Translation of the will and codicil of George II, King of Great Britain and Elector of Brunswick and Lüneburg

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We make it hereby a perpetual and permanent Law, that nothing of Our German Revenues and ready Cash shall ever be remitted hither But that it only shall serve to promote the Interest and Wellfare of Our Electoral and other German Provinces; and as it is Our Will, and We expressly ordain hereby, that no Englishman shall ever be set over the said Our German Dominions as a Stattholder, or Governor, or under whatever other titel it may be: So it is also Our Intention, that, as long as God shall grant Us life, We will take care, and Our Successors in the Administration are likewise to make it Their Concern, that Our Privy Counsel at Hannover may always consist of a sufficient number of worthy & able Persons, whose Fidelity, Honesty, and Capacity, Attachment to, and good Intentions for their Sovereign as well as His Subjects [[catchword]] and [[/catchword]]


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