these presents shall not be prejudiced by the treaties of peace that fhall be made, and that all the princes and potentates interested in the faid propofals do ratify the difmembering we make by thefe prefents of the faid dutchy of Limbourg, and the erecting of that in fovereignty, in favour of the Princefs of Urfini, fo as that the be put and remain in full poffeffion and peaceable enjoyment thereof, within the full extent of these prefents, according to their form and tenor, and without any referve or restriction whatsoever; it being our will, that the present donation be one of the conditions of the treaties that may be made in what fhall concern the faid Spanish Netherlands, to the end the faid Princefs of Urfini, her heirs, fucceffors, and affigns, may enjoy the faid dutchy of Limbourg and its appurtenances, fully, peaceably, perpetually, and for ever, with the title of fovereignty, without any trouble and hinderance; on the contrary, to effect the fame, and to conftrain thereto all thofe whom it fhall concern, or that are therefore to be constrained, we have, out of our full power and royal authority, fupplied, as we do hereby fupply all defects or omiffions of right or fact, that might be found or happen in this donation, ceffion, and conveyance, either by the fault of expreffion, of the value of the revenues, and of the employments of the faid dutchy of Limbourg, that are not therein specified or declared, and that might be requifite by former ordinances, to which, and the derogatories of the derogatories therein contained, we have expressly derogated, as we derogate by these prefents; for fuch is our will and good pleafure: willing that thefe prefent letters patents be delivered to the faid Princefs of Urfini, that she may cause the fame to be registered and published where it fhall be neceffary, and even to cause them to be inferted, with the donation and ceffion therein contained, in the treaty of peace to be negotiated, therein, to be included and acknowledged in the quality of fovereign Princefs of the dutchy of Limbourg, and in that quality to exercise the rights thereof, and there to make H 3 treaties treaties and alliances with the princes and fovereigns that fhall intervene, enjoining the minifters and ambaffadors who fhall be there on our part, to acknowledge her as fuch, and all our officers of the faid dutchy of Limbourg to obey these prefents from the moment they fhall be notified to them; and to the end this present donation be firm and lasting for ever, we have figned these present letters with our own hand, and caused our great feal to be affixed to them, willing and ordaining that they be registered in all and every one of our councils and chambers of accompts where it fhall belong. Given at our city of Corella, in our kingdom of Navarre, the 28th day of September, in the year of our Lord 1711, and of our reign the eleventh. And her faid Majefty of Great Britain promises, that she will maintain the faid Lady Princefs of Urfini, or her affigns, in the real, actual, and peaceable poffeffion of the faid fovereignty and territory, against all and every one, at any time, and for ever, and that fhe will not permit that the faid Lady Princess be disturbed or molested in the faid poffeffion by any body, by right or fact. And whereas the real poffeffion of the fovereignty of the faid dutchy of Limbourg, or of the territories as aforefaid to be fubrogated, ought, by virtue of the before-mentioned convention, concluded the 27th of March laft paft, to have been already given to the faid Lady Princefs, although it is not yet given; therefore her faid Royal Majefty of Great Britain, as a farther furety, promifes, and engages her Royal word, that he will not yield or remit, nor fuffer to be yielded or remitted to any body, the faid Spanish Netherlands, but will keep, or caufe the fame to be kept, not only until the faid Lady Princefs of Urfini be put in actual and peaceable poffeffion of the faid fovereignty, but also, that the faid Lady Princess of Urfini be, as aforefaid, acknowledged Sovereign Lady of the faid fovereignty, and put in poffeffion thereof by the Prince to whom the faid Spanish Netherlands are to be yielded and remitted. This prefent article fhall be ratified, and the exchange of the ratifications fhall be made at Utrecht within fix weeks, or fooner, if poffible. In witness whereof, we the ambaffadors extraordinary and plenipotentiaries of her Sacred Royal Majefty of Great Britain, have fubfcribed this prefent article, and fealed the fame with our feals, at Utrecht the of July, in the year of our Lord 1713. 