be not prejudic'd in any thing, as to the Benefit they have or hall afterwards have on the account of Obligations, with regard to the Towns and Citizens in the Lands and Dominions of the Lord the Archduke: The fame fhall alfo be obferv'd in England, Calais, and Borders fubject to the Lord the King. XIV. That the Merchants and other Subjects of the moft Serene King of England, and their Factors, dying in any of the Lands and Dominions of the Lord the Archduke, and having their own Goods and Merchandizes as well as thofe of others in the faid Places, fhall not be held and reputed from henceforth Baftards or unlawfully born; but the Goods and Merchandizes of him thus dying, fhall effectually and without further delay be deliver'd without any diminution to his Heirs, Executors, or nearest Kindred, or to any others related or not related to him, provided they be English, and have any Intereft therein or Claim thereto, either by Will or any other legal Way; and provided they exhibit Certificatory Letters of the Place of his Birth, and the Names of the Parents of the faid Defunct, and that he was held and reputed as lawfully born in the Land of his Nativity in the Kingdom of England: which certificatory and authentick Writing, without any other Probation whatfoever, fhall be held fufficient. And as to what concerns the ftaple Merchants and their Factors coming to die in the Lands and Dominions of the Lord the Archduke ; the Certificate of the Staple only fhall be fufficient, there being no Bastards admitted to be Merchants of the Staple. Nor fhall the proper Goods of an English Priest dying in the Lands or Dominions of the Lord the Archduke, nor the Goods of others depofited and found with him at the time of his Death, be confifcated; but his Goods fhall be fully and entirely reftor'd to his Relations, or to any others to whom he fhall have left them, and the Goods of others to fuch as fhall make out their Property in them, witnout any certificatory Exhibition. The fame fhall likewife be obferv'd concerning the Subjects of the Lord the Archduke, dying in England. XV. It is agreed and concluded, That all and fingular the forefaid Articles (the Article concerning the Defalcation or Abatement of the half Mark only excepted, which fhall fubfift only twelve Years, unless one of the Princes, which God forbid, fhould die in the mean time) have and fhall have their Force and Effect during the Life of both Princes, and a whole Year next and imme diately following the Decease of the Prince first coming to die. XVI. It is agreed and concluded, That the moft Illuftrious Lord the King of England fhall give and deliver, or cause to be given and deliver'd within two Months next and immediately following the Date of the prefent Treaty, his Letters Patent feal'd with his great Seal, and fign'd with his own Hand, confirming and ratifying all and fingular the Articles of the present Treaty, as far as they concern or may concern the faid Lord the King, or his Subjects, to the Commiffioners of the faid Lord the Archduke, in the Town of Calais, fufficiently authoriz'd for this end. And in like manner the Lord the Archduke fhall give and deliver, or command and caufe to be deliver'd to the Commiffioners of the faid moft Serene Lord the King, in the Town of Ca lais, fufficiently inftructed for this end, within two Months immediately following the Date of this Treaty, his Letters Patent feal'd with his Great Seal, and fubfcrib'd with his own Hand, confirming and ratifying all and fingular the Articles of the prefent Treaty, as far as they concern or fhall concern the faid Lord the Archduke, and his Subjects. Here follow the Tenors of the Commiffions. Henry, by the Grace of God, King of England and Know ye that we, trufting very much in the Fidelity, Industry and provident Circumfpection of our beloved and faithful Counfellor, the Reverend Father in Chrift, Richard, Bp of Rochester; as likewife of our beloved and faithful Counsellors, William Warham Doctor of Laws, Mafter or Keeper of the Rolls of Chancery; Richard Nanfan Knight, Deputy Lieutenant of our Town of Calais; Mr. Richard Hatton Doctor of Laws; John Turbeville Knight, Treasurer of our forefaid Town; Sampfon Norton Knight, Janitor of the forefaid Town; and and Adrian Whitehill, Comptroller of our faid Town; do affign, make, conftitute and depute by thefe Prefents them to be our true and undoubted Commiffioners, Ambaffadors, Procurators and Deputies; giving and granting to them, or any fix, five, four or three of them, full Power and Authority, and general and fpecial Commiffion to meet, treat, explain, obtain, declare, agree, compound, covenant, fettle, repair, reform, and fully and entirely determine, and