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... Secondly, that all the Lower Palatinate, with
all and every the Ecclesiastical and Secular Lands, Rights and Appurtenances,
which the Electors and Princes Palatine enjoy’d before the Troubles of
Bohemia, shall be fully restor’d to him; as also all the Documents, Registers
and Papers belonging thereto; annulling all that hath been done to the
contrary. And the Emperor engages, that neither the Catholick King, nor
any other who possess any thing thereof, shall any ways oppose this Restitution. ...
... That none, either Officer or Soldier in Garisons,
or any other whatsoever, shall oppose the Execution of the Directors and
Governors of the Militia of the Circles or Commissarys, but they shall
rather promote the Execution; and the said Executors shall be permitted
to use Force against such as shall endeavour to obstruct the Execution
in what manner soever. ...
... That he who by his Assistance or Counsel shall
contravene this Transaction or Publick Peace, or shall oppose its Execution
and the abovesaid Restitution, or who shall have endeavour’d, after the
Restitution has been lawfully made, and without exceeding the manner agreed
on before, without a lawful Cognizance of the Cause, and without the ordinary
Course of Justice, to molest those that have been restor’d, whether Ecclesiasticks
or Laymen; he shall incur the Punishment of being an Infringer of the publick
Peace, and Sentence given against him according to the Constitutions of
the Empire, so that the Restitution and Reparation may have its full effect. ...