Kasza Péter (szerk.): Stephanus Brodericus - Epistulae (Bibliotheca Scriptorum Medii Recentisque Aevorum, Series Nova XIV., Argumentum Kiadó - Magyar Országos Levéltár, Budapest, 2012)
1537
Nam de negotiis publicis, quantum vel intelligam adhuc, ac certi habeam, vel tractare possim, Dominatio Vestra ex his, quae praemisi, facile intelligit. .to [3.] Novi nihil habeo, nisi quod Vestrae Dominationi notius esse credo, de exercitibus videlicet partium superiorum, quos intelligimus esse ad manus prope.11 Ex Urbe habui litteras diversas, sed apparatur tamen nondum quicquam rei gestae. Deus fortunet omnia pro Christianis et conservet nobis Hungáriám nostram, postea Sclavonia mea periit, vel parum de ea restat. 35 [4.] Scribit ad me servitor Vestrae Dominationis, Paulus Karoly de nescio quibus vasis vinorum ad Albam Regalem per subditos Vestrae Dominationis ductis per loannem Pod- manyczky ablatis. Ego de hac re multum doleo, et scribam tam ad Podmanyczky quam ad alios, ad quos in tali casu scribendum est, et scribam diligenter. Sed certe miror, quod iobagiones Vestrae Dominationis tantum fidunt domino Podmanyczky, et quod 40 assiduis damnis non discunt cautius cum talibus ambulare. Dominatio Vestra Reverendissima scit, quantum hoc genus hominum solet nunc vel regibus vel legibus obtemperare, vel amicorum precibus morem gerere, quibus nihil est amicum aliud, nisi praeda. Ego in omnem eventum cupio Vestrae Reverendissimae Dominationi servire, et ita commisi omnibus meis. Et qui aliter faceret, non erit amicus meus, sed hostis. 45 Servitia mea Vestrae Dominationi commendo. Quae felix valeat. Cremniciae, 24. Iunii 1537. Servitor Vaciensis On the outer side: Reverendissimo domino meo, domino archiepiscopo Strigoniensi regni Hungáriáé primati etc., domino meo observandissimo. 279 Giovanni Marsupino to István Brodarics Rome, 18 July 1537 Manuscript used: HHStA, Ung. Akt. Fasc. 31. Konv. C. fol. 85-86. /. He sent several letters recently by various couriers; he is sending this one bv Thurzú. He hears that Ferdinand's troops are in Slavonia but have not yet clashed with the Turks. On the other hand, the letter from the Archbishop of Trident states that the Turks were defeated near Zagreb. 40.000 foot-soldiers are said to have faced 60.000 cavalrymen, but he believes the real number to be not more than 4.000. - 2. The French sent 20.000 soldiers against Milan, but the crown prince had to go to Flanders with a big army to face the army of Maria Habsburg, who invaded the country. There have not been serious fights in Italy yet. the sides are manoeuvring. They do not know what the Turks are up to, but they have a huge fleet and a huge army. - 3. Ten ice signed armistice with the Turks but they do nothing against the Emperor, i.e. Milan. The strife 28 post quantum del. adhuc 38 post cst del. diligenter suprascr. et scribam diligenter 11 The army of Leonard Pels, which operated in Upper Hungary. On the activities of Pels, see Károlyi Árpád, Okiratok és levelek ... 738-739. 497
