Catholick Cantons themselves, to fhew fuch a Con- A. C. duct, as may move his Imperial Majefty and the 1706. Empire, moft gracioufly to order me to take off the faid Prohibition. Thus not doubting you will plainly perceive on what equitable Grounds that Prohibition was founded, I remain

Faffineto del Po, November 12. 1706.

Tour most obliged and

rendy to ferve You, EUGENE of Savoy.

Governor

Prince Eugene having difpofed his Forces into their Prince EuWinter-Quarters, and pofted Troops, under the gene goes Command of the Prince of Hefe-Caffel, for theto Milan. Blocking up of Cremona, went to Milan the 14th of He is made December, N. S. in order to fettle the Contributions, of that Dutorder Levies. railing Supplies, and regulate the chy, the In Magiftracy of that Dutchy, of which he was made veftiture Governor, in the Name of Charles III. King of whereof is Spain. This, in fome Meafure, diffipated the Fearsgiven to and Jealoufies of the Venetians, and other Princes K. Charles and States of Italy; who,when they faw the Milaneze III. obliged to fwear Allegiance to the Emperor, were afraid that that Prince would keep that fine Country for himfelf, and their Minifters abroad could not forbear fhewing their Uncafinefs thereupon: but his Imperial Majefty following the Advice of his beft Allies, thought fit to remove that Umbrage, and granted the Inveftiture of that Dutchy to the King of Spain, which Prince Eugene notify'd to the Senate of Milan, and caus'd the following.. Imperial Decree to be publish'd.

Ince it hath pleas'd the Sovereign Providence

Since

of the most High, to blefs the glorious Arms of his Imperial Majefty in Italy, by defeating and making the Enemy to fly, and to reduce this State again under the Power of his moft Illuftrious Houfe; and his Imperial Majefty, the Superior Lord of this State, having appointed the most Illuftrious Prince Eugene of Savoy and Piedmont Marquis of Salufa, Counsellor of State, Prefident of the AulickCouncil of War,Field Marefchal,Colonel of a Regiment of Dragoons,Knight of the Illuftrious Order of the Golden Fleece, and Commander General of the Armies of his Majefty K.Charles III.

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Prince Eu

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of Spain, his dearly beloved Brother, ordaining his faid Highness in Name of the faid King, to receive the ufual Oath of Fidelity and Homage from his true Subjects; and he being willing to put the most Honourable Commands of his Imperial Majefty (whom God preferve) immediately into Execution, his Highnefs orders and commands by Virtue of this prefent Edict, all Towns, Judicatories and Communities of this State, to proclaim and acknowledge for their Lord and Soveraign, his above-mention'd Majefty Charles III. King of Spain and Duke of Milan (whom God preferve) his Royal Commands, as their lawful Sovereign, to obey; and for the time to come to iffue all Orders in his Royal Name,and that they be in readiness to take the incumbent Oaths to him before his High nefs, upon the Day that fhall be appointed; and that no Man may have reafon to pretend Ignorance, he orders that the fame be publish'd in this City, and in all the other parts of this Dutchy, and that it be affix'd by the Refpective Courts in the ufual Places of their Jurifdiction; with which Publication he declares, That every Perfon fhall hold themfelves fufficiently warned; and he orders each of the forefaid Courts to fend him an Account of their having fo publifh'd the fame, directed to the under-written,

Given at Milan the
12th of Jan. 1707.

*

T: Purtufatus Serpontus.
Sign'd,

EUGENE of Savoy.

Two days after his Highnefs went to Turin, Turin, where he was receiv'd with all poffible DemonftraJan. 14. tions of Refpect and Affection; and having concerted feveral important Matters with the Duke to Milan, of Savoy, return'd to Milan' the 28th of the fame Jan. 28, Month.

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He returns

N. S.

The Duke of Modena, being inform'd that the Garrifon of the Caftle of that City, which had been a long time block'd up by the Imperialifts, was reduced to the laft Extremity, repair'd thither the 5th of February, N. S. whereupon the French Governor fent a Drum to his Highness, to offer to furrender on the fame Conditions that were granted to his Highnefs's Troops, when the Citadel

was

1707.

was laft taken from them. This Offer was ac- A. C cepted, and the Capitulation Sign'd the 6th, purfuant to which, two days after, the Garrifon march'd out thro' the Breach, with the ufual Marks of Ho-The Caftle nour, and 6 pieces of Cannon, and was conducted of Modena furrenders

to Mantua.

