SEPT OFA BIBIRI' SI. 
as well by fea as by land, and a fin- 
cere and conftant friendfhip be- 
tween the two contra¢ting parties, 
and their dominions, and territories, 
and people, without exception of 
eithér places or perfons; fo that 
the high contraéting parties fhall 
give the greateft attention to the 
maintaining between themfelves 
and their faid dominions, territories, 
and people, this reciprocal friend- 
fhip and intercourfe, without per- 
mitting hereafter, on either part, 
any kind of hoftilities to be com- 
mitted either by fea or by land, for 
any caufe, or under any pretence 
whatfoever. There fhall be a ge- 
neral oblivion and amnefty of every 
thing which may have been done 
or committed by either party to- 
wards the other before or fince the 
commencement of the war; and 
they fhall carefully avoid for the 
future every thing which might 
prejudice the union happily re- 
eftablithed. 
Immediately after the exchange 
of the ratifications of this treaty, 
orders fhall be fent to the armies 
and fquadrons. of both parties to 
{top all hoftilities ; and for the exe- 
cution of this article, fea-paffes fhall 
be given on each fide to the fhips 
~ difpatched to carry the news of 
peace to the poffeflions of the two 
parties. 
II. The treaties of peace of 
Nimeguen of 1678 and 1679, of 
Ryfwick of 1697, and of Utrecht 
of 1713; that of Baden of 1714; 
that of the triple alliance of the 
Hague of 1717; that of the quad- 
ruple alliance of London of 1718; 
the treaty of peace of Vienna of 
1736; the definitive treaty of Aix 
Ja ‘Chapelle of 1748; the definitive 
treaty of Paris of 1763, and that of 
Verfailles of 1783, ferve as a bafis 
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and foundation to the peace, and_to 
the prefent treaty. And, for this 
purpofe they are all renewed and 
confirmed in the beft form, fo that 
they are to be exactly obferved for 
the future in their full tenor, and 
religioufly executed by both parties 
in all the points, which fhall not 
be derogated from by the prefent 
treaty of peace. 
II].—All the prifoners taken on 
either fide, as well by land as by 
fea, and the hoftages carried away 
or givea during the war, fhall be re- 
ftored, without ranfom, in fix weeks 
at lateft, to be computed from the 
day of the exchange of the ratifica- 
tions*of the prefent treaty; each 
party refpectively difcharging the 
advances which fhall have been 
made for the fubfiftence and main- 
tenance of their prifoners in the 
country where they fhall have been 
detained, according to the receipts, 
attefted accounts, and other authen- 
tic vouchers, which fhall be fur- 
nifhed on each fide; and fecurity 
fhall be reciprocally given for the 
payment of the debts which the 
prifoners may have contracted in 
the countries where they may have 
been detained, until their entire 
releafe. 
IV.—With refpect to the rights 
of fifhery on the coafts of the ifland 
of Newfoundland, and of the iflands 
adjacent, and in the Gulph of St. 
Lawrence, the two parties fhall re- 
turn to the fame fituation in which 
they ftood refpectively, according 
to the treaties and engagements 
fubfifting at the period of the com- 
mencement of the war. And with 
his view, his Majefty confents to 
reftore to France, in full right, the 
iflands of St. Pierre and Miquelon. 
V.—The fame principle of the 
flate of poffeffian before the war, is 
adopted 
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