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<P>ARTICLES OF THE LEAGVE, MADE BETWEENE FREDERICKE, King of Bohemia, Count Palatine of the Rhine, Elector of the &s;acred Empire, Duke of Baua|ria, Marquis of Morauia, Duke of Sile&s;ia and Luxemburg, Marquis of the higher and lower Lu&s;atia, &amp;c.</P>
<P>And the High and Mightie Prince GABRIEL, Prince of Hungaria and Tran&s;iluania, Moldauia, Valachia, and Earle of Siculen, &amp;c.</P>
<P>Together with the States of the afore|&s;aid Kingdome, &amp;c.</P>
<P>M.D.C.XX.</P>
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<HEAD>Articles of the League, made betweene FREDERICK King of <HI>Bohemia,</HI> Count Palatine of the <HI>Rhine,</HI> Elector of the &s;acred Empire, Duke of <HI>Bauaria,</HI> Marquis of <HI>Morauia,</HI> Duke of <HI>Sile&s;ia</HI> and <HI>Luxemburg,</HI> Marquis of the higher and lower <HI>Luzatia, &amp;c.</HI></HEAD>
<HEAD>And the high and mightie Prince, GABRIEL, Prince of <HI>Hungaria</HI> and <HI>Tran&s;iluania, Moldauia, Valachia,</HI> and Earle of <HI>Siculen, &amp;c.</HI> Together with the States of the afore&s;aid Kingdomes, &amp;c.</HEAD>
<OPENER>IN the Name of the mo&s;t holy and in|&s;eparable Trinitie, GOD the <HI>Father,</HI> the <HI>Sonne,</HI> and the <HI>Holy Gho&s;t;</HI> the mo&s;t Wi&s;e, Righteous, and mightie Ruler of all Lords, Princes, and King|domes, to whom bee all honour and pray&s;e eternally. <HI>Amen.</HI></OPENER>
<OPENER><SIGNED>We, FREDERICKE, by the grace of God, King of <HI>Bohemia,</HI> Count Palatine of the <HI>Rhine,</HI> Elector of the &s;acred Empire; Duke of <HI>Bauaria,</HI> Marquis of <HI>Morauia,</HI> Duke of <HI>Sile&s;ia</HI> and <HI>Luxemburg,</HI> Marquis of the higher and lower <HI>Lu&s;atia, &amp;c.</HI></SIGNED>
<SALUTE>Send greeting to the &s;aid famous Realme of <HI>Bo|hemia,</HI> the Margraue&s;hip of <HI>Morauia,</HI> the Dukedom of <HI>Sile&s;ia,</HI> the vpper and neather Margraue&s;hip of <HI>Luzatia</HI> (as incorpora|ted Prouinces with the &s;aid Kingdome) and to the higher and lower States of the Arch|dukedomes of <HI>Au&s;tria,</HI> and to all and euery
<PB REF="3">one of them in particular, to whom the&s;e Pre&s;ents &s;hal or may in any wi&s;e appertaine:</SALUTE></OPENER>
<P>&s;ignifying vnto them, That although ma|ny yeeres &s;ince there hath beene a &s;trong and perfect bond of confederacie, vnitie, peace, and league, had and held from time to time, betweene the famous Kingdome of <HI>Bohemia,</HI> together with the incorporated and vnited Prouinces thereof, and the fa|mous Kingdome of <HI>Hungaria,</HI> as &s;ufficient|ly appeareth by diuers and &s;euerall Treaties made and held in <HI>Vienna, Presburg,</HI> and el&s;ewhere, whereof, on both &s;ides, Wri|tings and Articles were drawne, made, and written, which both parties, long time in|uiolably and firmely haue held, ob&s;erued, &amp; maintayned, vntill certayne turbulent and vnquiet per&s;ons, haue &s;ought and practized to &s;et variance betweene them, thereby to breake and di&s;&s;olue their &s;aid League and perfect Vnitie. Whereupon, the States of the Kingdome of <HI>Bohemia,</HI> and the Mar|graue&s;hip of <HI>Morauia,</HI> by their Amba&s;&s;a|dors, did mo&s;t friendly certifie the Prince of <HI>Tran&s;iluania,</HI> for that time being, toge|ther with the States of the Kingdome of <HI>Hungaria,</HI> not only long &s;ince in the raigns of the Emperours, <HI>Rodulphus</HI> and <HI>Matthias,</HI> of famous memorie, decea&s;ed, to certifie
