Kasza Péter (szerk.): Stephanus Brodericus - Epistulae (Bibliotheca Scriptorum Medii Recentisque Aevorum, Series Nova XIV., Argumentum Kiadó - Magyar Országos Levéltár, Budapest, 2012)

1525

regards Conventuals highly because they are of great help in the fight against spreading heresy. Their Provincial. Marcus de Torre has a high reputation all over the country, so his withdrawal would he a serious loss for the Church here.

[1.] Intelleximus fratres Sancti Francisci de observantia id agere, ut loca conventu- alium in regno nostro et Bohemiae sibi a Sanctissimo Domino Nostro impetrarent, quasi haec sit voluntas nostra, ut ea illi potius haberent.

[2.] Postulamus a te, obstes, quominus id perficere valeant. Tantum enim abest, ut 5 haec voluntas nostra sit, ut etiam nobis non posset esse non molestum quidquam praeter veterem eorum ordinem in regno nostro constitutionem renovari, et praesertim nunc invalescente in dies magis circumquaque perniciosissima haeresi, ad quam retundendam magno nobis ex usu sunt ipsi fratres conventuales, praesertim venerabilis Marcus a Turri2 commissarius et provincialis regni nostri, qui et monasteria hic sua in io debitum redegit ordinem et religioni sua doctrina suaque sanctimonia plurimum conducit. Proindeque nobis et regnicolis nostris est multo gratissimus, qui si amoveri hinc deberet, magno omnino praesidio res haec ecclesiastica privaretur. Quare illum ac eius ordinem tam in regno nostro, quam etiam Bohemia consistentem patrocinio tuo etiam atque etiam commendamus.

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István Brodarics to Sigismund I1 Rome, 17 May 1525

Manuscript used: BN T. 6. föl. 33r-v.2

/. He received several letters from Sigismund in recent days in which he is requested to intervene in certain affairs; he is happy to do this. - 2. He thanks for Sigismund s intervention on his behalf with Louis II; he strives to repay Sigismunds goodwill. - 3. According to Johannes Rudniczki's report, the King 's request has been in part fulfilled, in part it will be put forward to the Pope tomorrow by Brodarics and Cardinal Pucci; Sigismund will be informed about the Pope s answer promptly. - 4. The Pope is relentless in his attempts to create peace between the Emperor and the French King; Cardinal Giovanni Salviati has been ordered to stay with the Emperor as a legale; Brodarics has been sent with him. - 5. He trusts that peace can he attained; he wrote a ciphered letter about this to Bishop ofPrzemisl Andrzej Krzycki; he trusts this most of all because of the noble heart of the French King with whom he negotiated not long ago and has written about it to Sigismund. If it Jails there is no other way of saving Hungary than what he had already written to Sigismund

2 Marcus a Turri or Marcus de Torre, Franciscan monk born in Venice, Polish provincial. Taught theology at the Cracow University in 1510. He was confessor of Bona Sforza, so he had excellent relationship with the Polish court. See also AT V. 242.. 253.; AT VI. 268., 306.; AT VII. 63.. 83., and Fraknói Vilmos, Magyarországi pápai követek jelentései... 324.

1 The text of the letter is on the Internet, in a somewhat different variant, transcribed by Péter Tóth. http://ephemeris.alcuinus.net/exempla.php

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: Further manuscripts: BK 213 fol. 525-527; BJ 6549 fol. 546 548; BCzart TN 37. fol. 259-262.

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