2 (L. S.) Job. Bristol, C. P. S. (L. S.) El Marque le Monteleon. We having feen and confidered the faid fecond feparate article, have approved and ratified, and by these prefents do approve and ratify the fame, promifing on our Royal word, that we will fincerely and truly do and perform all things which are contained in the faid second article. In teftimony whereof we have caused our great feal of Great Britain to be affixed to this instrument, which is figned with our Royal hand. Given at our court at Kensington, the thirty-first day of July 1713, and of our reign the twelfth. ANNE R. ANNE R. ANNE, by the grace of God, Queen of Great Britain, France, and Ireland, Defender of the Faith, &c. To all to whom these presents fhall come, greeting. When we had determined to endeavour to put an end to this fo long and fo pernicious a war, amidst the great cares which we took upon us in reftoring the public tranquillity, we turned our thoughts in the first place to the renewal and strengthening of thofe most flrict bands of friendship and correfpondence between us and our good brother Philip the Fifth Catholic H 4 King King of Spain, which had fubfifted from the longest date of time between the British and Spanish crowns, to the mutual benefit of both nations: wherefore we were pleafed to appoint the fame minifters, who had fo long, and with fo good fuccefs, applied themselves in our name to promote and finish the moft wholesome work of peace between the Chriftian princes and states at Utrecht, to conclude and fign terms and conditions, as well of peace and friendship, as of commerce and navigation, between us and the faid Catholic King. Know ye therefore, that we repofing very great confidence in the fidelity, industry, and perfpicacity and experience, in treating of affairs of the greatest importance, of the Right Reverend Father in God our right trufty and well-beloved counsellor John Lord Bifhop of Bristol, keeper of our privy feal, dean of Windsor, and register of our most noble Order of the Garter; and of our right trufty and right well-beloved coufin and counsellor Thomas Earl of Strafford, Viscount Wentworth of Wentworth Woodhoufe, and of Staineborough, Baron of Raby, lieutenant general of our armies, firft commiffioner of our admiralty, knight of our most noble Order of the Garter, and our ambassador extraordinary and plenipotentiary to the High and Mighty Lords the States General of the United Provinces, have nominated, made, and conftituted, as we do by thefe prefents nominate, make, and conftitute them our true, certain, and undoubted ambaffadors extraordinary, commiffaries, procurators, and plenipotentiaries, giving and granting to them, either jointly or feparately, all and all manner of power, leave, and authority, and our general as well as fpecial command (provided that our general command shall not derogate from or be contrary to our fpecial command) to meet at Utrecht, or at any other place whatsoever, and have conferences with the ambaffadors extraordinary and plenipotentiaries, whom the faid Catholic King fhall depute on his fide, and provide with fufficient authorities, and of treating of, agreeing upon, and concluding fafe, fafe, firm, and honourable conditions of peace and friendship between us and the faid Catholic King, and of figning whatsoever shall be so agreed for us, and in our name, and of making, delivering, and receiving reciprocally, all the neceffary inftruments of the things concluded, how many or whatsoever they are, and in general, of doing and performing all things which they fhall judge to be any ways neceffary or convenient towards making and establishing conditions of peace and friendship as aforefaid, in as ample manner and form, and with the fame force and effect, as we could do and perform the fame, if we ourselves were prefent; promifing and engaging our Royal word, that we will approve and ratify all and every one of the articles, which by virtue of these prefents fhall be tranfacted, concluded, and figned by our faid ambassadors extraordinary, commiffaries, procurators, and plenipotentiaries, jointly or feparately, in the form and manner wherein they are agreed. For the greater teftimony and validity whereof, having figned these presents with our Royal hand, we have commanded our great feal to be affixed thereunto. Given at our palace at St. James's the third day of May, 1713, in the twelfth year of our reign. DON PHILIP, by the grace of God, King of Caftille, Leon, Aragon, and both Sicilies, Jerufalem, Navarre, Granada, Toledo, Valencia, Galicia, Majorca, Seville, Sardinia, Cordoua, Corfica, Murcia, Jaen, the Algarves, Algezira, Gibraltar, the Canaries, the East and West Indies, the islands and continent of the ocean, Archduke of Austria, Duke of Burgundy, Brabant, and Milan, Count of Apfburg, Flanders, Tirol, and Barcelona, Lord of Bifcay and Molina, &c. Whereas Europe has, through the unfearchable judgments of God, fuffered a more bloody and obftinate war than ever yet was feen, to the ruin of the people and provinces, the rage of which no human means have been able to extinguish, till this present time, when, by the |