His Holyness The Pope of Rome's DECLARATION AGAINST The French King. LOUIS the 14th.

Translated out of High Dutch into English as it now lyes before the Dyet in Germany:

Giving an exact Account of the Particulars of the Pretensions of the See of ROME against the Crown of France:

Written by a Person that is lately arrived from Germany. Never yet Published.

Lorrain he stole, by Fraud he got Burgundy,
Holland he Cheated, but will pay for't one day:
No force of Arms could e'er Subdue,
What he by Treachery and's Gold did do.

Licensed, J. F. Jan. 6th. 1690.

1. THat the French King Surrender back to the See of Rome, not only Avignon, but all the rest of the Frontiers of Italy, where the French have been possest of and made any Incursion with his Forces.

2. That the French King make Restitution of all the Contribution which hath been paid to him, and Satis­faction for all the Villages and Country that hath been demolished by his Army in any part of Italy.

3. That the French King abandon his Correspondance with the Ottoman Port, and enter into League with the Christian Princes against the Turks.

4. That his Holiness doth not Insist that the French King should Renounce his Protection of the Duke of Savoy, in case that any Neighbouring Prince, or Foreign Force should make any Incursion into his Territories, But that the [Page]Prince shall not be obliged to joyn with the Crown of France against the See of Rome, or any of the Princes of Italy, But shall enter into a perpetual League of Amity with them.

5. That the French King shall not Dispence with any Arch-Bishoprick, or Suffragan, or any other Benefice within the Kingdom of France and Navarr, or any of his Conquest or the Hereditary Countrys, without leave of his Holiness and See of Rome, upon pain of Excomunication.

6. That the French King be Accountable to his Holiness for the Profits of the Church, within the Kingdom of France and Navarr, the Frontiers of Catalonia, the Frontiers of the Rhine, Alsace, Burgundy, Waes-land, the Frontiers of Flanders, and the rest of his Conquests which hath not been paid to the Pope since 1680.

7. That the French King for the future, shall Suffer and Permit those Revenues to be remitted and returned to Rome, as his Holiness shall Order and Appoint.

8. That the French King desist from his Pretensions of putting in Cardinal Furstenbergh into Cologne, as Bishop of that place.

9, But that the French King stand to the Decision of the Preceeding Pope Innocent the 11th. Who had Ordained and Confirm'd Prince Clement of Bavaria, Brother to the Duke of Bavaria to be Bishop of that See.

10. That the French King make Restitution to the Geno­wees, for Burning and Demolishing that City with his Bombs it belonging to the Ecclesiastical Territories of Italy.

12. That the French King make a Submission for putting in the Marquiss de Lavardin by Force of Arms into Rome, as his Ambassadour.

13. That the French King do oblige the Parliament of France to disanul all Acts and Decrees made against the See of Rome.

* There is now in the Press the Emperor of Germany's, with the Princes of the Empire, The King of Spain, and States General of Holland's Pretensions against the French King, will be published speedily.

LONDON, Printed for J. M. in Fleet-street, MDCLXXXIX.

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