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 n6 Readings in European History agreement of peace, shall be considered as confiscated, and shall be regulated by the rules governing each estate in dealing with confiscated properties. . . . The prince to establish either of the two religions and his subjects to be free to emigrate. Both reli- gions to be tolerated in the free towns. 10. No estate shall urge another estate, or the subjects of the same, to embrace its religion. ii. But when our subjects and those of the electors, princes, and estates, adhering to the old religion or to the Augsburg Confession, wish, for the sake of their religion, to go with wife and children to another place in the lands, principalities, and cities of the electors, princes, and estates of the Holy Empire, and settle there, such going and coming, and the sale of property and goods, in return for reasonable compensation for serfdom and arrears of taxes,. . . shall be everywhere unhindered, permitted, and granted. . . . 13. And in such peace the free knights who are imme- diately subject to his Imperial Majesty and us, shall also be included ; and it is further provided that they shall not be interfered with, persecuted, or troubled by any one on account of either of the aforesaid religions. 14. But since in many free and imperial cities both religions — namely, our old religion and that of the Augs- burg Confession — have hitherto come into existence and practice, the same shall remain hereafter and be held in the same cities ; and citizens and inhabitants of the said free and imperial cities, whether spiritual or secular in rank, shall peacefully and quietly dwell with one another; and no party shall venture to abolish the religion, church customs, or ceremonies of the other, or persecute them therefor. . . . The imperial courts to do justice to Catholics and Protestants alike. 19. Also herewith, and by the authority of this our im- perial edict, we command and order the judges of the imperial courts, and their colleagues, to hold and conduct themselves in conformity with this treaty of peace, as well as to give fitting and necessary relief of the law to the appealing suitors themselves, no matter to which of the aforesaid religions they belong, and against all such to recognize and decree no citation, mandate, or process. . ..