Kasza Péter (szerk.): Stephanus Brodericus - Epistulae (Bibliotheca Scriptorum Medii Recentisque Aevorum, Series Nova XIV., Argumentum Kiadó - Magyar Országos Levéltár, Budapest, 2012)
1526
nullum hic apud optimos quosque tui ornandi locum omittimus. Cuius rei facile vel Iovii3 vel Marsupini4 litterae testes fuerint. Quod et tu istic vicissim facias, te vehementer etiam atque etiam rogamus. 10 [2.] Fecisse autem id te putabimus, cum Georgium Logum non solum iam amplissimi spei adulescentem, sed et virtutis et doctrinae spectatissimae, qua potes, auctoritate istic tua iuveris, ne coeptum studiorum suorum cursum supremo in stadio destituere cogatur, neve et ipse, qui etiamnum pristino hic in fortunae ergastulo desudo, mei aliquando dissimilis fiam, cum nunquam infelix hoc Sisyphi, quod tot annos in surda is animorum claustra et in adversos purpuratorum scopulos molimur, saxum constiterit. Facile vero rationibus meis consulueris, si regias in mei istinc commendationem ad pontificem maximum litteras impetraris, a quo hactenus laudamur quidem, sed et mirifice algemus, atque (si diis placet) esurimus. Poterit et plurimum dignitatis tuae existimatio apud parentem, qui si vestro beneficio secundiori [!] flatu utitur, fac, 20 quaeso, mihi aequior sit. Non erimus ingrati, neque regno indecores. Prosecutus est pontifex maximus. Logum summis honoribus, atque insigni sapientissimi philosophi facie, quae gemma expressa. Rarum opus, praesertim hoc saeculo. Vale. Raptim. Romae XI. Ianuarii Anno MDXXVI. 55 István Brodarics to Piotr Tomicki1 Buda, 28 January 1526 Manuscript used: BN T. 6. fol. 152 r-v.1 2 Published: Acta Tomiciana VIII. 25. /. Archbishop Szálkái was given back the seal of the Chancellery; Brodarics hopes he will return it voluntarily soon. Tomicki can get more complete information from Andrzej Trepka. - 2. Eveiything points to establishing general peace among Christian rulers; at the same time the French King will be released from captivity. The King of Navarra, who has fallen into captivity at Pavia, bribed his guards and escaped after Marquis 3 See the previous letter by Paolo Giovio. 4 Canon of Esztergom Francesco Marsupino was a fellow envoy of Brodarics in Rome. Unfortunately, the Logus volume that preserved letters of Giovio and Sauermann did not bequeath Marsupino’s letter to us, so it is lost. 1 Piotr Tomicki (1464-1535), Bishop of Poznan, Bishop of Cracow from 1523 until his death, Vice- Chancellor from 1515. Noted Humanist, correspondent of Erasmus of Rotterdam. We do not know exactly where and when he met Brodarics but their relationship certainly dates back before 1526, even though the first pieces that survived from their voluminous correspondence are dated that year. More on his life and career: Anna Odrzywolska-Kidawa, Biskup Piotr Tomicki (1464-1535). Kariéra polityczna i koscielna, Warszawa, 2004. [Bibliography 191-204.], and Anna Odrzywolska-Kidawa, Podkanclcrzy Piotr Tomicki (1515-1535). Polityk i humanista, Warszawa, 2005. [Bibliography 281-295.] 2 Further manuscripts: BN 592 fol. 7r—8r; BCzart 257 fol. 33-34; BCzart TN 38. fol. 35-37. 130