finally conclude in our Name, for us, all our Kingdoms, Countries, Lands, Dominions, Subjects and Vaffals whatfoever, with our moft dear Coufin, Philip, Archduke of Auftria, Duke of Burgundy, &c. or with his Ambaffadors, Commiffioners, Procurators, Deputies, &c. having full Power from our faid Coufin, about and upon all Commerce, exercife of Commerce, and a mutual and amicable Intercourfe of Merchandizes, between us, our Heirs and Succeffors, Kingdoms, Countries, Lands, Dominions and Places, and our faid Coufin, his Heirs and Succeffors, &c. Promifing bona fide, and on the word of a King, that we shall ratify, hold and obferve as acceptable and firm, all and fingular that fhall be fettled, promis'd, agreed and concluded by our forefaid Commiffioners, Ambaffadors, Procurators and Deputies, and to give our confirmatory Letters Patent thereupon. In Testimony whereof we have caus'd these our Letters to be made Patent. Witness my self at Westminster, the 19th of February, in the Fourteenth Year of our Reign. Philip, by the Grace of God, Archduke of Auftria, Duke of Burgundy, Lorain, Brabant, Stiria, Carinthia, Carniola, Limburg, Luxemburg and Guelder; Earl of Hapsburg, Flanders, Tirol, Artois, Burgundy, Palatine of Hainault, Landtgrave of Alface, Marquis of Burgo, and the Holy Roman Empire, of Holland, Zeeland, Farette, Limburg, Namur, and Count of Zutphen; Lord of Frifeland, Sclavonia, Newport, Salines and Mechlin: To all who shall fee thefe Prefents, Greeting and Dilection. B E it known, That we being fully fatisfy'd of the Fidelity, Industry and provident Circumfpection of the Reverend Father in Chrift, Henry Lord of Berghys, Bishop of Cambray, Chancellor of our Order, and Superior or Head of our Supreme Council in the Abfence of our Chancellor; and alfo of our beloved and faithful Counsellors, Mr. John Sauvage, Prefident of our Council Chamber in Flanders; and Mr. Daniel de Praet, Knight, and Chamberlain to the Lord de Meruwez, Superior of our Flanders; and Mr. Thomas de la Papoire, Lord of Pypay, Master of Requests in our Palace. We chufe, make, conftitute, name and ordain them by these Prefents, our true, lawful and undoubted Procurators, Commiffioners, Ambaffadors and Deputies; giving and granting to all of them, or to three or at leaft two of them, ample Power and Authority, and a fpecial and general Commiffion to appear in a certain Diet or Meeting in the Town of Calais, or in any other Place, according as the moft Serene and moft Excellent Prince, Henry King of England, my moft Dear Lord and Coufin fhall pleafe, for us, in our Name, and for all our Lands, Dominions, Vaffals and Subjects whatfoever; and there confirm, ftrengthen, establish, and if need be, enlarge, augment and extend the Amity, Confederacy, c. long fince begun, treated and concluded between us and the faid Lord the King of England, &c. In Teftimony whereof we have affix'd our Seal to these Prefents. Given in our City of Bruffels, the 19th of March, in the Year of our Lord 1498. A A Treaty of Peace and Commerce between Francis I. King of France, and Henry VIII. King of England, the 5th of April, 1515. T O all and fingular to whom thefe Prefents fhall come; John de Selve, Doctor of Laws, firft Prefident of the Supreme Court of Bourdeaux; and Peter de la Guiche, Chevalier, Lord of the said Place, Bailiff of Mafcon and Lyons, Plenipotentiaries and Ambaffadors from the moft Chriftian, moft Serene, most Invincible, and moft Potent Prince, Francis, by the Grace of God, King of France, Duke of Milan, and Lord of Genoa, and Commiffioners and Deputies for the Points underwritten, Greeting. We declare, and be it known to you, that Peace being an ineftimable Good, given and left as the greatest Blefling by our Redeemer Chrift to all his true Worshippers, being much to be fought after and defir'd by Chriftian Kings and Princes, and to be moft earnestly procur'd for their Kingdoms and Subjects; without which the Chriftian Religion, Justice, and the other Virtues fuffer a great deal, and Vices put on the difguife of Virtues: confidering likewife the Benefits and Advantages which in former times, but especially fome years ago, have flow'd, and may yet flow to the Subjects of France and England from Peace, and the Friendship of Kings, and what Calamities, Miferies, Defolations and Inconveniences arife every where from War. Therefore we the Counfellors, Minifters, Ambaffadors and Plenipotentiaries of the faid moft Chriftian, moft Potent, and moft Invincible Prince, being fufficiently authoriz'd to agree to, and conclude a firm Peace, faithful Friendship, and true Concord betwixt the fame our moft Potent and moft Christian King, and the moft Illuftrious and moft Potent Henry, |