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                <text>Old Society (1540-1773)</text>
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              <text>&lt;p&gt;Molto R&lt;em&gt;everen&lt;/em&gt;do Padre N&lt;em&gt;ostro &lt;/em&gt;in &lt;em&gt;Christo&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#13;
&lt;p&gt;P&lt;em&gt;ax &lt;/em&gt;C&lt;em&gt;hristi&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#13;
&lt;p&gt;Il ricordarmi della promessa, che V&lt;em&gt;ostra &lt;/em&gt;P&lt;em&gt;aternità&lt;/em&gt; mi fece ritornato da Siviglia l’anno passato, di rimandarmi in qualche occasione ò alla medema Provincia del Paraguai, ò all’Oriente, dove il mio spirito più anhela, come le significai, come le significai; e gli ardenti miei desiderii, mi stimulano, à scrivere la presente mia lettera alla P&lt;em&gt;aternità&lt;/em&gt; S&lt;em&gt;ua &lt;/em&gt;si per ricordarli di me povero sbandito dall’occidente, si anche à pregarla di un qualche cantonzino nell’aprirsi la China, come hò con som&lt;em&gt;m&lt;/em&gt;o mio contento udito; le ottime nuove di quella mi aggiongono al cuore tanti stimoli, che più non posso tenergli coperti, e che non prorompi &lt;em&gt;ecce&lt;/em&gt; &lt;em&gt;ego&lt;/em&gt;&lt;em&gt;, mitte me&lt;/em&gt;. [forsi] P&lt;em&gt;adre&lt;/em&gt; N&lt;em&gt;ostr&lt;/em&gt;o l’oriente mi abbracciarà rifiutato dall’Occidente? Oh che troppo [forsi] desidero, e troppo presumo, ma che si hà à fare, se non andare in un’incendio d amore gettato nelle braccia della Carità della P&lt;em&gt;aternità &lt;/em&gt;S&lt;em&gt;ua&lt;/em&gt;? P&lt;em&gt;adre &lt;/em&gt;G&lt;em&gt;ene&lt;/em&gt;rale compatischi à miei desiderij, e l’assicuro, che più non posso. Ogni volta, che sento à leggere Indie, Giappone, sangue, morte tutto mi infiam&lt;em&gt;m&lt;/em&gt;o, sebene lo copro, per non parere desideroso di cosa già vietatami. P&lt;em&gt;adre &lt;/em&gt;N&lt;em&gt;ostro&lt;/em&gt; deh facci a me quella gratia, che fù negata al mio S&lt;em&gt;ant&lt;/em&gt;&lt;span&gt;o &lt;/span&gt;Parente S&lt;em&gt;an &lt;/em&gt;Fran&lt;em&gt;ces&lt;/em&gt;co d’Assisi. Piccolo mi disposi, à patire senza aprir mai bocca alle percosse e de miei, ed altri, adducendo p&lt;em&gt;er&lt;/em&gt;raggione, ch&lt;em&gt;e&lt;/em&gt; quando sarò poi grande nelle Indie sarò assuefatto à quelle. &lt;span&gt;È &lt;/span&gt;vero, che non lo merito, ma il sangue del mio caro Crocifisso mi dà tanto d’ardire, e tanta brama, di spargere quello, che io hò nelle vene per lui, e per scancellare i miei infiniti, enormi et […] peccati.&lt;/p&gt;&#13;
&lt;p&gt;Hò osservato quasi per augurio, che ne S&lt;em&gt;anti&lt;/em&gt; S&lt;em&gt;acrifici &lt;/em&gt;del mese mi è sempre toccato (salvo pochissime volte) pregare per le Indie, per il Giappone, per la China ecc&lt;em&gt;etera&lt;/em&gt;. Sù P&lt;em&gt;adre &lt;/em&gt;G&lt;em&gt;e&lt;/em&gt;n&lt;em&gt;er&lt;/em&gt;ale scusi la mia importunità resa ardita dal mio&lt;/p&gt;&#13;
&lt;p&gt;//&lt;/p&gt;&#13;
&lt;p&gt;affetto, che non posso spiegare, ne tenere. Com&lt;em&gt;m&lt;/em&gt;anda V&lt;em&gt;ostra &lt;/em&gt;P&lt;em&gt;aternità&lt;/em&gt; che vadi in Portogallo, me ne mandi con solo .&lt;em&gt;Ì&lt;/em&gt;. che vado subito, subito e à piedi, e bene lo posso fare, non ch’essendo in Provincia (dico assai, ma dico la verità) persona, che mi possa eguagliare nel caminare à piedi: non patisco nel camino, ogni cibo mi basta, ogni loco è per me, purche possi morire per il mio caro Iddio. Per me non si dovrà far spesa, andarè mendicando per ogni parte, venisse pure il bramato, và, Se V&lt;em&gt;ostra &lt;/em&gt;P&lt;em&gt;aternità &lt;/em&gt;havesse poi anche bisogno di me, che sono in età d’anni 2[8]. ò al più &lt;u&gt;29&lt;/u&gt; per la Persia, havendo inteso da Bologna, che un Padre cerca soggetti, eccomi pronto. Insom&lt;em&gt;m&lt;/em&gt;a P&lt;em&gt;adre &lt;/em&gt;N&lt;em&gt;ostr&lt;/em&gt;o sono cera nelle sue mani, disposto à tutti, e perche hò inteso, che piglia volentieri soggetti Sacerdoti sbrigati per il Collegio Romano, che stimo sii qualche parte d’India; eccomi anco à suoi cenni. Altro non aggiungo per non essere d’aggravio à chi hà tanti negotij, e di maggior rilievo. Alli S&lt;em&gt;anti &lt;/em&gt;Sacrificij et Ora&lt;em&gt;tio&lt;/em&gt;ni della P&lt;em&gt;aternità &lt;/em&gt;S&lt;em&gt;u&lt;span&gt;a&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt; di cuore mi raccom&lt;em&gt;m&lt;/em&gt;ando, e prostrato in terra chiedo la sua S&lt;em&gt;ant&lt;/em&gt;a Benedittione, [al compli]mento de mie desiderio.&lt;/p&gt;&#13;
&lt;p&gt;Della P&lt;em&gt;aternità &lt;/em&gt;S&lt;em&gt;ua&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#13;
&lt;p&gt;Servo Ind&lt;em&gt;egn&lt;/em&gt;o nel Sig&lt;em&gt;no&lt;/em&gt;re N&lt;em&gt;ostr&lt;/em&gt;o&lt;/p&gt;&#13;
&lt;p&gt;Fran&lt;em&gt;ces&lt;/em&gt;co Bernardoni .+.&lt;/p&gt;&#13;
&lt;p&gt;Parma 7. Aprile &lt;u&gt;1649&lt;/u&gt; &lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</text>
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