To John I Szápolyai, King of Hungary and Zygmunt I Jagellion, King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania
From Ferdinand I Hapsburg, Archduke of Austria and King of Bohemia
I propose an alliance, brothers, to better defend from the heathen Turk, and keep him from again reaching Vienna, or indeed, from overrunning Europe entirely. We three are the bastions of Christendom against the heathen East, why should we not be allies and friends, as well as brother-soldiers?
From Ferdinand I Hapsburg, Archduke of Austria and King of Bohemia
I propose an alliance, brothers, to better defend from the heathen Turk, and keep him from again reaching Vienna, or indeed, from overrunning Europe entirely. We three are the bastions of Christendom against the heathen East, why should we not be allies and friends, as well as brother-soldiers?