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mentioned treaty ; which sum shall 

 be divided in such a manner that 

 one hnndied thousand pounds strr- 

 lintf may be appropriated to answer 

 part of the expcnces cxpre.s ed in 

 tlie said treaty under the name of 

 charges of completing, of putting 

 in motion, and of establishment, 

 whilst the remainingthree hundred 

 thousand pounds shall be divided 

 into nine equal portions, to answer 

 in part the bread and expenccs of 

 forage, according to the valuation 

 of the said treaty, and in part of 

 subsidy, which his Britannic majesty 

 and their high mightinesses have 

 engaged themselves by Art. 2. of 

 the treaty to furnish to his Prussian 

 majesty. 



Art. 2. As the existing circnm- 

 sfances do not permit their high 

 mightiuesses to enter into engage- 

 ments of subsidy for an indefinite 

 term, it is understood, that the 

 present convention will not be ex- 

 tended beyond the term of the pre- 

 sent year; but, if unhappily the war 

 should not then be tinishcd, his 

 Britannic majesty and the states 

 general would consult together, in 

 order to take, from time to time, 

 all the adequate ijieasures for re- 

 newing this convention, and for 

 supporting with vigour the just 

 cause, in which his Uritaniic ma- 

 jesty and tSeir hi ;h mightinesses 

 tind themselves en /aged. 



Art. 3. The present amvention 

 shall be ratified on both sides, and 

 the exchaare of t!:e ratifications 

 chall take place in the space of one 

 monrh, or sooner if it be possible. 

 In taitii of which we, plenipo- 

 tentiaries of his Britannic m.i- 

 jesty, and of the lords stat^-s 

 general of the United Provin- 

 ces, in virtue of our respective 

 powers, have signed the prc- 

 VoL. XXXVi. " 



sent convention, and affixed to 

 it the seal of our arms. 

 Done at the Hague, the nine- 

 teenth of April, one thousand 

 seven hundred a nd ninetv-fnnr. 

 (L. S.) L. P. Van dk 



Spiegel. 

 (L. S.) H. Fagel. 

 (L. S.) Malmsbuky. 



Tnaty hetwpenliis Britanvicmajesti/ 

 aruU lie duke of Brunswick. Signed 

 at Brunswick, Nov. 8, 17f;4. 



E it known to those whom it 

 does and rany concern : The 

 present situation of affairs in Europa 

 having caused a desire in hjs Bri- 

 tannic majesty that a corps of Brun- 

 swick troops should be granted to 

 him, the mostserencedukeof Bruns- 

 wick has seized, with all possible 

 eagerness, the opportunity of pro- 

 ving his unalterable attachment to 

 his Eiitannic majesty, and his zeal 

 fiir every thing that can tend to the 

 good of the countrv. To which 

 tifect, his serene highness has encra- 

 ged liin)self to furnish his Britannic 

 maje tv a corps of two thousand 

 two huiiured a.nd eighty-nine men. 

 li\ order to conclude a treaty rela- 

 tive to this object, his Britannic 

 majesty has named, on his pan, the 

 hononrable''VViiliam Elliot, and the 

 most serene duke of Brunswick has 

 named, on his s'de, the sieur John 

 Batiste de Feroncede Rotencreutz, 

 his minister of slate and knight of 

 the royal order of Danntbrog. 



Tli.:.se two ministers plenipoten- 

 tiary, after the exchange of their 

 full powers, have agreed to the fol- 

 lowing articles. 



Alt. 1. The most serene duke of 

 Brunswick fornishes, invirtueofihe 

 presfMit treaty, to his majesty the 



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