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... 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. ...
... But as soon as Madam the Landgravine has receiv’d
the full Sum, with all the Interest, she shall surrender the said Places
which she retain’d for her Security; the Payments shall cease, and the
Treasurers and Collectors, of which mention has been made, shall be freed,
from their Oath: As for the Bayliwicks, the Revenues of which shall be
assign’d for the Payment of the Sum, that shall be adjusted before the
Ratification of the Peace; and that Convention shall be of no less Force
than this present Treaty of Peace. ...
... The most Christian King shall restore to the said
Archduke bona fide, and without delay, all Papers, Documents of what nature
so-ever, belonging to the Lands which are to be surrender’d to him, even
as many as shall be found in the Chancery of the Government and Chamber
of Ensisheim, or of Brisac, or in the Records of Officers, Towns, and Castles
possess’d by his Arms. ...
... His Imperial Majesty, at the modest Request of
the Duke of Savoy, shall together with the Investiture of the antient Fiefs
and States, which the late Ferdinand II. of blessed memory granted to the
Duke of Savoy, Victor Amadeus, also grant him the Investiture of the Places,
Lordships, States, and all other Rights of Montserrat, with their Appurtenances,
which have been surrender’d to him by virtue of the abovesaid Treaty of
Cheras, and the Execution thereof which ensu’d; as also, of the Fiefs of
New Monsort, of Sine, Monchery, and Castelles, with their Appurtenances,
according to the Treaty of Acquisition made by the said Duke Victor Amadeus,
the 13th of October 1634. and conformable to the Concessions or Permissions,
and Approbation of his Imperial Majesty; with a Confirmation also of all
the Privileges which have been hitherto granted to the Dukes of Savoy,
when and as often as the Duke of Savoy shall request and demand it. ...
... That the very Places, Citys, Towns, Boroughs,
Villages, Castles, Fortresses and Forts which have been possess’d and retain’d,
as well in the Kingdom of Bohemia, and other Countrys of the Empire and
Hereditary Dominions of the House of Austria, as in the other Circles of
the Empire, by one or the other Army, or have been surrender’d by Composition;
shall be restor’d without delay to their former and lawful Possessors and
Lords, whether they be mediately or immediately States of the Empire, Ecclesiastical
or Secular, comprehending therein also the free Nobility of the Empire:
and they shall be left at their own free disposal, either according to
Right and Custom, or according to the Force this present Treaty ought to
have, notwithstanding all Donations, Infeoffments, Concessions (except
they have been made by the free-will of some State) Bonds for redeeming
of Prisoners, or to prevent Burnings and Pillages, or such other like Titles
acquir’d to the prejudice of the former and lawful Masters and Possessors.
Let also all Contracts and Bargains, and all Exceptions contrary to the
said Restitution cease, all which are to be esteem’d void; saving nevertheless
such things as have been otherwise agreed on in the precedent Articles
touching the Satisfaction to made to his most Christian Majesty, as also
some Concessions and equivalent Compensations granted to the Electors and
Princes of the Empire. That neither the Mention of the Catholick King,
nor Quality of the Duke of Lorain given to Duke Charles in the Treaty between
the Emperor and Swedeland, and much less the Title of Landgrave of Alsace,
given to the Emperor, shall be any prejudice to the most Christian King.
That also which has been agreed touching the Satisfaction to be made to
the Swedish Troops, shall have no effect in respect to his Majesty. ...