The Ceffation of Arms between the City and Feb. 6. Caftle of Milan expiring the 2d of February, the N. s. Marquis de la Florida, Governor of the latter, fent out a Drum the 3d in the morning,to demand of the City a continuation of Contributions, threatning, if refufed, to cannonade and bombard them. The 60 Decuriones of the City affembled thereupon, and fending the Drum to Prince Eugene, his Highness fent him back to the Marquis de la Florida, with a Note, in which he inform'd him, that having an abfolute Power, he muft treat with him, and not with the City. The 4th the Drum came out again, with an Anfwer from the Marquis, in which he made fome Difficulty to treat with Prince Eugene; whereupon his Highnefs ordered the Guards to be doubled at the Gates of the City, as alfo in the Square before the Cathedral, Illuminations to be made every Night in all Quarters of the Town, and two Companies to patrol. The 5th the Governor having thought further of the Matter, fent Word to Prince Eugene, that he was ready to treat with him; whereupon Hoftages, (viz. 2 Lieutenant Colonels on each fide) were exchanged. But in fhort nothing could be concluded, the Governor infifting on his Demand of Contributions, and Prince Eugene abfolutely refufing them, and threatning to give no Quarter to him, or his Garrifon, if he fired on the City. To this the Marquis de la Florida returned Anfwer, that having already fuftain'd 24 Sieges in the Service of the King, his Mafter, he was refolv'd to die glorioufly in the 25th; and that he was too old (being in his 80th Year) to begin to be difloyal. So the Treaty broke off: Yet before the Governor would put his Threats in Execution, he caus'd artificial Fufees of Wood to be thrown into the City, in which were Notes to inform the Inhabitants, that he was obliged to fire upon their Houses, and that for the Damage the City might receive, they might blame themselves, or those who had rejected

his

A. C. his Demands: And finding this had no Effect, ori 170%. the 12th of February he began to fire upon the City. Hereupon the Imperialifts haftened their PreparaThe Cafle tions for attacking the Castle, open'd Trenches, of Milan rais'd Batteries, and on the 22d of February, N. S. befieg d. fired against that Fortress with 20 pieces of Cannon.

The Siege was briskly carried on; and the Place as vigoroufly defended, till the 12th of March, N. S. at four in the Afternoon,when Hoftilities ceas'd on both fides, upon the Arrival of the Marquis de St. Petex, A Treaty with the French King's Confent to a Treaty which concluded had, fome time, been fecretly in Agitation for the for the Marching of all the Troops belonging to that MoFrench tonarch, and to his Grandion, the Duke of Anjou, out of all the Places they ftill held in the Milaneze,

evacuate

all the Mantuan, Cremoneze and Montferrat, and their being Places in Lombar- conducted to Suza

dy, &c. Thus ended the Calamities of a War, with which See the Ap-fo great a part of Italy had been afflicted for about pendix, fix Years. It remains yet a fecret, by whom this "Numb. XX Treaty was firft projected, and put in Agitation,

and upon what motives it came to be approved and concluded by the Parties concern'd; all the Accounts, that are hitherto come to our Hands, but juft hinting, That the Venetians had a great Share in it.. We shall therefore content our felves to fay, that confidering all the prefent Circumftances of the Houfes of Auftrie and Bourbon, fo far as the War in Italy had an Influence on thofe Circumftances, the Managers must be Mafters of great Dexterity and Addrefs, who could prevail upon both Parties to believe they fhould find their Account in this Treaty. The Willingness of the French, arifing no doubt from the neceffity they were under to withdraw their Troops on any Terms, out of a Country where it was impoffible for them to maintain them, appears from divers Articles of the Treaty, but moft particularly from their intirely giving up the Interefts of the Duke of Mantua. But whether the Houfe of Auftria confulted their own Intereft, in letting fo confiderable a Body of the Enemy's Troops efcape, whom a few Months would, in all humane probability, have put into their Hands, the Profe cution of the War this Summer from the fide of Piedmont, and thereby hindring the French from

mend

mending their Affairs, (chiefly in Spain) by the Re· A. C.
covery of fo many Troops, which they could not 1709.
but look upon as, in a manner, already loft, will fuf-
ficiently fhew. Whatever be the Confequences, 'tis
certain, that England and Holland had no hand in
this. Treaty, which was executed with all the Fair-
nefs and Punctuality imaginable, contrary to the
Apprehenfions of the French, who fear'd a Retalia-
tion from the Duke of Savoy, for the Duke of Ven-
dofme's feizing and difarming his Royal Highness's
Troops, about three Years before. Some time be-
.fore the Conclufion of that Capitulation, the Duke
of Savoy took poffeffion of the Places and Territories
made over to him by a former Treaty, ratified by
the following Imperial Decrce:

Jofeph I. by the Grace of God, King of the Romans and
Emperor, &c:

Places and

HE Sacrifice which his Royal Highness the An Imperi'Duke of Savoy made of his Perfon and Do- al Decree minions, for the Illuftrious Houfe of Auftria, by making opreferring to them the Advancement of the Common ver Several Caufe, and the Re-eftablishment of the Tranquility Territories of Italy, oblig'd his Sacred Majefty, the late Em- to the Duke peror Leopold I. of glorious Memory, to make over of Savoy. to him in Recompence (befides fo many other Territories) the Towns of Valenza and Alexandria with that whole Province, as alfo that of Lumelino, and the Valley of Sefia, with all their Lands, Caftles, Burroughs, Lordfhips and Revenues belonging to them; and this with the Confent and Approbation of his Catholick Majefty King Charles III. to hold and keep them, in the fame manner as the for'mer Kings of Spain were pofs'd of them, under the Emperor and Empire. Thefe Confiderations, together with the great Advantages which the Auguft Houfe of Auftria, and the Common Caufe have receiv'd from his Royal Highness's Firmness in their Intereft, have likewife induc'd his prefent Im perial Majefty, to grant his Royal Highness full and actual Poffeffion of the intire Property of the faid Towns and Provinces, transferred to him by Virtue of the Treaty concluded by the late Emperor, and ratified by his Majefty King Charles III.

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