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This study on Dr. Isaac Basire discusses two letters written by him during the final and most tragic days of the history of Transylvania. Both letters are dated to the final period of the younger Prince George Rákóczi’s reign. Basire was a true-born royalist, one of the nearest „best men” of King Charles I, who was beheaded by the Puritans. That was the reason why he had to leave England, his wife and 5 children for 15 years. His correspondence was edited and partially translated by an English theologian, W. N. Darnell. Through this great work, albeit not a spotless one, we learn that Isaac Basire was not only a cruel rival of János Apáczai Csere, the illustrious representative of Transylvanian Christian pedagogy, but a man deeply sympathising with and loyal to Translyvania and the Rákóczi family during the hard, final days of their rule.