 As a result the Mikes brothers were sentenced to death and confiscation of property in 1638, but they fled to Moldavia, where served voivode Vasile Lupu.In the next year George I Rákóczi gave amnesty to him and returned to home.Mikes functioned as commander of the Transylvanian artillery in 1644, then served as envoy to Warsaw besides Ferenc Bethlen in 1647 to ask the Polish throne for George I Rákóczi.