<PB REF="3">them that then were a&s;&s;embled and had met together, to agree vpon, and to make a firme League of Amitie betweene them, but now al&s;o pre&s;ently haue &s;ought vnto and de&s;ired them, that touching the earne&s;t renewing, &s;trengthening and better confirmation of their &s;aid ancient League and Amity, they would not withdraw, nor &s;hew them&s;elues backward. Which in&s;inuation (as it appea|reth) being friendly and willingly accepted and liked of by them, Wee al&s;o hauing a great de&s;ire thereunto, (beeing per&s;waded that we haue not wel performed our charge, duty, touching the furtherance &amp; aduance|ment of the &s;aid Confederation betweene the &s;aid Kingdomes and Prouinces) vnle&s;&s;e we &s;hew our &s;elues wholly de&s;irous and ad|dicted to the &s;aid renewing, re&s;toring, and declaration of the &s;aid often de&s;ired league, as al&s;o to &s;hew that thankefulne&s;&s;e and gra|tuity which we are bound to yeeld vnto the famous Prince of <HI>Hungaria</HI> and <HI>Tran&s;ilua|nia,</HI> and the States of the &s;aid Countreyes, for hauing vouch&s;afed at &s;uch times as wee were oppre&s;&s;ed with troubles and Warres, to &s;end vs aide.</P>
<P>Therefore to requite the &s;ame, We haue not beene &s;lacke, willingly to con&s;ent, and
<PB REF="4">agree vnto their reque&s;t and de&s;ires, that by the aide and helpe of God, this religious, fruitfull, mo&s;t commendable and profitable worke, for all Chri&s;tendome, according to all good Chri&s;tians de&s;ires, might happily proceed and goe forward, and the League by certaine nece&s;&s;ary Couenants renewed, increa&s;ed, and &s;trengthned, (by the Articles in&s;uing) with the famous Prince <HI>Gabriel,</HI> by the Grace of God, Prince of <HI>Hungaria,</HI> and <HI>Tran&s;iluania,</HI> Earle of <HI>Siculen,</HI> and the States of the famous Kingdome of <HI>Hunga|ria,</HI> then a&s;&s;embled in <HI>Presburg,</HI> vpon the ordinary day of a&s;&s;embly there holden, (his &s;aid Maie&s;ty giuing his Princely word and a&s;&s;urance, touching the &s;ame, with full au|thoritie, for and in the name of the States of the Principalitie of <HI>Tran&s;iluania,</HI> and the three Nations; for that by rea&s;on of the di&s;tance of places, and longne&s;&s;e of the way, they could not &s;end their &s;peciall and parti|cular Amba&s;&s;adors) made by the mo&s;t No|ble, Honorable, Valiant, wi&s;e, and di&s;creet per&s;ons, <HI>George Fredericke,</HI> Earle of <HI>Ho|enboe,</HI> Baron of <HI>Langenbrucke, Bole&s;lauia, Co&s;menes,</HI> and <HI>Krulich,</HI> one of ours and the Kingdome of <HI>Bohemia's</HI> coun&s;ell of warre, Generall of the Armie, Colonell of three
<PB REF="4">thou&s;and footmen, and a thou&s;and Hor&s;e|men, and Knights. <HI>Henry Matthias,</HI> Earle of <HI>Thueryn,</HI> Baron of <HI>Crutz, Willi&s;ch,</HI> and <HI>Le&s;tdorf,</HI> Burgraue of the Ca&s;tle of <HI>Carolo|&s;tem,</HI> one of ours, and the Kingdome of <HI>Bo|hemia's</HI> Councell, Chiefe Generall of the Campe, and Colonell of three thou&s;and footmen. <HI>Leonardus Colonum,</HI> free Baron of <HI>Fels</HI> and <HI>Scheuckenberch,</HI> Baron of <HI>Engl&s;|bourgh, Buchauw, Schenauw,</HI> and <HI>Hacheru|&s;tein,</HI> Mar&s;hall of the Armie, Captaine of &s;ix hundred Hor&s;emen. <HI>Iohannes van Bub|na,</HI> Lord of <HI>Tzwi&s;chij,</HI> and <HI>Boranictzij</HI> Ser|geant Maior, and Colonell of a thou&s;and Hor&s;emen. <HI>Paul Wo&s;tersby Kaeplerum,</HI> Lord of <HI>Sulewctz, Wotizcij,</HI> and <HI>Salutz&s;i</HI> Colo|nell of the <HI>Ingeners,</HI> and of fifteene hundred Footmen. <HI>Paul G&s;ehinium</HI> of <HI>Pragh,</HI> Re|ceiuer for the States and Kingdomes of <HI>Bo|hemia. Iohannes,</HI> Baron of <HI>Wurben,</HI> Lord of <HI>Wla&s;&s;enie, Lateni, Brudetz,</HI> and <HI>Bi&s;cu|pitz. Paul Wolbram,</HI> Lord of <HI>Frisbergh,</HI> Prouinciall Burgraue of the Margraue&s;hip of <HI>Morauia. Bernardus Tza&s;triziel</HI> in <HI>Na|mi&s;cht, Fredericus Meniardus,</HI> and <HI>Georgius Millerus</HI> Coun&s;ellors of <HI>Inuimands,</HI> in the Marqui&s;ate of <HI>Morauia.</HI> For the Duke|dome of <HI>Sile&s;ia,</HI> and the States of the two
