IN THE NAME OF GOD THE CREATOR. To all present and to come, Be it known; That whereas a long and bloody War, hath, ma­ny Years since caused great Miseries and Oppessions to be suffered by the People, Kingdoms, Countries, and Dominions under the Obedience of the most High, most Excellent, and most Potent Prince Lewis the XIVth. by the Grace of God, most Christian King of France and Navarra; and of Philip the IVth. by the Grace of God, Catholick King of Spain: In which War, other Princes and Republicks; their Neighbours and Allies, having also taken part, many Towns and Countries of both the Parties have been exposed to great Evils, Miseries, Ruins, and Desolations. And although at other times, and by several ways, divers Overtures and Negociations for an Accommodation, have been made; yet none of them, through the Mysterious Secrets of the Divine Providence, could take the effect most earnestly desired by their Majesties, until at length that Supreme God who hath in his Hand the Hearts of Kings, and hath particularly reserv'd to himself alone, the precious Gift of Peace, hath had the Goodness, through his infinite Mercy, to inspire at the same time, both the Kings, and so to guide and direct them, that without any other Interposition or Motives, but the only sense of Compassion they have had of the Sufferings of their good Subjects, and of a Fatherly desire of their good and relief, and of the Peace of the whole Christendom, they have found the means how to put an end to so great and long Calamities, to forget and extinguish the Causes and the Seeds of their Divisions, and to settle to the Glory of God, and the Exaltation of our Holy Catholick Faith, a good sincere, entire and lasting Peace and Fraternity between them and their Successors, their Allies [Page 2]and Dependants; By means whereof the Damages and Miseries suffered, might quickly be repaired in all parts.

Imprimis, It hath been concluded and agreed, concerning the Low-Coun­tries, that the Lord the most Christian King shall remain seized, and shall effectually enjoy the Places, Towns, Countries and Castles, Dominions, Lands and Lordships following.

First, Within the Country of Artois, the Town and City of Arras, and the Government and Bailiwick thereof; Hesdin and the Bailiwick thereof; Bapaume and the Bailiwick thereof; Bethune and the Government or Baili­wick thereof; Lillers and the Bailiwick thereof; Lentz and the Bailiwick thereof; the County of St. Pol; Terroane and the Bailiwick theteof; de Pas and the Bailiwick thereof; As also all the other Bailiwick and Chastel­lenies of the said Artois, whatsoever they be, although not here particular­ly named and mentioned, Except only the Towns, Bailiwicks and Chastel­lenies, or Governments of Ayre and St. Omer, with their Appurtenances, Dependencies and Annexes, which shall remain all unto his Catholick Ma­jesty: As also the Place of Renty, in case it be found to be of the said De­pendencies of Ayre or St. Omer, and not otherwise.

Secondly, within the Province and County of Flanders, the said Lord the most Christian King shall remain seized, and shall effectually enjoy the Pla­ces of Graveling, the Forts Philip, of the Sluce, and Hannuin Bourbourg and the Chastelleny thereof; and St. Venant, whether it belongs to Flanders, or to Artois, and their Dominions, Appurtenances, Dependencies and Annexes.

Thirdly, Within the Province and County of Hainaeut, the said Lord the most Christian King shall remain seized; and shall effectually enjoy the Places of Landrecy and Quesnoy, and their Bailiwicks, Provostiships, or Chastellenies, Dominions, Appurtenances and Dependencies.

Fourthly, Within the Province and Dutchy of Luxemburg, the said Lord the most Christian King shall remain seized, and shall effectually enjoy the Places of Thionville, Montmedy and Damvilliers, their Appurtenances, De­pendencies, and Annexes, Provostships and Lordships: The Provostship of Ivoy, Chavancy, Chasteau, and the Provostship thereof; and the Place and Post of Marville, situate upon the small River called Vezin, and the Pro­vostship of the said Marville; which Place and Provastship did formerly belong, partly unto the Dukes of Luxemburg, and partly unto the Dukes of Bar.

