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jects of their said majesties, a per- 
fect and sincere good understand. 
ing, friendship and defensive alli. 
ance. The high contracting par- 
ties shall use all their endeavours 
for the maintenance of their com- 
mon interests, and shall employ all 
the means in their power to defend 
and guarantee each other mutually 
against every hostile aggression. 
2. The high contraéting parties 
shall aét in perfect concert in every 
thing which relates to the re-esta. 
blishment and to the maintenance 
of genvral peace; and they shall 
employ ail their efforts to prevent, 
by the means of friendly negotia. 
tion, the attacks with which they 
may be threatened, either sepa- 
rately or conjointly. 
“ 3. In case either of the high 
contracting parties should be at- 
tacked, molested, or disturbed in 
the possession of its dominions, ter- 
ritories, or cities whatsoever, or in 
the exercise of its rights, liberties, 
or franchises wheresoever, and 
without any exception, the other 
will exert all its endeavours to suc- 
cour its ally without delay, and in- 
the manner hereinafter mentioned. 
4. Their Imperial and Britannic 
majesties reciprocally guarantee to 
each other, and in the most ex- 
press manner, all their dominions, 
territories, cities, rights, liberties, 
and franchises whatsoever, such as 
they at present possess, and such 
as they shall possess, at the con- 
clusion of a general peace, made 
by their- common agreement and 
consent, in conformity to their 
mutual engagements in that re 
spe, in the convention of the zoth 
of August, 1793.—And the case of 
this defensive alliance shall exist 
from the moment’whenever either 
of the high contradting parties shall 
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be disturbed, molested, or disquieted 
in the peaceable enjoyment of its 
dominions, territories, cities, rightsy 
liberties, or franchises whatsoever, 
according to the state of actual pos- 
session, and according to the state 
of possession which shall exist at 
the above-mentioned epoch. 
s. The succours to be mutually _ 
furnished, in virtue of this treaty, 
shall Consist in 20,000 infantry; 
and 6000 cavalry, which shall} be 
furnished in the space of two months 
after requisition made by the party 
attacked, and shall continue to be 
at its disposition during the whole 
course of the war in which it shall 
be engaged. The succours shal? 
be paid and maintained by the 
power required, wherever its ally 
shall employ them; but the power 
requiring shall provide them witlt 
the necessary bread and forage, 
upon the same footing with its owa 
troops. 
If the party requiring prefers, it 
may demand the succours to be 
furnished in money ; and in that 
case the succours shall be computed. 
at the following rate, that is to 
say, 10,000 Dutch florins per month 
for every thousand infantry, and 
30,000 Dutch florins per month for 
évery thousand cavalry. And this 
money shall be paid monthly, in 
equal portions, throughout the 
whole year. 
If these succours should not suf- 
fice for the defence of the power 
requiring, the other party shall 
atigment them according as the oc- 
casion shall require, and shall event 
succour its ally with its whole forces, 
if the circumstances should render 
it hectessary. J 
6. It is agreed that; in consi- 
deration of the intimate alliance 
established by this ‘treaty sah rs 
: the 
