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... That there shall be a Christian and Universal
Peace, and a perpetual, true, and sincere Amity, between his Sacred Imperial
Majesty, and his most Christian Majesty; as also, between all and each
of the Allies, and Adherents of his said Imperial Majesty, the House of
Austria, and its Heirs, and Successors; but chiefly between the Electors,
Princes, and States of the Empire on the one side; and all and each of
the Allies of his said Christian Majesty, and all their Heirs and Successors,
chiefly between the most Serene Queen and Kingdom of Swedeland, the Electors
respectively, the Princes and States of the Empire, on the other part.
That this Peace and Amity be observ’d and cultivated with such a Sincerity
and Zeal, that each Party shall endeavour to procure the Benefit, Honour
and Advantage of the other; that thus on all sides they may see this Peace
and Friendship in the Roman Empire, and the Kingdom of France flourish,
by entertaining a good and faithful Neighbourhood. ...
... In the first place, as to what concerns the House
of Bavaria, the Electoral Dignity which the Electors Palatine have hitherto
had, with all their Regales, Offices, Precedencys, Arms and Rights, whatever
they be, belonging to this Dignity, without excepting any, as also all
the Upper Palatinate and the County of Cham, shall remain, as for the time
past, so also for the future, with all their Appurtenances, Regales and
Rights, in the possession of the Lord Maximilian, Count Palatine of the
Rhine, Duke of Bavaria, and of his children, and all the Willielmine Line,
whilst there shall be any Male Children in being. ...
... As for what regards the House of Palatine, the
Emperor and the Empire, for the benefit of the publick Tranquillity, consent,
that by virtue of this present Agreement, there be establish’d an eighth
Electorate; which the Lord Charles Lewis, Count Palatine of the Rhine,
shall enjoy for the future, and his Heirs, and the Descendants of the Rudolphine
Line, pursuant to the Order of Succession, set forth in the Golden Bull;
and that by this Investiture, neither the Lord Charles Lewis, nor his Successors
shall have any Right to that which has been given with the Electoral Dignity
to the Elector of Bavaria, and all the Branch of William. ...
... Forasmuch-as that certain Jurisdictions of the
Bergstraet, belonging antiently to the Elector of Mayence, were in the
year 1463 mortgag’d to the House Palatine for a certain Sum of Money: upon
condition of perpetual Redemption, it has been agreed that the same Jurisdictions
shall be Restor’d to the present Elector of Mayence, and his Successors
in the Archbishoprick of Mayence, provided the Mortgage be paid in ready
Mony, within the time limited by the Peace to be concluded; and that he
satisfies the other Conditions, which he is bound to by the Tenor of the
Mortgage-Deeds. ...
... That the Family-Contracts made between the Electoral
House of Heidelberg and that of Nieuburg, touching the Succession to the
Electorate, confirm’d by former Emperors; as also all the Rights of the
Rudolphine Branch, forasmuch as they are not contrary to this Disposition,
shall be conserv’d and maintain’d entire. ...
... Moreover, if any Fiefs in Juliers shall be found
open by lawful Process, the Question shall be decided in favour of the
House Palatine. ...
... Further, that all the Palatinate House, with all
and each of them, who are, or have in any manner adher’d to it; and above
all, the Ministers who have serv’d in this Assembly, or have formerly serv’d
this House; as also all those who are banish’d out of the Palatinate, shall
enjoy the general Amnesty here above promis’d, with the same Rights as
those who are comprehended therein, or of whom a more particular and ampler
mention has been made in the Article of Grievance. ...
... Further, that all the Palatinate House, with all
and each of them, who are, or have in any manner adher’d to it; and above
all, the Ministers who have serv’d in this Assembly, or have formerly serv’d
this House; as also all those who are banish’d out of the Palatinate, shall
enjoy the general Amnesty here above promis’d, with the same Rights as
those who are comprehended therein, or of whom a more particular and ampler
mention has been made in the Article of Grievance. ...
