Excellency of Leicester, or of any other, upon pain of being proceeded against by us all together, by the States of the United Provinces refpectively, or by the ordinary. Officers, Jufticiaries and Magiftrates fummarily, according to the Law and Cuftom of thefe Countries, and without Form of Process against the Difturbers of the publick Quiet, without refpect of Perfons, or any Connivance or Diffimulation; and all this to ferve for an Example to others.

And that no Perfon may pretend Caufe of Ignorance, we ordain and command that these Presents may be pub lifh'd thro all Places where Publications are us'd to be made; proceeding and caufing to proceed against Tranfgreffors upon the Penalties abovemention'd, without any Diffimulation or Favour to the contrary. For thus have we judg'd proper and convenient for the Good and Prefervation of these Countries. Given in our Affembly at the Hague, under our Seal hereto af fix'd, the 12th Day of April 1588. Sign'd,

Egmont.

And it was written lower, by the Ordinance of the forefaid Lords the States General, and fign'd,

C. Aerfen.

A Treaty of Confederacy and Alliance betwixt Henry the IV. King of France, and Elizabeth Queen of England, as gainst Philip the Philip the II. King II. King of Spain. At Greenwich, the 14th of May 1596.

E

LIZABETH, by the Grace of God, of Eng land, France and Ireland, Queen, Defender of the Faith, &c. To all to whom thefe Presents fhall come, Greeting. A certain Treaty having been concluded between certain Deputies as well from us, Vol. II.

H

as

as from Henry the moft Chriftian King of France and Navarre, our most Dear Brother and Coufin refpectively, at our Castle of Greenwich, on the 14th Day of May laft paft, according to the Computation of the Church of England, for a mutual Defenfive and Offenfive League between us, our Dominions, Kingdoms and Subjects, for the Prefervation and Security thereof against the Invafions and Attempts of the King of Spain, his Kingdoms and Dominions, and for the mutual Defence of our Perfons; the Tenor of the faid Treaty is as follows.

I. All former Confederacies and Treaties which are now in force between the forefaid moft Serene King and Queen, and their Kingdoms, fhall be confirm'd, and remain in their former Force and Vigour. Nor fhall it be thought that they are departed from, but only fo far as this prefent Treaty fhall change or derogate from them.

II. This fhall be an Offenfive and Defensive Confe deracy between the King and Queen, and their Kingdoms, States and Dominions, against the King of Spain, and his Kingdoms and Dominions.

III. All other Princes and States, whofe Interest it is to guard against the ambitious Contrivances and Invafions which the King of Spain intends against all his Neighbours, fhall be invited by the forefaid contracting Princes to enter into this Confederacy. And for this purpose the forefaid King and Queen fhall fend Ambaffa dors to as many Princes and States as the forefaid Confederates fhall think proper, to excite them to enter into this Confederacy.

IV. As foon as conveniently can be, and as the Affairs of the forefaid King and Queen will permit, an Army fhall be rais'd out of the common Forces, as well of the faid King and Queen, as of all the Princes who fhall enter into this Confederacy, in order to invade the King of Spain, and all his Dominions whatso

ever.

V. It fhall not be lawful for either the forefaid King or Queen to treat of any Peace or Truce with the King of Spain, or his Lieutenants and Captains, without the Confent of the other: which fhall be fignify'd by Letters fign'd by the faid King and Queen's own Hand.

VI. But because the King has already granted a Truce in Britain, the Ambaffadors promife, that when the faid Truce is expir'd and fhall be renew'd, then the King fhall procure, as much as poffible, that both the Spaniards and the Britains fhall be oblig'd not to attempt any thing against the Kingdom of England, or the Subjects of the Queen, by Sea or Land, during the faid Truce.

VII. And moreover, That the King fhall make no General Truce with Provinces or Towns in the Enemy's Poffeffion, without the Confent of the forefaid Queen. But if neceffity require, that Governors be oblig'd to make a particular Truce with the Governors of Places belonging to the King of Spain, the forefaid Truce fhall not be continu'd above two Months without the express Consent of the forefaid Princes.

VIII. Because the King of Spain does at this time attack the Dominions of the faid King of France, which border on the Territories of the Dutch, with a great Power, the forefaid moft Serene Queen fhall raife and fend him auxiliary Forces, as foon as fhe can after the figning of this Confederacy with the moft Christian King, viz. four Thoufand English Foot, whose Hire fhall be paid according to the Reckoning and Computation annex'd to this Treaty, and they fhall fight for the most Christian King againft the King of Spain in the Provinces of Picardy and Normandy, and in the neighbouring and adjacent Parts belonging to the faid King of Spain, provided they be not fifty Miles diftant from the Port of Bologne.

