Divine Offices may be freely and folemnly perform'd in the fame according to the Ufage of the Church of Rome; and even all Indulgences and Jubilees, that the faid Lady fhall obtain from the Pope, may be got there. There fhall likewife be given a Burial-Place in the City of London, in which thofe of the faid Lady's Train fhall be bury'd according to the Ufage of the Church of Rome; but this fhall be done with Modefty: which BurialPlace fhall be lockt up, that fo it may not be profan'd.

VII. That the faid Lady fhall have a Bishop for her Almoner, who fhall have all Jurisdiction and Authority neceffary for the Matters that concern Religion; who may proceed against the Ecclefiafticks under his Charge, according to the Canonical Conftitutions. And in cafe the fecular Court feize any of the faid Ecclefiafticks for any Crime that concerns the State, and Information be given against him, the faid Court fhall remit the faid Ecclefiaftick to the faid Bifhop, with the Charges and Informations given in against him, that fo he may judg of the Crime, which Ecclefiaftick being privileg'd, he fhall firft be degraded by the faid Bifhop, and then remitted to the faid fecular Court. And for all other Crimes, the faid Ecclefiafticks fhall be remitted to the forefaid Bishop, to be proceeded against according to the Canonical Conftitutions: and in cafe of the Abfence or Sickness of the faid Bishop, he whom he fhall conftitute his Grand Vicar fhall have the fame Power.

VIII. That the faid Lady fhall have twenty one Priests or Ecclefiafticks upon the Revenue of her House, comprehending in this number her Almoners, and Chaplains to ferve in the faid Chappels, according as they fhall be order'd; and if any of them be Regular, they may wear their Habit.

IX. The King of England is bound by Oath not to endeavour in any manner to make Madam renounce her Catholick, Apoftolical and Roman Religion, nor to perfuade her to any thing contrary thereto.

X. The Houfe of Madam fhall be kept with as much Dignity, and compos'd of as great a Number of Officers as any Queen of England ever had.

XI. All the Domefticks whom the faid Lady fhall carry over into England fhall be Catholicks and French, and chofen by his most Christian Majesty; and when

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they come to die, or in cafe Madam has a mind to change any of them, fhe fhall take in their place other French or English Catholicks, provided his Majefty of Great Britain confents thereto.

XII. The Domefticks fhall take an Oath to the King and Madam, according to the Form which follows: I A. B. fwear and promife Fidelity to the moft Serene Charles King of Great Britain, and to the Queen his Spouse, which I fhall inviolably and faithfully keep; and if s know of any one's attempting any thing against the Perfon, Honour or Dignity of the faid King or Queen, or against the States, Commonweal, or Kingdom of the Said King, I will immediately declare it to the faid King, or thofe who Shall be concern'd.

XIII. The Portion of the faid Lady fhall be eight Hundred Thousand Crowns, of three Livers each, French Mony; the half of whch fhall be paid by his moft Chriftian Majefty the evening of the Marriage, in the City of London and the other half in a year after, reckoning from the Day of the firft Payment.

XIV. In cafe the King dies before Madam, without Children of their Marriage, the Porton which the fhall have brought and paid, fhall be entirely reftor'd to her, to be difpos'd of as the pleafes, whether the remain in England, or return to France in which laft Cafe fhe fhall bring it along with her.

XV. But if there remain Children of the faid Marriage, then only two Thirds of the Portion fhall be reftor'd, the other remaining immovable, whether the faid Lady go over to France, or remain in England; but in that cafe, during her Life, the Intereft of the third Part, or immovable Portion, fhall be paid to the Children, at the rate of twenty Years Purchase.

XVI. The Children that fhall be born of the faid Marriage, fhall be nurs'd and brought up from their Birth with their Mother the Queen, till they be thirteen Years of Age.

XVII. The Children of the faid Marriage fhall likewife inherit, after the Deceafe of the faid Lady, two Thirds of the faid Portion that fhall have been reftor'd, unless the faid Lady fhall have married a fecond time, and have Children of the laft Marriage as well as of the firft; in which cafe both of them fhall fhare the Vol. II. R 2

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faid two Thirds of the faid Portion reitor'd to the faid Lady.

XVIII. And in cafe the faid Lady comes to die before the faid King, without Children of the faid Marriage; his moft Chriftian Majefty agrees, That only the half of the faid Portion be reftor'd, and in the cafe of Children, that the whole Portion fhall belong to them.

XIX. The faid Lady fhall have a Dowry of eighteen Thousand Pounds Sterling a year, amounting to fixty Thoufand Crowns of French Mony.

