 The 18th-century record, "Letopisețul Cantacuzinesc", argues that Marcu and Preda Buzescu arrived in Iași "and began to make merry" before being chased out by Ieremia; "and as happy as they were on their arriving, so were they ashamed to run back".A Moldavian writer, Miron Costin, notes that Marcu, or "Marcul vodă", was "princelet" for "a short while", but also that his reign was entirely omitted in the succession lists.Rezachevici calculates the end dates of Marcu's reign as July 23 and September 4, 1600.