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... In the name of the most holy and individual Trinity:
Be it known to all, and every one whom it may concern, or to whom in any
manner it may belong, That for many Years past, Discords and Civil Divisions
being stir’d up in the Roman Empire, which increas’d to such a degree,
that not only all Germany, but also the neighbouring Kingdoms, and France
particularly, have been involv’d in the Disorders of a long and cruel War:
And in the first place, between the most Serene and most Puissant Prince
and Lord, Ferdinand the Second, of famous Memory, elected Roman Emperor,
always August, King of Germany, Hungary, Bohemia, Dalmatia, Croatia, Slavonia,
Arch-Duke of Austria, Duke of Burgundy, Brabant, Styria, Carinthia, Carniola,
Marquiss of Moravia, Duke of Luxemburgh, the Higher and Lower Silesia,
of Wirtemburg and Teck, Prince of Suabia, Count of Hapsburg, Tirol, Kyburg
and Goritia, Marquiss of the Sacred Roman Empire, Lord of Burgovia, of
the Higher and Lower Lusace, of the Marquisate of Slavonia, of Port Naon
and Salines, with his Allies and Adherents on one side; and the most Serene,
and the most Puissant Prince, Lewis the Thirteenth, most Christian King
of France and Navarre, with his Allies and Adherents on the other side.
And after their Decease, between the most Serene and Puissant Prince and
Lord, Ferdinand the Third, elected Roman Emperor, always August, King of
Germany, Hungary, Bohemia, Dalmatia, Croatia, Slavonia, Arch-Duke of Austria,
Duke of Burgundy, Brabant, Styria, Carinthia, Carniola, Marquiss of Moravia,
Duke of Luxemburg, of the Higher and Lower Silesia, of Wirtemburg and Teck,
Prince of Suabia, Count of Hapsburg, Tirol, Kyburg and Goritia, Marquiss
of the Sacred Roman Empire, Burgovia, the Higher and Lower Lusace, Lord
of the Marquisate of Slavonia, of Port Naon and Salines, with his Allies
and Adherents on the one side; and the most Serene and most Puissant Prince
and Lord, Lewis the Fourteenth, most Christian King of France and Navarre,
with his Allies and Adherents on the other side: from whence ensu’d great
Effusion of Christian Blood, and the Desolation of several Provinces. It
has at last happen’d, by the effect of Divine Goodness, seconded by the
Endeavours of the most Serene Republick of Venice, who in this sad time,
when all Christendom is imbroil’d, has not ceas’d to contribute its Counsels
for the publick Welfare and Tranquillity; so that on the side, and the
other, they have form’d Thoughts of an universal Peace. And for this purpose,
by a mutual Agreement and Covenant of both Partys, in the year of our Lord
1641. the 25th of December, N.S. or the 15th O.S. it was resolv’d at Hamburgh,
to hold an Assembly of Plenipotentiary Ambassadors, who should render themselves
at Munster and Osnabrug in Westphalia the 11th of July, N.S. or the 1st
of the said month O.S. in the year 1643. The Plenipotentiary Ambassadors
on the one side, and the other, duly establish’d, appearing at the prefixt
time, and on the behalf of his Imperial Majesty, the most illustrious and
most excellent Lord, Maximilian Count of Trautmansdorf and Weinsberg, Baron
of Gleichenberg, Neustadt, Negan, Burgau, and Torzenbach, Lord of Teinitz,
Knight of the Golden Fleece, Privy Counsellor and Chamberlain to his Imperial
Sacred Majesty, and Steward of his Houshold; the Lord John Lewis, Count
of Nassau, Catzenellebogen, Vianden, and Dietz, Lord of Bilstein, Privy
Counsellor to the Emperor, and Knight of the Golden Fleece; Monsieur Isaac
Volmamarus, Doctor of Law, Counsellor, and President in the Chamber of
the most Serene Lord Arch-Duke Ferdinand Charles. And on the behalf of
the most Christian King, the most eminent Prince and Lord, Henry of Orleans,
Duke of Longueville, and Estouteville, Prince and Sovereign Count of Neuschaftel,
Count of Dunois and Tancerville, Hereditary Constable of Normandy, Governor
and Lieutenant-General of the same Province, Captain of the Cent Hommes
d’Arms, and Knight of the King’s Orders, &c. as also the most illustrious
and most excellent Lords, Claude de Mesmes, Count d’Avaux, Commander of
the said King’s Orders, one of the Superintendents of the Finances, and
Minister of the Kingdom of France &c. and Abel Servien, Count la Roche
of Aubiers, also one of the Ministers of the Kingdom of France. And by
the Mediation and Interposition of the most illustrious and most excellent
Ambassador and Senator of Venice, Aloysius Contarini Knight, who for the
space of five Years, or thereabouts, with great Diligence, and a Spirit
intirely impartial, has been inclin’d to be a Mediator in these Affairs.
