a jointly, and with them to agree, treat, confult and conclude upon the re-establishing, as foon as may be, of a firm and lasting peace, and fincere friendship and concord; and for us, and in, our name, to and aler fign nowhatever fmay be fo agreed upon and concluded; and concluded; and alfo to make, and mutually deliver and receive, a treaty or and treaties, or fuch other and fo many inftruments as fhall be requifite, upon the bufinefs concluded, and to tranfact all other matters, which may relate to the happily accomplishing of the aforefaid work, in as ample manner and form, and with equal force and effect, as we, if we were prefent, could do and perform; engaging and promifing, on our Royal Word, that we will approve, par ratify and accept, in every more perfect form, whatever may happen to be tranfacted and concluded by our faid Plenipotentiary and that we will never fuffer the fame to be violated or infringed by any one, either in the whole or in part. In witnefs, and for the greater validity of all which, we have caufed our Great Seal of Great Britain to be affixed to these prefents, figned with our Royal Hand r Given at our Court of St. James's, the twentieth day of April, in the Year of our Lord, 1783, and in the twenty-third year of our reign. His Moft Chriftian Majefty's full Power dvd bas bus EWIS, by the Grace of God, King of France and Navarre, to all thofe who fhall fee these presents, greeting. The preliminaries figned at Verfailles the twentieth of January, in the prefent year, laid the foundation of the peace re-established between us and our Moft dear and Moft Beloved Good Brother the King of Great Britain. We have nothing more at heart than to confolidate that falutary, and important work, by a folemn and Definitive treaty for thefe caufes, and other good confiderations us thereunto moving, we, confiding entirely in the capacity and experience, zeal and fidelity in our fervice, of our most dear and well-beloved the Sieur Count de Vergennes, our Counsellor in all our councils, Com mander mander in our Orders, Prefident of our Royal Council of Finances, Counfellor of State Military, Minifter, and Secretary of State, and of our Commands and Finances, having the department of Foreign Affairs, we have named, appointed and deputed him, and by thefe prefents, figned with our hand, do name, appoint and depute him, our Minifter Plenipotentiary, giving him full and abfolute power to act in that quality, and to confer, negociate, treat and agree, jointly with the Minifter Plenipotentiary of our moft dear and most beloved Good Brother the King of Great Britain, invefted with full powers in good form, to agree upon, conclude and fign, fuch articles, conditions, conventions, declarations, definitive treaty, acceffions and other acts whatfoever, that he fhall judge proper for fecuring and confirming the great work of peace, the whole with the fame latitude and authority as we ourself might do, if we were there prefent in perfon, even though there fhould be fomething which might require a more fpecial order than what is contained in thefe prefents; promifing, on the faith and word of a King, to approve, keep firm and ftable for ever, fulfil and execute punctually, every thing that the faid Sieur Count de Vergennes fhall have ftipulated and figned, in virtue of the prefent full power, without ever infringing or permitting the fame to be infringed, for any caufe or under any pretence whatfoever; as alfo to caufe our letters of ratification thereof to be expedited in good form, and to caufe them to be delivered, in order to their being exchanged in the time which fhall be agreed upon: for fuch is our pleafure. In witnefs whereof, we have caufed our feal to be put to thefe prefents. Given at Verfailles, the fourth day of the month of February, in the year of Grace 1783, and in the ninth year of our reign. Signed Louis; and on the fold, by c the King, La Croix Marthal de Caftries; and fealed with the great feal of yellow wax. WE E, Jofeph the fecond, by the Divine Favour, King King of Germany, Jerufalem, Hungary, Bohemia, Dalmatia, Croatia, Slavonia and Lodomeria; Archduke of Auftria, Duke of Burgundy, Lorrain, Stiria, Carinthia and Carniolia; Great Duke of Tuscany; Great Prince of Tranfilvania; Marquis of Moravia; Duke of Brabant, Limburg, Luxemburg and Gueldres, Wirtemberg, Upper and Lower Silefia, Milan, Mantua, Parma, Pla centia and Guaftalla, Olvecinia and Zatoria, Calabria, Barri, Montferat and Tefchin; Prince of Suevia and Carolopolis; Count of Hafburg, Flanders, Tyrol, Hain ault, Kiburg, Goritia and Gradifca; Marquis of the Holy Roman Empire, of Burgovia, Upper and Lower Lufatia, Muffopont and Nomeny, Count of Namur, Province, Vaudemont, Albimont, Zutphen, Sarwar,Salm and Falkenstein; Lord of Marchpurg, Slavonia and Mechlin By the tenor of thefe prefents, make known and testify to all and fingular whom it doth or may in any manner concern. During the time that the late extenfiye war overfpread almost the whole world, we, and her Majelly. the Emprefs and fole Monarch of all the Ruffias, animated with an equal defire of putting an end as foon as poffible. to the calamities of the war, did not omit frequently to manifect