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235 LIV. Követségi napló.

1567.

Augusti

22. Venimus Constantinopolim. 1567. aug. 22.

27. Imperator ivit aucupatum. 1568. mart. 17.

28. Habuimus primam audientiam apud Mehmeth passam, Pertavum et Ferhattum.

29. Reliquos tres passas visitavimus.

Septembris

4. Iterum secundam audientiam apud summum passam habuimus, ubi etiam primam partem instructionis nostrae satis, ut putamus, tractavimus, et tunc rogati, edocuimus passam, quid caesari attulimus.

10. Orator Galli habuit apud Mehmeth passam audientiam;

11 Visitavit nos Don Joseph dux Naxi.

13 Fuit apud nos secretarius domini oratoris Galli, per eundem missus.

15 Princeps ex suo aucupio rediit in urbem cum omnibus suis praetorianis quinque circiter millium hominum; cui janizeri ad duo millia accedebant.

19 Audientiam apud summum passam habuimus.

21 Audientiam primam apud principem cum exhibitione muneris honorarii habuimus admodum honorificam, excepti ab omnibus praetorianis, et convivio apud vesirios in divano.

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24 Audientiam apud supremum passam habuimus, scituri ad postremum, quid exspectandum sit nobis de statu subditorum deditorum et de conservatione Tattae ac Vesprimii. Tum demum facta est mentio de Philippo rege.

25 Audientiam habuimus apud 4. passas: Ferhattum, Ahmattum, Pyaly et Mahmut. Et

26 Apud Pertaw passam causa divisionis colonorum et distractionis Tatthae ac Vesprimii.

Ultima Septembris fuimus apud supremum passam, ad postremum cognituri, quid decrevissent, de divisione colonorum et de distractione arcium Tattae et Vesprimii.

Octobris

1 Per interpretem Mahmuttum significavi nobis, obtinuisse se, ut Babolcha et Berzencze demoliantur.

11 Orator Galli a principe auditus, eique data ejus, regis munera.

17 Expeditus est a nobis ad caesaream majestatem Eduardus cum litteris.

19 Fuimus apud passam supremum cum querimoniis contra finitimos.

23 Princeps Turcarum profectus est Hadrianopolim

30 Perlustravimus fretum Bospori Thracii usque ad Pontum; triduo foris fuimus.

Novembris

13 Dominus bailus Venetus Jacobus Solantius movit Galata Hadrianopolim.

16 Nos fuimus apud passam Pyaly, locumteneutem principis sui, in negotio Fabricii pro magnifico domino Alberto collega nostro.

Decembris

16 Eduardus appulit Hadrianopolim a caesarea majestate.

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Januarii

5 Movimus Constantinopoli.

13 Venimus Hadrianopolim.

15 Habuimus ibidem apud summum passam Mehmet audientiam.

20 Circiter diem hujus mensis 20. proclamatus est apparatus bellicus Hadrianopoli.

25 Exhibuimus passae scriptum de communibus villis.

27 Habuimus aliam apud supremum passam audientiam, qui pro voto facto responso ex parte communium colonorum, arees reduxit in controversiam jam promissas.

Ultima hujus Abdabeg Mesopotanus Kurth cum suis aliquot, Hadrianopoli in templo imperatoris Murath occidit ciaus passim, praefectum ciausorum, cum duobus ciausis, aliquot vulneratis. Sequenti die parvo spatio temporis in divano caesareo judicatus, decollatus est cum 24. ex suis.

Februarii

16 Appulit Adrianopolim orator Persae Sah Kuly nomine, cum numero hominum circiter 400.

17 Habuimus audientiam ad supremum passam vocati, in qua et legationi nostrae gratum finem imposuit.

19 Orator Persae apud supremum passam habuit audientiam.

Eodem quidam ex populo, temerario zelo suae fidei, sclopo eum in vico petivit et fefellit, unum tamen ex comitibus vulneravit. Hominem passa subito fecit comprehendi, et equi cauda in mortem per urbem rapi. Exhorruerat orator et fere ab domo passae ad hospitium suum redire voluit, sed a passa revocatus et delinitus est.

