The sixth, seventh and eighth articles {93} protest against excessive forced labor, illegal payments and exorbitant rents.

The ninth article denounces the new (Roman) law, and requests the reestablishment of the old (German) law.

The tenth article voices the indignation of the poor at the enclosure by the rich of commons and other free land.

The eleventh demands the abolition of the heriot, or inheritance-tax, by which the widow of a rustic was obliged to yield to her lord the best head of cattle or other valuable possession.

The final article expresses the willingness of the insurgents to have all their demands submitted to the Word of God.
Both here and in the preamble the entire assimilation of divine and human law is postulated, and the charge that the Lutheran Gospel caused sedition, is met.
[Sidenote: Other manifestos] Though the _Twelve Articles_ were adopted by more of the bands of peasants than was any other program, yet there were several other manifestos drawn up about the same time.