a p p e n d i x .
t v i . T h e calh o f penfions b elon g in g to the army ilia ll remain, ac cord ing to th e o r .
d nances already confirmed, o r in c h as his majefty, w ith the fa ith fu l military commanders
and deputies from the regiments, w ill ag re e to . . ,
L V I I . I f this L aw in any point fh ould be found obfcure, th e lite ra l contents muft be
obfe rved, till the k in g and the ftates, in th e manner expreffed hereabove, articles X X X 1A .
a nrt Y L 1I . {hall ag re e upon th e tru e fenfe.'
AH th is , W e , now here aflembled S ta tes , ha ve ju d g ed neceiTary fo r th e regu la r govern-
ment o f the rea lm, ou r lib e r ty and fe cu r ity , to ra t ify and en a ft fo r u s ,.p u r abfent fe llow -
M ,le f t s , ou r pofterity born and un b orn . W e declare and proteft he reb y anew,, th a t wo
bear th e grea teft abhorrence to a k in g ’ s defpotick p ow e r , o r the fo-ca lled fovere .gnty i
deemin g th a t ou r high eft fe lic ity , honour, and advantage, to b e and dwell free and fe lf -
independent, law -g iv in g , but law-ob fervin g f t a t e s , u n d e r th e fwa y o f a k tng p ow er ,
b u t bound to the law ; both o f us tied tog e th e r and p r o t e f t e d b y ■the law , who p r e f e r « ,
us and ou r dear co u n try from the dangers w h ich are the fa d eftefts o f diforder, .Iicenti-
oufnefs, defpotifm, and an A r ifto c ra t ick government o f man y, :.to th e detriment o f th e
whole fo c ie fy , and to the grie vance and diftrefs o f every fn b je f t. W e are f om u c h the
more affured to ha ve an o rd e r ly , law fu l, and h appy go ve rnmen t, as his majefty h a s d e clared
th a t h e w ill rega rd it as his grea teft honour .to be the firft c itiz en amongft a free
people’ - and w e are hopeful th a t th e like fentiments w ill b e propaga ted in the-Royal-.
Fam ily -from fa th e r to fon , till th e lateft times o f th e w orld T h e r e fo r e w e declare
enemy to us and the cou n try whoever fhall be fo imprudent and malignant a fellow J u b -
fe ft as to endeavour to draw us o ff from this fanftion b y ch ea t and c r a f t , fe c re t plots or
open v io len ce , in .o rd e r to intrude upon us ro y a l defpotifm or fov ere ign ty ; o r, under th e
n retence and Ihow o f lib e r ty , ov er th row tb efe laws, w h ich , when th e y pprroborate a tru e
and u fe fu l lib e r ty , ffin t the doors to licentionfnefs and con fulion . W h o ev er it may b e ,
fhall b e punifhed w ith ou t m erc y, ac cord ing to th e plain law .of Sweden. W e allure a lfo ,
n virtue o f our fworn fe a lty and this form o f government th a t w e fh a ll k eep lo y a fo b e -
dience to his majefty, fu lfil his orders in all th a t is d u e and warran table b e fo re G o d and
men , fo r him to command, and fo r us to do , a ll rights b eing fa fe , that b elon g to him and
eu rfelves, as it-becomes fa ith fu l men and fu b je fts . S H H H B
Signed and fealed in Sto ckh o lm th e a i f t day o f A u g tift, in the ye ar a fte r th e b irth o f
O u r Saviour 17 72 .
A . G . I l f o N i u F W U D . A N D . E I O R E f S E N I U S ,
h . t . L an dtmarfhal. Spe ak er.
(L . S .) . _ • . ( L .S ,.)
F o r th e B u rgh e r s . P F o r the Pea fan try,
T O H . H . H O C H S C H I L D , J O S E P H H A N f i S O N ,
In the place o f th e S p e a k e r . S^ aki r,
' (L . S .) ' .
A l l this h e re above w r it ten , W e ourfelves not on iy receive as a firm fundamental- law,
b u t W e ordain llk ewife, an d enjoin a ll who are bound to U s and ou r Succeffors to the
reign with fid e lity , a lleg ian ce, and lo y a lty , to ackn owledg e , k e ep , and o b e y this form o f
government. F o r the more ce r ta in ty , W e have figned this w ith our own hand, and
caufed O u r R o y a l Seal to be pu t hereund er, at Stockholm, th e 21ft day o f A u g u f t in1 the
y e a r a fte r th e b irth o f O u r Saviou r one thoufand feven hundred and th e feventy fecond.
G U S T A V U .S .
Value of the E X P OR T S and IMPORT S from and to E N G L A N D
and RUS S IA, SWE D E N, and DENMA R K , from Christmas