faid Majefty, no otherwife than as if fhe had still continued and remained in England.

XI. That for the better improvement of the English intereft and trade in the East Indies, and that the King of Great Britain may be better enabled to affift, defend, and protect the fubjects of the King of Portugal, in thofe parts, from the power and invafion of the States of the United Provinces, the King of Portugal, with the advice and confent of his council, doth give, tranffer, and by these prefents grant and confirm unto the King of Great Britain, his heirs and fucceffors, for ever, the port and island of Bombain in the Eaft Indies, with all the rights, profits, territories, and appurtenances whatsoever thereunto belonging, and as well the profits and revenue, as the direct, full, and abfolute dominion and fovereignty of the faid port, island, and premiffes, with all the royalties thereof, freely, fully, entirely, and abfolutely. He doth alfo covenant and grant, that the quiet and peaceable poffeffion thereof fhall, with all poffible speed, be freely and effectually delivered to the King of Great Britain, or fuch perfon as his Majefty fhall thereunto appoint, for his ufe, in performance of this grant: the inhabitants of the faid ifland (as the King of Great Britain's fubjects, and under his fovereignty, crown, jurifdiction, and government) being fuffered ftill to live there, and enjoy the free exercife of the Roman Catholic religion, in the fame manner as now they do; it being understood, and declared once for all, that the fame order fhall be obferved for the exercise and preservation of the Roman Catholic religion in Tangier, and all other places which fhall be delivered by the King of Portugal into the poffeffion of the King of Great Britain, as was provided for and agreed, upon the delivery of Dunkirk into the hands of the English. And when the King of Great Britain fhall fend his fleet to take poffeffion of the faid port and island of Bombain, they fhall have inAtructions to give all manner of encouragement, help, and affiftance, to the fubjects of the King of Portugal

in the Eaft Indies, and to protect them in their trade and navigation there.

XII. That the fubjects of the King of Great Britain may enjoy the more full benefit of trade and commerce, in all the dominions of the King of Portugal, it is agreed, that their merchants or factors (above what hath been granted by former treaties) may, by virtue of this treaty, refide in all places they fhall choose, and particularly that they fhall live, and enjoy all privileges and immunities, in order to trade, which the Portuguese themselves enjoy, in the cities and towns of Goa, Cochim, and Dio, provided that the fubjects of his Majefty of Great Britain, who are to refide in any of the faid places, fhall not exceed the number of four families in any one place.

XIII. The like privileges, liberties, and immunities the King of Great Britain's fubjects fhall enjoy in the towns of Bahia de todos os fantos, Pernambuco, and Rio de Janeiro, in the territory of Brafil, and in all other of the King of Portugal's dominions in the West Indies.

XIV. But if the King of Great Britain, or his fubjects, fhall at any time hereafter take out of the hands of the Hollanders, or others, any towns, castles, or territories, formerly belonging to the crown of Portugal, the King of Portugal, with the advice and confent of his council, doth grant the fovereignty, and full, entire, and absolute dominion of them and every of them, unto the King of Great Britain, his heirs and fucceffors, for ever, freely, entirely, and abfolutely, except Mafcata, which is at prefent inhabited by the Arabians: and if at any time the island of Zeilon, by what means foever, come into the hands of the King of Portugal, he is by this treaty obliged to deliver unto the King of Great Britain the town and port of Galle, and to grant and transfer the full and abfolute dominion and fovereignty of the faid town and port, with the poffeffion thereof, and all the appurtenances thereunto belong

ing, unto the said King of Great Britain, effectually, yet referving unto him the faid King of Portugal the town and port of Columbo; but the cinnamon trade to be equally divided between the English and the Portuguese. As alfo, if at any time the faid ifland fhall fall into the hands of the King of Great Britain, he is obliged, and with the confent and advice of his council doth promife, effectually to restore and deliver the dominion and poffeffion of the town and port of Columbo unto the King of Portugal, the cinnamon trade being, in fuch manner as aforefaid, divided and to be divided between the English and the Portuguese.

