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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. ...
... That there shall be on the one side and the other
a perpetual Oblivion, Amnesty, or Pardon of all that has been committed
since the beginning of these Troubles, in what place, or what manner soever
the Hostilitys have been practis’d, in such a manner, that no body, under
any pretext whatsoever, shall practice any Acts of Hostility, entertain
any Enmity, or cause any Trouble to each other; neither as to Persons,
Effects and Securitys, neither of themselves or by others, neither privately
nor openly, neither directly nor indirectly, neither under the colour of
Right, nor by the way of Deed, either within or without the extent of the
Empire, notwithstanding all Covenants made before to the contrary: That
they shall not act, or permit to be acted, any wrong or injury to any whatsoever;
but that all that has pass’d on the one side, and the other, as well before
as during the War, in Words, Writings, and Outrageous Actions, in Violences,
Hostilitys, Damages and Expences, without any respect to Persons or Things,
shall be entirely abolish’d in such a manner that all that might be demanded
of, or pretended to, by each other on that behalf, shall be bury’d in eternal
Oblivion. ...
... That there shall be on the one side and the other
a perpetual Oblivion, Amnesty, or Pardon of all that has been committed
since the beginning of these Troubles, in what place, or what manner soever
the Hostilitys have been practis’d, in such a manner, that no body, under
any pretext whatsoever, shall practice any Acts of Hostility, entertain
any Enmity, or cause any Trouble to each other; neither as to Persons,
Effects and Securitys, neither of themselves or by others, neither privately
nor openly, neither directly nor indirectly, neither under the colour of
Right, nor by the way of Deed, either within or without the extent of the
Empire, notwithstanding all Covenants made before to the contrary: That
they shall not act, or permit to be acted, any wrong or injury to any whatsoever;
but that all that has pass’d on the one side, and the other, as well before
as during the War, in Words, Writings, and Outrageous Actions, in Violences,
Hostilitys, Damages and Expences, without any respect to Persons or Things,
shall be entirely abolish’d in such a manner that all that might be demanded
of, or pretended to, by each other on that behalf, shall be bury’d in eternal
Oblivion. ...
... That there shall be on the one side and the other
a perpetual Oblivion, Amnesty, or Pardon of all that has been committed
since the beginning of these Troubles, in what place, or what manner soever
the Hostilitys have been practis’d, in such a manner, that no body, under
any pretext whatsoever, shall practice any Acts of Hostility, entertain
any Enmity, or cause any Trouble to each other; neither as to Persons,
Effects and Securitys, neither of themselves or by others, neither privately
nor openly, neither directly nor indirectly, neither under the colour of
Right, nor by the way of Deed, either within or without the extent of the
Empire, notwithstanding all Covenants made before to the contrary: That
they shall not act, or permit to be acted, any wrong or injury to any whatsoever;
but that all that has pass’d on the one side, and the other, as well before
as during the War, in Words, Writings, and Outrageous Actions, in Violences,
Hostilitys, Damages and Expences, without any respect to Persons or Things,
shall be entirely abolish’d in such a manner that all that might be demanded
of, or pretended to, by each other on that behalf, shall be bury’d in eternal
Oblivion. ...
... According to this foundation of reciprocal Amity,
and a general Amnesty, all and every one of the Electors of the sacred
Roman Empire, the Princes and States (therein comprehending the Nobility,
which depend immediately on the Empire) their Vassals, Subjects, Citizens,
Inhabitants (to whom on the account of the Bohemian or German Troubles
or Alliances, contracted here and there, might have been done by the one
Party or the other, any Prejudice or Damage in any manner, or under what
pretence soever, as well in their Lordships, their fiefs, Underfiefs, Allodations,
as in their Dignitys, Immunitys, Rights and Privileges) shall be fully
re-establish’d on the one side and the other, in the Ecclesiastick or Laick
State, which they enjoy’d, or could lawfully enjoy, notwithstanding any
Alterations, which have been made in the mean time to the contrary. ...
... As for what concerns the Castles of Ehrenbreitstein
and Homestein, the Emperor shall withdraw, or cause the Garisons to be
withdrawn in the time and manner limited hereafter in the Article of Execution,
and shall restore those Castles to the Elector of Treves, and to his Metropolitan
Chapter, to be in the Protection of the Empire, and the Electorate; for
which end the Captain, and the new Garison which shall be put therein by
the Elector, shall also take the Oaths of Fidelity to him and his Chapter. ...
