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everything which may have been done or committed before or since the 

 commencement of the war which is just ended. 



Art. 2. Tiie treaties of Westphaha^ of 1648; those of Madrid, of 1667 

 and of 1670; those of peace and of commerce of Utrecht, of I7l3; that of 

 Baden, of 1714; of Madrid, of 1715; of Seville, of 1729; the definitive 

 treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle, of 1748; the treaty of Madrid, of 1750; and the 

 definitive treaty of Paris, of 1763, serve as a basis and foundation to the 

 peace and to the present treaty; and for this purpose they are all renewed 

 and confirmed in the best form, as well as all the treaties in general which 

 subsisted between the high contracting parties before the war, and parti- 

 cularly all those which are specified and renewed in the aforesaid defini- 

 tive treaty of Paris, in the best form, and as if they were herein inserted 

 word for word, so that they are to be exactly observed for the future in 

 their full tenor, and religiously executed by both parties in all the points 

 which shall not be derogated from by the present treaty of peace. 



Art. 3. All the prisoners taken on either side, as well by land as by 

 sea, and the hostages carried away or given during the war, and to this 

 day, shall be restored without ransom, in six weeks at the latest, to be 

 computed from the day of the exchange of the present treaty, each Crown 

 respectively discharging the advances which shall have been made for 

 the subsistence and maintenance of their prisoners by the sovereign of 

 the country where they shall have been detained, according to the re- 

 ceipts, attested accounts, and other authentic vouchers which shall be 

 furnished on each side; and sureties shall be reciprocally given for the 

 payment of the debts which the prisoners may have contracted in the 

 countries where they may have been detained, until their entire release. 

 And all ships, as well men-of-war as merchant ships, which may have 

 been taken since the expiration of the terms agreed upon for the cessation 

 of hostilities by sea, shall likewise be restored, bona fide, with all their 

 crews and cargoes. And the execution of this article shall be proceeded 

 upon immediately after the exchange of the ratifications of this treaty. 



Art. 4. The King of Great Britain cedes in full right to his Catholic 

 Majesty, the island of Minorca: Provided, That the same stipulations 

 inserted in l^e following article shall take place in favor of the British 

 subjects with regard to the above-mentioned island. 



Art. 5. His Britannic Majesty likewise cedes and guaranties in full 

 right to his Catholic Majesty, East Florida, as also West Florida. His 

 Catholic Majesty agrees that the British inhabitants or others who may 

 have been subjects of the King of Great Britain in the said countries 

 may retire in full security and liberty where they shall think proper, and 

 may sell their estates and remove tlieir effects as well as their persons^ 

 without being restrained in their emigration under any pretence whatso- 

 ever, except on account of debts or criminal prosecutions; the term limited 

 for this emigration being fixed to the space of eighteen months, to be 

 computed from the day of the exchange of the ratifications of the present 

 treaty; but if, from the value of the possessions of the English proprietors, 

 they should not be able to dispose of them within the said term, then his 

 Catholic Majesty shall grant them a prolongation proportionate to that 

 end. It is further stipulated, that his Britannic Majesty shall have the 

 power of removing from East Florida all the effects which may belong to 

 him, whether artillery or other matters. 



Art. 6, The intention of the two high contracting parties being to 



