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... But from this general Restitution shall be exempted
things which cannot be restor’d, as Things movable and moving, Fruits gather’d,
Things alienated by the Authority of the Chiefs of the Party, Things destroy’d,
ruin’d, and converted to other uses for the publick Security, as publick
and particular Buildings, whether sacred or profane, publick or private
Gages, which have been, by surprize of the Enemys, pillag’d, confiscated,
lawfully sold, or voluntarily bestow’d. ...
... First, That the chief Dominion, Right of Sovereignty,
and all other Rights upon the Bishopricks of Metz, Toul, and Verdun, and
on the Citys of that Name and their Diocesses, particularly on Mayenvick,
in the same manner they formerly belong’d to the Emperor, shall for the
future appertain to the Crown of France, and shall be irrevocably incorporated
therewith for ever, saving the Right of the Metropolitan, which belongs
to the Archbishop of Treves. ...
... As soon as the Treaty of Peace shall be sign’d
and seal’d by the Plenipotentiarys and Ambassadors, all Hostilitys shall
cease, and all Partys shall study immediately to put in execution what
has been agreed to; and that the same may be the better and quicker accomplish’d,
the Peace shall be solemnly publish’d the day after the signing thereof
in the usual form at the Cross of the Citys of Munster and of Osnabrug.
That when it shall be known that the signing has been made in these two
Places, divers Couriers shall presently be sent to the Generals of the
Armys, to acquaint them that the Peace is concluded, and take care that
the Generals chuse a Day, on which shall be made on all sides a Cessation
of Arms and Hostilitys for the publishing of the Peace in the Army; and
that command be given to all and each of the chief Officers Military and
Civil, and to the Governors of Fortresses, to abstain for the future from
all Acts of Hostility: and if it happen that any thing be attempted, or
actually innovated after the said Publication, the same shall be forthwith
repair’d and restor’d to its former State. ...