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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silvanenses, quod ab eis fieri possit pro statu suae maiestatis conservando et amissis recuperandis. Rhadyth etiam cum Rascianis manere in officio.9

[3.] In Slavonia praeterea negotia suae maiestatis optime processisse usque ad obi- 35 tum domini comitis Christophori de Frangepanibus, illarum partium praefecti et suae maiestatis capitanei, quem scribit sua maiestas, dum arcem Varasdiensem in Slavonia sitam incautius contemplatur, ictum esse pixide in die Sancti Cosmae et Damiani10 ac sequenti die exspirasse ingenti suae maiestatis et dolore et detrimento. Illi tamen provinciae, ne quid ibi damni sua maiestas accipiat, sese diligenter providere. Haec sunt, 40 quae ex litteris regiis habemus.

[4.] Intelligimus etiam waywodam Transalpinensem11 tam pecuniis quam gentibus maiestatem suam iuvare, nec adhuc desperandum est, Princeps Clementissime, Deo potissimum, qui justissimus est, auctore atque adiutore, iustitiam suae maiestatis ex tot turbationibus ac tenebris in claram lucem cum magna suae maiestatis gloria erup- 45 turam.

[5.] Illud pene omiseramus dominum Hieronymum de Lasko,1- palatinum Siradi- ensem Venetias per suam maiestatem missum, facturum tamen iter per Constantinopo- lim.13 Nostram humillimam servitutem in gratiam Vestrae Sacrae Maiestatis supplices commendamus. Quam Deus conservet semper felicem ac sospitem.

50 Ex Gorlychyna, VI Novembris MDXXVI1.

9 Bosic Radie tied to Hungary in the years before Mohács and was a sloop captain in Pétervárad. He joined Szapolyai after Mohács and became one of his commanders. There were many Serbs in Bosic' army who had once fought with Crni Jovan. Ferdinand wanted to lure him over unsuccessfully in 1527. He was not inclined to change sides in the following year either. In that year he successfully defended the Temesköz region against Péter Percnyi and Bálint Török. On his activities after Mohács, see: Bart a Gábor, Egy elfelejteti hadszíntér 1526-1528, Történelmi Szemle, 1995, 1-33.

10 Kristóf Frangepán. a famous mercenary commander and unconditional devotee of Szapolyai. He died on 27 September 1527 during the siege of Varasd. The death of the outstanding soldier was a grave loss for Szapolyai as his positions in Slavonia suffered.

11 V. Radu (Radu de la Afumafi) Voivod of Wallachia. was under Szapolyai's obligation who helped him to win back his throne from his younger brother Radu VI, who was backed by the Turks, in 1524. Accordingly, unlike Voivod of Moldova Petru Rare?, he supported Szapolyai and persevered with him in spite of the fact that Ferdinand tried to lure him over in November 1527. See the report of Ferdinand's envoy Stephan Clyntsehytz: Vi-.ri ss Endre (ed.). Akták és levelek Erdély- és Magyarország Moldvával és Havasalfölddel vak) viszonyához, Budapest, 1914, 153-154.

’’ Hieronymus Laski entered the service of King John in the first half of 1527. Sigismund reports in his letter to Joannes Dantiscus that Easki asked for his permission to go to Loreto in order to repent some sins of his. Having got the permission he did not go on pilgrimage, however, but to Hungary and there he joined Szapolyai, allegedly without Sigismund’s knowledge or approval. (Compare: AT IX. 250.)

In fact, Szapolyai sent Laski exactly to negotiate with the Sultan, so Venice as destination is given to divert attention. Laski wrote to Tarnowski already in October that John may turn to someone with turban on his head if he does not get help from crowned rulers. (Compare: AT IX. 317.) On Laski's negotiations in Istanbul in detail, see: Barta Gábor, Két tárgyalás Sztambulban. Hyeronimns Laski tárgyalása a töröknél János király nevében. Habardanecz János jelentése 1528. nyári sztutnhuli tárgvalásairéA. Budapest, 1996.