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[ERROR: no reftable :]11 Sigismund I 1 to István Brodarics [Vilnius], [22 October 1522]2 Manuscript used: BK 228fol. 197–1983 Published: Acta Tomiciana VI. 144–145. He has been informed about the sudden death of his envoy to Rome. Since he has nobody to conduct his business, he asks Brodarics to promote his interests in the papal court just as his envoys often represent the Hungarian King. Brodarics should achieve with the Pope that the Pope appoints the candidate of King Sigismund Bishop of Przemiśl Rafał for the vacant position of Bishop of Płock. Appointing anybody else would violate the rights of the country and create confusion.

Non pridem antequam litterae tuae nobis sunt redditae, 4 accepimus oratorem nostrum episcopum Plocensem istic vita functum 5 et affecti sumus magna molestia, quod hac eius inopina morte complures res et negotia nostra sunt intricata. Quia vero et ipse defunctus et alii istic oratores nostri non minus curare solebant negotia nepotis 6 nostri, regis Hungariae, postulamus a te, ut cum inpraesens istic sit et nos oratorem nostrum non habemus, non desit una cum collega suo 7 apud Sanctissimum Dominum Nostrum 8 rebus et negotiis nostris, agatque apud illius Sanctitatem, ne quem alium ad episcopatum Plocensem provehere velit praeter reverendissimum dominum Raphaelem, episcopum Premisliensem, virum ecclesiae et reipublicae perquam idoneum et nobis [ERROR: no reftable :](Old) Sigismund I (1506–1548), King of Poland, the youngest brother of Vladislaus II, uncle of Louis II. He had no child from her first wife Borbála Szapolyai. Izabella, wife of János Szapolyai was born from his second marriage to Bona Sforza. More on his life: Zygmunt Wojciechowski, Zygmunt Stary (1506–1548), Warszawa, 1979. [Bibliography in the notes.] 2  Brodarics indicates in his letter dated 1 January 1523 that he has received Sigismund ‘s letter together with two others addresses to the Pope dated in Vilnius on 22 October. The accompanying letter to Brodarics was probably written around 22 October too. 3  Another manuscript: BCzart TN 35. 378–379. According to the version kept in the Naruszewicz Collection, this letter was intended to Francesco Marsupino, which cannot be excluded, since the earliest known manuscript of it is known only from a 16th-century copy kept in Kórnik. This is what I used. Its address says the letter is to the Hungarian King’s envoy at the Holy Seat (oratori regis Hungariae apud Sedem Apostolicam). Since we do not know of any letter from Sigismund to Marsupino during Brodarics’ envoyship in Rome, and Brodarics indicates in his response on 1 January 1523 that he did get a letter from the Polish King, I deem it more probable that the addressee of the above letter is Brodarics. 4  This letter is unknown. The above letter is the earliest that left to us from the correspondence of Brodarics and the Polish King. 5  Erazm Ciołek (1474–1522), Bishop of Płock, died as an envoy of Sigismund in Rome on 9 September 1522. More on his life: Henryk Folwarski, Erazm Ciołek biskup i dyplomata, Warszawa, 1935. 6  Hungarian King Louis II was the cousin of Sigismund. 7  Without doubt this is a reference to Francesco Marsupino. 8  Pope Hadrian VI.

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meritissimum, quem nos Suae Sanctitati praesentamus. 9 Nam nos alium nequamquam admittere volumus neque possemus contra iura nostra et statuta regni nostri, quae infringi regnicolae nostri nullo modo paterentur, orireturque inde aliqua turba perniciosissima, quae nescimus quo pacto sedari posset. Referemus hanc operam tibi et eius collegae uberrima gratia et favore nostro. Datum.