IX. The faid four Thoufand English Foot fhall ferve the forefaid moft Chriftian King for the fpace of fix Months only, this prefent Year, without any exception : and afterwards in the following Years the like Auxiliaries fhall be given for the fame fpace of fix Months, if the State of Affairs in the Kingdom of England can permit; in which the Queen's Affirmation and Opinion fhall determine. And when the faid fix Months are expir'd, the faid Soldiers fhall have liberty to return into England, unless they be commanded to the contrary by the forefaid Lady the Queen.

X. The Sedition lately rais'd in Ireland, having been quieted and fupprefs'd, and the forefaid Lady the Queen Vol. II.

H 2

not

1

not like to have any Difturbances or Commotions in her Kingdoms and Dominions, it fhall be entirely refer'd to her Will and Pleafure, whether or no she will augment the Subfidy of the four Thousand Foot.

XI. The forefaid four Thoufand Foot fhall be receiv'd into the Pay of the most Christian King, from the time of their Arrival in France till the day of their dif banding.

XII. And in the mean time, while they are in the Service of the faid King, they fhall be oblig'd to muster every Month, and take an Oath to the Commiffaries deputed, or to be deputed by the most Christian King, always faving their Fealty and Allegiance, which they owe to their natural Prince; and their Wages fhall be paid according to the Mufter-Roll, and according to the Reckoning and Computation annex'd at the end of this Treaty.

XIII. The forefaid Lady the Queen fhall promife to fupply and renew from time to time, the Number that fhall be wanting of the forefaid four Thousand Foot, within a month after every Mufter; provided the be duly inform'd of the forefaid Deficiences by the faid King or his Lieutenant.

XIV. The Wages and Payment fhall be made to these Soldiers by Officers, out of the Mony of the forefaid Lady the Queen, every Month; for which Wages and Payment to be thus made by the Queen, the faid moft Chriftian King fhall be oblig'd to make plenary Satisfaction to the faid Queen within fix Months, after the forefaid Soldiers fhall arrive in France: and for the Security of the faid Payment, the faid moft Chriftian King fhall deliver up to the Queen at the time when the forefaid four Thoufand Foot fhall arrive in France, four Hoftages, proper Perfons, both with refpect to the Nobility, and the Wealth of the faid Hoftages.

XV. Befides the forefaid four Thoufand Foot (if the forefaid moft Chriftian King fhall ftand in need of a greater Number of Soldiers) the forefaid Queen fhall allow the faid King to levy in England three or four Thoufand Foot, provided the can conveniently do fo for the State of her Affairs but fo that the faid King fhall pay them their Wages, and all other Charges, out of his own Mony.

XVI. The English Soldiers thus in the Service of the moft Chriftian King, fhall be fubject to the Officers of the most Christian King's Army; and fhall be acquitted or punish'd for their Faults and Crimes by the Judges and Officers of the faid moft Chriftian King; on condition that the Colonels and Captains of the English Troops be call'd by the faid Judges and Officers to aflift at the faid Trials.

XVII. But if it fhall happen, which God forbid, that the forefaid Queen fhall be invaded, and fhall thereupon require the Allistance of the most Christian King, he fhall be oblig'd within two Months after he is requir'd by Letter from the faid Lady the Queen, likewise to furnifh four Thoufand French Foot, who fhall be rais'd, and fent into England, at the Coft of the faid Queen, and fhall be in the Service of the faid Lady the Queen for the fpace of fix Months every Year, provided they be not oblig'd to march into England further than the fpace of fifty English Miles. The faid Queen of England fhall pay them their Wages, from the Day of their landing and arriving in England, according to the Reckoning and Computation annex'd to this Treaty below.

XVIII. The faid French Soldiers fhall be acquitted or punish'd by the Officers of the faid Queen, provided the Captains of the faid Troops be call'd to the Trials, as above.

XIX. The most Christian King fhall also be oblig'd to fupply and fill up the number of Soldiers that is wanting; and this the forefaid Queen of England fhall require as above.

XX. The forefaid King and Queen likewife reciprocally promife, That if either of them fhall ftand in need of Arms, Powder, or other warlike Ammunition, it fhall be lawful for both the Parties contracting, and their Commiffaries, to buy them, and transport them into their Kingdom without any Impediment, provided this can be done without Hurt or Prejudice to their State; which fhall be refer'd to the Affirmation and Confcience, as well of the forefaid King as of the Queen.

XXI. The forefaid King and Queen fhall reciprocally defend the Merchants and Subjects of both Princes, fo