The states were to confer upon him the title of "Defender of the Liberty of the Netherlands against the Tyranny of the Spaniards and their adherents." He was to undertake no hostilities against Queen Elizabeth.

The states were to aid him, whenever it should become necessary, with the same amount of force with which he now assisted them.

He was to submit himself contentedly to the civil government of the country, in everything regarding its internal polity.
He was to make no special contracts or treaties with any cities or provinces of the Netherlands.

Should the states-general accept another prince as sovereign, the Duke was to be preferred to all others, upon conditions afterwards to be arranged.

All cities which might be conquered within the territory of the united provinces were to belong to the states.