... And upon the mention which has been made, to give
a Dowry and a Pension to the Mother Dowager of the said Prince, and to
his Sisters; his Sacred Imperial Majesty (according to the Affection he
has for the Palatinate House) has promis’d to the said Dowager, for her
Maintenance and Subsistence, to pay once for all twenty thousand Rixdollars;
and to each of the Sisters of the said Lord Charles Lewis, when they shall
marry, ten thousand Rixdollars, the said Prince Charles Lewis being bound
to disburse the Overplus. ...
... That those of the Confession of Augsburg, and
particularly the Inhabitants of Oppenheim, shall be put in possession again
of their Churches, and Ecclesiastical Estates, as they were in the Year
1624. as also that all others of the said Confession of Augsburg, who shall
demand it, shall have the free Exercise of their Religion, as well in publick
Churches at the appointed Hours, as in private in their own Houses, or
in others chosen for this purpose by their Ministers, or by those of their
Neighbours, preaching the Word of God. ...
... The Most Christian King shall restore to the Duke
of Wirtemberg, after the manner hereafter related, where we shall mention
the withdrawing of Garisons, the Towns and Forts of Hohenwiel, Schorendorff,
Turbingen, and all other places, without reserve, where he keeps Garisons
in the Dutchy of Wirtemberg. As for the rest, the Paragraph, THE HOUSE
OF WIRTEMBERG, &c. shall be understood as inserted in this Place, after
the same manner it’s contain’d in the Treaty of the Empire, and of Swedeland. ...
... That for the future, the Precedency and Session,
in the States and Circle of Swabia, or other General or Particular Assemblys
of the Empire, and any others whatsoever, shall be alternative in the two
Branches of Baden; viz. in that of the Upper, and that of the Lower Marquisate
of Baden: but nevertheless this Precedency shall remain in the Marquiss
Frederick during his Life. It has been agreed, touching the Barony of Hohengerolt
Zegk that if Madam, the Princess of Baden, verifies the Rights of her Pretension
upon the said Barony by authentick Documents, Restitution shall be made
her, according to the Rights and Contents of the said Documents, as soon
as Sentence shall be pronounc’d. That the Cognizance of this Cause shall
be terminated within two Years after the Publication of the Peace: And
lastly, no Actions, Transaction, or Exceptions, either general or particular,
nor Clauses comprehended in this Treaty of Peace, and whereby they would
derogate from the Vigour of this Article, shall be at any time alledg’d
by any of the Partys against this special Agreement. The Paragraphs, the
Duke of Croy, &c. As for the Controversy of Naussau-Siegen, &c.
To the Counts of Naussau, Sarrepont, &c. The House of Hanau, &c.
John Albert Count of Solms, &c. as also, Shall be re-establish’d the
House of Solms, Hohensolms, &c. The Counts of Isemburg, &c. The
Rhinegraves, &c. The Widow of Count Ernest of Sainen, &c. The Castle
and the County of Flackenstein, &c. Let also the House of Waldeck be
re-establish’d, &c. Joachim Ernest Count of Ottingen, &c. Item,
The House of Hohenlo, &c. Frederick Lewis, &c. The Widow and Heirs
of the Count of Brandenstein, &c. The Baron Paul Kevenhuller, &c.
shall be understood to be inserted in this place word by word, as they
are put down in the Instruor Treaty between the Empire and Swedeland. ...
... That for the future, the Precedency and Session,
in the States and Circle of Swabia, or other General or Particular Assemblys
of the Empire, and any others whatsoever, shall be alternative in the two
Branches of Baden; viz. in that of the Upper, and that of the Lower Marquisate
of Baden: but nevertheless this Precedency shall remain in the Marquiss
Frederick during his Life. It has been agreed, touching the Barony of Hohengerolt
Zegk that if Madam, the Princess of Baden, verifies the Rights of her Pretension
upon the said Barony by authentick Documents, Restitution shall be made
her, according to the Rights and Contents of the said Documents, as soon
as Sentence shall be pronounc’d. That the Cognizance of this Cause shall
be terminated within two Years after the Publication of the Peace: And
lastly, no Actions, Transaction, or Exceptions, either general or particular,
nor Clauses comprehended in this Treaty of Peace, and whereby they would
derogate from the Vigour of this Article, shall be at any time alledg’d
by any of the Partys against this special Agreement. The Paragraphs, the
Duke of Croy, &c. As for the Controversy of Naussau-Siegen, &c.
