In the name of all that is good and holy, be it made known to all who are now present, and to all who shall see or hear of this public instrument, that in the shadow of the ancient peak of Mount Oromir, in the presence of me, Firan the Dispassionate, their majesties' secretary and notary public and the undersigned witnesses, the Eight Princes here gathered, swore, by the blood of the children and their children's children and all their children after them, to bind themselves forever to the instrument foregoing in five parts.
1. Notwithstanding the realms of the fairy people and the various halfmen whose envoys are here gathered, the Land of Westrun shall be fixed forevermore as comprised of eight peoples: the Saks, the Boldish, the Menes, the Rathor, the Collors, the Talireans, the Treftans, and the Marchmen who follow Bal. Forevermore, that these eight peoples be ruled by eight reigning princes, each according to their laws and customs, and as have been found in the favor of their own gods.
2. That each Prince shall have the inviolable and hereditary right to rule his lands and be subject to none within his own borders, except his own conscience and his god.
3. That each Prince shall hold the borders of the others as sacred and inviolable, and shall keep the peace found here in perpetuity. If one of the Princes or his children afar off should violate the peace, then the other seven issue notice; and if peace be not restored within one moon, then the other seven shall ride to war against the violator until he be removed to his own borders and up to half of his wealth be taken in payment of the malefaction.
4. Further that there shall be appointed from among them, a Prince among princes, first among equals in the matter of disputes, and one with whom the other realms of the world might treat. The reign of this Prince among princes shall be decided in the congress of the sovereigns, and shall serve for a period of at least ten years; and his replacement shall not enjoy hereditary privilege to the throne, but be selected within one year of his death.
5. Moreover that the inhabitation of the Prince among princes shall be fixed here as the fortress in the shadow of the peak of Oromir. Notwithstanding its location near the lands of the Boldish and the Menes, it shall serve forever as a place of neutral assembly. Its walls shall be held as sacred and inviolable as the borders of the eight princes, and therefore subject to the same protections, save that in the case of violation the malefactor shall be deposed and his wealth be taken entire in payment.
Therefore, having seen and understood the said instrument and treaty, incorporated above, and every part and parcel of it, and being certain and assured of everything set forth therein, and desiring to observe and fulfill it, just as it stands, we commend, confirm, approve, ratify, and, so far as necessary, authorize anew and promise to observe, the said instrument and treaty to which we affix our signs and signatures.
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