we fhall appoint, either againft the Imperialifts, or any other of our Enemies, and maintain them on his own Charge, and do us all faithful and vigorous Service with them, till this great Affair be brought to a good Iffue, provided we shall authorize this his Design with our Protection, and give him the under-written Affistance. Therefore there being nothing dearer to us, than to make all vigorous Refiftance to the common Enemies of Liberty, and having in high Eftimation the brave Undertakings of generous Men, We not only would not reject, but have heartily embrac'd the Nobleness of fo good Refolutions; We have therefore admitted, even as by the Vigour of thefe Prefents we do admit, the faid Lord Marquifs into our Service, Armies and Military Councils, on the following Conditions.

I. Whenever he fhall fignify to us, that he is ready to bring over his Forces, we fhall affign him a place for his landing, either to come and join with our Armies, or to make an Impreflion elsewhere, as we fhall think fit.

II. If we appoint him to land in any place from whence he fhall not come ftrait to us, We fhall, for ftrengthening his Forces, fend to the Place We fhall affign for his landing, four Thoufand Foot out of our Armies, whom we fhall furnish with all Neceffaries, and maintain on our Charges a whole Year.

III. Because the faid Marquifs thinks two Thousand Foot are neceffary for him, for whofe Levy and Pay he promifes all Affiftance; We shall therefore think of all ways and means for raifing and maintaining the fame.

IV. We not only give to the moft Illuftrious Marquifs the abfolute Command of this Army in our Abfence, but fhall alfo join to him a Counsellor with whom he may confult in all things, that fo his Deliberations may be more fpeedy and clear.

V. Whatever the illuftrious Lord Marquifs fhall take from the Enemy, the Lands and Territories fhall belong to us, but the Revenues and all the Emoluments fhall go to him, and to the Relief of his Army; yet fo as that thofe Revenues fhall be gather'd decently and orderly, without Depredations and Plunderings; Since our Defign is not to opprefs thofe who have been already enough prefs'd, but rather to deliver them from the Oppreffions of others, as much as by the Divine Affi tance We can.

VI. That the Marquifs may more effectually perform what he hath bravely refolv'd, and may the fooner make those Warlike Inftruments of his own Invention, on which he relies much in his Expedition; we fhall not only with the firft Occafion, furnish him with a Hundred Ship-pounds of crude Iron, but fhall alfo affign Hammers for working it according to his Defign; of which Inftruments he hath promis'd to leave a Model with us, and we fhall be careful that none of our Servants fhall make use of them before he hath firft made trial of them himself.

VII. We fhall alfo furnish him with three Hundred and Seventy Ship-pounds of Iron Ball for his Guns, and two Thousand five Hundred Pikes, and as many Muf quets.

VIII. Whenever the Marquifs fhall advertise us of his wanting Gunpouder; we fhall affign him Bills of Exchange in Holland, for buying Seventy two Shippounds of Gunpouder.

IX. If any other Kings or States fhall concur with us, all they contribute fhall be at our Difpofal: but if the Marquifs his Neceffities require further Affiftance, we shall not abandon him, but faithfully affift him, as much as our Affairs fhall permit.

X. For all which the faid Illuftrious Lord Marquifs with all his Forces hath promis'd Fidelity to us, and fhall be bound to it as well as our Men, and those who receive our Pay, for which both he and all his Captains fhall be particularly engag'd.

XI. But because there is to be a Treary between our Commiffioners and the Imperialifts at Dantzick, therefore if a Peace fhall be there concluded, fo that we shall not need the Service of the Marquifs and his Army, he hath oblig'd himfelf to pay for the forefaid Materials at their entire Value. All which things being thus concluded, and to be firmly obferv'd by us, we have fubfcrib'd thefe Articles with our own Hand, and commanded our Royal Seal to be affix'd to them. At our Caftle in Stockholm, the last Day of May 1630. Sign'd Guftavus Adolphus.

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HEREAS there is a mutual Compact betwixt the moft Serene and Mighty King of Sweden and Me, for joining of our Forces, that the Articles be fully ratify'd, and left any thing afterwards fall in which may put a stop to our Counfels, or afford matter for finifter Gloffes; I therefore for my part fubfcribe all the Articles, adding only the following Explication to fome of them.

