IV. The Alliances have no other View, than the reciprocal Benefit and Advantage of the contracting Parties; and fince the King on the one Part, and the laudable Cantons, the Republick of Valais, and other Allies comprehended in the Helvetick Body, on the other Part, have found, by a long Experience, that nothing is more advantageous on either Side, than an intimate Union, and that the mutual Inclination of the People fubject to his Majefty, and to the Helvetick Body, affords a fair Prospect of the Benefit which must needs refult from thence, and leaves no Room to doubt of the reciprocal Fidelity with which it is defign'd to observe every Thing herein after contain'd or specify'd ; 'tis agreed, as is express'd in the Alliance of 1663.

That if (which God forbid) the Kingdom be attack'd internally, either by foreign Forces, or by inteftine Divisions, the Helvetick Boly in both thofe Cafes,shall grant without any Delay, ten Days after it fhall have been demanded, an extraordinary Levy of Troops, which Levy fhall not amount to above 16000 Men; and the Swiss Troops fhall only be employ'd by Land, and not on the Sea, confor mably to the 7th Article of the Alliance of 1663. This Levy fhall be made at the Expence of the King then reigning, who is to chefe and nominate the Colonels and Captains of all the Cantons, Republick, and States, out of whofe Territories the Soldiers are taken; And when his Majefty has obtain❜d the defir'd Services of the faid Troops, he fhall fend them Home thro' certain Routes, after having given them all the Pay that may be due, till their Arrival in their own Houses,

V. If by Way of Exchange, the Helvetick Body, or any Canton or State in particular, be attack'd by any foreign Power, or disturb'd by internal Commotions: In the firft Cafe, his Majefty fhall affift them with his Forces, accordingly as Neceflity may require, and as the Cantons entréat his Majefty: And, in the fecond Cafe, as a common Friend and Ally, his Majefty, or the Kings his Succeffors, fhall perform (upon the Request of the Party molefted and ag griev'd all Sorts of amicable Offices, in order to induce the Parties to do Juftice reciprocally one to another; and if this Means have not all the Effect defir'd, then his Ma jefty, as well as the Kings his Succeffors, without doing any Thing that deftroys the prefent Alliance, and on the contrary, with an Intention to execute it in its real Senfe, hall employ at his own proper Coft, the Forces that God has put into his Hands, to eblige the Aggreffor to obferve

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again the Rules prefcrib'd by the Leagues which the Cantons and Allies have made one with another, And farther, his Majefty, and the Kings his Succeffors, fhall declare themselves Guarantees of the Treaties that may be made between the laudable Cantons, in Cafe God should permit any Divifion to happen among them.

VI. The Officers, Soldiers, and others, retain'd in the King's Military Service and Pay, thall be free from all Taxes laid or to be laid, either Capitations, Tenths, or other Impofts, what Name foever may be given them, upon Account of their Stipends, Maintenance, or Pay,

If the above-mention'd Perfons have purchas'd, or are poffefs'd of Fee-farms in France, without examining whether they hold them of themselves or in Right of their Wives, or otherwife, they fall enjoy them during their Life, as well as their Widows during their Widowhood, after the fame Manner as the Officers of the King's Houfhould or the Noblemen may have the Enjoyment thereof fo that the above-nam'd Switzers are only to bear the Taxes or Charges annex'd to the Nature of the Eftate they are poffefs'd of.

But if the faid Soldiers, tho' actually in Service, undertake by themselves, or by their Wives, to carry on any Traffick, or a Trade, which Trade has not a direct Relation to the particular Service of the Spifs Companies in his Majefty's Pay; in that Cafe they fhall have no Mark of Diftinction, neither can they lay Claim to other Prerogatives, different from thofe that are enjoy'd by the King's Subjects.

VII. The Swifs Troops that are in Garrison in the Heart of the Kingdom, or in the Frontier Places, hall enjoy all the Franchifes, but without committing any Abufe; and to prevent Disorders, it is agreed to regulate, according to the ancient Treaties and Guftoms, every Thing that the Sutlers may bring into the Towns, with Refpect to the Number of Troops that are quarter'd therein, viz. Wihe, Provifions, Tobacco, Brandy, and other Commodities neceffary for their Subfiftence; and if the faid Swifs Sutlers ufe finifter Practices, and are convicted of going beyond what is prefcrib'd, they fhall be liable to the Confifcation of their Provifions, and to the Justice of the Swiss Nation, in order to be brought to condign Punishment.

VIII. The Pay, either for War or Peace, fhall fubfift on the Foot that is now eftablish'd; that is to fay, in Time of War, when the Regiments are appointed to ferve in the Arms and march into the Field, 17 Livres 8 Sols a

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Man every Month, and 1960 Livres likewise per Month for the Etat-major, or Field-Officers; and in Time of Peace, or when they are order'd to abide during the whole Campaign in Garrisons remote froin the Frontiers, where War is carry'd on, 16 Livres a Man per Month, and 1000 Livres in like Manner per Month for the Etat-major, except the Regiment of Swifs Guards : But if the Swifs Troops, that were not commanded to ferve in the Field, or in Places near the Seat of War, receive Orders to march thither, they shall be paid as if they had been commiffion❜d for that Purpose in the Beginning of the Campaign.

IX. The Captains who have 175 effective Men under their Command, shall be reputed to have their Companies compleat, and enjoy a Gratification of 27 Men, as is settled by the Treaty of 1671, with Reference to the Augmentation. of the Number of Officers that the King has thought fit to conftitute.

