Against the Anhalt Chancellery The "Anhalt Chancellery" refers to the secret diplomatic papers of Christian of Anhalt, the advisor to the "Winter King" Frederick V. After these papers were captured at the Battle of White Mountain, they were published by Imperial supporters to portray the Protestant cause as a treasonous conspiracy.

...the Dukes. It was completely abolished by the Pope and is unnecessary for one to expand further in a matter so notorious original: "re notoriâ" at this point. It is sufficient that it is unfitting for anything to be negotiated and schemed original: "tractirt und machinirt" with the Pope in Rome to the ruin and oppression original: "perniciem & oppressionem" of the naturally-born The term "gebohrnen" refers to the hereditary rights of the German Princes by birthright. Protestant Evangelical At this time, "Evangelical" was the common self-designation for those following the Reformation, both Lutheran and Reformed. Electors, and to the detriment of the Peace of Religion. Still less should such things be attempted through force of arms and the disturbance original: "perturbation" of the general Peace of the Empire.

But from all the reprinted letters, it is tangibly evident what the true goal is, where the focus lies, and what sort of objective original: "scopus" was established from the beginning and continues to be pursued. For this foundation is laid firmly and as if immovable: that this transfer Translation The translatio refers to the controversial legal movement of the Electoral dignity (the right to vote for the Emperor) from the House of Wittelsbach-Palatinate to the Wittelsbach-Bavarian line. of the Electoral Palatinate shall serve for the confirmation, preservation, and exaltation of the holy faith Sanctae fidei and of religion—by which they mean the Papacy, since the Emperor acknowledges no other religion.

Likewise, it serves for the oppression and destruction of heretics (for although the Calvinists are specifically named, in truth original: "in rei veritate" the Lutherans are no less intended).

Likewise, it is for the increase and spreading of God’s honor, which they understand only as the restoration of the Papacy.

Likewise, the Emperor must in no way neglect the golden opportunity gained through the Victory at Prague The Battle of White Mountain (November 1620), where Imperial and Catholic League forces crushed the Bohemian rebels, marking a turning point in the Thirty Years' War.. In such matters concerning the Papal faith and religion, one should trust in God more than defer to human thoughts and political considerations original: "politicis considerationibus".

Furthermore, because of the promise made to the Duke of Bavaria as a zealous Catholi—