[1.] Licet satis absurdum esse videatur ab eo principe, cui quis nihil serviverit, quippiam postulare, summa tamen Vestrae Maiestatis clementia et singularis in omnes 6 László Szalkai (1475–1526), Bishop of Eger, Chancellor. He got archbishopric of Esztergom and the attached position of High Chancellor after Szatmári’s death. 7  It seems that Ferdinand fulfilled Brodarics’ request. On the margin of the letter it is written: fiat, ut petitur. 1  Another manuscript: BK 213 fol. 53–54; BJ 6549 III fol. 129–130; Libri Legationum vol. XXIII, fol. 45–46; BCzart TN 36. fol. 569–570. liberalitas ac munificentia spem mihi dat Vestram Maiestatem preces etiam nihil a se merentis servitoris non aspernaturam.