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

1538

tatum et consultum fuit, sed non exsecutum.3 Sed navalibus viribus ante omnia est io opus. Ego quicquid certi habuero, dabo operam, ut Vestra Maiestas fiat certior cum omni celeritate, modo praecipiatur capitaneo Strigoniensi, ut statim litterae meae mittantur.4 Ero enim vel hic Budae vel Vaciae.

[2.] Oro supplex rursus Vestram Maiestatem, ut loannes Paxy5 dimittatur. Faciat Vestra Maiestas hanc gratiam omnibus nobis et regi nostro imprimis. Locumtenens, is eius sororius6 qualis sit vir, quantum ad servitia Vestrae Maiestatis propensus, intellexit a me Vestra Maiestas.7 Dominus Vesprimiensis8 non ludat istomodo cum commissionibus Vestrae Maiestatis. Iamtandem incipiat intelligere Vestram Maiestatem esse sibi et dominum et regem.

Servitutem meam humillimam in gratiam Vestrae Maiestatis iterum atque iterum 20 commendo, quam Deus conservet semper felicem et incolumem.

Budae, 23. Iuli i 1538.

Servulus humillimus Vaciensis subscripsit adhuc multum debilis

25 [3.] De rebus Turcicis dixit mihi idem locumtenens regis mei se omnia, quae habet,

perscripsisse ad dominos regentes Vestrae Maiestatis Viennenses. Illa tamen est summa, sicut ex omnibus partibus accipio: Tuream ipsum9 hac aestate Constantinopo- li futurum, prospecturum inde tam bello, quod cum rege Persarum10 habet, quam bello navali.11 Mehmet begus,12 quas copias paratas habuit, dicitur, nescimus quo consilio, 30 in diversa loca partitus. Hoc tantum hic intelligere potui, quo me valetudinis afflictae curandae gratia ad aquas calidas13 contuli. Quam nescio, si unquam recuperare potero.

25 De rebus ... dignetur separata scheda adiuncta

3 The first plan in 1526 was to stop Turkish attack at the Sava river, later it was the Drava. Both plans failed because of the slowness of the Hungarian army. See Brodkricus, Historia verissima... 28., 33., and 38.

4 Ferdinand fulfilled Brodarics' request: in his letter on 1 August 1538, he specifically instructed Captain of Esztergom Martin Lascano to forward letters from Brodarics without delay. See HHStA, Ung. Akt. Fasc. 36., Konv. B, fol. 5.

5 The release of János Paksy is a recurrent topic in the Brodarics’ lettem in July and August.

6 Gergely Pesthény was Index Curiae and Governor of Buda under Szapolyai and brother-in-law of János Paksy.

7 Gergely Pesthény assisted Ferdinand in getting members of Katzianer’s army released. See Brodarics' letter to Ferdinand on 15 July 1538.

8 János Paksy was held captive by Bishop of Veszprém Márton Kecseti in spite of the fact that Ferdinand had ordered the release of Paksy back in June.

L> Finally, the Sultan did not remain in Constantinople but lead the campaign against Moldova himself.

10 Tahmasp 1 (1524-1576), Persian Shah, with whom Suleyman had been at war since 1534.

11 The Turkish fleet had executed many attacks on the Adriatic Sea and along the coast of Italy since 1537.

12 Mehmet, Bey of Szendrő.

13 The Buda area was famous for its curative hot springs.

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