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with proper paffports; and this article is to be obferved reciprocally on the parts of the English.

XXIII. That if any British fhips or veffels meet with any of the fhips or veffels belonging to the State of Tunis, and there should be any injury or offence given by either fide, juftice being properly demanded, fhall be immediately done, and the aggreffor fhall be feverely punished, without it occafioning any breach or

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XXIV. That his Britannic Majefty's fubjects fhall be always treated, by the State of Tunis, with the highest degree of refpect, love, and honour; because the English, of all other Powers, are their first and best friends.

XXV. That new Mediterranean paffes fhall be iffued out and given to his faid Majefty's trading fubjects, with all convenient fpeed; and that the time for the continuance of the old paffes, for the fhips in the Indies and remote parts, fhall be three years; and for all other fhips and veffels, one year; to commence from the delivery of the counter-tops of the new paffes at Algiers; of which his Majefty's conful here fhall give the earliest notice to this ftate; and it is hereby expressly agreed and declared, that the faid new paffes fhall, during the above-mentioned fpaces of time of three years and one year, be of full and fufficient force and effect to protect all fhips and veffels of his faid Majefty's fubjects, who fhall be provided with the fame.

XXVI. That all packets bearing his Britannic Majefty's commiffion, which fhall be met by any of the cruizers of Tunis, fhall be treated with the fame refpect as his Majefty's fhips of war; and all due respect fhall be paid to his Majefty's commiffion, and both at meeting and parting they fhall be treated as friends; and if any of the cruizers of Tunis commit the leaft fault

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fault or violence against them, the captains or raizes fo offending fhall, on their arrival at Tunis, and proper complaint being made of them, be most severely punifhed, without admitting of their excuses.

All the preceding articles of this treaty, having been approved of and agreed to, are hereby ratified, renewed, and confirmed, between his moft Sacred Majefty the King of Great Britain, &c, and the moft Illustrious Lord Ali Pasha, Begler Bey and fupreme commander of the state of Tunis, which let no one prefume to infringe or violate. Dated, in the prefence of Almighty God, at the palace of Bardo, near Tunis, this nineteenth day of October, one thoufand feven hundred and fifty-one, according to the Chriftian computation; and of the Turkish Hageira, one thoufand one hundred and fixty-four, the tenth day of the moon Zil Hadgi Sheriffay.

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1662. 18 Oct.

1676. I May.

TRIPOL Y.

HE treaty of peace, between Great
Britain and Tripoly.

THE

Pap. Off. U. N° 6.

The Kingdom's Intelligencer, p. 762.
Treat. 1732, vol. iii. p. 269.
Treat. 1785, vol. i. p. 177.

Articles of peace and commerce, between
Great Britain and Tripoly.

Pap. Off. U. N° 16.

1682.

10 April. Great Britain and Tripoly.

1686.

7 Feb.

1694. 11 Oct.

1694. 11 Oct.

1716.

The separate article of the

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Pap. Off. U. N° 17.

The treaty between Great Britain and Tripoly.

Additional articles to Sir John Narborough's treaty with Tripoly.

Pap. Off. U. N° 20.

Articles of peace and commerce, between Great Britain and Tripoly.

Pap. Off. U. N° 21.

Articles of peace between Great Bri

19 July. tain and Tripoly.

1751.

Pap. Off. U. N° 27.

The treaty of peace and commerce, be

19 Sept. tween Great Britain and Tripoly.

Pap. Off. U. N° 32.

1762.

The treaty of peace and commerce, be

22 July. tween Great Britain and Tripoly.

Pap. Off. U. N° 36.

[The following is printed from the treaty, which was published by authority in 1662.]

Articles of Peace between his Sacred Majesty Charles the Second, King of Great Britain, France, and Ireland, &c. and the moft Excellent Ofman Baffa, and the People of the noble City and Kingdom of Tripoly; concluded by Sir John Lawfen, Knight, the 18th of October, 1662.

I. THAT from this day and for ever forwardthere be a good and firm peace between his Sacred Majesty the King of Great Britain, &c. and the Baffa and the people of the city and kingdom of Tripoly, and the dominions thereunto belonging. And the fhips, fubjects, and people on either party fhall not do nor offer any offence or injury to each other, but treat one another with all poffible respect and friendship: and any ships belonging to the King of Great Britain, &c. or any of his fubjects, may come to the port of Tripoly and buy and fell as in former times, and also unto any other port that belongs to the government of Tripoly, paying the custom as in former times: and no man within the jurifdiction of Tripoli fhall give the fubjects of his faid Majefty a bad word, or a bad deed, or a bad action, That, prefently after the figning and fealing these articles, all injuries and damages fuftained on either part fhall be quite taken away and forgotten, and this peace fhall be in full force and virtue.

II. That all fhips, as well thofe belonging to his Sacred Majefty the King of Great Britain, &c. and any of his Majefty's fubjects, as those belonging to Tripoly, fhall freely pafs the feas, and traffic without any fearch, hinderance, or moleftation whatsoever. And for the better practifing of this fecond article, according to the true intent and meaning thereof, it is agreed,

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agreed, that the Tripoly fhips of war meeting with any merchants fhip belonging to the fubjects of the King of Great Britain, &c. not being in any of the feas appertaining to his Majesty's dominions, have liberty to fend one fingle boat on board, with but two fitters more than the common crew of rowers, and no more to enter on board the faid merchants fhip but the two fitters, without the express leave of the commander of the merchant fhip; that upon producing unto them a pafs, under the hand and feal of the lord high admiral of England, the faid boat do presently depart and the merchant ship to proceed on his voyage. And although the commander of the merchant fhip do produce no pafs from the lord high admiral of England, yet, if the major part of the fhip's company be fubjects to the King of Great Britain, &c. the faid boat fhall prefently depart, and the merchant fhip proceed freely; and though there be strangers on board, they fhall be free, and their goods. And any fhip of war of his Ma jefty's of Great Britain, &c. meeting with any fhips of Tripoly, if the commander fhall produce a pass firmed by the chief governors of Tripoly, and the major part of the fhips company be Turks, Moors, or flaves, then the Tripoly fhips to proceed freely.

III. That any fhips belonging to the subjects of his Majesty the King of Great Britain, &c. coming into Tripoly, or any of the ports in its territories, fhall for fuch goods as they fell pay the dues according to cuftom, and the goods they fell not, they fhall freely carry on board, and carry away the fame where they please, without any duties for the fame.

IV. That if any of the fhips of Algier, Tunis, Sally, or any other, do bring any fhips, men, or goods belonging to any of the fubjects of his Majefty the King of Great Britain, &c. unto Tripoly, or any of the ports thereto belonging, the governors there fhall not permit them to be fold within the faid territories; and, for the time to come, that no fubject of his said Ma

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