A copy of the French King's declaration to the confederate princes addressed to the chapter of Liege, and communicated by Cardinal Bovillon. France. Sovereign (1643-1715 : Louis XIV) This text is an enriched version of the TCP digital transcription A49206 of text R30957 in the English Short Title Catalog (Wing L3105). Textual changes and metadata enrichments aim at making the text more computationally tractable, easier to read, and suitable for network-based collaborative curation by amateur and professional end users from many walks of life. The text has been tokenized and linguistically annotated with MorphAdorner. The annotation includes standard spellings that support the display of a text in a standardized format that preserves archaic forms ('loveth', 'seekest'). Textual changes aim at restoring the text the author or stationer meant to publish. This text has not been fully proofread Approx. 2 KB of XML-encoded text transcribed from 2 1-bit group-IV TIFF page images. EarlyPrint Project Evanston,IL, Notre Dame, IN, St. Louis, MO 2018 A49206 Wing L3105 ESTC R30957 11747438 ocm 11747438 48539 2240860588

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Early English books online. (EEBO-TCP ; phase 1, no. A49206) Transcribed from: (Early English Books Online ; image set 48539) Images scanned from microfilm: (Early English books, 1641-1700 ; 1486:50) A copy of the French King's declaration to the confederate princes addressed to the chapter of Liege, and communicated by Cardinal Bovillon. France. Sovereign (1643-1715 : Louis XIV) Louis XIV, King of France, 1638-1715. 1 broadside. Printed for Abel Johnson ..., London : 1694. "Translated from the Dutch" "Given at Versailles the 15th of March [16]94." "Signed Louis, and underneath Colbert." Reproduction of original in Chetham's Library. eng Great Britain -- History -- William and Mary, 1689-1702. France -- History -- Louis XIV, 1643-1715. eebo A copy of the French King's declaration to the confederate princes; addressed to the chapter of Liege, and communicated by Cardinal Bouillon. Translat France. Sovereign 1694 2 308 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 A This text has no known defects that were recorded as gap elements at the time of transcription. 2006-12 Assigned for keying and markup 2006-12 Keyed and coded from ProQuest page images 2007-01 Sampled and proofread 2007-01 Text and markup reviewed and edited 2007-02 Batch review (QC) and XML conversion
A Copy of the FRENCH KING'S DECLARATION TO THE Confederate Princes ; Addressed to the Chapter of Liege , and Communicated by the Cardinal BOVILLON .

Translated from the Dutch.

Licensed April the 4th . 1694.

His Majesty ,

Being desirous to facilitate , and secure to the Chapter of Liege , as much as in him lies , the free and regular Election of a Bishop and Prince , has declar'd , and does hereby declare , That in case the Confederate Princes will cause their Troops to retire out of this City and Cittadel ; as also out of the Forts and Lines thereof , to the end , That the Chapter may be left free and unmolested in all Matters appertaining to the said Election ; his majesty binds himself , and promises upon the Word of a King , That he will observe a full and exact Newtrality with the City and Country of Liege , not only to the Twentieth of April , the day of the Election , but also to the last of April inclusively , and consequently that no Act of Hostility shall be committed directly , or indirectly upon any pretence whatsoever , in any part of the Disticts of Liege , till the first of may , and his majesty does likewise declare , That he will give Past-ports and Letters of Safe-Guard during that time ; and that afterwards , all things shall be on the same Foot as now , and that the Confederate Troops shall again take possession of the sosts they now Garrison , without any Let or molestation from His Majesty .

Given at Varsailles the 15th . of March 94. Signed Lovis , And underneath Colbert .

LONDON , Printed for Abel Johnson near Temple-Bar , 1694.