ing peace. Supposedly, the French King’s envoy is also on his way. – 3. He works day and night to obtain aid to King Louis; he hopes to squeeze out something after the lengthy procrastination. – 4. Cardinal Soderini is suspected of wanting to induce a riot in Sicily. He has been locked up in the Saint Angel Castle. Three cardinals investigate the case; no decision has been made yet. – 5. He says sorry to Sigismund for daring to interfere in matters that are perhaps beyond his scope, however, he does this for Sigismund and Hungary. – 6. It is said in Rome that Sigismund advised his cousin to consider signing peace or at least armistice with the Turks, since he is left on his own by Christian rulers. Brodarics feels Sigismund could not have given better or more beneficial advice, since he has been working on obtaining aid to Hungary sideby-side with Francesco Marsupino, and with the envoy of Archduke Ferdinand, for a whole year now, and received nothing but empty promises. Neither the Holy Seat nor other rulers can be counted upon, so Hungary and Poland themselves have to reach agreement with the Turks. Serenissime Princeps et Domine, Domine mihi Gratiosissime. Post servitutis meae perpetuae in gratiam Maiestatis Vestrae humillimam commendationem.

[1.] Iam tandem tot difficultatibus superatis in proximo consistorio expedita est libere ecclesia Plocensis et simul etiam Premisliensis. Qua in re iuxta desiderium Vestrae Maiestatis conficienda enituit profecto illa diligens et accurata opera reverendissimi domini cardinalis protectoris, 1 ut addi nihil potuerit. Ego etiam pro virili mea non defui, idem in posterum quoque facturus in omnibus rebus, in quibus Vestrae Maiestati servire potero et illa servitiis meis uti dignabitur. Quod ut facere velit, meque inter suos postremos servulos numerare, eidem humillime supplico.

[2.] Nova hinc nescio, quae Vestrae Maiestati scribam. De pace sive induciis inter principes Christianos adhuc superest aliqua particula spei. His diebus venit novus orator a serenissimo rege Angliae, episcopus Bathonensis, 2 vir insignis et non parvae auctoritatis. Quid de pace attulerit – eius enim rei gratia venisse dicitur – nondum satis intelligere potui. Dicuntur et oratores Christianissimi regis adventare. Utinam pro salute totius Christianitatis boni aliquid concludi posset!

[3.] De subsidio serenissimo nepoti Maiestatis Vestrae, domino meo gratiosissimo, hic a Sede Apostolica subministrando, quae altera fuit pars meae legationis, multa quidem saepius deliberata et decreta, sed nondum aliquid ad effectum deductum. Dies et noctes laboro in pecuniis extricandis et legato, quoniam ita regiae etiam maiestati placuit, expediendo, fortasse iam tandem post tot et tam varias dilationes brevi extrudetur.

[4.] Cardinalem Volteranum ob suspicionem Siciliae ad defectionem sollicitatae et rerum novarum motus in custodiam atque adeo in arcem Sancti Angeli coniectum puto Maiestatem Vestram iam pridem intellexisse. De eo adhuc nihil est aliud decretum. 1 Lorenzo Pucci (1458–1531), Bishop of Melf, Cardinal from 1513. Offspring of an influential prelatic family, protonotary apostolic. 2  John Clerk (?–1541), Bishop of Bath. Carried out diplomatic missions in the service of Cardinal Wolsey several times.

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