Defensive Treaty of Peace and Alliance among Great Britain, Hungary (the Holy Roman Empire), and Sardinia
beyond the Po, Bobbio, and its territory being reckoned into it,
the city of Plaifance, with that part of the duchy of Placentia,
which is between the Pavefan, and as far as the bed of the river
Nura, from its fource quite to the Po ; in fuch manner that the
middle, as well of the Nura as of the Po, do make in this part the
limit of the two ftates ; and confequently, that which has hith-
erty belonged to the duchy of Placentia on the other fide of the
Po, do remain feparated from it.
Laftly, That part of the county of Anghiera, or of the ftate of
Milan, whatfoever particular name may be given to it, which
borders upon the Novarefe, the valley of Sefia, the Great Alps,
and the country of Vallais, extending to the Swifs prefectures of
Val Maggia and Locarno, and along the banks of, and in the
Lago Maggiore, to the middle of the faid lake, in fuch manner,
that for the future the confines between the dominions of his
Majefty the King of Sardinia, and thofe of her Majefty the
Queen of Hungary, fhall be continually fixed by a line drawn
from the borders of the Swifs, in the middle, and all along the
Lago Maggiore to the mouth of the Thefin, which
line shall go from thence along the middle of the ftream of
that river to the place of its falling into the Po, excepting the
front of the above-mentioned ifland before Pavia, and from
thence go on along the middle of the courfe of the Po, to the
place where the Nura falls into the Po, and go up by the middle
of the bed of the Nura quite to its fource, which is oppofite to
the country of Genoa.
The abovefaid divifion of the courfe of the rivers fhall not
prevent the navigation remaining free, as it is to remain to the
fubjets of the two fovereigns, in the whole breadth of the faid
rivers, with liberty to pafs upon the banks on either fide, for the
towing of boats which go up ftream, the faid banks being never-
thelefs to appertain, as well with regard to the property, as in all
other refpects to the fovereigns refpectively, on either fide of the
faid rivers, who fhall be allowed, each on their own fide, to make
fuch reparations as they fhall judge neceffary towards ftrength-
ening of them, provided that thofe reparations be not promi-
nent; that is to fay, that they may not force the ftream of the
river againft the oppofite fide, and that, on the part of the King
of Sardinia, it fhall never be lawful, under any pretence whatfo-
ever, to make fuch works as might prevent the free entry of the
waters into the canal or Navilio, which is on the fide of her
Majefty the Queen of Hungary, and which conducts the faid
waters to Milan.
To enjoy the fame in full property and fovereignty, as her
Majefty the Queen and her predeceffors have enjoyed them
hitherto ; which countries her Majefty the Queen difmembers
for ever from her hereditary dominions, and from the ftate of
Milan, derogating, for that purpofe, as far as there can be
occafion for it, from every thing that might in any manner be
contrary thereto, faving always the direct jurifdiction of the
empire.
Article X. Befides, as it is of importance to the public caufe,
that his Majefty the King of Sardinia fhould have an immediate
communication of his dominions with the fea, and with the
maritime powers, her Majefty the Queen of Hungary and
Bohemia, yields to him all the rights which fhe may have in any
manner, and upon any title whatfoever, to the town and mar-
quifate of Final, which rights fhe yields and transfers, without
any reftriction, to the faid King, in the fame manner as fhe does
the countries defcribed in the foregoing article ; in the juft
expectation, that the republick of Genoa will facilitate, as far as
fhall be neceffary, a difpofition fo indifpenfably requifite for the
liberty and fecurity of Italy, in confideration of the fum, which
fhall be found to be due to the faid republick, without his
Majefty the King of Sardinia, nor her Majefty the Queen of
Hungary being obliged to contribute to the payment of the faid
fum, provided always, that the town of Final be and remain for
ever a free port, as is Leghorn ; and that it fhall be allowable for
his Majefty the King of Sardinia to re-eftablifh there the forts
which have been demolifhed, or to caufe others to be built
according as he fhall judge convenient.
Article XI. His Majefty the King of Great-Britain, her Majefty
the Queen of Hungary and Bohemia, and his Majefty the King
of Sardinia, engage themfelves not to make either peace or
truce, without comprehending therein, in exprefs words, all the
above-mentioned ceffions, and without ftipulating alfo a full
reftitution to the King of Sardinia of every part of his other
dominions, which may have been feized or occupied in hatred
of his union with the allies ; provided, that the King of Sardinia
fhall hold himfelf to be from this prefent time indemnified for
the revenue which might be fo withheld from him, by that of
the countries yielded and transferred to him by the prefent
treaty.
Article XII. In return, his Majefty the King of Sardinia fhall
remain firmly and infeparably united and attached to the
interefts and to the caufe of the allies, not only for as long as the
war may laft in Italy, but to the conclufion of the peace in Ger-
many, and of the peace between Great-Britain and Spain ; and
this is the principal condition, and fine quâ non, of the ceffions
made to him above by the 9th and l0th articles of this treaty,
which ceffions fhall not receive their full and irrevocable force,
but from its entire accomplifhment, after which the countries
yielded to the faid King, fhall be deemed guarantied to him by
the allies for ever, as his other dominions are.
Article XIII. And as foon as Italy fhall be delivered from ene-
mies, and out of all apparent danger of being a-frefh invaded,
her Majefty the Queen of Hungary fhall not only be at liberty to
withdraw part of her troops, but, if fhe requires it, his Majesty
the King of Sardinia fhall furnifh her fome of his own troops to
be employed in the fecurity of her Majefty’s dominions in Lom-
bardy, that fo fhe may be able to make ufe of a greater number
of her own in Germany, in like manner as, at the requifition of
the King of Sardinia, the Queen of Hungary fhould caufe fome
of her troops to pafs into the dominions of the faid King, if it
were neceffary, for defending the paffages thereof, which an
enemy’s army fhould undertake to force, and for delivering
from enemies all the dominions of his majefty the King of Sar-
dinia, and freeing them from any danger of a frefh invafion.