Fifthly, His most Christian Majesty having strongly declared that he could never consent to the restitution of the Places of la Bussea, and Bergh St. Wy­nox, Chastellany of the said Bergh, and the Royal Fort erected upon the Channel, hard by the Town of Bergh; and His Catholick Majesty having condescended that they should remain to the French, unless an Exchange of [Page 3]the said Places, with others of the like consideration and mutual convenien­cies could be agreed upon, both the said Lords Plenipotentiaries, have at last agreed that the said two Placer of la Bassee and Bergh-St. Wynox, the Chastellany and Royal Fort of the said Bergh; should be exchanged with the Places of Marienbourg and Philippeville, situate on the Rivers Sambre and Maez, their Appurtenances, Dependencies, Annexes and Dominions: And therefore his said most Christian Majesty restoring, as it will be said here­after, unto His Catholick Majesty, the said Places of la Bassee, Bergh St. Wy­nox, and the Chastellany thereof, and the Royal Fort, with their Appurtenan­ces, Dependencies, Annexes and Dominions, His Catholick Majesty shall at the same time put into the Hands of His most Christian Majesty, the said Pla­ces of Marienburg and Philippeville, His said most Christian Majesty to re­main seized of them, and effectually enjoy them, and their Appurtenances, Dependencies, &c.

Sixthly, His Catholick Majesty, for certain considerations hereafter parti­cularly expressed in another Article of the present Treaty, doth promise and oblige himself to put into the Hands of His most Christian Majesty, the Town and Place of Avennes, situate between the Sambre and the Maez, with the Appurtenances, Dependencies, Annexes, and Dominions thereof. And because it hath been reported, that within the said Places of Avennes, and the Appurtenances, Dependencies, Annexes and Dominions thereof, the ordinary Jurisdiction, the Rents and other Profits do belong to the Prince of Chimay, it hath been declared and agreed between the said Lords and Kings, that whatsoever is contained within the Walls and Fortifications of the said Place, shall remain to His most Christian Majesty; so that the said Prince shall have no kind of Right, Rent, or Jurisdiction within the said Walls and Fortifications; it being only reserved unto him to keep whatso­ever in time past did belong to him out of the said Place, in the Villages, Countries and Forests of the said dependence.

The said Places of Arras, Hesdin, Bapaunie, Bethune, and the Towns of Lillers, Lens, County of St. Pol, Teroane, Pas, and their Bailiwicks; as also all the other Bailiwicks and Chastellenies of Artois, (except only as aforesaid the Towns and Bailiwicks of Ayre and St. Omer, their Appurte­nances, Dependencies, Annexes and Dominions) as also Renty, in case it be not found to be any of the Dependencies of Ayre or of St. Omer; toge­ther with the Places of Graveling, and the Forts Philip, the Sluce and Han­nuin Bourbourgh, and St. Venant in Flanders; the Places of Landrecy and Quesnoy, in the Hainaeut; as also those of Avennes, Marienbourgh and Phi­lippeville, which are to be put into the Hands of the most Christian King, as aforesaid: And likewise the Places of Thionville, Montmedi, and Damvil­liers, the Town and Provostship of Ivoy, Chavency, Chasteau and the Pro­vostship thereof, and Marville, in Luxembourgh, their Bailiwicks, Chastel­lanies, &c.

And as concerning the Countries and Places taken by the Arms of France, during this War towards Spain: As it had been formerly agreed by the Ne­gociation begun at Madrid, in the Year 1656; upon which this present Treaty is grounded, that the Pyrenean Mountains, which anciently had di­vided the Gauls from Spain, should also make henceforth the Division of both the said Kingdoms, It hath been concluded and agreed, that the Lord, the most Christian King, shall remain in possession, and shall effectually enjoy the whole Country and Viquery of Roussillion, and the Country and Vique­ry of Conflans, the Countries, Towns, Places, Castles, Borroughs, Villages and Places, which make up the said Counties and Viqueries of Roussillon and Conflans: And to the Lord, the Catholick King, shall remain the County and Viquery of Cerdana, and the whole Principality of Catalonia, with the Vi­queries, Places, Towns, Castles, Boroughs, Hamblets, Places, and Coun­ties, that make up the said County of Cerdana, and the Principality of Ca­talonia. Provided, that if there be found any place of the County and Vi­query of Conflans only, and not of Roussillon, that be in the said Pyrenean Mountains toward Spain, it shall likewise remain to His Catholick Majesty: As likewise, if any place be found of the said County and Viquery of Cer­dana only, and not of Catalonia, that be in the said Pyrenean Mountains to­wards France, it shall remain to His most Christian Majesty.

