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33 István Brodarics to Sigismund I Rome, 7 May 1524 Manuscript used: BN T. 5. fol. 85r.1 Published: Acta Tomiciana VII. 20. 1. News came from Constantinople that the Pasha of Cairo had been executed for revolting against the Sultan; the Pope, who is concerned that the Turks turn all their forces against Hungary, also confirmed this.; the Pope therefore does all he can and calls for peace among European rulers and also for sending aid to Hungary. – 2. The French suffered substantial defeat in Lombardy; nearly 1000 died, several officers were lost or injured. – 3. He asks Sigismund again to intervene for him with King Louis so that he can obtain some substantial benefice. Serenissime Princeps et Domine, Domine mihi Clementissime. Post servitutis meae perpetuae in gratiam Vestrae Maiestatis humillimam commendationem.

[1.] Supervenerunt repente nova satis adversa: Bassam illum praefectum Cayri, qui a Turca defecerat, a suis esse obtruncatum.2 Quae nova venerunt ex Constantinopoli et habentur pro certissimis. Fui hodie, quae est V. Maii, pro hoc cum Sanctissimo Domi 35 Principem Ferdinandum del. suprascr. dominum meum Persian Shah Ismail Sophi I (1500–1524) was certainly in contact with Louis II in 1523. His envoy, a Maronite monk by the name of Peter of Lebanon, brought a letter to Louis from the Shah in 1523, in which there is allusion to the Shah’s previous letters to the Hungarian King. The monk who represented the Shah later spoke at the imperial assembly in Nuremberg in 1524, and tried to talk the Christian rulers into cooperation against the Turks. Because of the conflicts between the European powers nothing would be realised from the Persian alliance that engaged the political public. By the time Charles V made up his mind in August 1525 and responded to the offer of Shah Sophi, the latter was dead. More on the issue: Tardy Lajos, Perzsia és a Nyugat Mohács előtt, Budapest, 1977, 728–735; idem., Régi magyar követjárások Keleten, Budapest, 1983, 81–93. 8 Louis II. 1  7  Further manuscripts: BK 213 fol. 52–53; BOss 177 fol. 40 r–v; Libri Legationum vol. XXIII, fol. 38–39. 2 Suleyman pensioned off his chief officer Píri Mehmed in 1523 and gave the position to his friend of his youth Ibrahim. He also transferred Pasha Ahmed one-time second officer to Egypt. Ahmed, feeling put aside, revolted against Suleyman as soon as he arrived in Cairo and declared himself Sultan. However, the riot was suppressed and Ahmed was beheaded. Compare: Káldy-Nagy Gyula, Szulejmán, Budapest, 1974, 58–59., and Matuz József, Az Oszmán Birodalom története, Budapest, 1990, 95.   no Nostro, qui nova haec pro certissimis affirmat et veretur, ne totas suas vires contra Hungariam Turca convertat. Adhibet Sua Sanctitas cum sua sponte, tum meo etiam hortatu ea remedia, quae potest: sollicitat pacem inter principes. Misit super his novis recentibus litteras ad omnes principes exhortans eos, ut velint in commune consulere et regno Hungariae vel ei parti Christianitatis, si qua laborare coeperit, opem ferre. Credo eum de hoc et ad Vestram Maiestatem scripturum.

[2.] Ex Lombardia habemus nova, quae et pontifex et omnes alii pro certissimis affirmant: Gallos ex Italia iam discedere et in discessu huiusmodi per nostros unam partem eorum male mulcatam;3 interfectos esse usque ad mille Gallos, interfectum quendam capitaneum, unum ex principalioribus,4 vulneratum etiam supremum capitaneum,5 quem Almiralium vocant. Est aliqua spes pacis, fortasse enim iam Gallus facilius flectetur. Sed credo ego, quod semper credidi, maiestatem domini mei serenissimi et gratiosissimi multum in hoc posse, modo Sua Maiestas ad eum mitteret, quod nunc potissimum rebus eius ad hunc statum deductis quamprimum faciendum videretur.

[3.] Supplicavi in aliis meis6 Vestrae Maiestati, ut in favorem mei serenissimo et gratiosissimo domino meo scribere dignaretur, ne in servitiis suae maiestatis existens inter mortuos in istis sacerdotiorum mutationibus computarer. Idem nunc supplico humillime. Scio unicam Vestrae Maiestatis voluntatis significationem incredibiliter rebus meis profuturam. Ego pro huiuscemodi Vestrae Maiestatis in me gratia non habeo, quid aliud Vestrae Maiestati offeram, nisi perpetuam meam et in dominum meum clementissimum et in Vestram Maiestatem Sacratissimam fidelitatem et servitutem. Quam Deus felicissimam et incolumem conservet.

Rome VII. Maii. 1524. Eiusdem Vestrae Sacratissimae Maiestatis servitor et capellanus humillimus Stephanus Brodericus praepositus Quinqueecclesiensis orator 3 Marquis Pescara set a trap for the retreating French troops in the Aosta valley on 30 April 1524. Only brave resistance of the French rearguard saved the whole French army from annihilation. Compare: Rázsó, A lovagkor csatái... 278. 4  Presumably, Brodarics alludes to the famous French nobleman Pierre de Terrail, commonly known as Bayard, the “fearless and blameless” knight who lead the rear-guard. Bayard, who was a renowned figure of the wars in Italy, received a fatal wound at Aosta. More on Bayard’s life: Rázsó, A lovagkor csatái... passim 5  The Chief Commander of the French Army was Count of Bonnivet Guillaume de Goffier who was indeed seriously wounded in the battle, so the rest of the army crossed the Alps under the leadership of a much more experienced commander, Count St. Pol. 6  See the letter by Brodarics on 3 May 1524.