<PB REF="5">Margraue&s;hip of <HI>Luzatia,</HI> becau&s;e they for the di&s;tance of the places, and length of the way, could not &s;end their &s;peciall Amba&s;&s;a|dors hether, (for whom the Kings Maie&s;tie of <HI>Bohemia</HI> giueth his Princely word, and ta|keth their Commi&s;&s;ion vpon him with full authority.) The Lord <HI>Era&s;mus van Lau|dauw,</HI> free Baron of <HI>Haus,</HI> and <HI>Rapel&s;tein; Andreas Thonardi,</HI> free Baron of <HI>Theru|bergh;</HI> and <HI>Rechbergh,</HI> Lord of <HI>Ouerha&s;|&s;ingh; Georgius Chri&s;topherus, Rouberus</HI> Lord of <HI>Reinegk Obrem, Trixen, Zacha|rium,</HI> and <HI>Stanzerum,</HI> Iudge of the Prouin|cial Law in neather <HI>Au&s;tria, Georgius Era&s;|mus</HI> Baron of <HI>T&s;eruembl,</HI> Chiefe Sewer of the Dukedome of <HI>Carnolia,</HI> and Margraue of <HI>Sclauonia; Iohannes Ortolpheus Tezman</HI> of <HI>Geylsbach,</HI> and <HI>Freidenegk,</HI> and <HI>Bal<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="MURP" EXTENT="1 letter">ha|&s;arus Kle&s;&s;elboden,</HI> Coun&s;ellors of <HI>Steinen,</HI> Amba&s;&s;adours for both the Arch-Duke|domes of <HI>Au&s;tria,</HI> &s;ent with full and &s;uffici|ent power to the &s;aid Parliament, in the Kingdome of <HI>Bohemia,</HI> We con&s;ulted, a|greed, and concluded as followeth.</P>
<P>Fir&s;t, That continuall, perpetuall and an in&s;eparable league of vnity, peace, &amp; friend|ly amity, &s;hall bee holden, and truely and vprightly maintained, and ob&s;erued, from
<PB REF="5">henceforth by and between the Kingdome of <HI>Bohemia.</HI> The Margraue&s;hip of <HI>Morauia,</HI> The Dukedome of <HI>Sile&s;ia,</HI> the vpper and neather Margraue&s;hips of <HI>Luzatia,</HI> and the States thereof, as Prouinces incorporated one with the other, and con&s;equently, be|tweene, and with the true Kings of <HI>Bohemia,</HI> Margraues, Dukes, Barons, and their Suc|ce&s;&s;ors, as al&s;o betweene the higher and lower Arch-Dukedomes of <HI>Au&s;tria,</HI> and the States thereof, that now are or hereafter &s;hal bee, and the King or Prince of <HI>Hungaria,</HI> and the Kingdomes and Prouinces annexed to the &s;aid Crowne. The Prince of <HI>Tran|&s;iluania,</HI> and tho&s;e parts of the Kingdome of <HI>Hungaria,</HI> now annexed to the &s;aid Prin|cipalitie of <HI>Tran&s;iluania,</HI> as al&s;o with all the States thereof, that now are, and which hereafter &s;hall bee.</P>
<P N="2">2. Secondly, If at any time hereafter, (by what Enemy &s;oeuer procured) the com|mon and mutuall peace &s;hall be perturbed, by inuading of the Kingdomes or Prouin|ces of the &s;aid Confederates, directly or in|directly, contrary to their &s;aid League, or if any of them, deceitfull breaking off from the &s;aid League, or the Participants therein, &s;hall inuade vs or any of them, that then wee
<PB REF="6">&s;halbe holden &amp; bound, with all our means, and power, and al&s;o with our liues, and the &s;hedding of our deare&s;t bloud, to ayde, helpe, and a&s;&s;i&s;t each other, in and for the maintenance of this our League and Con|federacy, and therein and for the &s;ame bee ready to liue and die. Neuerthele&s;&s;e, with &s;uch preparation and power as the nece&s;&s;ity of the ca&s;e of either &s;ide requireth, or &s;hall require, and &s;hall in time be reque&s;ted as in the future common agreement of the &s;aid confederated Kingdomes and Prouinces, &s;pecially concerning the defence thereof, &s;hall be concluded and &s;et downe.</P>
<P N="3">3. Thirdly, all of vs &s;hall take and haue a &s;peciall and earne&s;t care for the aduance|ment and inlarging of this Confederation, by accepting the alliance of the Countreyes bordering about vs, that &s;o it may bee more and more &s;trengthened, but not without the knowledge, will, and common coun&s;ell and con&s;ent of the Confederates, vpon conditi|on that tho&s;e Countreyes, that are de&s;irous and &s;eeke to be admitted into this League, &s;hall fir&s;t be bound with the like Oath and promi&s;e that wee are, and that being done, &s;halbe participants of the ayde, freedom, &amp; profit therof, as other Kingdomes and Pro|uinces, co~tained in the &s;aid League, noware.</P>
