 In 1482 he asked from King Matthias for an engagement present for his daughters in Baden near Vienna, and received it.From 1484 to 1487 - supposedly in Italy - he wrote his book of the title "De egregie, sapienter et iocose dictis ac factis Matthiae regis" (About the excellent, sapient and ingenious sayings and deeds of King Matthias.First published by Sigismund Tordai in 1563.