[3.] Nam in his quinquaginta milibus ducatorum, quod reverendissimus dominus legatus 8 habet in potestate, adversus hostem potentissimum leve admodum et per exiguum habebimus praesidium. Mandet nihilominus Sanctitas Domini Nostri eidem domino legato, ut hanc pecuniam, quoad maius auxilium miserit, aut in arcium nostrarum instaurationem, sicuti antea petebamus, aut, si id secum fuerit, ad comparandas saltem copias iam tandem erogare non dubitet. 9 9 ignaros correxi ex: ignoras 11 Moldavo correxi ex: Moldano 2  The part between Habemus...invadere published: Veress Endre (ed.), Akták és levelek Erdély- és Magyarország Moldvával és Havasalfölddel való viszonyához, Budapest, 1914, 128. 3  Stephen IV (1517–1527), Voivod of Moldova. 4  Probably refers to V. Radu (Radu de la Afumaţi), who fled to Hungary in April 1523, away from Turks who invaded Wallachia (see the letter by Louis II to Brodarics on 1 June 1523). He fought the throne back in January 1524 from his own brother Radu VI (Radu Baduca) who got the position from the Turks. 5  Austrian Archduke Ferdinand Habsburg (1522–1564), brother-in-law of Louis II, Hungarian and Czech King (1526–1564), Holy Roman Emperor (1558–1564). 6  Pope Clement VII. 7  Andreas da Burgo (dal Borgo) (1467–1533). Comes from a merchant family in Cremona. He was raised in the court of Ludovico Sforza in Milan and entered the service of Maximilian Habsburg in 1502. Fulfilled diplomatic tasks until his death. More on his life: Rosemarie Aulinger, Andrea da Borgo = Contemporaries of Erasmus: a Biographical Register of the Renaissance and Reformation, Toronto, 1985, 172–173; Rill, Fürst und Hof ...141–150. 8  Cardinal Tommaso Cajetan De Vio, Bishop of Gaeta, was sent to Hungary as a legate with Baron Burgio in 1523 by Hadrian VI. 9  Pope Hadrian promised aid of 100,000 gold pieces for the fight against the Turks. He really sent 50,000 by Cardinal Vio.

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