Kasza Péter (szerk.): Stephanus Brodericus - Epistulae (Bibliotheca Scriptorum Medii Recentisque Aevorum, Series Nova XIV., Argumentum Kiadó - Magyar Országos Levéltár, Budapest, 2012)
1529
126 István Brodarics to Piotr Tomicki and Krzysztof Szydíowiecki Buda, 12 October 1529 Manuscript used: BN T. II, fol. 5r-v.1 Published: Acta Tomiciana XI. 283-284. I. The Sultan is still besieging Vienna fiercely: Niklas Graf zu Saint and Hans Katzianer defend the town with a few thousand soldiers. He is sending a copy of Ferdinand's letter to Pasha Ibrahim. 2. The Sultan ordered Sanjak-Bey Kosrev to inspect ships on the Danube, and if Hungarian prisoners are found release them. 360 men, women and children were released today but no threat stops the taking of prisoners. Reverendissime et Illustris ac Magnifice Domini, Domini mihi Observandissimi. Salutem et servitiorum meorum commendationem. [1.] Novi aliud neque nunc habemus, nisi quod proximis litteris perscripsi. Caesar adhuc oppugnat acerrime Viennam.1 2 Intelligimus esse in ea multa bellatorum milia 5 duce comite de Zolyom3 et Ioanne Cocianer4 ac quibusdam aliis. Sed hoc de his. qui Viennae sunt obsessi, puto Vestris Dominationibus, quam nobis, esse notiora. Mitto ad Vestras Dominationes exemplum litterarum regis Ferdinandi ad imperatorem et Imbraim bassa, ex vero exemplari transscriptum.5 [2.] Commisit caesar firmissime Sanzaco,6 quem hic cum rebus et pecunia sua reli- lo quit, ut omnes naves, quae ex partibus superioribus per Danubium veniunt, conquirantur et sicubi in eis reperiantur Hungari captivi vel ad coronam Hungáriáé pertinentes, 1 Another manuscript: BK 226 fol. 674-675; BJ 6551 fol. 878-879; BCzart TN 43. fol. 443-444.- The siege was still going on 12 October indeed, but only for a few more days. The Sultan’s army began retreating from under Vienna on 16 October. See Budi;nz József, Sziilejmán naplója...205. •' Niklas Grafzu Salm (1459-1530), general in the service of Maximilian I, later of Ferdinand I, Royal Councillor. Commander in Chief of Ferdinand’s army in Hungary in September and October 1527. In this capacity he wins a battle against Szapolyai at Tokaj on 27 September. Captain of the Lower Austrian provinces in 1528-30, chairman of the war council that lead the defence of Vienna in 1529. His name is used in its Hungarian form as Miklós Zólyomi, and the letter by Brodarics uses this. See more biographical data on him in Bi:Iiii i:n Farkas, Erdély története /... 209. 4 Hans Katzianer (1490-1538), diplomat, mercenary commander. Filtered the service of the Habsburgs already at the time of Maximilian I. He was the commander of the Austrian troops that fought in the Croatian border region from 1522. Commander in Chief of Ferdinand in Hungary in 1527-29, then in 1532-37. The Turks defeated him at Fszék in 1537, and this made Ferdinand put him in prison. He escaped from the prison but the Zrínyi brothers killed him on Ferdinand’s command on 25 October 1538 in his own castle in Kostajnica (Croatia). More on his life: Richard Apfelaulr, Hans Katzianer, ein Feldherr Ferdinands /., Wien, Univ. Diss.. 1939. 5 This attachment we do not have. 6 Perhaps Sanjak Bey of Bosnia Hüsrev. Suleyman left him behind after capturing Buda as a reinforcement for Szapolyai. See Sugár István, A budai vár és ostromai, Budapest, 1979, 57. It could also be Voivod Kasim, whom lstvánffy calls a sailor duke. See Istvánity Miklós, Magyarok dolgairól irt históriája /Tállyai Pál XVII. századi fordításában, ///, Budapest. 2001,284. 253
