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... 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. ...
... That if it should happen that the Male Branch
of William should be intirely extinct, and the Palatine Branch still subsist,
not only the Upper Palatinate, but also the Electoral Dignity of the Dukes
of Bavaria, shall revert to the said surviving Palatine, who in the mean
time enjoys the Investiture: but then the eighth Electorate shall be intirely
suppress’d. Yet in such case, nevertheless, of the return of the Upper
Palatinate to the surviving Palatines, the Heirs of any Allodian Lands
of the Bavarian Electors shall remain in Possession of the Rights and Benefices,
which may lawfully appertain to them. ...
... Reciprocally the Lord Charles Lewis and his Brothers
shall render Obedience, and be faithful to his Imperial Majesty, like the
other Electors and Princes of the Empire; and shall renounce their Pretensions
to the Upper Palatinate, as well for themselves as their Heirs, whilst
any Male, and lawful Heir of the Branch of William shall continue alive. ...