It provided that the Archduke Matthias should remain as Governor general, under the conditions according to which he had been originally accepted.

It left the question of religious worship to the decision of the states-general.

It provided for the release of all prisoners, the return of all exiles, the restoration of all confiscated property.

It stipulated that upon the death or departure of Matthias, his Majesty was not to appoint a governor-general without the consent of the states-general.
When Count Schwartzburg waited upon the Governor with these astonishing propositions--which Walsingham might well call somewhat hard--he found him less disposed to explode with wrath than he had been in previous conferences.

Already the spirit of the impetuous young soldier was broken, both by the ill health which was rapidly undermining his constitution and by the helpless condition in which he had been left while contending with the great rebellion.