Art. XX. All the German territories of the King of England, as elector of Brunswick-Lunenberg guarantied.
Art. XXI. All the contracting powers, who guarantied the Pragmatic Sanction of the 19th of April, 1713, now guaranty the entire inheritance of Charles the Sixth, in favour of his daughter, Maria Theresa, and her descendants, excepting those cessions previously made by Charles the Sixth or by Maria Theresa herself, and those included in the present treaty.
Art. XXII. Silesia and Glataz guarantied to the King of Prussia.
Art. XXIII. All the powers interested in this treaty jointly guaranty its execution.
Art. XXIV. Exchange of the ratifications to be made at Aix la Chapelle, by all the contracting powers within a month after the signatures.
III.
A Contemporary View of the Peace.
Source.—Letters of Mary Lepel, Lady Hervey, 1821, p. 126.
May 31st, 1748.
... I am as glad of the peace, sir, as you can be, for without it we were certainly undone; for which reason I am, I confess, astonished that the French, who had the whole in their hands, should give it us. There are four people who have certainly had a narrow escape by it; for one campaign more, and the Duke of Cumberland, with his little army, would have been cut to pieces; the Prince of Orange would have been deposed, and the Duke of Newcastle and Lord Sandwich would, or should have been called to an account, which I fancy they could not have made up and balanced to their advantage.