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20 Nos ad passam vocati. Proposuit nobis Gallorum, Venetorum, Polonorumquo confoederationem, propter quod novae contentiones nonnihil nos exceperunt.

21 Exhibuimus passae articulos pacis.

22 Habuit audientiam orator Persae apud principem Turcarum Zelymum.

24 Habuimus ultimam audientiam et expediti sumus a principe Turcarum Hadrianopoli.

29 Iterum habuimus audientiam apud passam pro responso privatarum petitionum nostrorum captivorum et Turcarum, qui nobis servierunt.

Eodem invisit nos bailus Venetus, gratulatusque est nobis de confecta pace.

Martii

3 Nocte inseguenti carnisprivium ignis erupit intra civitatem muratam Hadrianopoli et consumpsit ad 50. domos.

8 Supervenerunt ab oratore Galli secretarius et interpres.

9 Habuimus audientiam apud supremum passam, et quae restabant ad omnium conclusionem, de additione ad articulos, de communibus colonis, de tempore cursus muneris honorarii, de dictione communi excludenda ex ratificatoriis, et de libertate aedificandi et muniendi utriusque partis in suo, partim obtentis, partim ad caesaream majestatem delatis, finem fecimus omnibus.

10 Venerunt Adrianopolim nuncii Transsylvani cum tributo, Nicolaus Orbay et Franciscus Balogh.

17 Nos cum Dei nomine, visitatis omnibus dominis passis, valediximus illis et currus nostros ad iter praeparavimus.

Eodem visitavimus etiam clarissimum dominum bailum Venetum Jacobum Sorancium.

LIV. Poslanički dnevnik, sv. 5, str. 235–238. Poslanički dnevnik drugoga carigradskog poslanstva

1567.

Kolovoz

22. Stigli smo u Carigrad.

27. Sultan je otišao u lov na ptice.Odnosi se na sultana Selima II. (vladao od 1566. do 1574.).

28. Bili smo u prvoj audijenciji kod Mehmed-paše i paša Perteva i Ferhada.

28. Posjetili smo preostalu trojicu paša.

Rujan

4. Drugi smo put bili u audijenciji kod velikog vezira,Riječ je o Mehmed-paši Sokoloviću (Sokolovići pokraj Višegrada, Bosna i Hercegovina, oko 1505. – Istanbul, 11. listopada 1579.). Kao kršćansko dijete odveden je u Edirne (Jedrene ili Drinopolje), gdje je bio uvježban za janjičara. Istaknuo se već 1526. u Bitki na Mohačkom polju i 1529. tijekom osmanske opsade Beča. Otad je brzo napredovao u vojnoj karijeri. Bio je na dužnostima kapidžibaše, kapudan-paše (od 1546.), beglerbega Rumelije (od 1549.), trećeg vezira (od 1555.), drugog vezira (od 1561.) te naposljetku velikog vezira (od 1565.). Za vladavine Selima II. samostalno je vodio osmansku politiku. gdje smo, vjerujemo, primjereno iznijeli sadržaj prvog dijela naših naputaka. Tada smo, na njegov upit, izvijestili velikog vezira o tome što smo donijeli caru.

10. Francuski je poslanikMoguće je da je riječ o Guillaumeu de Grandchamp de Grantrieu, koji je bio francuski ambasador u Carigradu između 1566. i 1571. godine. Od početka svoje službe nastojao je sultana pridobiti za plan francuskog kralja Karla IX. i njegove majke Katarine Medici prema kojemu je u Moldaviji trebalo naseliti francuske hugenote i njemačke luterane, koji bi činili obrambeni pojas prema Habsburgovcima. Na taj bi se način riješio i problem francuskih protestanata, što je u doba vjerskih ratova bilo goruće pitanje u Francuskoj. On sam ponudio se preuzeti funkciju moldavskog vojvode koji bi Osmanskom Carstvu plaćao danak u iznosu od 20 000 dukata. bio u audijenciji kod Mehmed-paše.