To the Counts of Naussau, Sarrepont, &c. The House of Hanau, &c.
John Albert Count of Solms, &c. as also, Shall be re-establish’d the
House of Solms, Hohensolms, &c. The Counts of Isemburg, &c. The
Rhinegraves, &c. The Widow of Count Ernest of Sainen, &c. The Castle
and the County of Flackenstein, &c. Let also the House of Waldeck be
re-establish’d, &c. Joachim Ernest Count of Ottingen, &c. Item,
The House of Hohenlo, &c. Frederick Lewis, &c. The Widow and Heirs
of the Count of Brandenstein, &c. The Baron Paul Kevenhuller, &c.
shall be understood to be inserted in this place word by word, as they
are put down in the Instruor Treaty between the Empire and Swedeland. ...
... That for the future, the Precedency and Session,
in the States and Circle of Swabia, or other General or Particular Assemblys
of the Empire, and any others whatsoever, shall be alternative in the two
Branches of Baden; viz. in that of the Upper, and that of the Lower Marquisate
of Baden: but nevertheless this Precedency shall remain in the Marquiss
Frederick during his Life. It has been agreed, touching the Barony of Hohengerolt
Zegk that if Madam, the Princess of Baden, verifies the Rights of her Pretension
upon the said Barony by authentick Documents, Restitution shall be made
her, according to the Rights and Contents of the said Documents, as soon
as Sentence shall be pronounc’d. That the Cognizance of this Cause shall
be terminated within two Years after the Publication of the Peace: And
lastly, no Actions, Transaction, or Exceptions, either general or particular,
nor Clauses comprehended in this Treaty of Peace, and whereby they would
derogate from the Vigour of this Article, shall be at any time alledg’d
by any of the Partys against this special Agreement. The Paragraphs, the
Duke of Croy, &c. As for the Controversy of Naussau-Siegen, &c.
To the Counts of Naussau, Sarrepont, &c. The House of Hanau, &c.
John Albert Count of Solms, &c. as also, Shall be re-establish’d the
House of Solms, Hohensolms, &c. The Counts of Isemburg, &c. The
Rhinegraves, &c. The Widow of Count Ernest of Sainen, &c. The Castle
and the County of Flackenstein, &c. Let also the House of Waldeck be
re-establish’d, &c. Joachim Ernest Count of Ottingen, &c. Item,
The House of Hohenlo, &c. Frederick Lewis, &c. The Widow and Heirs
of the Count of Brandenstein, &c. The Baron Paul Kevenhuller, &c.
shall be understood to be inserted in this place word by word, as they
are put down in the Instruor Treaty between the Empire and Swedeland. ...
... That for the future, the Precedency and Session,
in the States and Circle of Swabia, or other General or Particular Assemblys
of the Empire, and any others whatsoever, shall be alternative in the two
Branches of Baden; viz. in that of the Upper, and that of the Lower Marquisate
of Baden: but nevertheless this Precedency shall remain in the Marquiss
Frederick during his Life. It has been agreed, touching the Barony of Hohengerolt
Zegk that if Madam, the Princess of Baden, verifies the Rights of her Pretension
upon the said Barony by authentick Documents, Restitution shall be made
her, according to the Rights and Contents of the said Documents, as soon
as Sentence shall be pronounc’d. That the Cognizance of this Cause shall
be terminated within two Years after the Publication of the Peace: And
lastly, no Actions, Transaction, or Exceptions, either general or particular,
nor Clauses comprehended in this Treaty of Peace, and whereby they would
derogate from the Vigour of this Article, shall be at any time alledg’d
by any of the Partys against this special Agreement. The Paragraphs, the
Duke of Croy, &c. As for the Controversy of Naussau-Siegen, &c.
To the Counts of Naussau, Sarrepont, &c. The House of Hanau, &c.
