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... And that a reciprocal Amity between the Emperor,
and the Most Christian King, the Electors, Princes and States of the Empire,
may be maintain’d so much the more firm and sincere (to say nothing at
present of the Article of Security, which will be mention’d hereafter)
the one shall never assist the present or future Enemys of the other under
any Title or Pretence whatsoever, either with Arms, Money, Soldiers, or
any sort of Ammunition; nor no one, who is a Member of this Pacification,
shall suffer any Enemys Troops to retire thro’ or sojourn in his Country. ...
... The Magistrates and the Inhabitants of the said
City of Tabern shall keep an exact Neutrality, and the King’s Troops shall
freely pass thro’ there as often as desir’d. No Forts shall be erected
on the Banks of this side the Rhine, from Basle to Philipsburg; nor shall
any Endeavours be made to divert the Course of the River, neither on the
one side or the other. ...
... That all the Vassals, Subjects, Citizens and Inhabitants,
as well on this as the other side the Rhine, who were subject to the House
of Austria, or who depended immediately on the Empire, or who acknowledg’d
for Superiors the other Orders of the Empire, notwithstanding all Confiscations,
Transferrings, Donations made by any Captains or Generals of the Swedish
Troops, or Confederates, since the taking of the Province, and ratify’d
by the most Christian King, or decreed by his own particular Motion; immediately
after the Publication of Peace, shall be restor’d to the possession of
their Goods, immovable and stable, also to their Farms, Castles, Villages,
Lands, and Possessions, without any exception upon the account of Expences
and Compensation of Charges, which the modern Possessors may alledge, and
without Restitution of Movables or Fruits gather’d in. ...
... The Plenipotentiarys on all sides shall agree
among themselves, between the Conclusion and the Ratification of the Peace,
upon the Ways, Time, and Securitys which are to be taken for the Restitution
of Places, and for the Disbanding of Troops; of that both Partys may be
assur’d, that all things agreed to shall be sincerely accomplish’d. ...
... 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. ...
... 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. ...
... And as often as any would march Troops thro’ the
other Territorys, this Passage shall be done at the charge of him whom
the Troops belong to, and that without burdening or doing any harm or damage
to those whole Countrys they march thro’. In a word, all that the Imperial
Constitutions determine and ordain touching the Preservation of the publick
Peace, shall be strictly observ’d. ...
... And as often as any would march Troops thro’ the
other Territorys, this Passage shall be done at the charge of him whom
the Troops belong to, and that without burdening or doing any harm or damage
to those whole Countrys they march thro’. In a word, all that the Imperial
Constitutions determine and ordain touching the Preservation of the publick
Peace, shall be strictly observ’d. ...