XV. In confideration of all which grants and privileges, fo much to the benefit of the King of Great Britain and his fubjects in general, and of the delivery of those important places to his faid Majefty and his heirs for ever, whereby the greatness of his empire is fo far extended; and even in confideration of the portion itself, which far exceeds the proportion that hath ever yet been given to any daughter of Portugal; the King of Great Britain doth profefs and declare, with the consent and advice of his council, that he will take the intereft of Portugal and all its dominions to heart, defending the fame with his utmost power by fea and land, even as England itself, and that he will transport thither at his proper cofts and charges two regiments of horse, each regiment confifting of 500, and two regiments of foot, each confifting of one thousand, all which fhall be armed at the charge of the King of Great Britain, but after they are landed in Portugal, fhall be paid by the King of Portugal; and in cafe the faid regiments come to be diminished, by fight or otherwife, the King of Great Britain fhall be obliged to fill up the number at his own charge; and that he fhall cause the faid regiments to be tranfported as foon as the Lady Infanta fhall arrive in England, if it be fo defired by the King of Portugal.

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[1642 with the advice and confent of his council, that when and as often as Portugal fhall be invaded, he will fend thither (being thereunto defired by the King of Portugal) ten good-fhips of war; but when and as often as it fhall be infefted by pirates, three or four fhips, all fufficiently manned and victualled for eight months, from the time of their fetting fail from England, to obey the orders of the King of Portugal. And if it shall be required that they stay above fix months there, the King of Portugal fhall be obliged to victual them for fo long time as they are to ftay, and to put in one month's victuals at the time they are to fet fail for England: but if the King of Portugal fhall be preffed in any extraordinary manner by the power of the enemies, all the King of Great Britain's fhips, which shall at any time be in the Mediterranean Sea, or at Tangier, fhall have instructions in fuch cafes to obey any orders they fhall receive from the King of Portugal, and fhall betake themselves to his fuccour and relief. And in regard of the above-mentioned conceffions and grants of the King of Portugal, his Majefty of Great Britain, his heirs and fucceffors, fhall not at any time require any thing for thefe fuccours.

XVII. Befides the levies the King of Portugal hath liberty to make by virtue of paft treaties, the King of Great Britain doth oblige himself by this present treaty, that in cafe Lifbon, Porto, or any other featown, fhall be befieged or blocked up by the power of Caftile, or any other enemy, he will afford timely affiftance of men and shipping, according to the exigence of the circumftances, and proportionable to the neceffity of the King of Portugal.

XVIII. The King of Great Britain doth profefs and promise, with the advice and confent of his council, that he will never make a peace with Caftile, which may be the leaft impediment to him, directly or indirectly, in his giving full and intire affiftance to Portugal, in order to its neceffary defence; and that he will

never deliver Dunkirk or Jamaica unto the King of Caftile, nor ever forbear to do any act that is neceffary for the relief of Portugal, though by fo doing he fhall be engaged in a war with the King of Caftile.

XIX. Laftly, it is agreed and covenanted by the King of Great Britain, that the faid Infanta, in confideration of the portion given with her by the King of Portugal, fhall renounce all her right and inheritances; by either father or mother, or any other defcendency, as well for lands and houfes, as moveables, jewels, or monies, by what right or way foever belonging unto her, as alfo what elfe fhall belong unto her for the future (except hereafter excepted) as derived unto her by the late King her father, or by his death defcending to her by the laws of Portugal as her portion, or that is to defcend unto her upon the decease of the Queen her mother by the faid laws; always provided, that the faid Lady Infanta fhall in no wife renounce, nor willeth nor intendeth to renounce, any right, inheritance, title, claim, or intereft, that doth or fhall anywife belong or appertain unto her, or any of her heirs or defcendants, to or in the crown or kingdom of Portugal, or any the dominions thereof; but doth totally and exprefsly referve unto herself, her heirs and defcendants, all thofe rights whatsoever to the faid crown and kingdom, which may any way belong or appertain unto her for the future, and doth and will retain the fame entirely and effectually now and for

ever.

A Secret Article,

Over and above all and fingular agreed and concluded in the treaty of marriage between the moft Serene and moft powerful Charles, the fecond of that name, King of Great Britain, and the most virtuous and Serene Lady Catherine, Infanta of Pòrtugal.

IT is by this fecret article concluded and accorded; that his Majefty of Great Britain, in regard of the great advantages and increase of dominion he hath purchased