Kasza Péter (szerk.): Stephanus Brodericus - Epistulae (Bibliotheca Scriptorum Medii Recentisque Aevorum, Series Nova XIV., Argumentum Kiadó - Magyar Országos Levéltár, Budapest, 2012)
1526
73 Invitation to the National Assembly to István Brodarics (?) dated in Tokaj1 Tokaj, 17 October 1526 Manuscript used: HHStA, Ung. Akt. Fasc. 2. Konv. C, fol. 12. Published: Fraknói Vilmos, Magyar országgyűlési emlékek I., Budapest, 1874. 9-10. Since the country got into a serious situation after the Mohács defeat, and all discussion is senseless without a king, the ordines ihat gathered in Tokaj announce a national assembly to elect the King in Székesfehérvár for St. Emeric's Day. Reverende Domine Frater et Amice nobis Honorande. Quanto in periculo regnum istud miserabile per haec tempora versatum est, et inpraesentiarum quoque post flebilem casum et interitum serenissimi principis quondam domini Ludovici regis, domini nostri clementissimi piae memoriae, profliga- 5 tionemque et cladem gentis Hungaricae in proelio nuperrime cum hoste nostro publico divino ita volente iudicio inhabiliter commisso susceptum [!] versatur atque fluctuat, Dominationi Vestrae Reverendae non solum constat, verum etiam plurimas ex eisdem manu palpasse credimus. Ne deinceps residua etiam pars nobilitatis et regni per hostem ipsum nemine resi- 10 stente corrueret, nos veluti vera membra Sacrae Coronae regni huius ad hoc oppidum Thokay conveneramus2 de tutela et defensione huius regni, deque susceptae cladis et calamitatis reformatione consulturi, tractaturi et, quantum in nobis est, provisuri. Verum post plurimos tractatus nostros et post colloquia mutua visum nobis est frustra absque principe et rectore, et absque Vestra Reverenda Dominatione aliisque dominis 15 et fratribus nostris absentibus agere, stabile quid, vel firmum, regnoque huic proficuum et conducibile posse concludere. Unde dictum conventum generalem pro eligendo creandoque novo rege ad proximum festum Beati Emerici ducis3 Albae celebrandum duximus instituendum atque indicendum, ne mora gravius periculum ferre possit. Quapropter Dominationem Vestram praesentibus summe requirimus, monemus, horta- 11 11 susceptae correxi ex: suscepta 1 Attribution of the letter is doubtful. Fraknói, who published volume 1 of MOE did not take a stand regarding the identity of the addressee. Pongrác Sörös, on the other hand, states in his Brodarics-monograph (Sörös, Jerosini Brodarics István... 67.) citing Pál Jászay that the invitation is to Brodarics. However, it is quite possible that Sörös went too far. At the referenced location Jászay only states that the letter is written to an ecclesiastic person who was staying in Pozsony. Since only two high priests. Brodarics and Szalaházy are in Pozsony in October 1527, it might have been written to Brodarics. (Compare: Jászay, A magyar nemzet napjai...87.) Since the invitation has no unique feature and contains no element that would help identification, we cannot rule out that it is for Brodarics. But even if he was not the addressee, he certainly got an invitation. It can be taken for granted that the letter he received was not very different from the one here. This is why including it here seems justified. 2 The assembly in Tokaj began on 14 October. See MOE I., 4. 3 5 November 1526. 158