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<P N="4">4. Fourthly, The Articles of agreement in this inuiolable and perpetuall Confede|rance, made betweene the &s;aid Kingdomes, Prouinces, and States thereof, and in the be|halfe of their Heires and Succe&s;&s;ours, &s;hall as well by vs that are now liuing, as by our &s;aid Heires and Succe&s;&s;ors for better and &s;urer maintenance thereof, vpon euery day of generall meeting, be repeated, rehear&s;ed, and openly read in Court, and pre&s;ence of of the A&s;&s;embly. And likewi&s;e, euery fift yeere at a certaine time and peace, with the con&s;ent of all the Confederates, order &s;hall bee taken for the meeting and common a&s;|&s;embling of the &s;aid Confederates, at the which A&s;&s;embly, all &s;uch di&s;orders and controuer&s;ies, as by chance &s;hall formerly haue bin co~mitted &amp; happen, touching the maintenance of the Articles and contents thereof, may in time be holpen and preuen|ted, or as the &s;tate, nece&s;&s;itie and conuenien|cie of the time requireth, may be augmen|ted, and made manife&s;t and cleerer.</P>
<P N="5">5. Fiftly, Without the knowledge, will &amp; con&s;ent, of the confederated Kingdomes and Prouinces, it &s;hall not be lawfull for any of vs, to make any offen&s;iue or defen&s;iue pre|paration, yet if any Inua&s;ion be made in any
<PB REF="7">of the &s;aid Kingdomes or Prouinces, or that any towne feared of inua&s;ion, to be made by the enemie, that bordereth vpon any of the Confederates, &s;hall happen, before any helpe may bee had, or proceed from the o|ther confederated Prouinces, or that they may haue intelligence thereof, in that ca&s;e, it &s;hall be lawfull for any of the &s;aid confe|derated Kingdomes and Prouinces, in the meane time, to defend them&s;elues by armes again&s;t the enemy, as well as they can. Like|wi&s;e, it &s;hall not be lawfull for any of vs, particularly of our &s;elues, to make peace or truce with any new or future enemy and di&s;turbers of the common peace, of the in|corporated Kingdomes and confederated Prouinces, as defenders of them, our con|federacie leauing the re&s;t of their Confede|rates, without the licence and con&s;ent of the re&s;t of the &s;aid confederates. And com|mon &amp; &s;olemne peace being agreed vpon, tho&s;e per&s;ons &s;hall therein be contayned, that for the publike &s;eruice (either politike or mar&s;hal) haue v&s;ed all the diligence they could, for the aduancement of the &s;aid king|dome and Prouinces. It &s;hall al&s;o not be granted nor permitted to any of the Kings, Princes, and Lords (without the leaue and
<PB REF="7">good will) of the &s;aid Kingdomes and Pro|uinces, to begin any open warre, much le&s;&s;e to put or place any &s;trange Souldiers into garri&s;on in any of the &s;aid confederated Townes, Kingdomes, and Prouinces, nor to permit any troupe or troupes of Soul|diers to pa&s;&s;e through their Countries, Townes, or Prouinces, or to licence them to depart.</P>
<P N="6">6. Fora&s;much as that the &s;aid King|domes and Prouinces, can by no meanes be pre&s;erued and vpholden, vnle&s;&s;e the bor|ders and pa&s;&s;ages of the Kingdome of <HI>Hun|garia</HI> be maintayned and defended. There|fore, We the &s;aid King of <HI>Bohemia,</HI> and the States of the &s;ame Kingdome, together with the afore&s;aid incorporated Prouinces, as al&s;o of vpper and lower <HI>Au&s;tria,</HI> con&s;ide|ring, that at this time the &s;tate of that King|dome is yet very vnquiet, and the greate&s;t part thereof laid wa&s;te and ouer-run, and that We, with the great co&s;ts and charges of our Armie, are continually burthened, and are likely daily to haue more burthens and troubles fall vpon vs, yet to &s;hew forth the cau&s;e of our true and willing a&s;&s;i&s;tance, Wee will from hence forth continue that payment, which before this time yeerely