After having implor’d the Divine Assistance, and receiv’d a reciprocal
Communication of Letters, Commissions, and full Powers, the Copys of which
are inserted at the end of this Treaty, in the presence and with the consent
of the Electors of the Sacred Roman Empire, the other Princes and States,
to the Glory of God, and the Benefit of the Christian World, the following
Articles have been agreed on and consented to, and the same run thus. ...
... In the name of the most holy and individual Trinity:
Be it known to all, and every one whom it may concern, or to whom in any
manner it may belong, That for many Years past, Discords and Civil Divisions
being stir’d up in the Roman Empire, which increas’d to such a degree,
that not only all Germany, but also the neighbouring Kingdoms, and France
particularly, have been involv’d in the Disorders of a long and cruel War:
And in the first place, between the most Serene and most Puissant Prince
and Lord, Ferdinand the Second, of famous Memory, elected Roman Emperor,
always August, King of Germany, Hungary, Bohemia, Dalmatia, Croatia, Slavonia,
Arch-Duke of Austria, Duke of Burgundy, Brabant, Styria, Carinthia, Carniola,
Marquiss of Moravia, Duke of Luxemburgh, the Higher and Lower Silesia,
of Wirtemburg and Teck, Prince of Suabia, Count of Hapsburg, Tirol, Kyburg
and Goritia, Marquiss of the Sacred Roman Empire, Lord of Burgovia, of
the Higher and Lower Lusace, of the Marquisate of Slavonia, of Port Naon
and Salines, with his Allies and Adherents on one side; and the most Serene,
and the most Puissant Prince, Lewis the Thirteenth, most Christian King
of France and Navarre, with his Allies and Adherents on the other side.
And after their Decease, between the most Serene and Puissant Prince and
Lord, Ferdinand the Third, elected Roman Emperor, always August, King of
Germany, Hungary, Bohemia, Dalmatia, Croatia, Slavonia, Arch-Duke of Austria,
Duke of Burgundy, Brabant, Styria, Carinthia, Carniola, Marquiss of Moravia,
Duke of Luxemburg, of the Higher and Lower Silesia, of Wirtemburg and Teck,
Prince of Suabia, Count of Hapsburg, Tirol, Kyburg and Goritia, Marquiss
of the Sacred Roman Empire, Burgovia, the Higher and Lower Lusace, Lord
of the Marquisate of Slavonia, of Port Naon and Salines, with his Allies
and Adherents on the one side; and the most Serene and most Puissant Prince
and Lord, Lewis the Fourteenth, most Christian King of France and Navarre,
with his Allies and Adherents on the other side: from whence ensu’d great
Effusion of Christian Blood, and the Desolation of several Provinces. It
has at last happen’d, by the effect of Divine Goodness, seconded by the
Endeavours of the most Serene Republick of Venice, who in this sad time,
when all Christendom is imbroil’d, has not ceas’d to contribute its Counsels
for the publick Welfare and Tranquillity; so that on the side, and the
other, they have form’d Thoughts of an universal Peace. And for this purpose,
by a mutual Agreement and Covenant of both Partys, in the year of our Lord
1641. the 25th of December, N.S. or the 15th O.S. it was resolv’d at Hamburgh,
to hold an Assembly of Plenipotentiary Ambassadors, who should render themselves
at Munster and Osnabrug in Westphalia the 11th of July, N.S. or the 1st
of the said month O.S. in the year 1643. The Plenipotentiary Ambassadors
on the one side, and the other, duly establish’d, appearing at the prefixt
time, and on the behalf of his Imperial Majesty, the most illustrious and
most excellent Lord, Maximilian Count of Trautmansdorf and Weinsberg, Baron
of Gleichenberg, Neustadt, Negan, Burgau, and Torzenbach, Lord of Teinitz,
Knight of the Golden Fleece, Privy Counsellor and Chamberlain to his Imperial
Sacred Majesty, and Steward of his Houshold; the Lord John Lewis, Count
of Nassau, Catzenellebogen, Vianden, and Dietz, Lord of Bilstein, Privy
Counsellor to the Emperor, and Knight of the Golden Fleece; Monsieur Isaac
Volmamarus, Doctor of Law, Counsellor, and President in the Chamber of
the most Serene Lord Arch-Duke Ferdinand Charles. And on the behalf of
the most Christian King, the most eminent Prince and Lord, Henry of Orleans,
Duke of Longueville, and Estouteville, Prince and Sovereign Count of Neuschaftel,
Count of Dunois and Tancerville, Hereditary Constable of Normandy, Governor
and Lieutenant-General of the same Province, Captain of the Cent Hommes
d’Arms, and Knight of the King’s Orders, &c. as also the most illustrious
and most excellent Lords, Claude de Mesmes, Count d’Avaux, Commander of
the said King’s Orders, one of the Superintendents of the Finances, and
Minister of the Kingdom of France &c. and Abel Servien, Count la Roche
of Aubiers, also one of the Ministers of the Kingdom of France. And by
the Mediation and Interposition of the most illustrious and most excellent
Ambassador and Senator of Venice, Aloysius Contarini Knight, who for the
space of five Years, or thereabouts, with great Diligence, and a Spirit
intirely impartial, has been inclin’d to be a Mediator in these Affairs.