The whole County and Viquery of Roussillon, County and Viquery of Conflans, except the places that shall be found to be situate in the Pyrenean Mountains towards Spain, in the manner aforesaid, according to the Decla­ration and Agreement of the Commissioners that are to be appointed for that purpose; as also that part of the County of Cerdana, that shall be found situate in the Pyrenean Mountains towards France, according unto the same Declaration of the Commissioners, the Countries, Towns, places, Castles, that make up the Viqueries of Roussillon and Conflans, and part of the Coun­ty of Cerdana, in the manner aforesaid, shall remain for ever to the Crown of France.

The said Lord the Catholick King, shall re-enter into the possession and enjoyment of the County of Corrolois, to enjoy it by him and his Successors, fully and peaceably, and hold the same under the Soveraignty of the most Christian King, as he held it afore the present War.

The said Lord the most Christian King, shall restore to the said Lord the Catholick Ling, in the Low-Countries, the Towns and places of Ypres, Ou­denard, Dixude, Furnes, with the fortified Posts of La Fintelle, and La Que­noque, Marville upon the River of Lys, Menin and Comines, their Appurte­nances, Dependences and Annexes. As also his most Christian Majesty shall put again into the hands of his Catholick Majesty the places of Burgh, St. Wynox, and its Royal Fort, and the place of la Bassee, by way of ex­change for the places of Marienburgh and Philippeville.

Secondly, The said Lord the most Christian King, shall restore in Italy, unto the said Lord the Catholick King, the places of Valence upon the Po [...] and of Mortara, their Appurtenances, Dependences and Annexes.

Thirdly, in the County of Burgundy, the said Lord the most Christian King, shall restore unto the said Lord the Catholick King, the places and Forts of St. Amour, Bleverans and Joux, and their Appurtenances, Depen­dences and Annexes, and all the other Posts, fortified or not fortified, which the Armies of his most Christian Majesty have taken in the said County of Burgundy, without keeping or reserving any thing.

Fourthly, towards Spain, the said Lord the most Christian King, shall re­store to the Catholick King, the places and Ports of Roses, the Fort of the Trinity, Cap-de Quers, La Scau d'Urgel, Toxen, the Castle of Bastide, the Town and place of Baga, the Town and place of Ripol, and the county of Cerdana, wherein are Belver, Puicerda, Carol, and the Castle of Cerdana, in such a condition as they be now, and all the Castles, Ports, fortified or not fortified, Town, Boroughs, Villages and other places, Appurtenances, De­pendences and Annexes, belonging to the said places of Roses, Cap de Quers, Scau d' Urgel, and county of Cerdana, although not named nor specified here: Provided, that if any of the said Posts, Towns, places and castles a­forenamed, should be found to be in the Viguery of Cerdana, in the Pyraene­an Mountains towards France, they shall remain to his most Christian Ma­jesty.

The said Lord the Catholick King, shall restore unto the Lord the most Christian King, the Towns and places of Rocroy. Le Catelet, and Linchamp.

As the three places of Avennes, Philippevile and Morienbourg, are yield­ed by the present Treaty, as aforesaid, unto the Lord the most Christian King, to be united and incorporated to the Crown of France, if there be found any places, which not being of the said Appurtenances, Dependences, or Annexes, ought to remain in the said propriety and soveraignty of the said Lord the Catholick King, neither his said Catholick Majesty, nor the Kings his Successors, shall have power at any time to fortify the said Borroughs, Villages, Posts or Countries, nor to make any new Fortifications between the said places of Avennes, Philippeville and Morienbourg, by means of which Fortifications, the said places or any of them, might be cut off from France, or the communication between them disturbed: As likewise it hath been concluded and agreed, that in case the place of Rente in Artois remain to his Catholick Majesty, as it ought to remain to him, in case it be found to be of the Dependences of Ayre or St. Omer, neither his said Catholick Majesty, nor the Kings his Successors, shall have power, at any time to fortify the said Renty.

By vertue of the present Treaty, all the Catalonians and other Inhabitants of the said Province, as well Prelates, Ecclesiastical Persons, Religious Per­sons, [Page 6]Lords, Gentlemen, and Burgesses, as other Inhabitants, both of the Towns and of the Country, none excepted, shall have power to re-enter, and shall effectually re-enter, and be left and established in the possession and peaceably enjoyment of all their Goods, Honours, &c. And for that end, his Catholick Majesty shall grant and cause to be published, in good form, his Declarations of Amnisty and Pardon, in the behalf of the said Ca­talonians, which publication shall be made upon the same day, as the pub­lication of the Peace.

