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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secum eius oratorem8 cum bona pecuniae summa; Rincon etiam per viam Boznae erit hic.9

[8.] De Cassoviensibus spes est, quod redibunt; laborant medio domini Homonnay.10 11 Lasky accepit tria castra, quae fuerunt Tharczay, occupavit omnia fere ad Eperyes,11 Zebyn12 et Lewchoviam13 pertinentia et assidue taxat.14 Scripsit ad regem de Ferdi- nando rege mira, cum in castro quodam Bohemico Zebrák15 vocato subito castro illo conflagrato omnes, qui cum eo erant, atque inter alios cardinalem Tridentinum16 et quendam episcopum combustos, ipsum sine anima inde extractum, ita tamen, ut de vita eius nulla fuerit spes, non potuerunt in eo animam sentire naribus, bucca, oculis, tota fere facie igne combusta. Si ista vera sunt, tibi constare debent, qui cures hanc rem investigandam, sed non est invulganda, quod a nobis processerit, sed Lasky haec pro veris scribit.17

Alia non sunt. Rex dominus noster clementissimus feria sexta,18 si non ante, erit Budae. Dominus gubernator subsequetur biduo post. Praeterea non Transsilvanizes [!] Parisiarc [!].19

Monsignor reverendissimo se ricommanda a voi. Et bene valete una cum amicis.

[9.] Dominationem Vestram admonui his diebus per litteras, iterum admoneo, idque etiam propterea, quod ista res mei potissimum medio fuit tractata et conclusa et litterae impetratae. Dominus Maylath et dominus loannes Zalay relinquant neutralitatem, si nolunt perdere illa castra eis donata.20 Veniant ad servitium regis. Ego scio, quid scribo et scio, quod istae neutralitates cessabunt. Non imputent postea mihi, quod eos medio tui non admonuerim. Iterum bene valete omnes et ambulate in sinceritate et veritate.

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8 taski got 5000 gold coins from the French King to hire soldiers in Poland and start military manoeuvres against Ferdinand. Royal Secretary Machault, who was with him, had another 15000 gold coins at his disposal. The French King sent this money to Szapolyai to support him continuing the war against Ferdinand. See Hatvani Mihály, Magyar történelmi okmánytár a briisseli országos levéltárból /., Pest, 1857, 263-264.

9 Antonio Rincon.

10 Ferenc Homonnay Drugeth.

11 Eperjes (today: Preüov, Slovakia).

12 Kisszeben (today: Sabinov, Slovakia).

Lőcse (today: Levoőa, Slovakia).

14 Laski, with his soldiers hired on French money, kept harassing towns of Upper-Hungary that supported Ferdinand throughout the summer. More on his activities: Hain Gáspár, Szepességi avagy lőcsei krónika és évkönyv a kedves utókor számára, Budapest, 1988, 54-59.

15 Éebrák, Bohemia.

16 Bernhard Cles. Cardinal of Trident, High Chancellor of Ferdinand.

17 Obviously a rumour. We have no information on any blaze in which King Ferdinand and prominent members of his court got burnt.

18 5 June.

19 Obviously a pun, yet its meaning is unclear.

20 Nádasdy was commissioned by Szapolyai to try to lure his more important opponents to his side including István Maylád and János Szalay. See the previous letter. However, the two aristocrats never joined him.

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