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... 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. ...
... 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. ...
... Finally, That all and every one either States,
Commonaltys, or private Men, either Ecclesiastical or Secular, who by virtue
of this Transaction and its general Articles, or by the express and special
Disposition of any of them, are oblig’d to restore, transfer, give, do,
or execute any thing, shall be bound forthwith after the Publication of
the Emperor’s Edicts, and after Notification given, to restore, transfer,
give, do, or execute the same, without any Delay or Exception, or evading
Clause either general or particular, contain’d in the precedent Amnesty,
and without any Exception and Fraud as to what they are oblig’d unto. ...
... Finally, that the Troops and Armys of all those
who are making War in the Empire, shall be disbanded and discharg’d; only
each Party shall send to and keep up as many Men in his own Dominion, as
he shall judge necessary for his Security. ...