Although his most Christian Majesty hath never been willing to engage himself, notwithstanding the pressing instances made to him heretofore, back­ed even with very considerable offers, not to make the Peace without the exclusion of the Kingdom of Portugal, because his Majesty hath foreseen and feared least such an Engagement might be an unsurmountable obstructi­on to the conclusion of the Peace, doth now restore by the present Treaty unto his Catholick Majesty, all the rest of the Conquests generally made by his Arms during this War, and wholly to restore the Prince of Conde; Pro­vided and upon that condition that the affairs of the Kingdom of Portugal should be left as they are now; which his Catholick Majesty having refused to accept, but only offering that in the consideration of the Offices of the said Lord the most Christian King, he would give his consent for setting all things in the said Kingdom of Portugal, in the same state they were afore the change arrived therein the Month of December, in the year 1640. par­doning and giving a general Amnisty for all what is past: And his said most Christian Majesty willing to prefer, as it ought to be, and is most just, the general quietness of Christendom, to the particular interest of the King­dom of Portugal, it hath been at length concluded and agreed between the said Lords and Kings, that it shall be granted unto his said most Christian Majesty, a space of three Months time, to begin from the day of the ex­changing of the Ratifications of the present Treaty, during which his said Majesty may send into the said Kingdom of Portugal, to endeavour so to dispose things there, and to reduce and compose that affair, that his Catho­lick Majesty may remain fully satisfied. Which three Months being expire­ed, if his said most Christian Majesty's Cares and Offices have not had the desired effect, his said Majesty will not further meddle with that affair.

His Catholick Majesty doth renounce by this Treaty, both in his Name, and of his Heirs, Successors and Assigns, unto all the Rights and Pretenti­ons, without keeping or reserving any thing, which his Majesty may, or might hereafter have upon the Upper and Lower Alsatia, the Zuntgaw, the County of Ferrese, Brisac, and Dependences thereof, and upon all the coun­tries, places, and rights left and yielded to his most Christian Majesty by the Treaty made at Munster, the 14 of October, 1648. to be united and incor­porated to the Crown of France: In consideration of which, his most Chri­stean [Page 7]Majesty do offer to satisfy to the payment of Three Millions of Livers, to the Archdukes of Inspruck.

The Duke Charles of Lorraine having shewed much sorrow for his Con­duct towards the Lord the most Christian King, and to have a firm intensi­on to give him more satisfaction for the future, both of himself and of his actions, then the time past, and the occasions have formerly enabled him to do, his most Christian Majesty, in consideration of the mighty offices of his Catholick Majesty, doth from this time receive the said Duke into his good Grace, and in contemplation of the Peace, without looking to the Rights his Majesty may have acquited, by several Treaties made by the late King his Father, with the said Duke, after the demolishing, which shall be first made, of all the Fortifications of both the Towns of Nancy, which he shall not have power to raise again, shall put again the said Duke Charles of Lorraine into the possession of the Dukedom of Lorraine, and even of the Towns, places, and Countries, by him formerly possessed, depending of the three Bishopricks of Mentz, Thoul and Verdun, except first, Moyenvie, which, though within the Marches of Lorraine, yet belonged to the Em­pire, and hath been yielded to his most Christian Majesty, by the Treaty made at Munster, the 21 of October, 1648.

Secondly, Except the whole Dukedom of Bar, Countries, Towns, and places, making up the same, as well that part thereof as doth hold from the Crown of France, as that which might be pretended not to hold of it.

Thirdly, except the County of Clermont, and the Dominion thereof, and the places, Provostships, and Lands of Stenay Dun, and Jametz, with the whole revenew thereof, and the Territories belonging to them. Which Moyenvie Dukedom of Bar, therein comprehended the part of the place and Provestship of Merville; which part, as it hath been said before, did belong to the Dukes of Bar, places, County, Provostship, Lands, and Dominions of Clermont, Stenay, Dnn, and Jametz, with their Appurtenances, Dependen­ces, and Annexes, shall remain for ever united and incorporated to the Crown of France.