11. Posjetio nas je dom Joseph Nasi, vojvoda od Naxosa. Dom Joseph Nasi (ili Naxi; osmanski turski: Yasef Nassi; 1524.–1579.) bio je portugalski Židov, diplomat i vrlo utjecajna osoba u Osmanskom Carstvu tijekom vladavine Sulejmana I. i njegova sina Selima II., kojemu je Nasi pomogao u borbi protiv njegova rivala, princa Bajazida. Detaljnije usp. Naomi E. Pasachoff i Robert J. Littman, A Concise History of the Jewish People (Lanham: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, 2005), 163–164 .

13. Kod nas je bio tajnik gospodina francuskog poslanika kojega je on osobno poslao.

15. Vladar se iz lova vratio u grad zajedno s čitavom svojom gardom od otprilike pet tisuća vojnika, od kojih su dvije tisuće bili janjičari.

19. Bili smo u audijenciji kod velikog vezira.

21. Bili smo u prvoj audijenciji kod sultana, kojemu smo vrlo svečano predali počasni danak. Primili su nas svi članovi garde, a gozba je održana kod vezira u Divanu.

24. Bili smo u audijenciji kod velikog vezira kako bismo konačno doznali što možemo očekivati u vezi s predajom podanika i očuvanjem TateTata, grad u sjeverozapadnoj Ugarskoj koji su Osmanlije zauzeli 1543. godine. i Veszpréma.Habsburški su poslanici od cara Maksimilijana II. (vladao od 1564. do 1576.) dobili naputak da ne pristanu na rušenje utvrda u Tati, Veszprému i Tokaju te da pokušaju nagovoriti Osmanlije da sruše svoje utvrde u Berencseu i Babócsi. Detaljnije o pregovorima habsburških poslanika sa sultanom Selimom II. tijekom 1567. i 1568. godine usp. Kenneth M. Setton, The Papacy and the Levant (1204–1571). Volume IV. The Sixteenth Century from Julius III to Pius V (Philadelphia: The American Philosophical Society, 1984), 922–923 . Tek tada je spomenut i kralj Filip.Odnosi se na španjolskog kralja Filipa II. (Valladolid, 21. svibnja 1527. – El Escorial, 13. rujna 1598.), sina Karla V. Nakon Karlove abdikacije 1556. godine Filip II. postaje kraljem Španjolske, Sicilije, Sardinije i golemoga kolonijalnog carstva.

25. Bili smo u audijenciji kod četvorice paša: Ferhada, Ahmeda, Pijalea i Mahmuda te

26. kod Pertev-paše u vezi s podjelom kmetova i uništenjem Tate i Veszpréma.

Posljednji dan mjeseca rujna bili smo kod velikog vezira i konačno doznali što su odlučili u vezi s podjelom kmetova i uništenjem utvrda u Tati i Veszprému.

Listopad

1. Mahmud nas je po tumaču izvijestio kako se založio za to da se sruše Berencse i Babócsa.

11. Francuskog poslanika saslušao je sultan kojemu je predan dar njegova kralja.

17. Carskom Veličanstvu poslali smo EduardaOsoba nije identificirana. s pismima.

19. Bili smo kod velikog vezira s pritužbama protiv susjeda.

23. Turski je vladar otišao u Edirne.

30. Obišli smo tjesnac Bospor u Trakiji sve do Crnog mora. Bili smo vani tri dana.

Studeni

13. Gospodin bailo Giacomo Soranzo Giacomo Soranzo bio je mletački poslanik (bailo) u Francuskoj 1556. i u Rimu 1565. godine. Od 1566. godine djelovao je kao mletački poslanik u Carigradu. otišao je iz GalateGalata, carigradska četvrt i bivša đenovska kolonija koja se nalazi na lijevoj obali zaljeva poznatog kao Zlatni rog, dok se stari, antički dio grada nalazi na desnoj obali Zlatnog roga. u Edirne.