<PB REF="8">hath beene ordinarily and v&s;ually paid to|wards the Garri&s;ons, and the maintenance of the Marches and Borders of the King|dome of <HI>Hungaria,</HI> by euery confederate Prouince or Countrie, according to their portion. Which al&s;o in the next generall A&s;&s;embly of the Confederates, &s;hall bee truely &s;et downe, and made knowne. But hauing better con&s;idered of the welfare of the common cau&s;e, Wee are content to en|crea&s;e the &s;aid &s;umme with the value of fifty thou&s;and Dollers of 70. Krutzers the peece, in ready money. But yet that it &s;hall be held, reckoned, and accounted, to proceed only from Our good wills and neighbourhoods, for the maintenance and &s;ecuritie of the a|fore&s;aid Kingdoms and Prouinces, and that the &s;aid &s;umme &s;hall not be employed, but only for the payment of the Garri&s;ons, and the defence of the Borders of the &s;ame, as al&s;o that there &s;hall bee certayne Commi&s;|&s;ioners appointed &s;pecially to looke vnto it. And if it &s;hall &s;o fall out, that the &s;aid Bor|ders &s;hall haue any need or occa&s;ion (as be|ing ready to decay) to be repayred and for|tified, We will not be &s;lacke (as Confede|rates) to enlarge and encrea&s;e &s;ome contri|bution towards the &s;ame, as by friendly re|que&s;t
<PB REF="8">made by the Lords of <HI>Hungaria,</HI> &s;hall be motioned and de&s;ired.</P>
<P N="7">7. Seuenthly, &s;pecially, and before all things it is nece&s;&s;ary, that peace &s;hould not bee renewed with the Turke, but only an amba&s;&s;age, motion, and treatie; agreed vpon and con&s;tantly continued, and there|fore from all the Kingdomes and confede|rated Prouinces, there &s;hall be &s;ome &s;ent to the <HI>Ottomans</HI> countrey, to renew, deter|mine vpon, and &s;trengthen the &s;aid peace. Touching the coun&s;ell, and furthering of this good and mo&s;t nece&s;&s;ary bu&s;ine&s;&s;e, his Maie&s;tie hath of him&s;elfe vndertaken the care and proceeding thereof, and to &s;end his particular amba&s;&s;age, as al&s;o that ours of the Kingdome of <HI>Bohemia</HI> and the Prouin|ces bordering vpon it, &s;hall goe with it, and that then euery one for his part take order for and prepare the Pre&s;ents, and other co&s;ts and charges, that &s;hal be nece&s;&s;ary and conuenient, for the &s;etting forth of the &s;ame amba&s;&s;age.</P>
<P N="8">8. Eightly, the confederated Princes &amp; Lords, to &s;hew their good and true neigh|bourhood, to their Confederates &amp; Allies, will take care pre&s;ently in the beginning of Lent (if no waightie and important hinde|rance
<PB REF="9">thereunto doth not in the meane time happen) by certayne Co~mi&s;&s;ioners on both &s;ides equally thereunto appointed, to ratifie and confirme the Borders of the Kingdome of <HI>Hungaria, Morauia, Sile&s;ia,</HI> and <HI>Au&s;tria,</HI> for the which there hath beene &s;o long and continuall &s;trife.</P>
<P N="9">9. Ninthly, vpon reque&s;t made by his Maie&s;tie, and the States of the Kingdome of <HI>Hungaria,</HI> touching the good of tho&s;e of <HI>Au&s;tria</HI> (to the great hinderance of the Kingdome of <HI>Hungaria</HI>) vntill this time with-holden (although true members of the &s;aid Kingdome) and now at la&s;t againe ap|propriated to the &s;aid Kingdome of <HI>Hun|garia:</HI> The confederated Princes, to &s;ignifie their good neighbourhood and confedera|cy, will take order, that things &s;hall bee brought to a good conclu&s;ion, and will therein bee Mediators and helpefull, that the &s;ame may be re&s;tored againe.</P>
