Kasza Péter (szerk.): Stephanus Brodericus - Epistulae (Bibliotheca Scriptorum Medii Recentisque Aevorum, Series Nova XIV., Argumentum Kiadó - Magyar Országos Levéltár, Budapest, 2012)
1526
67 Sigismund I to István Brodarics [Cracow], [September 1526]' Manuscript used: BN T. 29. fol. 40r.1 2 Published: Acta Tomiciana Vlll. 222.; Tóth Péter (ed.), A lengyel királyi kancellária Libri legationum sorozatának magyar vonatkozású iratai II. 1526-1541, Miskolc, 2003. 34. Sigismund asks Brodarics to inform him about the situation in Hungary, the fate of King Louis, and plans of the Turks. Reverendissime in Christo Pater. Audientes Vestram Paternitatem ex tam ingenti naufragio3 serenissimi nepotis nostri et istius regni Hungáriáé salvam utcunque evasisse, cepimus non mediocrem voluptatem,4 et in tanto dolore, quo tenemur, quod utique Paternitas Vestra incolumis sit, 5 cuius in nos fidem et observantiam habemus compertissimam. Et proinde rogamus illam, describere nobis non gravetur, quid certi istic sit, cum de salute ipsius serenissimi nepotis nostri, tum etiam de rebus hostilibus et statu istius regni Hungáriáé, nam varii rumores huc quotidie ad nos deferri solent. Sitque eius erga nos propensionis et observantiae, qua consuevit. Et bene valeat. 1 The letter could be written in mid-September the earliest - since Brodarics informed Tomicki about his own survival from Pozsony on 6 September 1526 and in the end of September the latest, because, as the letter says, Sigismund had no certain information about the fate of Louis. Another point of interest in the letter is that it is commonly accepted among Hungarian historians that Sigismund instructed Brodarics to write the history of the battle of Mohács in this letter, which is clearly false. On the significance of the letter see more: Kasza Péter,Mert látom, hogy néhányon [...] az eseményeket másképp mesélik, mint megtörténtek... ” Megjegyzések Brodarics István Historia verissimajának keletkezéstörténetéhez, Irodalomtörténeti Közlemények, 2007/3-4, 323-342. The essay was published in English with slight changes: „Because / Can See that Some [...] Tell the Events Differently to How They Happened...” Comments to the Story of the Formation of István Brodarics’ Historia verissima. Camoenae Hungaricae, 2007-2008, 47-63. 2 Further manuscripts: BN 392 fol. 168r-!68v; BCzart 257 fol. 415; BK 225 fol. 598-599; BJ 6550 fol. 293r; Libri Legationum vol. V, fol. 345b-346a.; BCzart TN 39. fol. 1. 3 I. e. from the battle of Mohács, that ended in a disastrous defeat for the Hungarian army, and where Sigismund's cousin Hungarian King Louis died. 4 Brodarics informed his Polish friends about the lost battle on 6 September, and also about his lucky escape. 148