16. Bili smo kod Pijale-paše, sultanova namjesnika, radi FabricijevaOsoba nije identificirana. posla za našeg kolegu, velmožnog gospodina Alberta. Albert de Wijs (ili Wyss), stalni habsburški poslanik u Carigradu od 1559. godine do svoje smrti. Detaljnije usp. Zweder von Martels, „The Colouring Effect of Attic Style and Stoicism in Busbequius’s Turkish Letters“, u: Travel Fact and Travel Fiction, ur. Zweder von Martels (Leiden: Brill, 1994), 152–153 .

Prosinac

16. Eduard je krenuo od Carskog Veličanstva prema Edirneu.

1568.

5. Otišli smo iz Carigrada.

13. Došli smo u Edirne.

15. Ondje smo bili u audijenciji kod velikog vezira Mehmeda.

20. Oko 20. dana ovog mjeseca objavljene su u Edirneu ratne pripreme.

25. Primili smo pašin dopis o zajedničkim selima.

27. Bili smo u audijenciji kod velikog vezira, koji nam je odgovorio na naš zahtjev u vezi sa zajedničkim kmetovima te iznova započeo raspravu o već obećanim utvrdama.

Posljednjeg dana ovog mjeseca mezopotamski Abdi-beg KurdOsoba nije identificirana. Pridjev „mezopotamski“ upućuje na to da je ta osoba po dužnosti ili podrijetlu iz tadašnjega osmanskog Bagdadskog ejaleta, odnosno s područja današnjeg Iraka. s nekoliko je svojih ljudi u hramu cara Murata u EdirneuVjerojatno je riječ o džamiji Muradiye u Edirneu, koju je 1435. ili 1436. dao sagraditi osmanski sultan Murat II. (1421.–1444.; 1446.–1451.). N. Çiçek Akçıl i Cebe Özer, „Murâdiye Külliyesi, Edirne’de XV. yüzyılın ilk yarısında inşa edilen külliye“, Türkiye Diyanet Vakfı İslâm Ansiklopedisi, sv. 31 (Istanbul: Türkiye Diyanet Vakfı İslâm Ansiklopedisi, 2006), 199–201 . ubio čauš-pašu, zapovjednika čauša, te još dvojicu čauša, a nekoliko ih je ranio. Idućeg dana žurno je osuđen u carskom Divanu i odrubljena mu je glava, zajedno s dvadesetčetvoricom njegovih ljudi.

Veljača

16. U Edirne je stigao perzijski poslanik po imenu Šah Kuli s četiristotinjak ljudi.

17. Bili smo u audijenciji kod velikog vezira, koji nas je pozvao k sebi. Tijekom audijencije objavio je da je naša misija uspješno okončana.

19. Perzijski je poslanik bio u audijenciji kod velikog vezira.

Neki ga je čovjek iz naroda u nerazumnom vjerskom zanosu napao puškom u jednoj uličici i promašio, ranivši jednog od njegovih pratitelja. Paša je smjesta zapovjedio da tog čovjeka uhvate i da ga zavezanog za rep konja vuku gradom. Poslanik se uplašio te se iz pašina doma odmah htio vratiti u svoj gostinjac, ali ga je paša pozvao natrag i smekšao.

20. Pozvani smo k paši. Predložio nam je sklapanje saveza s Francuzima, Mlečanima i Poljacima, zbog čega smo se upustili u nove prepirke.Veliki vezir Mehmad-paša Sokolović tražio je od habsburškog poslanstva da se u mirovni ugovor uključe Francuska, Venecija i Poljska te da se car Maksimilijan Habsburški u ugovoru navede kao „prijatelj sultanovih prijatelja i neprijatelj njegovih neprijatelja“, što su habsburški poslanici odbili. Usp. Setton, The Papacy and the Levant, 921 .

21. Od paše smo primili članke mirovnog sporazuma.

22. Perzijski je poslanik bio u audijenciji kod turskog sultana Selima.

24. Bili smo u posljednjoj audijenciji i otišli smo iz Edirnea od turskog sultana.

29. Iznova smo bili u audijenciji kod paše u vezi s njegovim odgovorom na našu osobnu molbu u vezi sa zarobljenicima i Turcima koji kod nas služe.Mirovnim je sporazumom određeno da svi zarobljenici i odbjegli robovi budu vraćeni svojim gospodarima. Usp. Setton, The Papacy and the Levant, 921 .

