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... And that a reciprocal Amity between the Emperor,
and the Most Christian King, the Electors, Princes and States of the Empire,
may be maintain’d so much the more firm and sincere (to say nothing at
present of the Article of Security, which will be mention’d hereafter)
the one shall never assist the present or future Enemys of the other under
any Title or Pretence whatsoever, either with Arms, Money, Soldiers, or
any sort of Ammunition; nor no one, who is a Member of this Pacification,
shall suffer any Enemys Troops to retire thro’ or sojourn in his Country. ...
... 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. ...
... And as His Imperial Majesty, upon Complaints made
in the name of the City of Basle, and of all Switzerland, in the presence
of their Plenipotentiarys deputed to the present Assembly, touching some
Procedures and Executions proceeding from the Imperial Chamber against
the said City, and the other united Cantons of the Swiss Country, and their
Citizens and Subjects having demanded the Advice of the States of the Empire
and their Council; these have, by a Decree of the 14th of May of the last
Year, declared the said City of Basle, and the other Swiss-Cantons, to
be as it were in possession of their full Liberty and Exemption of the
Empire; so that they are no ways subject to the Judicatures, or Judgments
of the Empire, and it was thought convenient to insert the same in this
Treaty of Peace, and confirm it, and thereby to make void and annul all
such Procedures and Arrests given on this Account in what form soever. ...
... 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 the Places which have been restor’d, as,
well Maritime as Frontiers, or in the heart of the Country shall from henceforth
and for ever be exempted from all Garisons, introduc’d during the Wars,
and left (without prejudice in other things to every one’s Right) at the
full liberty and disposal of their Masters. ...