Quadruple Alliance of 1718Netherlands, do covenant for themfelves their heirs and fuccef-
fors, that they never will directly or indirectly difturb his facred
Imperial and Catholick Majefty his heirs and fucceffors, in any
of his kingdoms, dominions, and provinces, which he poffeffes
by virtue of the treaties of Utrecht and Baden, or which he ftall
gain poffeffion of by virtue of this prefent treaty. On the con-
trary they both will and ought to defend and guarantee the
provinces, kingdoms, and jurifdictions, which he now poffeffes,
or which fhall accrue to him in virtue of this treaty, as well in
Germany as in the Netherlands and in Italy , and they promife
that they will defend the faid kingdoms and provinces of his
Imperial and Catholick Majefty againft all and fingular who
may attempt to invade the fame a hoftile manner: and that they
both will and ought, when the cafe happens, to furnifh him
with fuch fuccours as he fhall need, according to the conditions
and repartition, which they have agreed upon as hereafter men-
tioned. In like manner their Royal Britannick and moft Chrift-
ian Majefties and the States General exprefsly bind themfelves,
that they will not at any time give or grant any protection or
refuge in any part of their dominions to the fubjects of his
Imperial and Catholick Majefty, who actually are, or hereafter
fhall be by him declared rebels, and in cafe any fuch fhall be
found in their kingdoms, provinces, or dominions, they fin-
cerely promife that they will take effectual care to expel them
out of their territories within eight days after application made
by his Imperial Majefty.
IV. On the other hand his facred Imperial and Catholick
Majefty, his facred Royal Britannick Majefty, and the States
General of the United Provinces, promife for themfelves, their
heirs and fucceffors, that they never will, directly or indirectly,
difturb his facred moft Chriftian Majefty in any of his domin-
ions to the crown of France now belonging. On the contrary
they will and ought to guard and defend the fame againft all and
fingular who may attempt to invade them in a hoftile manner,
and in that cafe they will and ought to furnifh fuch fuccours as
his moft Chriftian Majefty fhall want, according as hereafter is
agreed upon.
His facred Imperial and Catholick Majefty, his facred Royal
Majefty of Great Britain, and the lords the States General, do
likewife promife and oblige themfelves that they will and ought
to maintain, guarantee, and defend the right of fucceffion in the
kingdom of France, according to the tenor of the treaties made
at Utrecht the 11th day of April 1713, obliging themfelves to
ftand by the faid fucceffion plainly according to the form of the
renunciation made by the king of Spain the 5th day of Novem-
ber 1712, and by a folemn act accepted in the general affembly
of the ftates of Spain the 9th day of the month and year afore-
faid, which thereupon paffed into a law the 18th of March 1713,
and laftly was eftablifhed and fettled by the treaties of Utrecht :
and this they fhall perform againft all perfons whatfoever who
may prefume to difturb the order of the faid fucceffion in con-
tradiction to the previous acts, and treaties fubfequent there-
upon. To which end they fhall furnifh the fuccours, according to
the repartition agreed on below. Farther, when the matter may
require it, they fhall defend the faid order fucceffion with all
their forces, by likewife declaring war againft him who may
attempt to infringe or impugn the fame.
Moreover his Imperial Royal Catholick Majefty, and his
Royal Britannick Majefty, and the States General, do likewife
promife that they will not at any time give or grant any protec-
tion or refuge in their dominions to the fubjects of his royal
moft Chriftian Majefty, who actually are, or hereafter fhall be
declared rebels; and in cafe any fuch fhall be found in their
kingdoms, provinces, and dominions, they fhall command
them to depart the fame within the fpace of eight days after
application made by the faid king.
V. His facred Imperial and Royal Catholick Majefty, as alfo
his royal moft Chriftian Majefty, and the States General of the
United Provinces do bind themfelves, their heirs, and fucceffors,
to maintain and guarantee the fucceffion in the kingdom of
Great Britain, as eftablifhed by the laws of that kingdom in the
houfe of his Britannick Majefty now reigning, as likewife to
defend all the dominions and provinces poffeffed by his
Majefty. And they fhall not give or grant any protection or
refuge in any part of their dominions to the perfon, or his def-
cendents, if he fhould have any, who during the life of James II.
took on him the title of Prince of Wales, and fince the death of
that king, affumed the royal title of King of Great Britain.
Promifing alike for themfelves, their heirs, and fucceffors, that
they will not give to the faid perfon or his defcendents, directly
or indirectly, by fea or by land, any fuccour, council or affiftance
whatfoever, either in money, arms, military ftores, fhips,
foldiers, mariners, or any other manner whatfoever. The fame
they fhall obferve with regard to thofe who may be ordered or
commiffioned by the faid perfon or his defcendents, to difturb
the government of his Britannick Majefty, or the tranquillity of
his kingdom, whether by open war or clandeftine confpiracies,
by raifing feditions and rebellions, or by exercifing piracy on his
Britannick Majefty ‘s fubjects. In which laft cafe his Imperial
and Royal Catholick Majefty doth promife, that he will in no
wife allow that there be any receptacle granted to fuch pirates in
his ports in the Netherlands. The fame do his facred moft
Chriftian Majefty and the States General of the United
Provinces ftipulate, with regard to the ports in their refpective
dominions: as on the other hand his Britannick Majefty doth
promife, that he will refufe any refuge in the ports of his king-
doms to pirates infefting the fubjefts of his facred Imperial and
Royal Catholick Majefty, of his facred Royal moft Chriftian
Majefty, or of the lords the States General. Laftly, his Imperial
and Royal Catholick Majefty, his facred Royal moft Chriftian
Majefty, and the lords the States General oblige themfelves, that
they never will give any refuge or protection in any part of their
dominions to fuch of his Britannick Majefty ‘s fubjects as actu-
ally are, or hereafter fhall be declared rebels ; and in cafe any
fuch fhall be found in any of their kingdoms, provinces, or
dominions, they fhall command them, within eight days after
application made by the faid king, to depart out of their territo-
ries. And if it fhould happen that his facred Britannick Majefty