Item, For
fear the
Differences arisen between
the Dukes of Savoy and Mantua touching Montserrat, and terminated by the
Emperor Ferdinand and Lewis XIII. Fathers to their Majestys, shou’d revive
some
time or other to the
damage or Christianity; it has been
agreed, That
the
Treaty of Cheras of the 6th of April 1631. with the
Execution thereof
which ensu’d in the Montserrat, shall
continue firm for ever, with all
its
Articles: Pignerol, and its Appurtenances, being nevertheless excepted,
concerning which there has been a
decision between his most Christian Majesty
and the
Duke of Savoy, and which the
King of
France and his
Kingdom have
purchas’d by particular Treatys, that shall remain
firm and stable, as
to what
concerns the
transferring or resigning of that
Place and its Appurtenances.
But if the said particular Treatys contain any thing which may trouble
the
Peace of the Empire, and excite new Commotions in
Italy, after the
present
War, which is now on foot in that
Province, shall be at an end,
they shall be look’d upon as
void and of no
effect; the said Cession continuing
nevertheless unviolable, as also the other
Conditions agreed to, as well
in favour of the
Duke of Savoy as the most Christian
King: For which
reason
their
Imperial and most Christian Majestys
promise reciprocally, that in
all other things relating to the said
Treaty of Cheras, and its
Execution,
and particularly to Albe, Trin, their Territorys, and the other
places,
they never shall contravene them either directly or
indirectly, by the
way of
Right or in
Fact; and that they neither shall succour nor countenance
the
Offender, but rather by their
common Authority shall endeavour that
none violate them under any pretence whatsoever; considering that the most
Christian
King has declar’d, That he was highly oblig’d to
advance the
Execution of the said
Treaty, and even to maintain it by
Arms; that above
all things the said Lord, the
Duke of Savoy, notwithstanding the
Clauses
abovemention’d, shall be always maintain’d in the peaceable
possession
of Trin and Albe, and other
places, which have been allow’d and assign’d
him by the said
Treaty, and by the Investiture which ensu’d thereon of
the Dutchy of Montserrat.