our earnest inclination that by the interpofition of our refpective and mutual friendly offices, a reconciliation of the belligerant parties might be promoted, and the former peace and fincere, concord between them be restored. It was very agreeable to us to understand that our common endeavours had not failed of the defired effect; for a more pacific difpofition afterwards prevailing in the minds of the princes engaged in the war, and the bufinefs being already fo far happily advanced, that previous conditions of peace, or preliminary articles, were. agreed upon between them, on which the general work of pacification might be founded, the aforefaid Moft Serene and Moft Potent Princes defired, in a friendly. manner, that, in concert with her Imperial Majefty of all the Ruffias, we would apply our joint attention to this falutary bufinefs, and interpofe our friendly offices for eftablishing the peace, of which the foundations were happily laid by the above mentioned previous conditions, in order that by the united efforts of the mediators, the great work of peace might, on every fide, be the more certainly accomplished. We, ever intent upon that object, perceived with the greater fatisfaction, the fentiments of the abovementioned Princes, and having previously concerted meatures with her Majesty the Emprefs of all the Ruffias, did not hefitate to confirm the expectations they had conceived on our part, by accepting, with a willing and chearful mind, the truft committed to us. For which end we have made choice of the illuftrious and noble, our faithful and beloved Florimond Count de Mercy-Argenteau, Knight of the Golden Fleece, our actual Privy Counsellor, and our Ambaffador refiding at the Court of the Moft Serene and Moft Potent King of France and Navarre, a perfon of fingular fidelity, in tegrity and experience in the proper conduct of affairs, and have appointed, and hereby given him full power to take upon him, in our name, the office of mediator, conjointly with fuch perfon or perfons who fhall be ap pointed and furnished with equal full power, as well on the part of her Majesty the Empress of all the Ruffias, as co-mediatrix, as on the part of the other Princes who may be interested therein, and to contribute his counfel and affistance for concluding, by the interpofition of friendly offices and united efforts, fuch, treaties, conven tions or regulations whatfoever, as may appear to be neceffary for compleating the work of peace; all which he fhall fubfcribe and fign, and fhall alfo deliver fuch inftrument or inftruments, on his part, as may be proper and required of him for perfecting the bufinefs promif ing on our+ Imperial, Royal and Archducal Word, that we will ratify, accept and faithfully fulfil all fuch things as our faid Ambaffador fhall have concluded, promifed and figned, by virtue of thefe prefents; and that we will order letters of ratification to be expedited at the time agreed upon. In witness, and for the greater validity whereof, we have figned this inftrument of full power. with our hand, and have ordered it to be confirmed with our Imperial, Royal and Archducal feal affixed thereto. Given in our city of Vienna, the 16th day of April, in the year of our Lord 1783, in the twentieth of our Roman Roman-Germanick reign, and the third of our hereditary reigned grove no diyum 9000g to drow 1910 Bajdo 28.43 mogu saJOSEPH.bodliigisopor vinier 20 air animal cits notbeturi is. Kaunitz Rietberg tuca Minor and gaived has „25a1 bone thin97068 By his Sacred, Imperial and Royal Apoftolick Majefty's fpecial command, or strait Ant. Spielmann.ds duro/The Emprefs of Ruffia's full Power siden bas T BY the Grace of God, we, Catherine the Second, Emprefs and fole Monarch of all the Ruffias, of Mulcovy, Kiovia, Vlodomiria, Novogorod, Czarina of Cafan, Czarina of Aftracan, Czarina of Siberia, Lady of Plefcau, and Great Dutchefs of Smolensko, Dutchels of Eftonia, of Livonia, Carelia, Twer, Ingoria, Germia, Viatkia, Bulgaria, and other countries; Lady and Great Dutchefs of Lower Novogorod, of Czernigovia, Refan, Roftow, Jaroflow, Belo Oforia, Udoria, Obdoria, Condinia, Ruler of all the fide of the North, Lady of Iveria, and Hereditary Princess and Sovereign of the Czars of Cartalinia and Georgia, as alfo of Cabardinia, of the Princes of Cireaffia, of Gorki,&c. Being intent, during all the courfe of the late wary which had extended over every part of the earth, to teftify how much we had it at heart to fee the calamities thereof termis nated, we were inclined, in conjunction with his Majefty the Emperor of the Romans, King of Hungary and Bohemia, to employ our good offices in order to find means of concilliation proper for re eftablishing peace, andi good understanding between the belligerant powers. We have had the fatisfaction to obferve, that our com moni endeavours were not fruitless; and the pacific fentiments with which the faid powers were happily Dani mated, having ripened and ftrengthened fo far that they proceeded to conclude preliminary articles, ferving as a bafis to the definitive treaties, they invited us con jointly with his Majelly the Emperor of the Romans, King of Hungary and Bohemia, to carry our united mediation |