[The Life of John of Barneveld<br> 1609-23 by John Lothrop Motley]@TWC D-Link book
The Life of John of Barneveld
1609-23

CHAPTER VI
17/23

But such a result should be reached only after full consultation with your Majesty, to whose glorious military exploits these splendid results are chiefly owing." The treaty finally decided upon rejected the principle of alternate possession, and established a permanent division of the territory in dispute between Brandenburg and Neuburg.
The two portions were to be made as equal as possible, and lots were to be thrown or drawn by the two princes for the first choice.

To the one side were assigned the Duchy of Cleve, the County of Mark, and the Seigniories of Ravensberg and Ravenstein, with some other baronies and feuds in Brabant and Flanders; to the other the Duchies of Julich and Berg with their dependencies.

Each prince was to reside exclusively within the territory assigned to him by lot.

The troops introduced by either party were to be withdrawn, fortifications made since the preceding month of May to be razed, and all persons who had been expelled, or who had emigrated, to be restored to their offices, property, or benefices.

It was also stipulated that no place within the whole debateable territory should be put in the hands of a third power.
These articles were signed by the ambassadors of France and England, by the deputies of the Elector-Palatine and of the United Provinces, all binding their superiors to the execution of the treaty.


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