Kasza Péter (szerk.): Stephanus Brodericus - Epistulae (Bibliotheca Scriptorum Medii Recentisque Aevorum, Series Nova XIV., Argumentum Kiadó - Magyar Országos Levéltár, Budapest, 2012)

1533

20 25 30 35 40 Vestris Dominationibus, Trivultius5 etiam. Gaddi6 est cum rege Franciae. Reverendus Franciscus Marsupinus est in villa Tiburtina, pliniaturf?], omnem suam spem habet in vobis, et nisi vestra auctoritate, gratia et ope illi succurratur, actum erit brevi. Est 72 annorum. Cum maxima exspectatione exspectat litteras vestras, vel dominum Paulum Zondium,7 quem credidimus ad festum omnium sanctorum hic affuturum, et adhuc non comparet. [3.] Intelligo imperatorem Turearum rursum parare classem et arma contra Coron, et putamus caesarem Carolum idem facturum, quia intendit defendere Coron, si poterit.8 In reliquis anna ubique silent. [4.] Dicitur episcopum Veronensem occisum esse ab 8 sacerdotibus, qui dederunt ei ducentas pugnalatas propter novas institutiones, quas Veronae volebat observari.9 Capuanus gubernat,10 nullus ex antiquioribus servitoribus pontificis alius superest. lovius11 habuit credentiam a rege decem milium ducatorum. Adhuc exspectat vestrum Transilvanum.12 Dominus Casalius eques est in Anglia, cuius rex nullum habet amplius oratorem hic.13 Dominus baro est infirmus in itinere veniens ex Anglia.14 Multi et primores cortigiani sunt mortui. [5.] Post scripta: dominus Veronensis non est interfectus, ut dicebatur et dominus Ioannes Antonius baro rediit Romam hodie admodum infimius. Commendat se plurimum Vestris Dominationibus Reverendissimis. Dicit, quod dominus capitaneus, orator serenissimi domini regis brevi redibit huc Romam, et quod melius se habet.15 Cavalerius est in Anglia cum illo rege.16 Dicitur pro certo, quod invictissimus Tur­earum imperator rursus parat arma terrestria et maritima contra Coron, et quod his diebus Hispani, qui custodiunt Coron, interfecerunt multos Tureos, et habuerunt vic­tualia, quae volebant imponere in Modon. Hic Romae nihil aliud habemus novi, privatae res bene aguntur, nisi quod frumen­tum est in caro foro nimis. Reliqua ut praesens. Cupiunt, Reverendissime Domine, 5 Cardinal Agostino Trivulzio. a leading figure in the French party. 6 Niccoló Gaddi, Cardinal of Florentine origin, Bishop of Fermo. He was related to the Medici. 7 Canon of Esztergom Pál Szondi, Apostolic Penitentiary. On him, see the notes for Marsupino’s letter on 3 December 1533. 8 Indeed, the Turks lead another campaign to occupy Koron in 1534, and this time they were success­ful. The Spanish garrison gave up the castle in April 1534, 9 On Bishop of Verona Gian Matteo Giberti see the notes for the letter by Marsupino on 14 December. 10 Nicolaus Schönberg (1472-1537), Bishop of Capua. 11 Paolo Giovio. 17 Transilvanus would traditionally mean Bishop of Transylvania but there is no available data that would suggest that Statileo was going to go to Rome in late 1533, which would have provided the reason for them to expect him there. 13 Gregorio Casali was the legate of English King Henry VIII in Rome. Since the king divorced Catherine of Aragon without papal permission in 1533, the Pope excommunicated him and diplomatic rela­tionships broke. 14 Baron Burgio was staying in London as papal legate already in 1531. (See the letter by Miklós Oláh to him on 16 October 1531, ETE II. 169-172.) His recall was a direct consequence of the excommunication. 15 Francesco Casali. 16 Gregorio Casali. 404

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