John Albert Count of Solms, &c. as also, Shall be re-establish’d the
House of Solms, Hohensolms, &c. The Counts of Isemburg, &c. The
Rhinegraves, &c. The Widow of Count Ernest of Sainen, &c. The Castle
and the County of Flackenstein, &c. Let also the House of Waldeck be
re-establish’d, &c. Joachim Ernest Count of Ottingen, &c. Item,
The House of Hohenlo, &c. Frederick Lewis, &c. The Widow and Heirs
of the Count of Brandenstein, &c. The Baron Paul Kevenhuller, &c.
shall be understood to be inserted in this place word by word, as they
are put down in the Instruor Treaty between the Empire and Swedeland. ...
... Finally, That all and each of the Officers, as
well Military Men as Counsellors and Gownmen, and Ecclesiasticks of what
degree they may be, who have serv’d the one or other Party among the Allies,
or among their Adherents, let it be in the Gown, or with the Sword, from
the highest to the lowest, without any distinction or exception, with their
Wives, Children, Heirs, Successors, Servants, as well concerning their
Lives as Estates, shall be restor’d by all Partys in the State of Life,
Honour, Renown, Liberty of Conscience, Rights and Privileges, which they
enjoy’d before the abovesaid Disorders; that no prejudice shall be done
to their Effects and Persons, that no Action or accusation shall be enter’d
against them; and that further, no Punishment be inflicted on them, or
they to bear any damage under what pretence soever: And all this shall
have its full effect in respect to those who are not Subjects or Vassals
of his Imperial Majesty, or of the House of Austria. ...
... But for those who are Subjects and Hereditary
Vassals of the Emperor, and of the House of Austria, they shall really
have the benefit of the Amnesty, as for their Persons, Life, Reputation,
Honours: and they may return with Safety to their former Country; but they
shall be oblig’d to conform, and submit themselves to the Laws of the Realms,
or particular Provinces they shall belong to. ...
... As to their Estates that have been lost by Confiscation
or otherways, before they took the part of the Crown of France, or of Swedeland,
notwithstanding the Plenipotentiarys of Swedeland have made long instances,
they may be also restor’d. Nevertheless his Imperial Majesty being to receive
Law from none, and the Imperialists sticking close thereto, it has not
been thought convenient by the States of the Empire, that for such a Subject
the War should be continu’d: And that thus those who have lost their Effects
as aforesaid, cannot recover them to the prejudice of their last Masters
and Possessors. But the Estates, which have been taken away by reason of
Arms taken for France or Swedeland, against the Emperor and the House of
Austria, they shall be restor’d in the State they are found, and that without
any Compensation for Profit or Damage. ...
... Touching the Affair of Hesse Cassel, it has been
agreed as follows: In the first place, The House of Hesse Cassel, and all
its Princes, chiefly Madam Emelie Elizabeth Landgravine of Hesse, and her
Son Monsieur William and his Heirs, his Ministers, Officers, Vassals, Subjects,
Soldiers, and others who follow his Service in any manner soever, without
any Exception, notwithstanding Contracts to the contrary, Processes, Proscriptions,
Declarations, Sentences, Executions and Transactions; as also notwithstanding
any Actions and Pretensions for Damages and Injuries as well from Neutrals,
as from those who were in Arms, annull’d by the General Amnesty here before
establish’d, and to take place from the beginning of the War in Bohemia,
with a full Restitution (except the Vassals, and Hereditary Subjects of
his Imperial Majesty, and the House of Austria, as is laid down in the
Paragraph, Tandemomnes, &c.) shall partake of all the Advantages redounding
from this Peace, with the same Rights other States enjoy, as is set forth
in the Article which commences, Unanimi, &c. ...