... Further, that all the Palatinate House, with all
and each of them, who are, or have in any manner adher’d to it; and above
all, the Ministers who have serv’d in this Assembly, or have formerly serv’d
this House; as also all those who are banish’d out of the Palatinate, shall
enjoy the general Amnesty here above promis’d, with the same Rights as
those who are comprehended therein, or of whom a more particular and ampler
mention has been made in the Article of Grievance. ...
... That the Paragraphs, Prince Lewis Philip, &c.
Prince Frederick, &c. and Prince Leopold Lewis, &c. be understood
as here inserted, after the same manner they are contain’d in the Instrument,
or Treaty of the Empire with Swedeland. ...
... That the Dispute depending between the Bishops
of Bamberg and Wirtzberg on the one, and the Marquiss of Brandenburg, Culmbach,
and Onalzbach, on the other side, touching the Castle, Town, Jurisdiction,
and Monastery of Kitzingen in Franconia, on the Main, shall be amicably
compos’d; or, in a judicial manner, within two years time, upon pain of
the Person’s losing his Pretensions, that shall delay it: and that, in
the mean time, the Fort of Wirtzberg shall be surrender’d to the said Lords
Marquisses, in the same state it was taken, according as it has been agreed
and stipulated. ...
... The Most Christian King shall restore to the Duke
of Wirtemberg, after the manner hereafter related, where we shall mention
the withdrawing of Garisons, the Towns and Forts of Hohenwiel, Schorendorff,
Turbingen, and all other places, without reserve, where he keeps Garisons
in the Dutchy of Wirtemberg. As for the rest, the Paragraph, THE HOUSE
OF WIRTEMBERG, &c. shall be understood as inserted in this Place, after
the same manner it’s contain’d in the Treaty of the Empire, and of Swedeland. ...
... The Most Christian King shall restore to the Duke
of Wirtemberg, after the manner hereafter related, where we shall mention
the withdrawing of Garisons, the Towns and Forts of Hohenwiel, Schorendorff,
Turbingen, and all other places, without reserve, where he keeps Garisons
in the Dutchy of Wirtemberg. As for the rest, the Paragraph, THE HOUSE
OF WIRTEMBERG, &c. shall be understood as inserted in this Place, after
the same manner it’s contain’d in the Treaty of the Empire, and of Swedeland. ...
... That Frederick, Marquiss of Baden, and of Hachberg,
and his Sons and Heirs, with all those who have serv’d them in any manner
whatsoever, and who serve them still, of what degree they may be, shall
enjoy the Amnesty above-mention’d, in the second and third Article, with
all its Clauses and Benefices; and by virtue thereof, they shall be fully
re-establish’d in the State Ecclesiastical or Secular, in the same manner
as the Lord George Frederick Marquiss of Beden and of Hachberg, possess’d,
before the beginning of the Troubles of Bohemia, whatever concern’d the
lower Marquisate of Baden, call’d vulgarly Baden Durlach, as also what
concern’d the Marquisate of Hachberg, and the Lordships of Rottelen, Badenweiller,
and Sausenberg, notwithstanding, and annulling all the Changes made to
the contrary. After which shall be restor’d to Marquiss Frederick, the
Jurisdictions of Stein and Renchingen, without being charg’d with Debts,
which the Marquiss William has contracted during that time, by Reason of
the Revenues, Interests and Charges, put down in the Transaction pass’d
at Etlingen in the Year 1629. and transfer’d to the said William Marquiss
of Baden, with all the Rights, Documents, Writings, and other things appertaining;
so that all the Plea concerning the Charges and Revenues, as well receiv’d
as to receive, with their Damages and Interests, to reckon from the time
of the first Possession, shall be intirely taken away and abolish’d. ...
... That Frederick, Marquiss of Baden, and of Hachberg,
and his Sons and Heirs, with all those who have serv’d them in any manner
whatsoever, and who serve them still, of what degree they may be, shall
enjoy the Amnesty above-mention’d, in the second and third Article, with
all its Clauses and Benefices; and by virtue thereof, they shall be fully
re-establish’d in the State Ecclesiastical or Secular, in the same manner
as the Lord George Frederick Marquiss of Beden and of Hachberg, possess’d,
before the beginning of the Troubles of Bohemia, whatever concern’d the
lower Marquisate of Baden, call’d vulgarly Baden Durlach, as also what
concern’d the Marquisate of Hachberg, and the Lordships of Rottelen, Badenweiller,
and Sausenberg, notwithstanding, and annulling all the Changes made to
the contrary. After which shall be restor’d to Marquiss Frederick, the
Jurisdictions of Stein and Renchingen, without being charg’d with Debts,
which the Marquiss William has contracted during that time, by Reason of
the Revenues, Interests and Charges, put down in the Transaction pass’d
at Etlingen in the Year 1629. and transfer’d to the said William Marquiss
of Baden, with all the Rights, Documents, Writings, and other things appertaining;
so that all the Plea concerning the Charges and Revenues, as well receiv’d
as to receive, with their Damages and Interests, to reckon from the time
of the first Possession, shall be intirely taken away and abolish’d. ...
