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

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nomine Devotioni Vestrae exponenda, quaecum ex mente nostra veniant.5 Eandem 5 hortamur plurimum, ut eisdem Gregorio et Erasmo in his, quae exponent nostri intuitu, fidem omnimodo praestare, et se super eisdem ita exhibere velit, sicut in eam plane confidimus atque omni erga eam gratia nostra recognoscimus.6 Datum Hamburgi, die 18. Octobris 1526.

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Ferenc Sárffy to István Brodarics Győr, 19 October 1526

Manuscript used: BN T. 6. fol. 237r-v.'

Published. Georgius Pray, Annales regum Hungáriáé ab anno Christi MDXVI ad annum MDLXIV Pars V. 121-122., Acta Tomiciana VIII. 227-228. In Hungarian: Mohács emlékezete, Budapest, 1979, 158-164.

1. He had to give 12 horsemen by Queen Maria's command to accompany Ulrich Cettrich, who was sent to search for King Louis' body. Nevertheless, he accompanied Cettrich himself. - 2. Cettrich showed the place where the King was killed from afar, but they could not find his body among the many corpses. Finally they found him in a newly dug grave and identified King Louis by signs on his legs and teeth. - 3. The King's

5 The two envoys who were to meet - besides Brodarics - Palatine István Báthori, Bishop of Zagreb Simon Erdödy, and representatives of the Croatian and Slavonian ordines, were instructed to assure them of the unbroken trust of Ferdinand, to inform them about what happened at the Hamburg meeting, and to ask for their opinions on what they were told. See the full text of the instructions to the envoys: Joseph Chmiíl, Acktenstiicke zur Geschichte Croatiens ef S/awoniens in den Jahren 1526-1527, Wien, 1846, 22-23. A more recent edition: Saborki Spisi I. charter 13. On the success of the legation: Varga, Szlavónia berendezkedése... 123.

6 The legation sent to Brodarics as well obviously also served to reassure the Chancellor who felt somewhat ignored because he could not participate in the Hamburg meeting, as his letter on 15 October 1526 testifies. We know from Nadasdy’s letter also dated Pozsony, 18 October that Brodarics wanted to meet Ferdinand in any case and planned to take a cart after Queen Maria’s return and travel to Ferdinand [et dicit existimare non posse se perpeti et offirmari, quin et incognitus cum uno vel duobus kochy (ita incredibili studio videndi et colloquendi Vestram Serenitatem est incensus) ad Vestram Serenitatem proficiscatur quamprimum Serenissima Regina redierit.] Compare: HHStA, Ung. Akt. Fasc. 2. Konv. C, fol. 14. 1

1 This is undoubtedly the copy that Brodarics sent to Szydtowiecki. This differs at some points from the text published by Pray, which is understandable because Pray did not use the manuscript used here but adopted the text published by Friedrich Wilhelm Sommersberg into his compilation and then into his Annates (Silesiacarum rerum scriptores aliquot adhuc inediti, accedunt Codicis Si/esiae Diplomatic! Specimen, et Diplomatarium Bohemo-Silesiacum, quibus ut historia ab origine gentis usque ad imperium Augustissimi ac invictissimi Carol i VI [...] inseruntur dissertationes duae, quarum prior Historiae Silesi- acae Diplomaticae Specimen, altera Historiam Genealogicam Ducum Si/esiae sistit [...], vol. II.. Lipsiae, 1730, 394-395.). Further manuscripts: ELTE EK., Collectio Prayana, Tom. XX. Fol. 21.; BCzartTN 39. fol. 117-120.

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