... Touching the Affair of Hesse Cassel, it has been
agreed as follows: In the first place, The House of Hesse Cassel, and all
its Princes, chiefly Madam Emelie Elizabeth Landgravine of Hesse, and her
Son Monsieur William and his Heirs, his Ministers, Officers, Vassals, Subjects,
Soldiers, and others who follow his Service in any manner soever, without
any Exception, notwithstanding Contracts to the contrary, Processes, Proscriptions,
Declarations, Sentences, Executions and Transactions; as also notwithstanding
any Actions and Pretensions for Damages and Injuries as well from Neutrals,
as from those who were in Arms, annull’d by the General Amnesty here before
establish’d, and to take place from the beginning of the War in Bohemia,
with a full Restitution (except the Vassals, and Hereditary Subjects of
his Imperial Majesty, and the House of Austria, as is laid down in the
Paragraph, Tandemomnes, &c.) shall partake of all the Advantages redounding
from this Peace, with the same Rights other States enjoy, as is set forth
in the Article which commences, Unanimi, &c. ...
... In the second place, the House of Hesse Cassel,
and its Successors, shall retain, and for this purpose shall demand at
any time, and when it shall be expir’d, the Investiture of his Imperial
Majesty, and shall take the Oath of Fidelity for the Abby of Hitsfield,
with all its Dependencys, as well Secular as Ecclesiastical, situated within
or without his Territorys (as the Deanery of Gellingen) saving nevertheless
the Rights possess’d by the House of Saxony, time out of mind. ...
... In the second place, the House of Hesse Cassel,
and its Successors, shall retain, and for this purpose shall demand at
any time, and when it shall be expir’d, the Investiture of his Imperial
Majesty, and shall take the Oath of Fidelity for the Abby of Hitsfield,
with all its Dependencys, as well Secular as Ecclesiastical, situated within
or without his Territorys (as the Deanery of Gellingen) saving nevertheless
the Rights possess’d by the House of Saxony, time out of mind. ...
... As to the Differences arisen between the Houses
of Hesse Cassel, and of Darmstadt, touching the Succession of Marburg;
since they have been adjusted at Cassel, the 14th of April, the preceding
Year, by the mutual Consent of the Interested Partys, it has been thought
good, that that Transaction, with all its Clauses, as concluded and sign’d
at Cassel by both Partys, should be intimated to this Assembly; and that
by virtue of this present Treaty, it shall be of the same force, as if
inserted word by word: and the same shall never be infring’d by the Partys,
nor any other whatsoever, under any pretence, either by Contract, Oath,
or otherways, but ought to be most exactly kept by all, tho perhaps some
of the Partys concern’d may refuse to confirm it. ...
... That the Birth-right introduc’d in the House of
Hesse Cassel, and in that of Darmstadt, and confirm’d by His Imperial Majesty,
shall continue and be kept firm and inviolable. ...
... In the third place the Emperor, as well in his
own behalf, as the behalf of the whole most Serene House of Austria, as
also of the Empire, resigns all Rights, Propertys, Domains, Possessions
and Jurisdictions, which have hitherto belong’d either to him, or the Empire,
and the Family of Austria, over the City of Brisac, the Landgraveship of
Upper and Lower Alsatia, Suntgau, and the Provincial Lordship of ten Imperial
Citys situated in Alsatia, viz. Haguenau, Calmer, Sclestadt, Weisemburg,
Landau, Oberenheim, Rosheim, Munster in the Valley of St. Gregory, Keyerberg,
Turingham, and of all the villages, or other Rights which depend on the
said Mayoralty; all and every of them are made over to the most Christian
King, and the Kingdom of France; in the same manner as the City of Brisac,
with the Villages of Hochstet, Niederrimsing, Hartem and Acharren appertaining
to the Commonalty of Brisac, with all the antient Territory and Dependence;
without any prejudice, nevertheless, to the Priviliges and Libertys granted
the said Town formerly by the House of Austria. ...
... In the third place the Emperor, as well in his
own behalf, as the behalf of the whole most Serene House of Austria, as
also of the Empire, resigns all Rights, Propertys, Domains, Possessions
and Jurisdictions, which have hitherto belong’d either to him, or the Empire,
and the Family of Austria, over the City of Brisac, the Landgraveship of
Upper and Lower Alsatia, Suntgau, and the Provincial Lordship of ten Imperial
Citys situated in Alsatia, viz. Haguenau, Calmer, Sclestadt, Weisemburg,
Landau, Oberenheim, Rosheim, Munster in the Valley of St. Gregory, Keyerberg,
Turingham, and of all the villages, or other Rights which depend on the
said Mayoralty; all and every of them are made over to the most Christian
King, and the Kingdom of France; in the same manner as the City of Brisac,
with the Villages of Hochstet, Niederrimsing, Hartem and Acharren appertaining
to the Commonalty of Brisac, with all the antient Territory and Dependence;
without any prejudice, nevertheless, to the Priviliges and Libertys granted
the said Town formerly by the House of Austria. ...
