in september 1551, isabella departed from transylvania. according to a legend, when isabella stopped to have a rest at the gates of meszes, a border town, she cut the abbreviation of her motto into the bark of an old oak tree: sfv – "sic fata volunt" ("it is the will of fate"). the same motto can be found on her jewelry and her coins. she reached opole in march 1551 to find it devastated. the buildings where she was to live were unsuitable for habitation, the income was only half of what the treaty provided, and ferdinand did not hurry to pay the agreed cash sums. only a month later she departed opole towards poland where she lived with her family for the next five years. to provide her with income, her brother granted her krzepice and sanok, while her mother gave her wieluń.