Copy of the Resolution of the Elector of Saxony

...has faithfully represented the situation, seeking a most gracious and prompt remedy remediation?, and praying that the blessed and highly necessary peace peace? might finally be restored and brought back, and an end made to the bloody war and the ruin of the land. He has most highly and movingly petitioned for this, and for that reason, in the year 1630, he sent a special and costly embassy original: "Legation" to His Imperial Majesty in Vienna. Both orally and in writing (as demonstrated by others in printed publications), the ambassadors presented a most humble petition N. 1. original: "Memorial" which detailed these matters at length.

He also acted with great diligence, obedience, and conviction, out of a good and faithful heart, at the recently held Convention A meeting of the Imperial Electors. in Regensburg. There, he voiced his concerns in the public sessions and elsewhere, arguing that the grievances arising from the Imperial Edict issued in the year 1629 regarding Church properties Ecclesiastical Estates The Edict of Restitution, which mandated the return of all church lands seized by Protestants since 1552. should be remedied.

However, as the hardships increased daily and the enforcement of the Edict was pursued with great zeal, even His Electoral Serenity's own highly deserving House was not spared. This occurred despite the fact that his beloved son, Duke Augustus of Saxony, had initially been legitimately nominated as the Coadjutor An assistant bishop designated to succeed the current bishop. of the Primacy and Archbishopric of Magdeburg, with the promise of succession original: "cum promissione de succedendo". This nomination was made by the Cathedral Chapter The governing body of clergy for a cathedral. itself with unanimous consent, and in the same manner as had been the tradition and custom in those places for many years. His Electoral Serenity most humbly reported this to the Roman Imperial Majesty. At that time, although the matter was known throughout the Empire original: "Reichskündig", no one contradicted it, and thereafter...