England under Charles II. from the Restoration to the Treaty of Nimeguen, 1660-1678: English History from Contemporary Writers
Taylor, W. F.
1889
Immediate results of the Princess Henrietta's visit.
The Treaty of Dover. Some of the Articles. From the original Treaty in the possession of Lord Clifford, | |
trans. May 22, . | |
I. It has been agreed, ordered, and concluded that there shall henceforth be for ever a good, secure, and firm peace, true brotherhood, confederation, alliance, and interchange of offices between the said sovereign king of Great Britain, his heirs and successors, on the one part, and the said sovereign and most Christian king on the other, &c. | |
II. The sovereign king of Great Britain being convinced of the truth of the Catholic religion, and resolved to make confession of it and to reconcile himself with the Roman Church as soon as the affairs of his kingdom permit him, &c. | |
III. It has been agreed between the most Christian king and his Majesty of Great Britain that the said most Christian king shall never break the peace which has been made with Spain, nor contravene in any point that which he has promised in the treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle. | |
IV. It has also been agreed that if at any time any new titles or rights to the kingdom of Spain fall to the lot of his most Christian Majesty the said king of Great Britain shall assist his most Christian Majesty with all his forces both by sea and land in order to facilitate the acquisition of the said rights, &c. | |
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V. The said sovereign' kings having both the one and the other many more subjects than they have need of to justify to the world the resolution which they have taken to mortify the pride of the united provinces of the Low Countries . . . it is agreed, ordered, and concluded that their Majesties shall declare and make war conjointly with all their forces both by land and sea upon the said States General of the United Provinces, &c. | |
VI. And to make and conduct this war with as good an issue as the said sovereign kings hope for the justice of the common cause, it has also been agreed that his most Christian Majesty shall defray the whole expense, the said sovereign king of Great Britain only binding himself to send and maintain under the commandership of his most Christian Majesty six thousand foot soldiers, &c. | |
VII .. .. . And in order that the said sovereign king of Great Britain may more easily support the expenses of this war his most Christian Majesty pledges himself to pay every year to the said king as long as the war shall last in manner aforesaid the sum of three millions of French livres, of which the first payment to be made three months before the declaration of war shall be of seven hundred and fifty thousand French livres, the second of like sum upon the declaration of the war, and the rest amounting to fifteen hundred thousand French livres six months after the declaration of war aforesaid: and in the following years the first payment shall be of seven hundred thousand French livres, and shall be paid | |
103 | on the first of February, the second of like sum on the first of May, and the third of fifteen hundred thousand French livres on the fifteenth of October, &c., &c., &c. |
Signed, COLBERT. ARLINGTON. T. ARUNDELL. T. CLIFFORD. R. BELLINGS. | |