Obligations, Contracts or Agreements made and pafs'd, in the faid United Provinces in general or in particular, or in any Parts of them, or formerly negotiated in whole or in part with any other Provinces of the LowCountries, at prefent not in the Union; her Majesty obliges herself in this prefent Treaty, that fhe will pretend to nothing against them for the future, neither in general nor in particular; but rather that fuch Debts and Sums of Mony fhall be funk and remitted, as to what concerns the Provinces, Towns and Members thereof here mention'd;, excepting the Debt concerning Horatio Plancino a Genoefe Knight, which fhall remain in the fame State it was in before this prefent Conclufion: fo that in this Treaty there fhall be given no Attaint either in general or particular to the Right of Signior Horatio Plancino, nor of the States General; Her Majefty nevertheless referving to herself, and meaning, that fhe remains to have a clear Pretenfion to all the Rights, Titles, &c. which the can reckon upon all the other Provinces and Towns of the Low-Countries which are at prefent of the forefaid Union, in virtue of any Obligation or Contract whatfoever made with her Majefty apart, or together with the forefaid other Provinces comprehended in the prefent Union.

XIII. And in like manner the faid Lords the States fhall give up, and quit on their fide, as they give up, and quit by these Presents to her Majefty, her Heirs and Succeffors, by way of general Tranfaction, all the Debts, Sums of Mony, Actions, Obligations, Pretenfions, Demands and Promifes, which they have, or can reckon upon any Reafon, Subject, Colour or Pretence whatsoever, being begun after the Date of thefe Prefents.

Made, agreed, concluded, and fign'd by the Lords of her Majefty's Council on the one fide, and the above-mention'd Deputies of the Lords the States General of the United Provinces on the other fide, at Westminster, the 15th Day of August, the Year of our Lord 1598. And was fign'd, Thomas Ogerton, Effex, Nottingham, G. Haufdon, R. North, R. Buckhurst, W. Knollys, R. Cecyl, J. Syrtefteme, J. van Duvenvoorde, Jo. van Oldenbarnevelt, J. van Werk, J. van Hattinga, And. van Heffels, Noel van Caron.

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A Treaty of Confederacy between Henry the IV. King of France, and James the I. King of England, chiefly for the Defence of the United Provinces of the LowCountries, against the King of Spain. At Hampton-Court the 30th of July 1603.

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T is agreed, That the antient and never interrupted Alliances between France and Scotland, fhall not only be renew'd, confirm'd and obferv'd, as alfo fuch as have been contracted between his Majefty, and his Predeceffors, and the most ferene Elizabeth late Queen of England, but that they fhall likewife be ftrengthen'd, and made more ftrict by all other forts of advantageous and honourable Conventions; namely by a League which fhall in like manner be concluded between their Majefties, for the common Defence of their Perfons, Kingdoms and Subjects: in which Defenfive League fhall be comprehended all their Allies on both fides, who fhall be nam'd in common by their Majefties in a certain time.

II. Among which Allies the United Provinces of the Low-Countries being the Principal and most confiderable; their faid Majefties fhall mutually procure on the part of the King of Spain and the Archdukes of Flanders, That they fhall leave them in quiet, and deliver them from all Invafion and Hoftility, or at least own them for their Subjects, or the Subjects of the Empire, with fuch and fo reafonable Conditions, that they may never apprehend being made entirely fubject to the faid King of Spain, and the Archdukes of Flanders, nor the two Kings have a juft Jealoufy, which they muft always have as often as, without their Intervention and Confent, the faid Provinces fhall become abfolutely subject to Spain.

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III. And because, during the Negotiation of this Affair, which perhaps may be endeavour'd to be drawn into Length, the Spaniards may ftrive to gain time, and make a powerful Effort against the faid Provinces, and reduce them by the Severity and Force of Arms: Their Majefties being defirous to preferve the Dignity and Grandeur which their Predeceffors have left them, and the Reputation which they have acquir'd themfelves, (which would be infinitely diminifh'd if they fhould fuffer thofe to perifh under the Shadow of their Affiftance, whofe Prefervation they pretend to defire and procure in every refpect) fhall mutually agree, in cafe the faid Lords the States will follow their Advice and Counsel, to affift and fuccour them forthwith with a good Sum of Mony, and a fufficient Number of Troops, which fhall be all rais'd in the Countries, Lands and Dominions of the faid King of England, and the Charges of the faid Levy, Pay and Maintenance entirely furnifh'd by his Majefty, who fhall for that effect put into the hands of the faid Lords the States of the United Provinces the Sums thereto neceffary, two thirds of which fhall be entirely and fimply furnish'd by his Majefty, and the other Third in like manner by him, but in Deduction and Payment of what may be owing to the faid King of England.