XX. His Majesty of Great Britain fhall give to the faid Lady, in favour of the faid Marriage, to the value of fifty Thousand Crowns in Rings, which fhall be fit for her and hers, fuch as thofe fhe has at present, and fuch as fhall be given her hereafter.

XXI. His Majefty of Great Briain fhall be oblig'd to maintain the faid Lady and her Houfe; and in cafe The fhould be left a Widow, fe fhall have her Portion, Dowry, and all other Conditions granted in her favour.

XXII. And in cafe the King comes to die firft, having Children, or not having Children, the faid Lady fhall freely enjoy her Dowry, in what place foever the lives; which Dowry fhail be affign'd to her in Lands, Chattels and Houfes depending thereon, one of which fhall be her ordinary Houfe of Abode, and furnifh'd as becomes the Quality of a Princefs: And the fhall have the free Difpofal of the Benefits and Offices of the faid Lands, one part of which fhall have the Name and Title of a County or Dutchy.

XXIII. The faid Lady shall be at liberty, whether the have Children or no, to return to France, and carry thither all her Movables, Kings and Jewels, over and above her Portion, as is above specify'd.

XXIV. The faid Lady renounces all Paternal and Maternal and Collateral Succeflions to the Sovereign Do-. minions, and the Lands of the Royal Domain, liable to Reversion by Appenage or otherwife.

XXV. And the prefent Contract of Marriage fhall be register'd in the Court of Parliament and Chamber of Accounts in Paris, ratify'd by both Houses of Parliament in England, and register'd in the ordinary Courts of Judicature: the faid Kings promifing not to contravene any of the Conditions ftipulated in the fame.

XXVI. It is agreed, That either of the Kings that fhall fail in the Fulfilment of the prefent Marriage, fhall be bound and oblig'd to pay the Sum of four Hundred Thoufand Crowns as a Penalty.

All which Articles, Pactions, Conventions, Claufes and Conditions, their faid moft Chriftian Majefties, and the faid Lords Ambaffadors, in the Name, and as Procurators of his faid Majesty of Great Britain, by virtue of their Powers and Procurations, which shall be tranfcrib'd afterwards with the Power given by his faid most Christian Majefty to the faid Lords of his Council, which fhall be likewife inferted at the end of thefe Prefents, have declar'd to be acceptable to them, and have bound and oblig'd, and do bind and oblige themselves to the Obfervation of them, under the Mortgage of all their Goods prefent and to come. And the faid Contract has been made, pafs'd, concluded and fettled at Paris in the Caftle of the Louvre, fign'd by their Majefties, the faid Lords and Ladies, and the faid Lords Ambaffadors, the other Princes, Princeffes, and Officers of the Crown, and Principal Lords of Council, and counterfign'd by us the Notary and Secretary of the King, the House and Crown of France, Counsellor, Secretary of State, and of the Orders and Finances of his faid moft Chriftian Majefty, this Day being the 8th of May 1625. Thus fign'd in the Minute of thefe Prefents, Lewis, Mary, Anne.

Gafton, Henrietta Maria, Carlisle, Holland, H. de Montmorency, Louifa of Lorain, Anne of Montafie, Mary of Bourbon, Lomenie, and Potier.

A Treaty between Charles I. King of Great Britain, and the United Provinces of the Low-Countries, for joining twenty Dutch Men of War to the English Fleet, confifting of Eighty two Ships, for attacking Cadiz; which however came to nothing. At the Hague, the 2d of Auguft 1625.

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HEREAS the moft Serene King of Great Britain has equip'd a Fleet of Eighty two Men of War, furnish'd with Artillery, and all forts of neceffary Ammunition and Provifions, under an Admiral, Vice-Admiral, and other Captains and Officers, with a great Number of Seamen and Soldiers; to which Royal Fleet the Lords the States General of the United Provinces will join other twenty Ships, by them equip'd, arm'd and provided likewife with Artillery, all forts of neceffary Ammunition and Provisions, with their Commanders, Captains, and Seamen in proper Quality and Number, that thefe two Fleets may be united, and put to Sea upon a certain Voyage and Expedition defign'd by his Majefty for the Damage of the common Enemy; and it being neceffary that every thing be carry'd on with good Order and Correfpondence, that fo it may be the most useful and ferviceable that may be, without Difturbance, Disorder or Confufion: after Conferences held thereupon between Dudley Carleton Knight, Ambaffador in Ordinary from the faid Lord the King, and the Lords Deputies of the faid Lords the States; it has been agreed, That the faid twenty Men of War of the Lords the States fhall make a Squadron by themfelves, and fhall be conducted and commanded by their Admiral, Vice and Rear-Admirals, under their Banners or Flags,