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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venisse eum Genuam non nisi cum septem milibus armatorum, exspectari ex Germania 12 milia hominum, confoederatos autem habere ingentem exercitum terra et mari." so Scribitur etiam regem Christianissimum iniisse concordiam cum caesare,11 12 filios eius esse apud dominam Margarétám13 in Flandria, quousque duo miliones auri pro eis solvantur.

Servitia mea Vestris Dominationibus humiliter commendo, et domino etiam thesaurario14 ac domino suppario15 commendari cupio, quae felicissime valeant.

35 Datum Budae 29. Septembris 1529.

Vestrarum Dominationum Reverendissimae et Illustris

servitor deditissimus Stephanus Brodericus Sirmiensis subscripsit

40 [4.] Me solita valetudinis imbecillitas persequitur. Nunc quoque, cum haec scriberem, vehementi tam laterum, quam stomachi dolore premebar, nec puto me ullo modo posse subire illa onera, quae mihi maiestas domini mei clementissimi imponere vellet,16 qua de re his diebus maiestas sua multa mecum egit et ipsa per se et per amicos. Ego sive sanus, sive infirmus, quocunque in statu Deus me esse voluerit et valetudo 45 mea passa fuerit, conservabo semper constantissime meam erga Vestras Dominationes observantiam. Istae litterae, quas cum praesentibus mitto, supplico, ut mittantur ad dominum marsalcum17 regni vel saltem ad Visniche.18

On the back side: Reverendissimo et illustri ac magnifico dominis meis, domino Petro Thomycki, episcopo Cracoviensi, vicecancellario, et domino Christophoro de Sfchidlovicio], castellano et capitaneo Cracoviensi, supremo cancellario regni Polo- niae etc., dominis meis observandissimis.

11 Charles V sailed to Italy to his coronation. He reached Genoa on 12 August and proceeded towards Bologna via Piacenza. See Alfred Kohler, Kart V, München, 2001,201.

12 The Peace of Camhrai (the Ladies’ Peace) that concluded the French-Habsburg war was signed on 5 August 1529. As a consequence, Francis I gave up his territorial claims towards Italy and paid 2 million gold coins as ransom for his captured sons.

13 Margaret Habsburg (1480-1530), Regent in the Netherlands (1507-1530). Daughter of Maximilian (1) Habsburg and Duchess of Burgundy Maria. She was the wife of King of France Charles VIII (1483— 1491), then of King of Asturia John of Aragon (1497), and finally of Duke of Savoy Philibert II (1501-1504). Maximilian appointed her Governor of the Netherlands in 1507. She played an important role in the preparations for the Peace of Cambrai. More on her life: Ursula Tamussino, Margaréta von Österreich. Diplomatái der Renaissance. Styria, Graz, 1995.

14 Mikolaj Szydlowiecki (1480-1532).

15 Severin Boner.

16 Reference to the planned legation of Brodarics in France. King John informs Pope Clement Vll on 1 November 1529 that he has sent Brodarics to King of France Francis as an envoy. See: Tiieiner Augustin, Vetera Monumenta Slavontm... 608.

17 PiotrKmita.

Is Wisnicze, Poland.

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