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

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episcopis Quinqueecclesiensem,4 Iauriensem,5 addunt tertium quoque, sed nescimus is adhuc, quis sit ille, credo esse Vaciensem.6 Dominum Strigoniensem aiunt salvum esse, sed ego dubito,7 ita enim erat male affectus, ut vix equo insideret. Ex secularibus amissos aiunt esse, nam ego hos pereuntes non vidi, dominum Sárkány,8 Thomam Zechy,9 Ioannem Paxy,10 de domino comite Scepusiensi adhuc dubitatur.11 Robur militiae Hun- garicae salvum adhuc est, non multi equites meo iudicio amissi, non enim visum fuit 20 contra bombardas, quae innumerabiles erant, pugnare, nihil hastis nostris, nihil frameis, nihil aliis telis contra illas valentibus.

[2.] Tureus habita hac insigni victoria Budam versus procedit et Budam et totum regnum occupaturus, nemine resistere valente, omnibus huc illuc dispersis et de proelio instaurando parvam certe spem habentibus. Bohemorum auxilia, quae cum domino cancellario Bohe- 25 miae12 venerant, incipiunt domum redire verentes, ne ibi motus aliqui oriantur. Nos sumus hic Posonii cum maiestate reginali sed paucissimi, dominus marchio,13 dominus banus Croatiae14 ex bello reversus, dominus Thurzo,ls dominus Vesprimiensis.16 Alii quoque domini hic convocantur, qui supersunt. Ego heri vesperi huc applicui, multa pericula in itinere passus et captus quoque a nostris, de Bohemis dico, et pretio redemptus.17 30 [3.] Quod ad salutem regis attinuit, nihil praetermisi, quod a me provideri potuit.

Fuerunt deputati ex primoribus, qui nihil aliud curarent nisi servare regem. Non pos4 Fíilöp Csulai Móré, Bishop of Pécs. More on his life: Fedeles Tamás, Egy Jagelló-kori humanista pályaképe. Csillái Móré Füiiip (1476/1477-1526), Levéltári Közlemények, 2007, 35-84.

5 Balázs Paksy, Bishop of Győr.

6 In fact, Bishop of Vác János Országit survived the battle. However, beyond the two bishops mentioned, Ferenc Perényi, Ferenc Csaholy, and Ferenc Palinai, Bishops of Várad, Csanád, and Bosnia, respectively, are all dead. Brodarics mentions them in his letter on 2 October with the exception of Csaholy. See the list of those lost ín: JászaY Pál. A magyar nemzet napjai a mohácsi vész után. Pest, 1846, 7-8.

7 Archbishop László Szálkái died indeed.

s Ambrus Sárkány, former Index Curiae, Comes of Zala. More on him: Kuuinyi András, Egy üzletelő diplomata vérár Mohács előtt: Akosházi Sárkány Ambrus = PÁMliR Nóra (ed.), Gerö László nyolcvanötödik születésnapjára. Tanulmányok, Budapest, 1994. 263-291.

9 Tamás Széchy, Comes of Vas.

10 János Paksy, Comes of Tolna.

11 György Szapolyai, Comes of Szepes and Trencsén, brother of Voivod of Transylvania János Szapolyai, one of the chief commanders in the battle; fell in the battle.

12 Adam v llradce. Brodarics says in Historia verissima that the Czech auxiliary troops lead by the Chancellor got as far as Győr. Compare: Brodericus, Historia verissima...58.

13 Georg von Brandenburg.

14 Ferenc Batthyány, Ban of Croatia and Slavonia

15 Elek Thurzó, Magister Tavernicontm.

16 Tamás Szalaházy, Bishop of Veszprém, Chancellor of the Queen.

17 During the chaotic weeks following the battle numerous similar incidents happened: the Szentgyörgyi counts robbed the fleeing Royal Secretary Jakab Piso (see Németh Lajos, Adulék Piso Jakab életiratához. Történelmi Tár, 1885, 764-767.), not to mention the case that caused quite a stir: hussars of Constable of Esztergom András Orbáncz robbed the ships of Queen Maria. On this see: Cuspinianus, Buzdító beszéd... = Mohács emlékezete, Budapest, 1979, 257-258., and Brodarics’ response to the same event: Brodericus, Historia verissima... 58.

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