Ondje nas je posjetio mletački bailo i zahvalio nam na sklopljenom miru.Mir je sklopljen na osam godina na osnovi statusa quo. Habsburgovci su ostali u posjedu teritorija u Dalmaciji, Hrvatskoj, Slavoniji i Ugarskoj, dok su Osmanlije zadržali područja u Transilvaniji, Moldaviji i Vlaškoj. Osim toga, habsburški je vladar bio dužan sultanu plaćati godišnji danak u iznosu od 30 000 dukata. Detaljnije usp. Setton, The Papacy and the Levant, 921 .

Ožujak

3. U noći nakon poklada izbio je požar unutar edirnskih zidina i uništio pedeset kuća.

8. Jedan za drugim stigli su tajnik i tumač francuskog poslanika.

9. Bili smo u audijenciji kod velikog vezira i donijeli zaključke o svim preostalim pitanjima: o dopunama mirovnih članaka, zajedničkim kmetovima, vremenskom roku za plaćanje počasnog danka, zajedničkoj izjavi koju treba izuzeti iz ratifikacije, slobodi građenja i utvrđivanja koju obje strane imaju na svome teritoriju te o onome što će Carsko Veličanstvo djelomično zadržati, a djelomično srušiti.

10. U Edirne su stigli Miklós Orbay i Ferenc Balogh, glasnici iz Transilvanije, s dankom.

17. Mi smo, u ime Božje, posjetivši i pozdravivši svu gospodu paše, pripravili svoja kola za put. Tada smo posjetili i prejasnog gospodina mletačkog baila Giacoma Soranza.

LIV. Ambassadorial diary, Vol. 5, pp. 235–238. Second Istanbul mission’s ambassadorial diary

1567

August

22nd. We arrived in Istanbul.

27th. The Sultan departed for a bird hunt.This refers to Ottoman Sultan Selim II (ruled 1566–1574).

28th. We were received in the first audience by Mehmed Pasha and the Pashas Pertev and Ferhad.

28th. We visited the other three Pashas.

September

4th. We were received in audience for the second time by the Grand Vizier,This refers to the Grand Vizier Sokollu Mehmed Pasha (Sokolovići near Višegrad, Bosnia and Herzegovina, c. 1505 – Istanbul, October 11, 1579). As a Christian child he was taken to Edirne, where he was trained to be a janissary. He distinguished himself already in 1526 in the Battle of Mohács and in 1529 during the Ottoman siege of Vienna. From then on, he progressed rapidly through the military ranks. He served as kapıcıbaşı, kapudan pasha (since 1546), beylerbeyi of Rumelia (since 1549), third vizier (since 1555), second vizier (since 1561) and finally as the grand vizier (since 1565). During the rule of Selim II, he conducted Ottoman politics independently. where we have, we believe, appropriately presented the content of the first part of our instructions. Afterwards we have, on the Grand Vizier’s request, informed him of what we had brought for the Emperor.I.e., the Sultan.

10th. The French ambassadorProbably the envoy in question was Guillaume de Grandchamp de Grantrie, who was the French envoy in Istanbul between 1566 and 1571. From the beginning of his service, he endeavored to persuade the sultan to accept the plan of the French King Charles IX and his mother Catherine de’ Medici according to which the French Huguenots and German Lutherans were to be settled in Moldavia, in order for them to form a defensive belt toward the Habsburgs. Thus the problem of the French Protestants would have been solved, and this was a burning issue at the period of religious wars in France. Grantrie offered to take over the function of the Moldavian Voivode, who would pay a tribute to the Ottoman Empire in the amount of 20,000 ducats. was received in audience by Mehmed Pasha.

11th. We were visited by Dom Joseph Nasi, the Duke of Naxos. Dom Joseph Nasi (or Naxi; Ottoman Turkish: Yasef Nasi; 1524–1579) was a Portuguese Jew, diplomat and a very influential person in the Ottoman Empire during the rule of Süleyman I and his son Selim II. Nasi had helped Selim II in the fight against his rival, Ottoman prince Bayezid. For details, cf. Naomi E. Pasachoff and Robert J. Littman, A Concise History of the Jewish People (Lanham: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, 2005), pp. 163–164 .