... In the like manner, if any Royal, or particular
Fiefs, have not been renew’d since the Year 1618. nor Homage paid to whom
it belongs; the same shall bring no prejudice, and the Investiture shall
be renew’d the day the Peace shall be concluded. ...
... And since for the greater Tranquillity of the
Empire, in its general Assemblys of Peace, a certain Agreement has been
made between the Emperor, Princes and States .of the Empire, which has
been inserted in the Instrument and Treaty of Peace, concluded with the
Plenipotentiarys of the Queen and Crown of Swedeland, touching the Differences
about Ecclesiastical Lands, and the Liberty of the Exercise of Religion;
it has been found expedient to confirm,and ratify it by this present Treaty,
in the same manner as the abovesaid Agreement has been made with the said
Crown of Swedeland; also with those call’d the Reformed, in the same manner,
as
if the words of the abovesaid Instrument were reported here verbatim. ...
... And since for the greater Tranquillity of the
Empire, in its general Assemblys of Peace, a certain Agreement has been
made between the Emperor, Princes and States .of the Empire, which has
been inserted in the Instrument and Treaty of Peace, concluded with the
Plenipotentiarys of the Queen and Crown of Swedeland, touching the Differences
about Ecclesiastical Lands, and the Liberty of the Exercise of Religion;
it has been found expedient to confirm,and ratify it by this present Treaty,
in the same manner as the abovesaid Agreement has been made with the said
Crown of Swedeland; also with those call’d the Reformed, in the same manner,
as
if the words of the abovesaid Instrument were reported here verbatim. ...
... 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. ...
... And to prevent for the future any Differences
arising in the Politick State, all and every one of the Electors, Princes
and
States of the Roman Empire, are so establish’d and confirm’d in their antient
Rights, Prerogatives, Libertys, Privileges, free exercise of Territorial
Right, as well Ecclesiastick, as Politick Lordships, Regales, by virtue
of this present Transaction: that they never can or ought to be molested
therein by any whomsoever upon any manner of pretence. ...
... That the Diets of the Empire shall be held within
six Months after the Ratification of the Peace; and after that time as
often as the Publick Utility, or Necessity requires. That in the first
Diet the Defects of precedent Assemblys be chiefly remedy’d; and that then
also be treated and settled by common Consent of the States, the Form and
Election of the Kings of the Romans, by a Form, and certain Imperial Resolution;
the Manner and Order which is to be observ’d for declaring one or more
States, to be within the Territorys of the Empire, besides the Manner otherways
describ’d in the Constitutions of the Empire; that they consider also of
re-establishing the Circles, the renewing the Matricular-Book, the re-establishing
suppress’d States, the moderating and lessening the Collects of the Empire,
Reformation of Justice and Policy, the taxing of Fees in the Chamber of
Justice, the Due and requisite instructing of ordinary Deputys for the
Advantage of the Publick, the true Office of Directors in the Colleges
of the Empire, and such other Business as could not be here expedited. ...
... That the Diets of the Empire shall be held within
six Months after the Ratification of the Peace; and after that time as
often as the Publick Utility, or Necessity requires. That in the first
Diet the Defects of precedent Assemblys be chiefly remedy’d; and that then
also be treated and settled by common Consent of the States, the Form and
Election of the Kings of the Romans, by a Form, and certain Imperial Resolution;
the Manner and Order which is to be observ’d for declaring one or more
States, to be within the Territorys of the Empire, besides the Manner otherways
describ’d in the Constitutions of the Empire; that they consider also of
re-establishing the Circles, the renewing the Matricular-Book, the re-establishing
suppress’d States, the moderating and lessening the Collects of the Empire,
Reformation of Justice and Policy, the taxing of Fees in the Chamber of
Justice, the Due and requisite instructing of ordinary Deputys for the
Advantage of the Publick, the true Office of Directors in the Colleges
of the Empire, and such other Business as could not be here expedited. ...
... The Rights and Privileges of Territorys, water’d
by Rivers or otherways, as Customs granted by the Emperor, with the Consent
of the Electors, and among others, to the Count of Oldenburg on the Viserg,
and introduc’d by a long Usage, shall remain in their Vigour and Execution.