... Item, All the Vassals, Subjects, People, Towns,
Boroughs, Castles, Houses, Fortresses, Woods, Coppices, Gold or Silver
Mines, Minerals, Rivers, Brooks, Pastures; and in a word, all the Rights,
Regales and Appurtenances, without any reserve, shall belong to the most
Christian King, and shall be for ever incorporated with the Kingdom France,
with all manner of Jurisdiction and Sovereignty, without any contradiction
from the Emperor, the Empire, House of Austria, or any other: so that no
Emperor, or any Prince of the House of Austria, shall, or ever ought to
usurp, nor so much as pretend any Right and Power over the said Countrys,
as well on this, as the other side the Rhine. ...
... Item, All the Vassals, Subjects, People, Towns,
Boroughs, Castles, Houses, Fortresses, Woods, Coppices, Gold or Silver
Mines, Minerals, Rivers, Brooks, Pastures; and in a word, all the Rights,
Regales and Appurtenances, without any reserve, shall belong to the most
Christian King, and shall be for ever incorporated with the Kingdom France,
with all manner of Jurisdiction and Sovereignty, without any contradiction
from the Emperor, the Empire, House of Austria, or any other: so that no
Emperor, or any Prince of the House of Austria, shall, or ever ought to
usurp, nor so much as pretend any Right and Power over the said Countrys,
as well on this, as the other side the Rhine. ...
... Item, All the Vassals, Subjects, People, Towns,
Boroughs, Castles, Houses, Fortresses, Woods, Coppices, Gold or Silver
Mines, Minerals, Rivers, Brooks, Pastures; and in a word, all the Rights,
Regales and Appurtenances, without any reserve, shall belong to the most
Christian King, and shall be for ever incorporated with the Kingdom France,
with all manner of Jurisdiction and Sovereignty, without any contradiction
from the Emperor, the Empire, House of Austria, or any other: so that no
Emperor, or any Prince of the House of Austria, shall, or ever ought to
usurp, nor so much as pretend any Right and Power over the said Countrys,
as well on this, as the other side the Rhine. ...
... 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. ...
... And as for those Debts which the Colleges of the
States have been charg’d with by the Princes of the House of Austria, pursuant
to particular Agreements made in their Provincial Assemblys, or such as
the said States have contracted in the name of the Publick, and to which
they are liable; a just distribution of the same shall be made between
those who are to transfer their Allegiance to the King of France, and them
that continue under the Obedience of the House of Austria, that so either
Party may know what proportion of the said Debt he is to pay. ...
... And as for those Debts which the Colleges of the
States have been charg’d with by the Princes of the House of Austria, pursuant
to particular Agreements made in their Provincial Assemblys, or such as
the said States have contracted in the name of the Publick, and to which
they are liable; a just distribution of the same shall be made between
those who are to transfer their Allegiance to the King of France, and them
that continue under the Obedience of the House of Austria, that so either
Party may know what proportion of the said Debt he is to pay. ...
... The most Christian King shall restore to the House
of Austria, and particularly to the Arch-Duke Ferdinand Charles, eldest
Son to Arch-Duke Leopold, four Forest-Towns, viz. Rheinselden, Seckingen,
Laussenberg and Waltshutum, with all their Territorys and Bayliwicks, Houses,
Villages, Mills, Woods, Forests, Vassals, Subjects, and all Appurtenances
on this, or the other side the Rhine. ...