13th. We were visited by the secretary of His Lordship the French Ambassador, who had been personally sent by the Ambassador.

15th. The ruler returned from the hunt with his entire guard consisting of approximately five thousand soldiers, of which two thousands were janissaries.

19th. We were received in audience by the Grand Vizier.

21st. We were received for the first time by the Sultan, to whom we ceremoniously presented the honorary tribute. We were received by all members of the guard, and the feast was held at the viziers’ in the Divan.

24th. We were received in audience by the Grand Vizier, who finally informed us what we could expect concerning the surrender of the subjects and the preservation of Tata Tata, town in northwestern Hungary, which was captured by the Ottomans in 1543. and Veszprém.The Habsburg emissaries were instructed by Emperor Maximilian II (ruled 1564–1576) not to accept the demolition of the fortresses in Tata, Veszprém and Tokay and to strive to persuade the Ottomans to demolish their own forts in Berencse and Babócsa instead. For more details on the negotiations between the Habsburg emissaries and Sultan Selim II in 1567 and 1568, cf. Kenneth M. Setton, The Papacy and the Levant (1204–1571). Volume IV. The Sixteenth Century from Julius III to Pius V (Philadelphia: The American Philosophical Society, 1984), pp. 922–923 . Only then had King Philip been mentioned.This refers to the Spanish King Philip II (Valladolid, May 21 1527 – El Escorial, September 13, 1598), son of Charles V. After Charles’ abdication in 1556, Philip II became the King of Spain, Sicily, Sardinia, and of the vast colonial empire.

25th. We were received in audience by four pashas: Ferhad, Ahmed, Piyale and Mahmud, and

26th. At Pertev Pasha’s we were received in audience in connection to the division of serfs and the demolition of Tata and Veszprém.

On the last day of the month of September we visited the Grand Vizier and were finally informed on the decision concerning the division of serfs and the demolition of the fortresses in Tata and Veszprém.

October

1st. Mahmud informed us through an interpreter that he interceded for the demolition of Berencse and Babócsa.

11th. The Sultan received the French Ambassador and was given a gift by his King.

17th. We have dispatched Eduard This person was not identified. bearing letters to Your Imperial Majesty.

19th. We were received by the Grand Vizier and have presented our complaints against our neighbors.

23rd. The Turkish ruler departed for Edirne.

30th. We perambulated the Bosphorus in Thrace all the way up to the Black Sea. We were outside for three days.

November

13th. His Lordship Bailo Giacomo Soranzo Giacomo Soranzo was the Venetian envoy (bailo) in France in 1556 and in Rome in 1565. From 1566 onwards, he was the Venetian envoy in Istanbul. departed from Galata to Edirne. Galata, Istanbul district and a former Genovese colony situated on the left bank of the bay known as the Golden Horn, whereas the old, ancient part of the city is located on the right bank of the Golden Horn.

16th. We visited Piyale Pasha, Sultan’s deputy, regarding Fabrizio’sThis person was not identified. work for our colleague, noble Lord Albert. Albert de Wijs (or Wyss), Habsburg residential envoy in Istanbul from 1559 until his death. For more details, cf. Zweder von Martels, “The Couloring Effect of Attic Style and Stoicism in Busbequius’s Turkish Letters“, in: Travel Fact and Travel Fiction, ed. Zweder von Martels (Leiden: Brill, 1994), pp. 152–153 .

December

16th. Eduard departed from Your Imperial Majesty toward Edirne.

1568

5th. We departed from Istanbul.

13th. We arrived in Edirne.

15th. There we were received in audience by the Grand Vizier Mehmed.

20th. Around the 20th of this month, war preparations were announced in Edirne.

25th. We received the Pasha’s letter on the common villages.

27th. We were received in audience by the Grand Vizier, who responded to our request regarding the common serfs and reopened the discussion concerning the already promised fortresses.

