Invictissimi Rudolphi II. Electi Romanor. Imperatoris, et In Hungaria Boemiaque Regis, pro libero exercitio religionis Augustanae confessionis in Silesia, clementissima confirmatio

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THE MOST INVINCIBLE ROMAN EMPEROR, RUDOLF II, King of Bohemia, Hungary, etc., Archduke of Austria, Elector, etc., to all and singular to whom these present letters shall come, health and grace.

After the Most Serene and Most Powerful Prince, the Lord Rudolf II, Roman Emperor, King of Bohemia, Hungary, etc., most mercifully granted that the exercise of the religion of the Augsburg Confession in Silesia, and in other provinces, should be free, according to the form in the granted and published letters, and that it shall remain so.

Which exercise, in all and singular places where it has hitherto been in use, and in which it has been granted through the granted and published letters, shall be observed and guarded inviolably.

And so that this exercise, in all and singular places where it has hitherto been in use, and in which it has been granted through the granted and published letters, shall be observed and guarded inviolably.

The text repeats for several paragraphs in the source manuscript.