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At the same time we promise to 
all those who shall willingly fol- 
low this our call, and who shall 
offer to their municipalities to serve 
in the army, 
1. That as soon as ever we shall 
have secured to the nation, agree- 
ably to our wish and desire an ho- 
nourable and permanent peace, they 
shall be dismissed at the termina- 
tion of the war. 
2. That during the war they 
shall be treated as volunteers. 
3. That they shall be at liberty, 
agreeably to their abilities and ca- 
pacity, to chuse and name the regi. 
ment in which they wish to serve; 
and that, 
4. As a just recompense on their 
return home, every possible assist- 
ance shall be given to them in their 
employments and settling ; and 
that, on all occasions, they shail be 
preferred. 
Though we can promise our- 
selves the principal operation of 
this proclamation, from. the une- 
quivocal sentiments of our faithful 
subjects, yet we think it our duty 
to impress upon their minds, that 
in following willingly this honour- 
able call of their country, they 
likewise protect their families and 
private property ; and that, if on 
the contrary they should neglect to 
join us for the general security, 
they would be forced in case of un- 
fortunate events, to carry parrici- 
dal arms against their native iand, 
and, as abused organs of the ene- 
my, to promote the ruin of public 
order, the destruction of their fel-. 
low citizens, and of their families, 
and to assist in the common de- 
struction. 
Behold, the still smoaking ruins 
of Italy, and the excesses and 
most inhuman cruelties committed. 
ANNUAL REGISTER, 1706. 
there! Behold. the devastations 
which the once flourishing territo- 
ries of Germany have suffered, in- 
undated by the armies of the ene-. 
my! And you cannot remain du- 
bious about the terrible fate which 
threatens every country, and every 
nation, on being invaded by such 
enemies. 
Dane at Vienna, 11th August, 1796. 
Proclamation by his Imperial Majesty « 
WE Francis II. by the grace off 
God, &c. &c. When we assuined: 
the government of this monarchy,. 
we fele it extremely grievous to 
find ourselyes involved in so hard 
a war as the present; great as our 
grief was, equally great was our’ 
wish of procuring a speedy and 
lasting peace to the country. Every 
body must be convinced, that all 
the powers and means possible to 
men, have hitherto been used for 
that purpose ; and it is highly pain- 
ful for us, that our paternal solici-. 
tude, added to so many patriotic 
contributions of our faithful gub- 
jects, and the valour of our troops}. 
sO repeatedly proved, could not, as 
yet, bring it so far as to effect a 
peace, honourable and not injuri- 
ous to the monarchy—nay, that it: 
rather seems to be our peculiar des-_ 
tiny, to be obliged, to our conti. 
nual mortification, to behold the: 
enemy constantly approach nearer’ 
to our German hereditary domt- 
nions, and especially to the fron- 
tiers of our beloved kingdom of Bo- 
hemia. In order, theretore, to pro- 
tect this kingdom, in the safest and. 
most perfeét manner, from ail hostile 
attacks, and it being, in other re. 
spects, no longer possible to con- 
quer solely with the army now ex~ 
isting, and to keep from off the 
frontiers, 
