of Great Britain, at London, January 30, 1700; and we the deputies of the Lords the States General for their High Mightineffes, at the Hague, January 3. 3 20 I 23° (L. S.) N. LILLIENROOT. (L. S.) Fr. v. BREEDENHOF. Oofthuyfen. (L. S.) W. de NASSAU. SE Fo SEPARATE and SECRET ARTICLES. Orafmuch as there is a defenfive league concluded this day, between his facred royal majefty of Sweden, his facred royal majefty of Great Britain, and the high and mighty lords the States General of the United Netherlands, and it has been thought, for the common intereft, to add certain articles to it, which fhall be of the fame validity, as if they were expreffed in the treaty itself. It is therefore agreed as follows: I. The confederates abovementioned, fhall not only defend and maintain the peace and treaties mentioned in the 6th and 7th articles of the principal league, but alfo the treaty of peace concluded at Ryfwicke, the 20th of September, 1697, between the kings of France and Spain. II. If the king of Great Britain, and the lords the States General, fhall be compelled to take up arms for the vindication or guaranty of the peace of Ryfwicke, in that cafe the king of Sweden fhall be obliged, inftead of the 6000 foldiers mentioned in the 8th article of the principal treaty, to furnish them with 10,000 foldiers, well clothed and armed, together with the neceffary field-pieces; and the king of Great Britain, or the lords the States General, fhall pay nothing for muftering and tranfmitting them; but the confederate who fhall require thofe auxiliary forces, fhall maintain them, and pay them their wages, from the very time that they fet out from their pofts in Pomerania and Bremen, according to the accustomed rule and method in the pay of the forces of the lords the States General; and it fhall be free for those forces, at all times, to be recruited in the kingdoms and countries fubject to his facred royal majesty of Sweden. III. Neither of the confederates fhall be obliged to fend the promised fuccours to Italy, Spain, or other places of the fame or greater diftance; and if the confederate who calls for fuccours has need of them there, he fhall fend for them elsewhere; but, in the mean time, he may make use of the said auxiliary forces in his own or neighbouring countries, as well to divert the enemy, as to defend himfelf and his confederates. IV. Forafmuch alfo, as the tranquility of the North is what the confederate powers abovementioned have very much much at heart; and whereas for that end they have each of them feverally conftituted themselves heretofore as fureties and guarantees of the treaty concluded at Altena, between the king of Denmark and the duke of Holstein Gottorp; and fince they are of opinion that the said tranquility of the North depends very much on the observation of this treaty, they have therefore thought fit to bind one another again by this fame treaty, to be fureties and guarantees of the faid treaty of Altena; and this furetiship and guaranty fhall, for the prefent, take place against any attack and violence whatfoever: and as for the controverfy between the king of Denmark and the duke of Holstein Gottorp, it fhall be referred to the negotiation at Pinnenberg, there to be decided as foon as poffible. V. The Emperor and the king of Spain may, if they think fit, accede to this treaty, as they are powers to whom the protection or guaranty of the peace of Ryfwicke chiefly appertains; and terms of agreement fhall be made with them. VI. The king of Great Britain, and the lords the States General, engage, that they will use their utmost endeavours with the king of Spain, to pay the king of Sweden what is become due for the Swedifh fhips unjustly taken, in the late war, by the fubjects of the king of Spain. In witness whereof, we the underwritten ambaffadors extraordinary, and plenipotentiaries of the kings of Sweden and Great Britain, and the deputies of the lords the States General of the United Netherlands, mentioned in the principal treaty, have figned and fealed thefe feparate articles, of which fix inftruments are drawn, viz. I Nicholas, free baron of Lillienroot, for the king of Sweden, at the Hague, January, Anno 1700; I Jofeph Williamfon, for the king of Great Britain, at London, January 30, Anno 1700; and we the deputies of the lords the States General for their High Mightineffes, alfo at the Hague, January 13, 1700. (L. S.) LILLIENROOT. (L. S.) 7. WILLIAMSON. 20 239 (L. S.) Fr. van BREEDENHOF van Oofthuyfen (L. S.) A. HEINSIUS. (L. S.) (L. S.) W. de NASSAU The treaty between the Moft Chriftian King, the King of Great Britain, and the States General of the United Provinces, for fettling the fucceffion of the crown of Spain, &c. in cafe his Catholick Majefty die without iffue; commonly called the Second Treaty of Partition; and occafioned by the death of the Elector of Bavaria. I. 1. THE his Molt Chriftian Majefty, his Britan peace re-established by the treaty of Refwicke, nick Majefty, and the Lords the States General of the United Provinces of the Low Countries, their heirs and fucceffors, their kingdoms, ftates and fubjects, fhall be firm and conftant; and their majesties, and the said lords the States General of the United Provinces of the Low Countries, fhall reciprocally do what they can to contribute to the advantage and profit one of the other. II. As the principal object which his faid Moft Chriftian Majefty, his faid Majefty of Great Britain, and the faid States General propose to themselves, is, that of maintaining the general tranquility of Europe; they could not without forrow understand, that the ftate of the king of Spain's health hath for fome time been fo languishing, that the life of the faid prince is much feared: though they cannot think upon this event without trouble, because of the fincere and true love they have for him, they have nevertheless thought it the more neceffary to confider it, because his Catholick Majefty having no children, the business of the fucceffion will infallibly raise a new war, if the Most Chriftian King fhould maintain his own pretenfions, those of Monfeigneur the Dauphin, or of his fucceffors, to the whole fucceffion of Spain; and if the Emperor should also make good his pretenfions, those of the king of the Romans, of the archduke his fecond fon, or of his other children, males or females, unto the faid fucceffion. 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