Kasza Péter (szerk.): Stephanus Brodericus - Epistulae (Bibliotheca Scriptorum Medii Recentisque Aevorum, Series Nova XIV., Argumentum Kiadó - Magyar Országos Levéltár, Budapest, 2012)
1533
30 Ex Buda 28. Martii 1533. Servitor Sirmiensis subscripsit On the outer side: Magnifico domino Thomae Nadasdino, consiliario regio etc., domino uti filio carissimo ac honorandissimo 194 István Brodarics to Pope Clement VI1 Pécs, 8 May 1533 Manuscript used: ASV, Principi, vol. 8. fol 82r. Published: ETE II., 249-250; TliElNER Augustin, Vetera monumenta Slavorum meridionalium historiam illustrantia, Romae, 1863, 621-622.; Bessenyei József, Lettere di principi (1518-1578), Rome-Budapest, 2002, 103. /. He has already informed the Pope about the situation in Hungary in his letters to the Casalis; later he wrote from Pécs too; he still has no other news than that the fate of the country depends on the decision of the Turkish Sultan, something that both kings have to respect. - 2. Since the Turks have occupied the bishopric of Szerem, now he has the bishopric of Pécs which is in great danger, too. Beatissime Pater et Domine, Domine Clementissime. Post pedum oscula beatorum et servitutis meae humillimam commendationem. [1.] Feci Vestram Sanctitatem saepe certiorem de rebus nostris Ilungaricis per litteras ad dominos Casalios scriptas et ex Posonio, quo pacis faciendae causa convenera- 5 mus,1 ac novissime hinc ex Quinqueecclesiis his diebus proximis.1 2 Neque nunc aliud scribere possum, nisi rem Christianam eo esse deductam cuiuscunque culpa id acciderit, ut de regno Hungáriáé, quod paulo ante vidimus florentissimum ac inter Christiana regna potentissimum, coram Turearum imperatore disceptetur, et utrique regi illius arbitrio sit standum.3 Adhuc nihil intelligimus, quid de nobis sit decretum. Quicquid io erit, conabor Vestram Sanctitatem facere certiorem statim. [2.] Ego sub mirabili sidere sum natus: occupato per Tureas episcopatu Sirmiensi, quem mihi divus rex Ludovicus cum cancellariatu dederat,4 nunc episcopatum Quin1 Brodarics was a member of the delegation that negotiated with Ferdinand’s envoys about the conditions for peace between the two kings, first in Ovár, then in Pozsony. 2 Unfortunately, neither the letters to the Casali brothers nor the letters written by Brodarics earlier in Pozsony and Pécs are extant. 3 The peace talks in Pozsony were discontinued because it was discovered that Ferdinand approached the Sultan with the question of dividing the country without Szapolyai’s knowledge. Jeromos Zárai represented Ferdinand, while Gritti acted for Szapolyai in Istanbul. 4 Brodarics, strongly backed by the papal court and Clement VII, received his nomination as Chancellor on 11 March 1526. Afterwards he became Bishop of Szerém in April. 358
