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

1526

[1.] Doleo me nihil ad Vestram Dominationem hinc scribere posse nisi omnia tristia. Vixdum quievere bella Turcica, iam renovantur alia. Dominum vayvodam electum in regem et coronatum-' Vestra Illustrissima Dominatio, credo, intelligit. Non solum hoc, 5 sed alia quaedam, de quibus ad dominum meum Premisliensem4 plura scribo, adeo moverunt serenissimum principem Ferdinandum, ut videatur haec perpetuis armis vindicaturus, ad quae paratum habet exercitum, et iam iam videtur fines Hungáriáé ingressurus.5 Parte ex altera non dubito dominum vayvodam rebus suis minime defu- turum. Inter haec quomodo se habebunt reliquiae miserae Hungáriáé? Cum principe io Ferdinando sunt plures e dominis Hungáriáé,6 quos Vestra Dominatio intelligit.

[2.] Si quid est, in quo regiae maiestati domini nostri communis gratiosissimi servire vel possim vel sit opus, Vestra Dominatio Illustrissima aperte mihi scribat. Sed res Hungáriáé in hunc modum se habent, quicquid consilii maiestas regia inter haec est captura. Alia cum ex scheda praesentibus inclusa, tum ex litteris ad dominum is Premisliensem. Vestram Dominationem cupio optime valere. Cui servitia mea unice commendo.

Ex Posonio, XII11 Novembris 1526.

Vestrae Illustrissimae Dominationis

servitor deditissimus

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cancellarius.

Mitto ad Vestram Illustrissimam Dominationem paria litterarum eius, qui fuerat missus ad corpus regium perquirendum.7

On the outer side: Illustrissimo domino meo, domino Cristophcro Sydlovicio palatino et supremo cancellario regni Poloniae etc., domino meo colendissimo.

14 praesentibus correxi ex: praesentibus praesentibus

János Szapolyai was elected Hungarian King on 10 November 1526 in Székesfehérvár. He was crowned there the following day.

4 Andrzej Krzycki. Bishop of Przemisl. We do not know Brodarics' letter to Krzycki.

5 In fact. Ferdinand had no considerable armed forces in November 1526 with which he could have attempted to secure the Hungarian throne to himself by force. In addition, he was busy with stabilising his position in Bohemia at that time. Actual armed intervention took place as late as in July 1527.

6 In fact, pro-Habsburg aristocrats were not yet many. It is true, they were from among the highest ranks. Besides Brodarics the following persons were in Pozsony: Bishop of Veszprém Tamás Szalaházy, Palatine István Báthori, Ban of Croatia and Slavonia Ferenc Batthyány (who also attended Szapolyai’s coronation on 11 November!), Treasurer Elek Thurzó, and Prior of Vrána János Tahy.

7 The letter by Constable of Győr Ferenc Sárffy, incorrectly dated by Emma Bartoniek for 14 December. Richárd Botlik correctly established that it was in fact dated on 19 October. This letter, too, supports the correctness of Botlik’s dating.

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