Kasza Péter (szerk.): Stephanus Brodericus - Epistulae (Bibliotheca Scriptorum Medii Recentisque Aevorum, Series Nova XIV., Argumentum Kiadó - Magyar Országos Levéltár, Budapest, 2012)
1523
cum maxima tamen perturbatione regni nostri et servorum ac consiliariorum nostro- 5 rum, quos ad eos episcopatus designavimus impendio et iactura.1 2 [2.] Itaque postulamus a te ut huic nuntio nostro-* auxilium et consilium omne praebeas, quo negotium ipsum ex tricis istis evolvatur. Nam ut prius tibi scripsimus, non patiemur ullo pacto, ut aliter id ipsum negotium, quam designavimus, transigatur. Quando quidem intelligimus, quorsum haec involucra et ambages tendere, ut nobis contumelia et difificul- 10 tates in rebus nostris inferantur, quibus si, ut debes, cum nos et serenissimus nepos noster unum sumus, afficeris, consulas et adsis, ut tandem haec tragoedia finem capiat, ne quid deterius hinc emanet. Quam operam tibi uberrima gratia nostra referemus. 18 Louis 11 to István Brodarics Buda, I June 1523 Manuscript used: MOL DK 276078' Partially published: Vr.RESS Endre (ed.), Akták és levelek Erdély- és Magyarország Moldvával és Havasalfölddel való viszonyához, Budapest, 1014, 125.2 I. He hús learnt that a papal envoy arrives in Hungary with an aid of fifty thousand gold coins. This is needed badly for hiring mercenaries as soon as possible. -2. The Turks occupied Wallacliia again, and. together with the two Romanian voivodships and the Tatars they represent a serious threat to Transylvania and Szörény, and even the whole country. A significant Turkish force assembled already near Szörény which, although would not start an overall attack on the country, can cause considerable harm through minor attacks and occupying border fortresses. - J. The Turks threaten Croatia. Lightning has hit the powder- magazine in Temesvár. It exploded and there is significant damage. He asks Brodarics to urge the Pope to give financial aid in any case. - 4. Louis does everything in his power to contain the Turks, hut this is not a struggle between equals since it should not be the task of one sole king to defeat the lord of a whole empire. - 5. Brodarics should see to it that the papa/ court does not spend money allotted from tenths to anything hut defence against the Turks. Venerabilis Fidelis nobis Dilecte. I Apud hunc versum eadem manu in inarg. udd. Copia litterarum regis Hungáriáé ad oratorem suum Romae. Datum Budae prima lunii 152.1. 2 Another reason to date the letter for May is that the same arguments appear in a letter to Cardinal Bernardo Carvajal sent on 15 May 1523. (Compare: AT VI. 275.) ' Sigismund sent Hieronym Laski to Rome to protest raising Marquis of Brandenburg Johann Albrecht Bishop of Plock. (Compare: AT VI. 214-216.) 1 The same manuscript can be found in the HHStA in Vienna (HHStA, Ung. Akt. Fasc. 1. Konv. D, fol. 96-97.) 2 Only the first third of the letter (Redditum nobis ... societatem allicere.) is included in Veress' documentary compilation. 69
