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Rh house of Hanover, to oppose the said succession, to assist or favour those who may oppose it, whether directly or indirectly, by open war, or by fomenting seditions and conspiracies against her or him to whom the crown of Great Britain shall descend, according to the acts aforesaid; the States-general engage and promise to assist and maintain in the said succession her or him to whom it shall belong by virtue of the said acts of parliament, to assist them in taking possession, if they should not be in actual possession, and to oppose those who would disturb them in the taking of such possession, or in the actual possession, of the aforesaid succession.

Her said majesty and the States-general, in consequence of the fifth article of the alliance concluded between the emperor, the late king of Great Britain, and the States-general, the seventh of September, 1701, will employ all their force to recover the rest of the Spanish Low-countries.

And farther, they will endeavour to conquer as many towns and forts as they can, in order to their being a barrier and security to the said States.

And whereas, according to the ninth article of the said alliance, it is to be agreed, among other matters, how and in what manner the States shall be made safe by means of this barrier, the queen of. III.