<P N="10">10. Tenthly, In the confederated Pro|uinces and Kingdomes, in euery place, when and where they will, they &s;hall all hold ge|nerall meetings and a&s;&s;emblies, with this re|&s;pect, notwith&s;tanding, that the Lawes, Freedomes, Priuileges, and ancient Cu|&s;tomes of the particular Kingdomes, Pro|uinces
<PB REF="9">States, Townes, Commonalties, and Per&s;ons of the &s;ame, &s;hall on both &s;ides bee maintayned and ob&s;erued.</P>
<P N="11">11. Eleuenthly, that the bond of amitie betweene the Confederates may bee the &s;tronger: The value of the Mint &s;hall bee made alike in the &s;aid Kingdomes, and con|federated Prouinces, and the Moneyes with good corre&s;pondence &amp; limitation on both &s;ides, Minted: and that in the next generall a&s;&s;embly of all the Confederates, in a con|uenient place (after the a&s;&s;embly of the whole Kingdoms) a certaine limitation and taxe &s;hall be made of the greater moneyes, and that the &s;maller moneyes and the gro&s;|&s;e&s;t, &s;hall hold all one cour&s;e, whereof it &s;hall bee needfull that a Publication &s;hould be made in all Kingdomes.</P>
<P N="12">12. Twelftly, If in proce&s;&s;e of time any difference or que&s;tion, touching the Con|tract of the League, &s;hould chance to hap|pen; the confederated Kingdomes and Pro|uinces, vpon reque&s;t made by one of the &s;aid parties, &s;hall appoint a place, where|unto all of them comming, the controuer&s;ie &s;hall be declared, and the difficultie thereof being decided, it &s;hall (by the order and vp|right proceeding of the &s;aid Confederates) be determined: and there it &s;hall be requi|red,
<PB REF="10">and by either &s;ide appointed, in a cau&s;e nece&s;&s;arily concerning them, as afore&s;aid, that the &s;aid partie Plaintife, vpon reque&s;t made by the Confederates, &s;hall vpon the general day of Parlament or A&s;&s;embly, &s;end thither their &s;peciall amba&s;&s;age. To the end, that any &s;uch waightie difference, which by chance may happen among the confedera|ted Kingdomes and Prouinces, may openly and &s;peedily be agreed vpon and ended: and in <HI>Hungaria,</HI> the King, Prince Palatine, and the Councell of <HI>Bohemia,</HI> &amp; other confede|rated Lords, &s;halbe appointed as Protectors in that ca&s;e, and in whom the fault &s;hall fir&s;t be found, to appea&s;e and pacifie the &s;ame.</P>
<P N="13">13. Thirteenthly, That by a mo&s;t &s;trict and perpetuall Law it &s;hall be ordayned and prohibited, that in no places of the confe|derated kingdomes and Prouinces, there &s;hall be any Ie&s;uites permitted to re&s;ide, nor be re&s;ident; neither that any man, of what &s;tate or condition &s;oeuer he be, man or wo|man, high or low, vnder any pretence or &s;hew what&s;oeuer, &s;ecretly or openly &s;hall vphold, maintayne, entertayne, or harbour any of them, much le&s;&s;e v&s;e them in any amba&s;&s;age, either &s;pirituall or temporall, for the Commonwealth; neither that any King, Prince, or any of the States in their particu|lar
<PB REF="10">places, &s;hall v&s;e their coun&s;ell or aduice; that al&s;o they &s;hall not bee preferred to any dignitie, vnder what pretence &s;oeuer they &s;hall be called thereunto, vpon payne of notable di&s;|loyaltie and perpetuall bani&s;hment. The execu|tion whereof &s;hall bee referred to the States of the Kingdome or Prouince, wherein the offen|der, in this ca&s;e, &s;hall haue had his re&s;idence.</P>