After having implor’d the Divine Assistance, and receiv’d a reciprocal
Communication of Letters, Commissions, and full Powers, the Copys of which
are inserted at the end of this Treaty, in the presence and with the consent
of the Electors of the Sacred Roman Empire, the other Princes and States,
to the Glory of God, and the Benefit of the Christian World, the following
Articles have been agreed on and consented to, and the same run thus. ...
... 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. ...
... Reciprocally the Elector of Bavaria renounces
entirely for himself and his Heirs and Successors the Debt of Thirteen
Millions, as also all his Pretensions in Upper Austria; and shall deliver
to his Imperial Majesty immediately after the Publication of the Peace,
all Acts and Arrests obtain’d for that end, in order to be made void and
null. ...
... 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. ...
... 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. ...
... 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. ...
... The most Christian King shall, nevertheless, be
oblig’d to preserve in all and every one of these Countrys the Catholick
Religion, as maintain’d under the Princes of Austria, and to abolish all
Innovations crept in during the War. ...
... 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. ...
... 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. ...
... All Ortnaw, with the Imperial Citys of Ossenburg,
Gengenbach, Cellaham and Harmospach, forasmuch as the said Lordships depend
- on that of Ortnaw, so that no King of France can or ought ever to ; pretend
to or usurp any Right or Power over the said Countrys situated on this
and the other side the Rhine: nevertheless, in such a manner, that by this
present Restitution, the Princes of Austria shall acquire no new Right;
that for the future, the Commerce and Transportation shall be free to the
Inhabitants on both sides of the Rhine, and the adjacent Provinces. Above
all, the Navigation of the Rhine be free, and none of the partys shall
be permitted to hinder Boats going up or coming down, detain, stop, or
molest them under any pretence whatsoever, except the Inspection and Search
which is usually done to Merchandizes: And it shall not be permitted to
impose upon the Rhine new and unwonted Tolls, Customs, Taxes, Imposts,
and other like Exactions; but the one and the other Party shall contented
with the Tributes, Dutys and Tolls that were paid before these Wars, under
the Government of the Princes of Austria. ...
... All Ortnaw, with the Imperial Citys of Ossenburg,
Gengenbach, Cellaham and Harmospach, forasmuch as the said Lordships depend
- on that of Ortnaw, so that no King of France can or ought ever to ; pretend
to or usurp any Right or Power over the said Countrys situated on this
and the other side the Rhine: nevertheless, in such a manner, that by this
present Restitution, the Princes of Austria shall acquire no new Right;
that for the future, the Commerce and Transportation shall be free to the
Inhabitants on both sides of the Rhine, and the adjacent Provinces. Above
all, the Navigation of the Rhine be free, and none of the partys shall
be permitted to hinder Boats going up or coming down, detain, stop, or
molest them under any pretence whatsoever, except the Inspection and Search
which is usually done to Merchandizes: And it shall not be permitted to
impose upon the Rhine new and unwonted Tolls, Customs, Taxes, Imposts,
and other like Exactions; but the one and the other Party shall contented
with the Tributes, Dutys and Tolls that were paid before these Wars, under
the Government of the Princes of Austria. ...
... 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. ...