... The most Christian King shall restore to the House
of Austria, and particularly to the Arch-Duke Ferdinand Charles, eldest
Son to Arch-Duke Leopold, four Forest-Towns, viz. Rheinselden, Seckingen,
Laussenberg and Waltshutum, with all their Territorys and Bayliwicks, Houses,
Villages, Mills, Woods, Forests, Vassals, Subjects, and all Appurtenances
on this, or the other side the Rhine. ...
... Item, The County of Hawenstein, the Black Forest,
the Upper and Lower Brisgaw, and the Towns situate therein, appertaining
of Antient Right to the House of Austria, viz. Neuburg, Friburg, Edingen,
Renzingen, Waldkirch, Willingen, Bruenlingen, with all their Territorys;
as also, the Monasterys, Abbys, Prelacys, Deaconrys, Knight-Fees, Commanderships,
with all their Bayliwicks, Baronys, Castles, Fortresses, Countys, Barons,
Nobles, Vassals, Men, Subjects, Rivers, Brooks, Forests, Woods, and all
the Regales, Rights, Jurisdictions, Fiefs and Patronages, and all other
things belonging to the Sovereign Right of Territory, and to the Patrimony
of the House of Austria, in all that Country. ...
... Item, The County of Hawenstein, the Black Forest,
the Upper and Lower Brisgaw, and the Towns situate therein, appertaining
of Antient Right to the House of Austria, viz. Neuburg, Friburg, Edingen,
Renzingen, Waldkirch, Willingen, Bruenlingen, with all their Territorys;
as also, the Monasterys, Abbys, Prelacys, Deaconrys, Knight-Fees, Commanderships,
with all their Bayliwicks, Baronys, Castles, Fortresses, Countys, Barons,
Nobles, Vassals, Men, Subjects, Rivers, Brooks, Forests, Woods, and all
the Regales, Rights, Jurisdictions, Fiefs and Patronages, and all other
things belonging to the Sovereign Right of Territory, and to the Patrimony
of the House of Austria, in all that Country. ...
... That all the Vassals, Subjects, Citizens and Inhabitants,
as well on this as the other side the Rhine, who were subject to the House
of Austria, or who depended immediately on the Empire, or who acknowledg’d
for Superiors the other Orders of the Empire, notwithstanding all Confiscations,
Transferrings, Donations made by any Captains or Generals of the Swedish
Troops, or Confederates, since the taking of the Province, and ratify’d
by the most Christian King, or decreed by his own particular Motion; immediately
after the Publication of Peace, shall be restor’d to the possession of
their Goods, immovable and stable, also to their Farms, Castles, Villages,
Lands, and Possessions, without any exception upon the account of Expences
and Compensation of Charges, which the modern Possessors may alledge, and
without Restitution of Movables or Fruits gather’d in. ...
... That the most Christian King shall be bound to
leave not only the Bishops of Strasburg and Basle, with the City of Strasburg,
but also the other States or Orders, Abbots of Murbach and Luederen, who
are in the one and the other Alsatia, immediately depending upon the Roman
Empire; the Abess of Andlavien, the Monastery of St. Bennet in the Valley
of St. George, the Palatines of Luzelstain, the Counts and Barons of Hanaw,
Fleckenstein, Oberstein, and all the nobility of Lower Alsatia; Item, the
said ten Imperial Citys, which depend on the Mayory of Haganoc, in the
Liberty and Possession they have enjoy’d hitherto, to arise as immediately
dependent upon the Roman Empire; so that he cannot pretend any Royal Superiority
over them, but shall rest contented with the Rights which appertain’d to
the House of Austria, and which by this present Treaty of Pacification,
are yielded to the Crown of France. In such a manner, nevertheless, that
by the present Declaration, nothing is intended that shall derogate from
the Sovereign Dominion already hereabove agreed to. ...
