[96] In a circular to his electors, quoted by J. Janssen, History of Germany, vol. ii, p. 276.
[97] Noradunghian, op. cit., records two commercial treaties in 1508–1517. Cf. also Marini Sanuto, vol. iii, pp. 79, 117, 132, 180, 286, 453.
[98] Gévay, op. cit., Gesandschaft Königs Ferdinand I am Sultan Suleiman, i, p. 21.
[99] Cf. Zinkheisen, op. cit., p. 640; also von Hammer, Mémoire sur les premières relations diplomatiques entre la France et la Porte, in Journal Asiatique, vol. x, series i, p. 19 et seq.
[100] Cf. Report of Lambert and Juritschitz to Ferdinand, 1531, Gévay op. cit., iii, p. 144.
[101] In the report of Lambert and von Zara (Gévay, vol. iii, p. 44), Ibrahim said: “Darauf sein Kaiser (Suleiman) bewegt worden in Francis nit zu verlassen, und hat alsomit im und den Venedigern ean verstand und puntnus (Bündniss) gemacht, also das sy ein treffleche ermada auf dem mer aufgericht damit sy gegen yspania arbeiten habenwellen und Erder kaiser solte mit einem trefflichen hoer (Heer) durch E. M. (Ferdinand) Lande in fryaul und forter auf Mayland zogen sein.”
Cf. Solakzadeh, op. cit., trans. by H. D. J. “The king of France had fallen into the desire for possessions and planned to strike the crown of Hungary from the hands of the king of Hungary, and finally there was much fighting among them. After this, with the aid of the king of Spain, Francis was conquered and several forts being captured, he fled. Being reduced to an extremity, he was shut up in a solid fortress. Wishing to have revenge on his enemy, he found no other means than to betake himself to the Padisha of Islam. He sent an ambassador to the most blessed Porte with a most humble letter in which was thus written: ‘If the king of Hungary receives punishment from the blessed Sultan, we will oppose ourselves to the King of Spain to take revenge. We beg and pray that the Sultan of the world will repulse that proud one. After that day we shall be obliged slaves of his Excellency the Padisha, who is master of time and place and mighty emperor.’ To this humble prayer and supplication the Sultan, pitying them, in his merciful glory resolved to make war on this king filled with cruel dispositions, as we shall see.”
[102] Zapolya was crowned November, 1526, and Ferdinand was crowned November 3, 1527.
[103] Confirmed by a letter from Ferdinand to Cyriacus Freiheer von Polheim and Markus Trautsauerwein, Kanzler of Lower Austria, Prag, Feb. 14, 1527. “Instructio ad Bassam Balibeg,” Gévay, op. cit., vol. i, pp. 36–7.
[104] Gévay, vol. i, p. 14. Bericht Hobordanacz an Koenig Ferdinand I, Inspruch, 19 Feb’y, 1529.