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... we only, left alone, have endured the fury of the war ...

— John Hunyadi

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Letter to the Pope, shortly before the Siege of Belgrade (22 July 1456). Attributed in Zoltán Bodolai, The Timeless Nation: The History, Literature, Music, Art, and Folklore of the Hungarian Nation, 2nd ed. (Sydney: Hungaria Publishing Co, 1978) p. 60

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