<P N="14">14. Fourteenthly, When any helpe for the warre, or protection again&s;t any enemie of the confederated Kingdomes and Prouinces, &s;hall be required and &s;ought for, and to that end be &s;ent into this Kingdome, or to the confederated Pro|uinces, the chiefe Commanders &s;hall haue their dependance from the King of <HI>Bohemia,</HI> the Bur|graue, the principal Captaynes of the Prouinces, Pre&s;idents, Collonels, and generall Captaynes, and &s;hall proceed in their affaires again&s;t the e|nemy by common con&s;ent. And &s;uch Souldiers as are &s;ent to aide them, &s;hall certainly bee paid by them that &s;ent them, and thereby bee held in better order, &s;eruice, gouernment, &amp; obedience, that they may not haue any pretence or &s;eeme to be &s;ent, rather for the &s;poyling and ouer throw|ing, then the defending, of the Gentlemen, com|mon people, and the Countrie: and &s;pecially, ac|cording to the confederacy, they mu&s;t not bee &s;uffered to &s;poile Noblemens hou&s;es, free towns, Churches, Pari&s;hes, and Ho&s;pitals. And la&s;tly,
<PB REF="11">that all &s;uch &s;hall by the confederated Lords in their owne Kingdomes and Prouinces, bee en|quired after, and di&s;charged of their &s;eruice.</P>
<P N="15">15. We haue thought it good and conueni|ent, as al&s;o the other Lords of the confederacie, that if any books of the affaires of the Kings pri|uiledges, or any written Copies, touching the Kingdome and the confederated Prouinces, in former times kept in any place (e&s;pecially after the re&s;titution of the holy Crowne of the Kings of <HI>Hungaria</HI>) in <HI>Bohemia,</HI> or in <HI>Au&s;tria,</HI> or that may there be found, that &s;peedily, vpon the fir&s;t reque&s;t made, all and euery one of them &s;hall be giuen againe, and without any delay truly deli|uered to the States to whom they belong.</P>
<P N="16">16. And that among vs, all mutuall fidelity, friend&s;hip, good will, and diligent neighbour|hood and confederated League, may bee ob&s;er|ued and vpholden. If at this pre&s;ent there be a|ny ho&s;tilitie, betweene, or among the confede|rated Kings, Princes, kingdomes, Prouinces, and their States, and Inhabitants, from this time forward, it &s;hall, and mu&s;t be wholly ended, and for euer left off and forgotten.</P>
<P N="17">17. And if any man &s;hall pre&s;ently or here|after be iudged to be bani&s;hed, from, or out of one kingdome or Prouince of the Confederates, he &s;hall not be receaued into, nor entertayned in any other of the kingdomes or Prouinces in the
<PB REF="11">&s;aid Confederacie, but in like &s;ort &s;hall bee ba|ni&s;hed from thence: And further, in all the con|&s;ederated kingdomes, hee &s;hall bee held and ac|counted to be a bani&s;hed man, and it &s;hall not auaile him, that without the knowledge of the other kingdomes and Prouinces, he hath againe beene pardoned and receiued into grace and fa|uour (nouerthele&s;&s;e, re&s;eruing the authoritie of Kings and Princes, of re&s;toring &s;uch per&s;ons a|gaine into the grace and fauour of their king|domes and Prouinces, with the con&s;ent of the States thereof.) But if any &s;uch bani&s;hed per&s;on or offender, &s;hall chance to haue fled into, and faued him&s;elfe in any of the confederated king|domes or Prouinces, and &s;hall therein be found, the principale&s;t of that Kingdome or Prouince, &s;hall (as afore&s;aid) bee bound, without any ex|ception or excu&s;e, &s;imply and truly, to &s;end that bani&s;hed and wicked per&s;on, to that kingdome or prouince, wherein hee receaued that iudge|ment of bani&s;hment and puni&s;hment.</P>
<P>La&s;tly, Euery King or Prince (now, or in time to come) of the kingdomes and Prouinces, that haue made and confirmed this League of confe|deracy, and promi&s;ed that they will doe their be&s;t to vphold and maintayne the &s;ame, and go|uerne his kingdome accordingly, &s;hall by their force, power, and protection, proceeding from the &s;ame, with the con&s;ent of the States thereof,
