The
Emperor, Empire, and Monsieur the Arch
Duke
of Insprug, Ferdinand Charles, respectively
discharge the Communitys, Magistrates,
Officers and
Subjects of each of the said Lordships and
Places, from the
Bonds and
Oaths which they were hitherto bound by, and ty’d to the
House
of
Austria; and
discharge and assign them over to the Subjection, Obedience
and Fidelity they are to give to the
King and
Kingdom of
France; and consequently
confirm the Crown of
France in a
full and just
Power over all the said
Places, renouncing from the present, and for ever, the
Rights and Pretensions
they had thereunto: Which Cession the
Emperor, the said Arch-
Duke and his
Brother (by
reason the said Renunciation
concerns them particularly) shall
confirm by particular
Letters for themselves and their Descendants; and
shall so
order it also, that the Catholick
King of
Spain shall make the
same Renunciation in
due and authentick form, which shall be done in the
name of the whole Empire, the same
Day this present
Treaty shall be
sign’d.