IV. Which things fhall be done in the moft private and fecret manner poffible, that fo the Peace of France, or that which the King of England may enter into with Spain, may not be prejudic'd directly or openly.

V. But becaufe fuch Affiftances may give offence to The Spaniards and induce them fooner or later to bein War against France and England; their two Maefties in that Cafe have agreed to the following Par

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VI. Viz. If the King of England alone is openly atack'd by the King of Spain in any Places of his Kingoms and States, he fhall be aided and affifted by the ing with a gallant and ftrong Army, paid for fuch me as fhall be neceffary; which Army fhall not be lefs an ten Thousand Men.

VII. Moreover, His Majefty fhall pay within three cars, by equal Portions, to the faid King of England, hatever Debts he fhall then owe him.

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VIII. In like manner, if the King is openly attack'd alone in any Part of his Kingdom by the King of Spain or his Adherents, His Majefty of England fhall be oblig'd to aid and aflift him with a powerful Army either by Land or Sea, according to the Choice and Opinion of the King, which fhall not be less than fix Thousand Men; during which time the faid King of England must not demand any Part or Portion of his Debts from his faid Majefty.

IX. Moreover, it hath been agreed, That in cafe the two Kings fhould be both attack'd by Spain, or fhould be constrain'd by Reasons of State, and for the Security, Quiet and Advantage of their Perfons, Kingdoms and Subjects, to make War in common, each of them fhall do it on his part, not by halves, but futably to the Dignity and Grandeur of fuch Princes, and with fufficient Endeavours and Means; from which may be hop'd the entire Deliverance of all the feventeen Provinces of the Low-Countries.

X. Namely, on the part of the King, with an Army of fifteen or twenty Thoufand Men, whom he fhall throw into the faid Countries, and fhall ftrengthen the Provinces of Guienne, Languedoc, Provence, Dauphiny, Breffe and Burgundy with a fufficient Number of Soldiers, together with a fufficient Number of Galleys and warlike Equipages in the Levant, in order not only to fecure the Coafts, but alfo to give just Jealousy to the King of Spain, and confequently to employ and divert part of his Forces.

XI. And on the part of the King of England the War fhall be made and carry'd on with two great Fleets fufficient for doing good Exploits towards the Indies, and on the Coafts of Spain, and a Land Army which fhall not be less than fix Thousand Men, all levy'd and paid at his proper Charge and Expence: during the time of which common War the faid King of England fhall not prefs his Majefty to pay the Debts which fhall be owing him at that time. Nor fhall any of the two Kings make Peace, leffen the abovemention'd Forces, nor defift from Acts of Hoftility, but by the mutual Confent of both, a publick and authentick Inftrument of which fhall pafs; and then a like Inftrument fhall pafs of the Renewal of the Alliance which regards

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the Defensive League, and the Offenfive League of fecret and reciprocal Promifes. Sign'd James; and feal'd with the ordinary Seal of England, and counterfign'd Cecil. Made at Hampton-Court, the 30th of July 1603.

A Treaty of perpetual Peace and Alliance between Philip the III. King of Spain, and the Archduke and Archdutches Albert and Ifabella on the one fide, and James the I. King of England on the other fide. Made in the Year 1604.

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NOW all and every one, That after a long and moft cruel Ravage of Wars, by which Chriftendom has for many Years been miferably afflicted, God (who has the Difpofal of all Things) looking down from on high, and pitying the Calamities of his People (for whom he was pleas'd to fhed his own Blood, that he might bring them Peace, and leave it with them) has powerfully extinguifh'd the raging Flame by a firm Confederacy of the most potent Princes of the Chriftian World, and gracioufly made the Day of Peace and Tranquillity fhine, which was hitherto rather wifh'd for than hop'd. For by the Grace of the Omnipotent God, the Kingdoms of England and Ireland devolving, for extirpating the Seeds of Difcord, upon the most ferene Prince, James King of Scotland, and confequently thofe Causes of Diffenfion remov'd, which fo long fomented and nourish'd War between the Predeceffors of the moft ferene Princes Philip the .III. King of Spain, and Albert and Ifabella Clara Eugenia Archduke and Archdutchess of Auftria, Duke and Dutchefs of Burgundy, &c. and of the faid King James: All the faid Princes (God illuminating their Hearts) confider'd that there was no reason why they fhould have an Enmity at one another, who had never had any before, or why they Vol. II.

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