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Buntzler’s hope was that since he previously enjoyed full support from the town, the<br />
council members would not discontinue fi nancing his studies for another year enabling him<br />
to successfully complete his stay in Wittenberg. The student assured his audience that this<br />
‘small’ inconvenience (i.e. lack of money) would not frighten or cause him to interrupt his studies<br />
even though he would have to live only on bread and water. Basic needs of students are<br />
mentioned, such as accommodation, books, clothes, light, wood, a bed and other necessary<br />
things, the expenses of which made it impossible for him to live on 75 taler (fl orins) per year.<br />
However, he continued, he would be happy to receive even this amount – thus I ask your<br />
honourable wisdom to assign me a certain yearly amount, namely 75 taler […]. 16 Should it be<br />
diffi cult for the town council to respond to this request, then his last hope is for 50 taler (florins)<br />
to be sent to him out of his inheritance that he has from his father, – thus I ask your honourable<br />
wisdom most humbly that you would wish to send me at once fi fty talers out of my fatherly inheritance<br />
17 – otherwise he would not be able to remain in Wittenberg – I am not able to remain<br />
here without food, and will be forced to give up my studies and to go home […] 18 – a solution<br />
that would have been a great sorrow for him to the extent that he would have preferred not to<br />
have seen Wittenberg at all – I better wished I never have seen Wittenberg. 19<br />
Buntzler sent his fi fth letter from Wittenberg in October 1589. In this short letter he implored<br />
the council to send him the fi fty florins (mentioned in the previous letter in German as 50<br />
talers) out of the inheritance from his father, promising all his efforts to assure the town council<br />
of his good will. The sixth letter is sent in March 1590. In it he expressed his joy at a letter he<br />
had received from the town council in the meantime confi rming that it had been agreed to send<br />
him the required fi fty fl orins. This letter itself contains a note written by a third person, most<br />
probably the town notary, who confi rmed the allotment of this sum – the council decided to give<br />
50 fl orins. 20 This is a good illustration of a case where a student was supported by the town<br />
council for a relatively long period of time – seven years. However, the letters sent from Wittenberg<br />
certify that it was not easy to get this kind of long-lasting support for various reasons<br />
so that only a convincing number of letters of request, could, eventually, achieve a successful<br />
end. Buntzler was in Wittenberg from 1586, and, most probably, received support for his studies<br />
for two years, after which time it became more diffi cult for the student to get a share even<br />
from his own inheritance. The fact that his father had died in the meantime may be another<br />
explanation for why it became necessary to appeal to the town council: it was probable that<br />
Buntzler received some fi nancial aid from his family as well, which was reduced with the death<br />
of his father. Both these factors might explain the the increase in the number of letters in 1589<br />
and 1590 and their absence previously, when, presumably, his fi nancing was assured without<br />
any problems.<br />
One other student who enjoyed the generosity of the town council of Košice in the fi rst half<br />
of the seventeenth century was Adamus Kys (Kis). He received support from the town council<br />
to study at the University of Königsberg, from where he sent the seven letters preserved in the<br />
town archives. 21 In addition to dealing with the usual academic expenses, Kys was in much<br />
trouble because of some of his debts. He hoped that the town council would assist him in reehre,<br />
unnd derer hilff unnd förderung biβher reichlich genossen, unnd hinfort auch zue genissen verhoffe[…]<br />
16<br />
so bitt ich E.E.W. […] mir ein gewisse summa jarlich zuesagen, nemlich 75 taler […].<br />
17<br />
so bitte ich E. E. W. gantz demüttig, sie wollen mir auff mein väterlich erbteil, so noch vonstunden funftzig<br />
taler schicken.<br />
18<br />
den ich sonst alchier nicht weiss zue verbleiben ohne zerrung, sondern werde gezwungen, die studia zueverlassen<br />
unnd heim zue ziehen […]<br />
19<br />
wolte lieber wunschen das ich Wittenberg nicht gesehen hette.<br />
20<br />
Ratt haben beschlossen die 50 fl . fürzustrecken.<br />
21<br />
AMK H I, no. 7312/21; no. 7312/19; no. 7467/20; no. 7467/21; no. 7467/22, no. 7598/17; and no. 7598/18.<br />
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