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' Article VIII) That all the fubjedls of the queen of Great Britain 

 and of the mofl chriftian king, in all countries and places fubjed to 

 their power on each fide, as to all duties, impofitions, or cuftoms 

 whatibever, concerning perfons, goods, merchandize, fhips, freights, 

 feamen, navigation, and commerce, fhall ufe and enjoy the fame pri- 

 vileges, liberties, and immunities, at leaft, and have the like favour in 

 all things, as well in the courts of juftice, as in all fuch things as relate 

 either to commerce, or to any other right whatfoever, which any fo- 

 reign nation, the mofl favoured, has, ufes, and enjoys, or may here- 

 after have, ufe, and enjoy. 



IX) ' That within the fpace of two months after, a law fhall be made 

 in Great Britain, whereby it fliall be fufficiently provided, that no 

 more cufloms or duties be paid for goods and merchandize brought 

 from France into Great Britain than what are payable for goods and 

 merchandize of the like nature, imported into Great Britain froni 

 any other country in Europe ; and that all laws made in Great Bri- 

 tain, fince the year 1664, for prohibiting the importation of any goods 

 and merchandize coming from France, which were not prohibited 

 before that time, be repealed: the general tarif made in France, on 

 the 18th of September, in the faid year 1664, fliall take place there 

 again, and the duties payable in France by the lubjedts of Great 

 Britain for goods imported and exported, fhall be paid according 

 to the tenor of the tarif above mentioned, and fhall not exceed the 

 rule therein fettled, in the provinces whereof mention is there made; 

 and in the other provinces the duty fjiall not be payable otherwife 

 than according to the rule at that time prefcribed ; and all prohibi- 

 tiims, tarifs, edids, declarations, or decrees, made in France fince 

 the faid tarif of the year 1664, and contrary thereunto, in refpedl 

 to the goods and merchandize of Great Britain, fliall be repealed. 

 But whereas it is urged on th-^ part of France, that certain mer- 

 chandizes, that is to fay, manufadares of wool, fugar, faked fifh, and 

 the produtfl of whales, be excepted out of the rule of the above-men- 

 tioned tarif, and that likewife other heads of matters belonging to this 

 treaty remain, which, having been propoled on the part of Great Bri- 

 tain, have not yet been mutually adjufled ; a fj^ecification of all which 

 is contained in a feparate inftrumcnt, fubfcribed by the ambafladors 

 extraordinary and plenipotentiaries on bolh fides ; it is hereby provid- 

 ed and agreed, that, within two months from tlie exchange of the rati- 

 fications of this treaty, commlfl'aries on boih lldcs fliall meet at London, 

 to confider of, and remove, tlie difficulties concerning the merchan- 

 dizes to be excepted out of the tarif of the year 1664-, and concerning 

 the other heads, which, as is above laid, are npt yet whojely adjufled. 

 And, at the fame time, the f:\id commiiraries lliall likewife endeavour 

 (which feems to be very much for the intereilof both nations) to have 