<PB REF="12">freely v&s;e the &s;ame again&s;t all their enemies. And if contrary to all hope and meaning, any of them both, again&s;t the freedome of Religion and pub|lique priuiledges therein granted, &s;hall doe to the contrarie, thereby &s;eeks to &s;ubuert and ouer|throw them; in that ca&s;e the States thereof &s;hall be free and di&s;charged of their homage and oath of fidelitie, and &s;hall haue full power and perpe|tual authoritie to &s;peake again&s;t them and to re|&s;i&s;t them, &amp; for that cau&s;e &s;hall not by any man bee blamed or accu&s;ed of trea&s;on: and for the maintayning of this Confederacy, by all and e|uery particular per&s;on that is receaued therein|to, as afore&s;aid, the King or Prince, at the &s;o|lemni&s;ation of his coronation, &s;hall take a &s;o|lemne oath, that he will hold and maintayne the &s;ame, and be bound thereunto.</P>
<P>Therefore, We the afore&s;aid King of <HI>Bohe|mia,</HI> and all the States of the confederated king|domes, as al&s;o of higher and lower <HI>Au&s;tria,</HI> doe promi&s;e for Our &s;elues, Our heires and &s;ucce&s;|&s;ors, without di&s;&s;imulation, to vphold and ob|&s;erue (all the afore&s;aid Articles of this agree|ment and confederated League, and all and eue|ry particular point therein contayned, as they are regi&s;tred in the originall, word by word) willingly, and with a perpetuall, con&s;tant, and vniforme de&s;ire, and al&s;o promi&s;e that the &s;ame &s;hall in like &s;ort be vpholden and ob&s;erued, con|&s;tantly,
<PB REF="12">religiou&s;ly, and inuiolably, as well as po&s;&s;ible we can or may, and as firmely and re&s;o|lutely, as if the &s;ame had <HI>verbatim</HI> beene de|creed vpon, and publikely ordayned and confir|med at the generall Parliament or meeting, of the Kingdome of <HI>Bohemia,</HI> the Margraue&s;hip of <HI>Morauia,</HI> the Dukedome of <HI>Sile&s;ia,</HI> the Mar|graue&s;hip of higher and neather <HI>Lu&s;atia,</HI> and al|&s;o of the higher and lower <HI>Au&s;tria;</HI> certainely hoping, that it will &s;o fall out, that on the other &s;ide, the afore&s;aid confederated Lords haue de|termined and decreed, all together, and euery one particularly, vprightly, con&s;tantly, and reli|giou&s;ly, to ob&s;erue, vphold, and maintayne the &s;ame, and that with good neighbourhood, cor|re&s;pondence, and vnitie, the &s;ame will daily more and more be &s;trengthned, and firmly grounded; which Almightie God, Authour, encrea&s;er, and protector of all lawfull contracts and confede|racies, of his great mercy vouch&s;afe to graunt. And for the better and firmer witne&s;&s;ing of this perpetuall League, We haue here vnder &s;ub&s;cri|bed Our hands, and cau&s;ed Our &s;eales to bee thereunto annexed.</P>
<CLOSER><DATELINE>Giuen in the Ca&s;tle of Prague, vpon the generall day of meeting of all the confe|derated Kingdomes and Prouinces.<DATE> Anno 1620.</DATE></DATELINE>
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<P>And wee, the afore&s;aid Amba&s;&s;adors of the pui&s;ant King, and the famous Kingdome of <HI>Bo|hemia,</HI> and of the incorporated Prouinces, as al|&s;o of the lower <HI>Au&s;tria,</HI> with ab&s;olute and full power, being ordayned and deputed to bee at the con&s;ulting, treating, handling, and confer|ring of this confederacie, approue all and euery particular things and points that are contayned in this accord of the perpetuall League, and in &s;igne of our vndoubted fidelitie, beleeue and are per&s;waded, that by his Maie&s;tie the King of <HI>Bo|hemia,</HI> and the States of this Kingdome, and the confederated Prouinces thereof; the &s;ame &s;hall by a &s;peciall authentique Copie, vnder hand and &s;eale, bee &s;ent to the Prince and Kingdome of <HI>Hungaria</HI> and <HI>Tran&s;iluania,</HI> and to that end we haue hereunto put our hands and &s;eales,</P>
<CLOSER><DATELINE>giuen in <HI>Presburg,</HI> in the open and generall meeting, <DATE>the 15. of Ianuarie 1620.</DATE></DATELINE></CLOSER>
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