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"Calatori straini", II. Page 160"<strong>The</strong> letters about Ciceu and Cetatea de Balta have been readby myself and I believe that soon, Paul Szekely, the gaoler <strong>of</strong>Suceava recommended by MMVV will obtain them."Calatori straini", II. Page 180"I add to all these, that, although, the Despot assuredeveryone's rights, returning even the <strong>Hungarian</strong> churches,keeping public preachers together with the eucharistic massagainst the edict <strong>of</strong> Alexander the Tyrant, we, <strong>Hungarian</strong>s, lessin number, reached the courts <strong>of</strong> justice and judges from cities aswell, which have been closed down by the Moldavians.""Documente", Hurmuzaki II/1, page 423, 427, 429. "Calatori straini", II.Page 168, 169, and 180, 19215. After 1562Notes <strong>of</strong> the Humanist Johann Sommerabout Saxons in Moldavia,from his work about theLife <strong>of</strong> Jacob-Despot,the Ruler <strong>of</strong> Moldavia"Despot was unyielding in punishment, especially againstthe ones who don't respect the sanctity <strong>of</strong> marriage, -accordingto the habit <strong>of</strong> those people-: this habit was copied by the<strong>Hungarian</strong>s and Saxons living here, in this country (Moldavia)He started to build a school in Cotnari, which is mostlyinhabited by <strong>Hungarian</strong>s and Saxons, "(Despot's guard, composed <strong>of</strong> <strong>Hungarian</strong>s, was crushed bythe Moldavian crowd. All <strong>of</strong> them have been killed)"And then all round the country appeared massacres androbberies. Regardless <strong>of</strong> age or sex, they were consideredenemies, who weren't known, and all the craftsmen,stonemasons, miners, architects, and every German or Italianhave been massacred"Original version in Latin, Johann Sommer: "Vita Iacobi Despotae",1582 Witenberg, page 33, 44-45, 46. "Calatori straini", II. Page 260, 261,and 266

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