Copy of the Resolution of the Elector of Saxony

A rectangular woodcut headpiece at the top of the page features a symmetrical decorative design. It depicts reclining human figures, possibly nymphs or putti, integrated into a dense arrangement of scrolling vines, leaves, and flowers.

What was—in the name and on behalf of the Most Illustrious and Most Mighty Prince and Lord, Lord Philip IV Philip IV (1605–1665) was the King of Spain during the height of the Thirty Years' War, a member of the House of Habsburg., King in Spain, the Two Sicilies, Portugal, and the Algarves, Archduke of Austria, Duke of Burgundy, Brabant, and Milan, Count of Habsburg, Flanders, and Tyrol; by His Royal Majesty's highly esteemed embassy residing in Vienna, specifically His Excellency the Marquess of Cadreita Lope Díez de Aux y Armendáriz, Marquess of Cadreita, was a prominent Spanish diplomat and naval commander., through his sub-delegate sub-delegate: a person appointed to act as a representative on behalf of a higher official, the well-born Lord Heinrich Paradys, Baron of Erschaide, appointed Colonel to His Roman Imperial Majesty and the aforementioned Royal Majesty—orally presented and proposed in a granted personal audience to the Most Illustrious and High-born Prince and Lord, Lord John George John George I (1585–1656), the Elector of Saxony, whose shifting alliances were central to the conflict in Germany., Duke of Saxony, Jülich, Cleves, and Berg, Arch-Marshal and Prince-Elector of the Holy Roman Empire, Landgrave in Thuringia, Marquess of Meissen, Burgrave of Magdeburg, Count of the Mark and Ravensberg, Lord of Ravenstein; and what was thereafter submitted through a written memorandum original: "Memorial" and further expressed in verbal conference:

His Electoral Highness has understood this in greater detail from the contents, has maturely considered all sides, and has found it to be chiefly directed toward how often and many times His Royal Majesty has endeavored to [achieve] a wholesome catchword: "heilſamen/" (wholesome or salutary). This likely refers to a "wholesome peace" or settlement within the Empire.