X. When the Swiss Company does not come up to the Number of 175 Men, the Captain shall lose his Ġratification, according to the Cuftom obferv'd in the Troops of that Nation, that are actually in his Majesty's Service,

XI. When the Captains in the Field have the Misfortune to sustain confiderable Loffes by Sieges, or the Defence of Places, and by Battels, his Majefty shall allow them a reafonable Time of four or five Months, accordingly as he judges expedient, to repair their Loffes; during which Time their Pay shall be appointed, and a Discount fettled for them, upon the Foor of the first Review that is to be made after the faid Term of four or five Months is expir❜d.

XII. The Captains fhall be paid regularly every Month in ready Money, and for the 12 Months of the Year; provided, nevertheless, that they be oblig'd to keep a good Company, with able Officers and Soldiers, and make the extraordinary Payments for the Company; as for the Lieutenant, Sub Lieutenant, Enfign, and all the other inferior Offices.

XIII. If the King at any Time makes new Levies, 6000 Livres of current Money of France fhall be allow'd for every Company of 200 Men; and that Sum deducted our or the Pay in the fix laft Months of the first Year of their Service.

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XIV. The King fhall caufe to be given to the new Levies, and to the Recruits, daily Allowances of Provifions upon their marching out of the Frontiers of Switzerland, to the Places where they are to be in Garrifons; and in Cafe any Troops are difbanded, the King hall likewife caufe fuch Allowances to be given them, till they come to the Frontiers of Switzerland.

XV. When any Companies fo rais'd, are vacant, with Confent of the Canton to which the Captain belongs, the King fhall appoint them Officers, who are Natives of that Country; and if the deceas'd Captain has any Relations that are able Officers, his Majefty is to prefer them before others, and the Recommendation of the Canton fhall be accepted of, if it be in Favour of Subjects capable of performing the vacant Functions; provided that the faid Canton always permit and continue to permit Recruits to be made for the vacant Company.

XVI. When the Offices of Subalterns are vacant, the Captains are to propofe Subjects that are proper and duly qualify'd to fill them up.

XVII. Such Soldiers as are fick, Prifoners, or abfent in the King's Service, for whom the Captain is to produce good Certificates, fhall be justify'd in the Review.

XVIII. When any Captain, whofe Company continues in his Majesty's Service, is difcharg'd or cafhir'd, his Soldiers of the Swifs Nation cannot be compell'd to ferve under any other Captains but thofe of their Canton; and if a Captain be difmifs'd or cafhir'd with his Company, his faid Soldiers that are Switzers, cannot be forc'd to ferve under any Perfon whatfoever.

XIX. Forafmuch as it frequently happens, that Officers or Serjeants leading Recruits, are oblig'd to pafs into different Cantons of Switzerland, and that most commonly the People, or fubaltern Officers, for Reafons exprefly contrary to the Juftice and Alliances of the Nation, entice away the Soldiers, fo that none, or very few of the faid Recruits are left, to the great Detriment of the Service, and at the fame Time of the Captains; it is agreed, That an Officer, who conducts a Recruit, fhall take, upon his fetting out from his Canton, a Certificate fign'd by the Lords of the faid Canton, and thew it in the Places of a different Canton, thro' which he is to pafs, to the End he may obtain convenient Protection; and if notwithstanding this Precaution, the People do not forbear to use Violence, and draw away the faid Recruits, then the Canton where the Fact is committed, fhall render the Bailiff or

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the Subaltern Officers refponfible for the Offence, without making any Diftinction upon Account of Religion in the like Cafe.

XX. Conformably to the 8th Article of the perpetual Peace, the King fhall not permit any of his Subjects to ferve any Power, nor any Prince againft the Helvetick Body, their Allies, Subjects, Territories, Countries, and Lordihips; and if his Majefty's Subjects contravene this Article, they shall be diligently fought for, recall'd, and punish'd according to their Demerits.

After the very fame Manner the Cantons or their Subjects cannot ferve any Power or any Prince against the King, his Kingdom, States, Dutchies, Principalities, Towns, Caftles, Lordships, Rights, Territories, and Subjects:hat he now poffeffes, or shall be poffefs'd of hereafter; and if the Subjects of the faid Cantons contravene this Article, they shall be diligently fought after, recall'd, and panif'd according to their Demerits.

XXI. When his Majefty, the Dauphin, or the Kings their Succeffors command the Armies in Perfon, the Swiss Troops in their Pay fhall follow them, according to the Example of their Ancestors, and conformably to the 6th Article of the Alliance of 1662, which imports, That if it happens that during the War wherein his mot <Chriftian Majefty or his Succeffor is perfonally engag'd, or is difpos'd to appear in Perfon in any Place or Part whatsoever, in order to meet and attack his Enemies; "he or bis faid Succeffor my raife, at his own Expence, as many Captains and Soldiers as he pleases, and judges f expedient.

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XXII. In Conformity to the 22d Article of the Alli ance of 1663, deliver'd in thefe Terms, And for fmuch the faid Territories and Lordships poffefs'd by our C great Uncle in the Year 1521, are not in cur Poffeflion; • nevertheless, we who are engag'd in the Leagues, fhall refufe all Manner of Succours, Favour, Afiftance, and Aid, without Refpect to any Perfon whatfoever, and of what Quality and Dignity foever they may be, who

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It is exprefly agreed, That if the King, the Dauphin, or the Kings their Succeffors, are minded to re-enter upon the Poffeffion of the Countries, States, Dutchies, Princi-, palities, Towns, Caftles, Lordfhips, Rights, and Territories tipulated in the Alliance of King Francis I. of glorious Memory, in 1521; the Helvetick Body thall refufe all Manner of Succour, Favour, Affittance, and Aid, without Refpect