That if any Prince, State, or other Person whatever, without Exception,
shall under any Pretext, invade or attempt to invade the Territories,
Countries, or any Places that lie within the Dominions of the said King
of _Great Britain_, or shall exercise any Acts of Hostility by Sea or by
Land, against the said King or His Subjects, the said _States General_
shall be obliged, as by Virtue of these Presents they are obliged, to
send forty Ships of War, well furnish'd with all things necessary, to
assist the said King, to oppose, suppress and repel, all such Insults
and Acts of Hostility, and to procure him due Reparation for any Damages
sustained: That is to say, fourteen of the said Ships shall carry from
sixty to eighty great Guns, and four hundred Men, a just Allowance and
Computation being made, as well with respect to those Ships that carry a
greater, as those that carry a lesser Number of Men: Fourteen other
Ships shall carry from forty to sixty Guns, and one with another, three
hundred Men at the least, Allowance to be made as before; and none of
the rest to carry less than six and thirty Guns, and a hundred and fifty
Men. Besides which, they shall assist him with six thousand Foot
Soldiers, and four hundred Horse, or shall pay a Sum of Money with due
regard to the just Value of such an Assistance, either for the whole or
part, at the Choice of the said King. All these Aids shall be furnish'd
within six Weeks after they shall be demanded; and the said King shall
reimburse the whole Charge to said States within three Years after the
Conclusion of the War.