Neither the said Duke Charles of Lorraine, nor any other Prince of his House, or of his Adherents and dependents shall not have power to remain in Arms, but both the said Duke, and the other aforesaid, shall be bound to disband their forces at the Publication of the said Peace.

Whereas the said Cardinal Mazarin, his most Christian Majesty's Pleni­potentiary, hath represented, that for the better obtaining of a good Peace, it is necessary that the Duke of Savoy, who hath intermedled in this War, joyning his Arms to those of the Crown of France, whose Ally he is, should be comprehended in the present Treaty: His most Christian Majesty love­ing the welfare and preservation of the said Duke, as much as his own, be­cause of the propinquity of blood and alliance whereby they are related▪ [Page 8]and his Catholick Majesty finding it reasonable that the said Duke be comprehended in that Peace: upon the instances and by the interposition of his most Christian Majesty; It hath been concluded and agreed, that for the future there shall be a cessation of all manner of acts of hostilty, as well by Sea and other waters, as by land, between his Catholick Majesty and the said Duke of Savoy

In consequence of the said Peace, and in consideration of the Offices of his most Christian Ma­ [...]sty, the said Lord the Catholick King shall restore unto the said Duke of Savoy, the Town, place and Castle of Verceil: And shall therein demolish nothing, nor damnify the Fortifications that have been made there: And as to the place of Cencin in the Langs, it shall likewise be restored to the said Duke of Savoy, in the same state it is now in, with the Dependences and Annexes.

As for the Dower of the late Serenissime Infanta Catharina, about which there hath been some difference betwixt the Houses of Savoy, the Artears that may be due to his House, since the said Dower was appointed, until the 17th of December in the year 1620. At which time the late Duke Charles Emanuel of Savoy gave in Appanage the said Dower, to the late Prince Philbert his Son, as it shall be verified by the date, out of the Books of the Royal Chamber of Naples.

And because the Divisions, or contrary Pretensions of the Houses of Savoy and Mantua, have se­veral times caused some Troubles in Italy, because of the assistances the said Lords and Kings have at divers times given, each of them to his Allies; that for the future, no subject or pretence may be left, that might afresh after the good Intelligence and Amity of their Majesties; It hath been con­cluded and agreed, for the good of the Peace, that the Treaties made at Querasque, in the Year 163 [...]. about the differences of the said Houses of Savoy and Mantua, shall be executed according to their Form and Tenor.

And because the said Lords and Kings have considered, that the differences of the other Princes their Friends and Adherents, have often drawn them, against their Wills, and the Kings their Pre­decessors, to the taking up of Arms; The two Lords and Kings have agreed, that they will jointly interpose, their Offices and Supplications towards our Holy Father the Pope, until they may have obtained of his Holiness that he might be pleased to cause the disserence to be ended without delay, either by an Agreement or by Justice, which the Duke of Modena hath had so long since, with the Apostolical Chamber, touching the Propriety and Possession of the Valleys of Comachio: Hoping of the Soveraign Equity of his Holiness, that he will not refuse the just satisfaction that shall be due to a Prince, whose Ancestors have so well deserved of the holy See. Their Majesties seeing, with a great Grif, the present Disposition of Germany, and of other Northern Countries, where the VVar is kindled, and may yet inflame the Empire, have concluded to send their Ambassadors, jointly to act for the managing, in their Name, a good and speedy Accommodation, both of all Differences that may trouble the Peace of the Empire, and of such, as some Years since, have caused the VVar in the other Parts of the North.

The Prince of Monaco shall be restored, without delay, into the peaceable possession of all the Goods, Rights and Revenews belonging unto him, and which he enjoyed afore the VVar, in the Kingdom of Naples, Dutchy of Milan, and other Places of the Obedience of His Catholick Ma­jesty.

All Prisoners of VVar, of what Nation or Condition soever, being detained on either side, shall be set at liberty, in paying their Expences, and what they may otherwise owe; but without paying any Ransom, unless they have agreed before otherwise; in which case the Treaties made by them afore this Day, shall be executed according to their Form and Sense.

Provided all the Premisses be duly observed, it hath been concluded and agreed, that the Treaty made at Vervins in the Year 568. is again confirmed and approved by the said Plenipo­tentiaries, in all its Points, as if the same was here inserted word for word, and without innovat­ing thing therein, nor in any of the other former Treaties, which shall remain in their full force, in whatsoever it is not derogated unto by this present Treaty.