I.2.1 The Númenor-Lassenor Compact of 7532

ARTICLE ONE

THE COMMONWEALTH OF ESGAROTH UPON THE LONG LAKE places itself under the crown and protection of His August Majestie, the King of Gondor and Arnor, and of his heirs and successors, Kings and Queens of Gondor and Arnor.

ARTICLE TWO

HIS AUGUST MAJESTIE, the King of Gondor and Arnor, for himself and for his heirs and successors, Kings and Queens of Gondor and Arnor, accepts the Commonwealth of Esgaroth upon the Long Lake as a state under his and his heirs' and successors' crown and protection.

ARTICLE THREE

LET THERE BE and endure from this time forward as of old a sincere firm and perpetual friendship, concord and union between the high contracting parties and their heirs and successors and their dominions and their respective domains, territories, citizens and subjects as well on sea and in air and space as on land and in all places whatsoever in the universe.

ARTICLE FOUR

IN ORDER, MOREOVER, that this friendship, concord, and union may be better and more strongly kept, restored, and protected, and to specify the body of law and custom jointly recognized by the high contracting parties and further to facilitate in other ways the execution of the present compact, the high contracting parties shall from time to time jointly append to this present compact various protocols, which documents shall have equal force and weight with this present compact.