On the last day of this month, Mesopotamian Abdi Bey Kurd This person was not identified. The adjective “Mesopotamian” refers to his originating (either by duty or by descent) from the contemporary Ottoman Baghdad Eyalet, that is, from the area of present-day Iraq. with a number of his own men in the temple of Emperor Murat in Edirne The location in question is most likely the Muradiye Mosque in Edirne, built in 1435 or 1436 by Ottoman Sultan Murat II (1421–1444; 1446–1451). N. Çiçek Akçıl and Cebe Özer, “Murâdiye Külliyesi, Edirne’de XV. yüzyılın ilk yarısında inşa edilen külliye“, Türkiye Diyanet Vakfı İslâm Ansiklopedisi, Vol. 31 (Istanbul: Türkiye Diyanet Vakfı İslâm Ansiklopedisi, 2006), pp. 199–201 . killed a çavuşbaşı, the commander of chiauses, together with two chiauses, and wounded a couple of them. The next day, he was expeditiously sentenced at the Imperial Divan and his head was cut off, together with the heads of twenty four of his men.

February

16th. The Persian ambassador named Shah Kuli arrived in Edirne with approximately four hundred men.

17th. We were received in audience by the Grand Vizier, who invited us to visit him. During the audience, he declared that our mission had been successfully completed.

19th. The Persian envoy was received in audience by the Grand Vizier.

Some man from the mob attacked himI.e., Sokollu Mehmed Pasha. with a gun in a senseless religious fervor in some alley and missed him, wounding one of his companions. The Pasha immediately ordered for the man to be arrested and dragged through the city while being tied to a horse’s tail. The envoy was frightened and wanted to return from the Pasha’s home to his lodging immediately, but the Pasha called him back and softened him.

20th. We were summoned to the Pasha’s. He proposed to us the conclusion of an alliance with the French, the Venetians and the Poles, hence we engaged in new arguments.Grand Vizier Sokollu Mehmed Pasha demanded of the Habsburg delegation to include France, Venice and Poland in the peace agreement, and Emperor Maximilian to be referred to in the treaty as “a friend of Sultan’s friends and an enemy of his enemies”, which the Habsburg emissaries refused to accept. Cf. Setton, The Papacy and the Levant, p. 921 .

21st. We received the articles of the peace treaty from the Pasha.

22nd. The Persian envoy was received in audience by the Turkish Sultan Selim.

24th. We were received in audience for the last time and departed from Edirne from the Turkish Sultan.

29th. We were again received in audience by the Pasha concerning his answer to our personal plea regarding the prisoners and the Turks who were servants in our country.According to the peace agreement, it was determined that all prisoners and runaway slaves be returned to their masters. Cf. Setton, The Papacy and the Levant, p. 921 . There the Venetian Bailo visited us and thanked us for signing the peace agreement.The peace was signed for the duration of eight years and was based on the status quo. The Habsburgs retained their territories in Dalmatia, Croatia, Slavonia, and Hungary, whereas the Ottomans retained their territories in Transylvania, Moldavia and Wallachia. Furthermore, the Habsburg ruler was obliged to pay the yearly tribute of 30,000 ducats to the Sultan. For details, cf. Setton, The Papacy and the Levant, p. 921 .

March

3rd. During the night after Lent, there was a fire inside the Edirne walls, which destroyed fifty houses.

8th. The secretary and the interpreter of the French envoy arrived one after the other.

9th. We were received in audience by the Grand Vizier and we drew a final draft outlining all other outstanding issues: the supplements of the treaty articles, the common serfs, the deadline for the payment of the honorary tribute, the mutual declaration which was to be excluded from the ratification, the freedom of building and reinforcing which both sides have on their own territory, and the sites which the Imperial Majesty will partially keep and partially demolish.

10th. Miklós Orbay and Ferenc Balogh, messengers from Transylvania, arrived in Edirne bringing a tribute.

17th. In the name of the Lord, by visiting and greeting all of the Lord’s pashas, we prepared our wagons for the travel. Afterwards we visited His Serene Lordship Venetian Bailo Giacomo Soranzo.