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14 GERMAN T,
[Bafel
feat and vote on the fpiritual bench, after the biihop of Bn'nex, as well in
the council of the Princes of the Empire as at the Diets of the Circle of the
Upper Rhine. His niatriciilar evaluation is two horfe and fifteen foot, or
monthy, eighty-four florins. To the chefl: of the Circle of the Upper
Rhitie he pays yearly a ftipuktcd fum of five hundred florins, and to one
chamber-term forty rix-dollars, fifty-four kruitzers. He formed alfo a ftridl
union with the kwcn catholic cantons of Swißerlatjd in the years 1579,
1655, 1671, 1695, 1712, by virtue of which both parties are to aft^brd
adual afliftance to each other in religious and other juft caufes againft all
offenders and aggrcflbrs, whenever either party lliould be opprefled and
perfecuted on a religious account, or when its fubjedls fhould rife up
againft their fovereign ; but at the cofts of the party fuing for help, and in
particular that thefe places were to help the bifliop, and force his apoftate
lubjedts again to the catholic faith and obedience ; but in fuch cafe to undertake
no violent means without the counfel, pvivity, and confent of the
catholic places. The highly worthy chapter here confifts of eighteen capitulars
and Doimcelli.
§. 4. This bishopric has the following hereditary offices, 'viz. hereditary
marflials, which are thofe of Eptingen at Neuweiler ; hereditary cupbearers,
which are thofe of Berenfels at Hegenheim ; hereditary chamberlains,
which are the Reichen of Reichenßein at yuzlingen, alternately with
the Münchens of Miinchenßeiti, and ftiled from Lowenhiirg; hereditary
fewers, which are the barons of Schomiu at Dajsheitn ; and hereditary purveyors,
namely, thofe of Rothbcrg at Bamlach and Rheinweilcr
§. 5. The bifliop of this place is fuffragan to the archbifliop of Befanpji:
His eccleliaftical jurifdiöion extends to Schletßadt in Alface. His high
colleges are, the privy council, the general vicarfliip and officialate, the
and an aulic chamber.
aulic iurifditflion,
§. 6. The principality o^ Bejel confifts at this day of two parts.
I. One of thefe is fubjedl to the jurifdiclion of the German Empire, and
incorporated with the Circle of the Upper Rhine,
to which belong the following
land-eftates according to their rank,
I'iz.
.
1. Bclklay, in Latin Bellelagium, which is an abbey o^ Trcemonßratenfes,
whofe abbot wears a mitre, and is prefident of the provincial States. To it
belongs the provoftftiip of Himmeljpforte in the county of Rheinfelden.
2. The provoftfliip or collegiate foundation of M««/?t'r in Gr^^j/f/dV», or
the Mnnßerthal, feated both above and below the Felfen. This provoftftiip,
together with its fubjedls, is allied to the canton q§ 'Bern, with the right of
burgher. By virtue of the ftipulation entered into in the year 171 1, at
jJrhcrg, between the bifliop of Bafel and the canton of Bern, on account
of the Munjierthal, a feparation of thofe of different religions in the provoflfhip
was agreed upon, fo that at Seefxf (in French Elays) or below the
Felfen catholicks only, and above the Felfen ox\\y Proteftants, were to dwell
and enjoy the excrcife of their religion. 3. The