There shall be a full Liberty of Commerce, a secure Passage by Sea and
Land: and after this manner all and every one of the Vassals, Subjects,
Inhabitants and Servants of the Allys, on the one side and the other, shall
have full power to go and come, to trade and return back, by Virtue of
this present Article, after the same manner as was allowed before the Troubles
of Germany; the Magistrates, on the one side and on the other, shall be
oblig’d to protect and defend them against all sorts of Oppressions, equally
with their own Subjects, without prejudice to the other Articles of this
Convention, and the particular laws and Rights of each place. And that
the said Peace and Amity between the Emperor and the Most Christian King,
may be the more corroborated, and the publick Safety provided for, it has
been agreed with the Consent, Advice and Will of the Electors, Princes
and States of the Empire, for the Benefit of Peace: ...
... The Rights and Privileges of Territorys, water’d
by Rivers or otherways, as Customs granted by the Emperor, with the Consent
of the Electors, and among others, to the Count of Oldenburg on the Viserg,
and introduc’d by a long Usage, shall remain in their Vigour and Execution.
There shall be a full Liberty of Commerce, a secure Passage by Sea and
Land: and after this manner all and every one of the Vassals, Subjects,
Inhabitants and Servants of the Allys, on the one side and the other, shall
have full power to go and come, to trade and return back, by Virtue of
this present Article, after the same manner as was allowed before the Troubles
of Germany; the Magistrates, on the one side and on the other, shall be
oblig’d to protect and defend them against all sorts of Oppressions, equally
with their own Subjects, without prejudice to the other Articles of this
Convention, and the particular laws and Rights of each place. And that
the said Peace and Amity between the Emperor and the Most Christian King,
may be the more corroborated, and the publick Safety provided for, it has
been agreed with the Consent, Advice and Will of the Electors, Princes
and States of the Empire, for the Benefit of Peace: ...
... 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. ...
... 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. ...
... 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 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 none, either Officer or Soldier in Garisons,
or any other whatsoever, shall oppose the Execution of the Directors and
Governors of the Militia of the Circles or Commissarys, but they shall
rather promote the Execution; and the said Executors shall be permitted
to use Force against such as shall endeavour to obstruct the Execution
in what manner soever. ...
... Moreover, all Prisoners on the one side and the
other, without any distinction of the Gown or the Sword, shall be releas’d
after the manner it has been covenanted, or shall be agreed between the
Generals of the Armys, with his Imperial Majesty’s Approbation. ...
... The Ambassadors and Plenipotentiarys of the Emperor,
of the King, and the States of the Empire, promise respectively and the
one to the other, to cause the Emperor, the most Christian King, the Electors
of the Sacred Roman Empire, the Princes and States, to agree and ratify
the Peace which has been concluded in this manner, and by general Consent;
and so infallibly to order it, that the solemn Acts of Ratification be
presented at Munster, and mutually and in good form exchang’d in the term
of eight weeks, to reckon from the day of signing. ...
... That he who by his Assistance or Counsel shall
contravene this Transaction or Publick Peace, or shall oppose its Execution
and the abovesaid Restitution, or who shall have endeavour’d, after the
Restitution has been lawfully made, and without exceeding the manner agreed
on before, without a lawful Cognizance of the Cause, and without the ordinary
Course of Justice, to molest those that have been restor’d, whether Ecclesiasticks
or Laymen; he shall incur the Punishment of being an Infringer of the publick
Peace, and Sentence given against him according to the Constitutions of
the Empire, so that the Restitution and Reparation may have its full effect. ...
... In the Name of the one and the other Bench, M.
Marc Ottoh of Strasburg, M. John James Wolff of Ratisbon, M. David Gloxinius
of Lubeck, and M. Lewis Christopher Kres of Kressenstein, all Syndick Senators,
Counsellors and Advocates of the Republick of Noremberg; who with their
proper Hands and Seals have sign’d and seal’d this present Treaty of Peace,
and which said Deputys of the several Orders have engag’d to procure the
Ratifications of their Superiors in the prefix’d time, and in the manner
it has been covenanted, leaving the liberty to the other Plenipotentiarys
of States to sign it, if they think it convenient, and send for the Ratifications
of their Superiors: And that on condition that by the Subscription of the
abovesaid Ambassadors and Deputys, all and every one of the other States
who shall abstain from signing and ratifying the present Treaty, shall
be no less oblig’d to maintain and observe what is contain’d in this present
Treaty of Pacification, than if they had subscrib’d and ratify’d it; and
no Protestation or Contradiction of the Council of Direction in the Roman
Empire shall be valid, or receiv’d in respect to the Subscription and said
Deputys have made. ...