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25 István Brodarics to Sigismund I Rome, 11 December 1523 Manuscript used: BN T. 5. fol. 40r. Published: Acta Tomiciana VI. 345–346. 1. He believes, he can report good news soon, since the new Pope Clement VII is ready to fulfil all of Sigismund’s wishes. – 2. There are no new pieces of news; the French are still in Italy; the Pope, partly due to Brodarics’ prompting, instructed three Cardinals to work on creating peace among Christian rulers, hopefully with good results. Serenissime Princeps et Domine, Domine mihi Gratiosissime. Post servitutis meae perpetuae in gratiam Vestrae Maiestatis humillimam commendationem.

[1.] In negotiis Vestrae Maiestatis credo nos cum domino Stanislao nuntio1 eiusdem optatam relationem in omnibus habituros: Clemens VIIs pontifex2 enim propensissimus est in gratificando Vestrae Maiestatis rebus in omnibus. Qua tamen de re brevi et diffusius et apertius scribam.

[2.] Nova alia non sunt. Galli nondum ex Italia excesserunt. Pontifex cum sua sponte, tum mea etiam exhortatione et precibus permotus dat omnem operam pro pace vel saltem treugis inter principes Christianos faciendis. Ad hanc rem in proximo consistorio III ex reverendissimis dominis cardinalibus deputavit,3 qui hanc solam curam habeant. Quid sequatur, nescio. Ego, quod in me erit, nihil praetermittam. Utinam iam tandem aliquid consequi possemus.

Me et meam servitutem perpetuam rursus in gratiam Vestrae Maiestatis humillime commendo. Quam Deus felicissimam et incolumem conservet. Ex Urbe XI. Decembris 1523. Eiusdem Vestrae Maiestatis servitor et capellanus humillimus Stephanus Brodericus praepositus Quinqueecclesiensis, orator 1  His identity is uncertain. He may be Stanisław Sprowa or perhaps Royal Secretary Stanisław Tarło. Both executed diplomatic tasks several times. 2  Cardinal Giulio de Medici, cousin of Pope Leo X, was elected Pope after the death of Hadrian VI on 19 November 1523. 3  I have found no further data about the selection of the 3 Cardinals mentioned. Even though Clement VII sent an envoy to Charles V on 8 December 1523 in connection with peace, he was not a Cardinal but one of the Pope’ Chamberlains, Bernardino della Barba. The next peace envoy Cardinal Nikolaus von Schönberg set off for his round trip through Spain, France, and England only in March 1524. Compare: Ludwig von Pastor, Geschichte der Päpste IV/2... 179.