Swedish fword, and her minifter plenipotentiary to his moft Chriftian majefty; and the Lord Arcadi de Marcoff, counfellor of ftate to her Imperial majefty of all the Ruffias, and her minifter ple. nipotentiary to his moft Chriftian majesty. In confequence, their faid majefties the king of Great Britain, and the moft Chriftian king, have named and conftituted for their plenipotentiaries, charged with the coneluding and igning of the definitive treaty of peace, viz. the king of Great Britain, the mott illuftrious and moit excellent Lord George, duke and earl of Manchester, Vifcount Mandeville, baron of Kimbolton, lord lieutenant and cuflos rotulorum of the county of Huntingdon, actual privy counfellor to his Britannic majesty, and his ambaffador extraordinary and plenipotentiary to his molt Christian majefty; and the most Chriftian king, the moft illuftrious and most excellent Lord Charles Gravier, Count de Vergennes, baron of Welferding, &c. the king's counfellor in all his councils, commander in his orders, prefident of the royal council of finances, counfellor of tate military, minifter and fecretary of state, and of his commands and finances who, after having exchanged their refpe&ive full powers, have agreed upon the following articles.

Art. I. There fhall be a chriftian, univerfal, and perpetual peace, as well by fea as by land, and a fincere and conftant friendfhip fhall be re-established between their Britannic and moft Chriftian majefties, and between their heirs and fucceffors, kingdoms, dominions, provinces, countries,

fubjects and vaffals, of what quality or condition foever they be, without exception either of places or perfons; fo that the high contracting parties fhall give the greatest attention to the maintaining between themfelves, and their faid dominions and fubjects, this reciprocal friendship and intercourfe, without permitting hereafter, on either part, any kind of hoftilities to be committed, either by fea or by land, for any caufe, or under any pretence whatfoever and they fhall carefully avoid, for the future, every thing which might prejudice the union happily re-eftablished, endeavouring, on the contrary, to procure reciprocally for each other, on every occafion, whatever may contribute to their mutual glory, interefls, and advantage, without giving any afliftance or protection, directly or indirectly, to thofe who would do any injury to ei ther of the high contracting parties. There fhall be a general oblivion and amnesty of every thing which may have been done or committed, before or fince the commencement of the war which is just ended.

Art. II. The treaties of Westphalia of 1648; the treaties of peace of Nimeguen of 1678, and 1679; of Ryfwick of 1697; thofe of peace and of commerce of Utrecht of 1713; that of Baden of 1714; that of the triple alliance of the Hague of 1717; that of the quadruple alliance of London of 1718; the treaty of peace of Vienna of 1738; the definitive treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle of 1748; and that of Paris of 1763, ferve as a bafis and foundation to the peace, and to the prefent treaty; [X] 2

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and for this purpofe they were all renewed and confirmed in the beft form, as well as all the treaties in general which fubfifted between the high contracting parties before the war, as if they were herein inferted word for word; and fo they are to be exactly obferved for the future in their full tenor, and religiously executed by both parties, in all the points which fhall not be derogated from by the prefent treaty of peace.

Art. III. All the prisoners taken on either fide, as well by land as by fea, and the hoftages carried away or given during the war, and to this day, fhall be restored, without ran fom, in fix weeks at lateft, to be computed from the day of the exchange of the ratifications of the prefent treaty; each crown refpectively difcharging the advances which thall have been made, for the fubfiftance and maintainance of their prifoners, by the fovereign of the country where they fhall have been detained, according to the receipts and attefted accounts, and other authentic vouchers, which fhall be furnished on each fide: and fureties fhall be reciprocally given for the payment of the debts which the prifoners may have contracted in the countries where they may have been detained until their entire release. And all fhips, as well men of war as merchant fhips, which may have been taken fince the expiration of the terms agreed upon for the ceffation of hoftilities by fea, fhall likewise be restored bona fide, with all their crews and cargoes. And the execution of this article fhall be proceeded upon immediately

after the exchange of the ratifications of this treaty.

Art. IV. His majesty the king of Great Britain is maintained in his right to the island of Newfoundland, and to the adjacent islands, as the whole were affured to him by the thirteenth article of the treaty of Utrecht; excepting the islands of St. Pierre and Miquelon, which are ceded in full right by the prefent treaty to his moft Christian majesty.

Art. V. His majesty the most Chriftian king, in order to prevent the quarrels which have hitherto arifen between the two nations of England and France, confents to renounce the right of fishing, which belongs to him in vir. tue of the aforefaid article of the treaty of Utrecht, from Cape Bonavifta to Cape St. John, fituated on the eastern coaft of Newfoundland, in fifty degrees north latitude; and his majesty the king of Great Britain confents on his part, that the fishery affigned to the fubjects of his moft Chriftian majefty, beginning at the said Cape St. John, paffing to the north, and defcending by the weftern coaft of the island of Newfoundland, fhall extend to the place called Cape Raye, fituated in forty-feven degrees, fifty minutes latitude. The French fifhermen fhall enjoy the fishery which is affigned to them by the prefent article, as they had the right to en. joy that which was affigned to them by the treaty of Utrecht.

Art. VI. With regard to the fishery in the gulf of St. Laurence, the French fhall continue to exercife it conformably to the fifth article of the treaty of Paris.

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