Letter by Petar Zrinski
to his wife Katarina
Written in Croatian language in 1671
English translation (My dear soul), London 1672
My dear soul!
I
most humbly beg of you, that you would not grieve your self to excess,
at the sight of this Letter. To morrow, Ah Madam, I must tell it you,
Alas! To morrow about ten of the clock in the morning, we must lose our
Heads, I, and your brother. To day we have taken our last farewell each
of other; and now I come also to take leave of you, my dear Soul, for
ever; entreating you that you will please to pardon me all things, whereby
in all my life time, I have ever offended you. God who hat created me,
will have pity on me, whom I will also beseech, for I hope I shall to
morrow be in his presence, that we may see each other in eternal glory
before his Throne. As to any thing else, I can write nothing, neither
concerning my Son, nor any disposal of what I have in the World, having
resigned all to the will of God. Afflict not your self beyond measure,
for God will have it so. Newstadt, the last day of my life: Being the
29th. of April, at 7 a clock at night, in the year 1671. God preserve
you and bless you, and my Daughter Aurora Veronica. Amen.
Peter Count of Zerin