Such places not in that territory, as should voluntarily surrender, were to be apportioned, by equal division, between the Duke and the states.

The Duke was to bring no foreign troops but French into the provinces.

The month of August was reserved, during which the states were, if possible, to make a composition with Don John.
These articles were certainly drawn up with skill.

A high-sounding but barren title, which gratified the Duke's vanity and signified nothing, had been conferred upon him, while at the same time he was forbidden to make conquests or contracts, and was obliged to submit himself to the civil government of the country: in short, he was to obey the Prince of Orange in all things--and so here was another plot of the Prince's enemies neutralized.

Thus, for the present at least, had the position of Anjou been defined.
As the month of August, during which it was agreed that negotiations with the Governor-General should remain open, had already half expired, certain articles, drawn up by the states-general, were at once laid before Don John.