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... 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withdrawn in the time and manner limited hereafter in the Article of Execution,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. ...
... 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. ...