To the Firft: If the moft Serene King affign me a place for landing,, I vow and promife, by the Grace of God, to do it, betwixt

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To the Second: If the moft Serene King of Sweden fend me the agreed Number of Soldiers out of his own Forces, at the place and time appointed, I underftand, that by furnishing them with all Neceffaries, a full and entire Pay without any Deductions be laid down for a whole Year, according to the Establishment of his Majefty with his own Officers.

Befides, if the moft Serene King cannot allow of fo great a Diminution of his Forces, it will be neceffary that he not only fettle a Fund for fuch a Sum as may levy, arm and pay fo many Soldiers, but there will be need of fome more; for the Odds will be vaftly great betwixt his Majefty's train'd Soldiers, and a fudden Levy of raw Novices.

To the Third: Since the Article of the Horfe is conceiv'd in general Terms on both fides, nothing being certainly fix'd on either, it will be expedient that your Sacred Majefty declare your Mind in it plainly, how far you oblige your felf; and what fhall be agreed for me, betwixt your Majefty and thofe to whom this Affair is entrusted by me, I bind my felf to ratify.

To the Fifth: Since the Reasons of my Expedition to Germany are the fame with your Majefty's, I have firmly refolv'd to affift and relieve the opprefs'd Princes and States of Germany, by eafing them of all thofe Burdens with which they are now prefs'd; and therefore fhall do every thing orderly and decently, as becomes most

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friendly Auxiliaries; and if any thing be taken by me from the common Enemy, I fhall defire nothing more than that the Right of it be entirely and inviolably your Majesty's.

To the Ninth: Since I have devoted my whole Fortune with all my Interefts for promoting this our Delign, I promise that whatever any fhall contribute towards it, fhall all be laid out for this War, which I fhall with my whole Force manage and carry on, till either it please God that you obtain a defir'd Peace, or that the Liberty of Germany, which is now opprefs'd, be reftor❜d.

To the Tenth: Since by this Article your Majefty requires and expects Fidelity from me and my Army, I James Marquifs of Hamilton, do by thefe Prefents give my Faith for my felf and them, and bind both my felf and them, and for the Confirmation of this, I do fubfcribe this Article, with all the preceding, and put my Seal thereto, at London the 1ft of March, Anno Dom. 1631. Sign'd Hamilton.

A Treaty of Peace and Alliance between Philip IV. King of Spain, and Charles I. King of Great Britain. Made at Madrid, the 15th of November 1630.

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ment with the Kingdom of England alfo; the fame was happily begun and enter'd into, the 28th Day of August 1604. and afterwards fubfcrib'd and promulgated by the moft Serene Philip III. King of Spain, and the forefaid James King of Great Britain, and alfo facredly, justly and usefully obferv'd by mutual Offices of Friendship, and Pledges of Brotherly Love between both Kings for a long Series of Years. And altho the Viciffitude of Things and Times, and that fierce Contention, whereby the Enemy of Mankind unweariedly endeavours to hurt them, as alfo the various Chances and Accidents to which the most potent Kingdoms and Empires are for the moft part liable, gave rife to fome Differences, which foon broke out into open War, and mutual Hoftilities on both fides; yet the Omnipotent God, in whofe Hands the Hearts of Princes are, would not fuffer that antient Friendship to fall, which was between the noft Serene Philip IV. Catholick King of Spain, and the moft Serene Charles King of Great Britain, whereby thofe Royal Crowns have been hitherto faften'd as with a moft firm Band; nor that unweary'd Endeavour whereby their Royal Progenitors fought to fpare Chriftian Blood, and bless their Subjects and People with the Tranquillity of a calm Peace: by which, and by the previous friendly Offices done to both Kings in the Name of Charles Emanuel Duke of Savoy, by Alexander Cafar Scalgia, Abbot of Stafarda, Sufa and Mulegia, his Privy-Counsellor and Ambaffador, and other Minifters for the fame purpofe, it is brought about, that the mention made of a Peace not long fince was not only receiv'd with a willing Mind, but likewise Royal Ambaffadors have been fent on both fides to treat of that matter, viz. by the moft Serene King of Great Britain to the Court of Spain, Sir Francis Cottington Baronet, one of his Majefty's Privy Council, and to the Court of England by the Catholick King of Spain, Don Carlos Coloma, one of his Majefty's Privy Counfellors, Governor of the Caftle and Territory of Cambray. Therefore the pious Propenfion of both Kings, and that Difpofition which is agreeable to their innate Royal Generofity and Magnanimity being difcover'd, a Treaty was appointed thereupon at Madrid; and for that purpose the Catholick King fpecially deputed Don Gafper