Kasza Péter (szerk.): Stephanus Brodericus - Epistulae (Bibliotheca Scriptorum Medii Recentisque Aevorum, Series Nova XIV., Argumentum Kiadó - Magyar Országos Levéltár, Budapest, 2012)
1528
112 Manuscript used: BN T. 9. föl. 19r.2 Published: Acta Tomiciana X. 411. I. To his great chagrin, he could not become acquainted with Tfczyhski during his stay in Poland even though he made several attempts. He hopes there will he another chance. — 2. Their troops defeated András Báthori and Chief Commander of Ferdinand István Révuy, whereas the Serbs forced Péter Percnyi and Bálint Török to withdraw. Petényi withdrew to Siklós, while Török withdrew to Buda. - 3. Ferdinand announces a national assembly for St Nicholas' Day, but unless God performs a miracle all his schemes will prove futile. István Brodarics to Andrzej T^czynski1 Strzyzów, 22 October 1528 Magnifice Domine, Domine mihi Observandissime. Salutem et servitiorum meorum commendationem. [1.] Nihil mihi ab eo tempore, quo in Polonia sum, acerbius accidit, quam quod negata sit mihi, nescio quo meo malo fato, contrahendae cum Vestra Magnificentia maioris noti- 5 tiae occasio. Cuius rei consequendae licet fuerim et Peterkoviae3 et postea cupidissimus, tamen compos esse non potui. Quod nunc est negatum, fortasse adhuc dabitur. Interim rogo Dominationem Vestram Magnificam, dignetur me in numerum aliorum suorum reponere et obsequiis meis, quae illi cupio esse dicata, pro omni animi sui libito uti. [2.] Nova non sunt alia, nisi quae Dominationem Vestram iam intellexisse arbitror, io Primum de Andrea Báthory apud Bathor, postea de Stephano Rheway, generali regis Bohemiae4 capitaneo apud Patak1 2 3 4 5 per nostros profligato.6 Novissime Petrus Periny cum Valentino Therek a Rascianis nostris foede discedere sunt coacti, ille in Soklyos,7 hic Budam. Nos recta in regnum Hungáriáé intramus. [3.] Intelligimus regem Bohemiae indixisse diétám Posonium pro festo Sancti Maris tini,8 sed quomodo nunc habent se negotia, nisi Deus velit facere miraculum aliquod a multis saeculis inauditum, frustra omnia cadent, quaecunque ille molitur. Vestrae 1 Andrzej Tijczyhski (around 1480-1536), offspring of a noble family in Lesser Poland. Royal Secretary at the beginning of his career (1510), later Constable of Biecz (1511), then, after the death of Krzysztof Szydlowiecki in 1532, Constable of Cracow. Voivod ofSandomierz from 1519, Palatinus of Cracow 1527. A relative of the famous poet Mikolaj Rej. 2 Further manuscripts: BK 226 fol. 409: BK 220 fol. 274r-v; BJ 6551 fol. 503-504; BCzart TN 42. fol. 327-328. 3 Piotrków is the traditional location of Polish national assemblies. Brodarics spent several months here in late 1527- early 28 with Ferenc Frangepán as an envoy of Szapolyai. 4 Typical terminology of the Szapolyai party. Ferdinand is addressed as King of Bohemia because at the moment this his highest honour. Obviously, he is not recognised as King of Hungary. s Sárospatak. 6 Regarding this, see the letter by Brodarics on 28 September 1528. 7 Siklós. 8 11 November 1528. In fact, the national assembly was called together for 13 October 1528 in Pozsony already, not for November. See: MOE 1., 213-214. 230