... That the very Places, Citys, Towns, Boroughs,
Villages, Castles, Fortresses and Forts which have been possess’d and retain’d,
as well in the Kingdom of Bohemia, and other Countrys of the Empire and
Hereditary Dominions of the House of Austria, as in the other Circles of
the Empire, by one or the other Army, or have been surrender’d by Composition;
shall be restor’d without delay to their former and lawful Possessors and
Lords, whether they be mediately or immediately States of the Empire, Ecclesiastical
or Secular, comprehending therein also the free Nobility of the Empire:
and they shall be left at their own free disposal, either according to
Right and Custom, or according to the Force this present Treaty ought to
have, notwithstanding all Donations, Infeoffments, Concessions (except
they have been made by the free-will of some State) Bonds for redeeming
of Prisoners, or to prevent Burnings and Pillages, or such other like Titles
acquir’d to the prejudice of the former and lawful Masters and Possessors.
Let also all Contracts and Bargains, and all Exceptions contrary to the
said Restitution cease, all which are to be esteem’d void; saving nevertheless
such things as have been otherwise agreed on in the precedent Articles
touching the Satisfaction to made to his most Christian Majesty, as also
some Concessions and equivalent Compensations granted to the Electors and
Princes of the Empire. That neither the Mention of the Catholick King,
nor Quality of the Duke of Lorain given to Duke Charles in the Treaty between
the Emperor and Swedeland, and much less the Title of Landgrave of Alsace,
given to the Emperor, shall be any prejudice to the most Christian King.
That also which has been agreed touching the Satisfaction to be made to
the Swedish Troops, shall have no effect in respect to his Majesty. ...
... In the Name of the House of Austria, M. George
Verie, Count of Wolkenstein, Counsellor of the Emperor’s Court; M. Corneille
Gobelius, Counsellor of the Bishop of Bamberg; M. Sebastian William Meel,
Privy Counsellor to the Bishop of Wirtzburg; M. John Earnest, Counsellor
of the Duke of Bavaria’s Court; M. Wolff Conrad of Thumbshirn, and Augustus
Carpzovius, both Counsellors of the Court of Saxe-Altenburg and Coburg;
M. John Fromhold, Privy Counsellor of the House of Brandenburg-Culmbac,
and Onolzbac; M. Henry Laugenbeck, J.C. to the House of Brunswick-Lunenburg;
James Limpodius, J.C. Counsellor of State to the Branch of Calemburg, and
Vice-Chancellor of Lunenburg. In the Name of the Counts of the Bench of
Wetteraw, M. Matthews Wesembecius, J. D. and Counsellor. ...
... In the Name of the House of Austria, M. George
Verie, Count of Wolkenstein, Counsellor of the Emperor’s Court; M. Corneille
Gobelius, Counsellor of the Bishop of Bamberg; M. Sebastian William Meel,
Privy Counsellor to the Bishop of Wirtzburg; M. John Earnest, Counsellor
of the Duke of Bavaria’s Court; M. Wolff Conrad of Thumbshirn, and Augustus
Carpzovius, both Counsellors of the Court of Saxe-Altenburg and Coburg;
M. John Fromhold, Privy Counsellor of the House of Brandenburg-Culmbac,
and Onolzbac; M. Henry Laugenbeck, J.C. to the House of Brunswick-Lunenburg;
James Limpodius, J.C. Counsellor of State to the Branch of Calemburg, and
Vice-Chancellor of Lunenburg. In the Name of the Counts of the Bench of
Wetteraw, M. Matthews Wesembecius, J. D. and Counsellor. ...
... In the Name of the House of Austria, M. George
Verie, Count of Wolkenstein, Counsellor of the Emperor’s Court; M. Corneille
Gobelius, Counsellor of the Bishop of Bamberg; M. Sebastian William Meel,
Privy Counsellor to the Bishop of Wirtzburg; M. John Earnest, Counsellor
of the Duke of Bavaria’s Court; M. Wolff Conrad of Thumbshirn, and Augustus
Carpzovius, both Counsellors of the Court of Saxe-Altenburg and Coburg;
M. John Fromhold, Privy Counsellor of the House of Brandenburg-Culmbac,
and Onolzbac; M. Henry Laugenbeck, J.C. to the House of Brunswick-Lunenburg;
James Limpodius, J.C. Counsellor of State to the Branch of Calemburg, and
Vice-Chancellor of Lunenburg. In the Name of the Counts of the Bench of
Wetteraw, M. Matthews Wesembecius, J. D. and Counsellor. ...