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

1538

io domino Lasky,4 ut et gentes serenissimi Romanorum regis et aliae ad propria redirent. Duxi statim Vestrae Dominationi haec tanta nova significanda. Quae ego ob certas alias causas credo esse vera. Tamen quicquid erit, quicquid habere potero, statim rursus significabo Vestrae Dominationi.

Haec sunt, quae habui. Spectabilis et Magnifice mi Domine. Si quid aliud erit, non 15 patiar ignorare Vestram Dominationem.5 Quae recte valeat.

Vaciae, 8. Octobris 1538.

Servitor

Vaciensis subscripsit

On the outer side: Spectabili et magnifico domino comiti Alexio Thurzoni iudici curiae et locumtenenti serenissimi domini Romanorum regis, domino mihi observandissimo.

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István Brodarics to Ferdinand I Vác, 8 October 1538

Manuscript used: III IStA, Ung. Akt. Fasc. 37. Konv. B, fol. 25-26.

1. He has learnt from Werbőczy s envoy that Suleyman has left Moldova after driving out Voivod Petru Rare$ and replacing him with his son. May lad’s letter confirms this, but he does not name the successor of Voivod Rare$. - 2. Ferdinand ordered Laski to lead his troops back to their own territoiy.

Serenissime Rex, Domine, Domine mihi Clementissime. Post humillimam servitutis meae commendationem.

[1.] Per hanc noctem venit ad me famulus cancellarii nostri, domini Werbewczy,1 per quem mihi nuntiavit venisse heri tarde hominem fidedignum ex Transsylvania affirmantem Tur- 5 carum caesarem ex Moldavia discessisse expulso Petro wayvoda, imposito ibi novo wayvoda, filio Petri, non facto magno damno, quippe qui, de quo et a domino Maylad, vayvoda Trans- silvano litteras habui,1 2 commiserat suis, ne vel incendiis vel hominum praeda illud regnum vastarent. Illud etiam scripserat dominus Maylad novum wayvodam velle instituere, sed non nominabat, quem. Ego crediderim potius esse constitutum alium, quam filium Petin expulsi.3

14 Haec sunt... subscripsit manu Broderici 17 post Vaciae del. 7. Oct.

4 Laski lead the Habsburg auxiliary troops sent to aid Szapolyai. These were withdrawn when the danger of the Sultan invading Transylvania after Moldova was gone.

5 The previous letter to Pope Paul III does not have this autographic addition.

1 István Werbőczy, Chancellor.

2 See the letter by István Maylád to Brodarics on 18 September.

2 In fact, it was not one of the sons who replaced Petru Raretj. Suleyman appointed $tefan Lacusta, (István V), half brother of the Voivod. He remained on the throne of Moldova until 1540.

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