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

1538

Hinc ad annum Deo duce sperarem, quod possemus in manibus habere Bizancium5 sine io ullo dubio. Sed opus est bonis provisionibus, bonis consultoribus et bonis capitaneis.6 Talibus, qui sciunt et naturam et mores eorum, cum quibus res nobis est. Omnia nobis inserviunt, et inter alia locorum opportunitates, quae nemo crederet, quam bene serviunt nobis.7

[2.] De aliis, quae Vestra Maiestas ad me proxime scribere fuit dignata, et scripsi et nuntiavi regi diligentissime.

is Nunc habeo nova, quod Turei vadunt contra Transsilvaniam vel Moldáviám.8 Cum Moldavo omnino concordandus esset serenissimus rex Poloniae.9

Vestram Maiestatem Deus conservet semper felicem et incolumem.

Vaciae, 7. Augusti 1538.

Eiusdem Vestrae Sacrae Maiestatis

20 humilis servulus

Vaciensis subscripsit

[3.] Miseram his diebus Quinqueecclesias et circum illa loca adinquirendum de Tureis. Scribitur et nuntiatur mihi per gubernatorem Quinqueecclesiarum se nihil scire de aliquibus motibus Turearum.

On the outer side: Serenissimo Principi et Domino, Domino Ferdinando divina favente clementia Romanorum etc. regi semper Augusto, domino mihi clementissimo.

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István Brodarics to Ferdinand 1 Vác, 8 August 1538

Manuscript used: HHStA, Ung. Aki. Fasc. 36. Konv. B, fol. 42-43, and 39/2.1

/. He received word from Governor Gergely Pesthény at the same time when he got Ferdinand's letter: the Turks prepare against Transylvania, so militaiy help from Ferdinand is needed. He boldly writes about his

21 Eiusdem... subscripsit manu Broderici 22 Miseram ... Furcarum scheda separata manu Braderici adiuncta

J The Byzantine, i.e. the Sultan.

6 Perhaps a hint at Katzianer's defeat in 1537 in Gorian.

7 Peace with the French gave Charles V the possibility to organise a large-scale anti-Turkish league with the participation of Venice and the Pope, tte tried to draw King of France Francis into this when they met in person in July 1538 in Augies Mortes.

s Suleyman started his campaign against Moldova in June, but, in Hungary, it was not known whether or not the occupation of Transylvania is among the goals.

9 Voivod of Moldova Petra Rare? got involved in a war with Polish King Sigismund. too, in 1538, but the Polish Monarch ended the attack against Moldova, partly due to the intervention of Szapolyai See ViiRANCStcs Antal, Péter moldvai vajda elűzése (15311), Gesta. 2007. 53.

The numbering of the sheets is disorderly.

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