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              <text>&lt;p&gt;M&lt;em&gt;ol&lt;/em&gt;to R&lt;em&gt;everend&lt;/em&gt;o in &lt;em&gt;Christo &lt;/em&gt;P&lt;em&gt;ad&lt;/em&gt;re N&lt;em&gt;ost&lt;/em&gt;ro&lt;/p&gt;&#13;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;P&lt;span&gt;ax &lt;/span&gt;C&lt;span&gt;hristi&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#13;
&lt;p&gt;Le felicissime nuove che sento della Conversione della Cina mi spingono a rallegrarmene con V&lt;em&gt;ostra &lt;/em&gt;P&lt;em&gt;aternità&lt;/em&gt; come P&lt;em&gt;ad&lt;/em&gt;re commune della Comp&lt;em&gt;agnia per &lt;/em&gt;op&lt;em&gt;e&lt;/em&gt;ra della quale il Sig&lt;em&gt;no&lt;/em&gt;re si co&lt;em&gt;m&lt;/em&gt;piace di fare cose cosi meravigliose, et insiememente a ricordarle, c&lt;em&gt;h&lt;/em&gt;e io sono uno di quelli a q&lt;em&gt;ua&lt;/em&gt;li il Sig&lt;em&gt;no&lt;/em&gt;re si è co&lt;em&gt;m&lt;/em&gt;piaciuto &lt;em&gt;per &lt;/em&gt;sua infinita bontà, co&lt;em&gt;m&lt;/em&gt;municare la Santa Vocatione dell Indie, di che n’ho fatto voto sono da otto anni, e da che lo feci n&lt;em&gt;on&lt;/em&gt; ho lasciato mai di rinovarlo tre volte ogni dì, per dispormi a &lt;em&gt;que&lt;/em&gt;sto modo al meglio che posso &lt;em&gt;per &lt;/em&gt;una così sublime vocatione. Il P&lt;em&gt;adre &lt;/em&gt;Caraffa di S&lt;em&gt;an&lt;/em&gt;ta Mem&lt;em&gt;oria &lt;/em&gt;sono gia tre anni passati mi chiamò in Roma, c&lt;em&gt;on &lt;/em&gt;scrivermi, che mi voleva inviar all’Indie; In Provincia mia di Sicilia fecero qualche difficoltà in Lasciarmi partire, ma&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;io superatala c&lt;em&gt;on&lt;/em&gt; la gratia di Dio, mi condussi a Roma, dove però mi trovai destinato &lt;em&gt;per&lt;/em&gt; altro, &lt;em&gt;per&lt;/em&gt;che chiamandomi, mi disse che voleva che facessi il novitiato dell’Indie in Sem&lt;em&gt;inario&lt;/em&gt;, promettendomi però di mandarmi con la prima missione, che partirebbe, anzi volle, c&lt;em&gt;h&lt;/em&gt;e gli dicessi a qual delle due Indie haveva maggior inclinatione, e r&lt;span&gt;e&lt;/span&gt;spondendogli io che sarei andato a qu&lt;em&gt;e&lt;/em&gt;lla della quale sarebbe prima venuta l’occasione, n&lt;em&gt;on &lt;/em&gt;si co&lt;em&gt;n&lt;/em&gt;tentò, ma mi astrinse a dirgli il mio gusto che realmente era d’andar alle Orientali &lt;em&gt;per &lt;/em&gt;haver occasione di riverire le S&lt;em&gt;an&lt;/em&gt;te relique del Santo Ap&lt;em&gt;osto&lt;/em&gt;lo dell Indie, alle quali egli mi prommise mandarmi venuta che sarebbe l’occasione; la quale &lt;em&gt;per&lt;/em&gt;ò p&lt;em&gt;er&lt;/em&gt; li mei peccati, n&lt;em&gt;on &lt;/em&gt;essendo venuta in tempo di q&lt;em&gt;u&lt;/em&gt;ello, prego V&lt;em&gt;ostra &lt;/em&gt;P&lt;em&gt;aternità &lt;/em&gt;&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;che venendo in tempo suo, &lt;em&gt;per &lt;/em&gt;le buone speranze che ce ne dà la Cina; che giudicando cosi &lt;em&gt;in Domino&lt;/em&gt;, si co&lt;em&gt;m&lt;/em&gt;piacia ricordarsi di me, et osservarmi le promesse del suo S&lt;em&gt;an&lt;/em&gt;to Predecessore; e per n&lt;em&gt;on&lt;/em&gt; tediarla piu finisco con raccomandarmele molto né Santi Sacrificij, et or&lt;em&gt;a&lt;span&gt;ti&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;oni.&lt;/p&gt;&#13;
&lt;p&gt;Di V&lt;em&gt;ostra &lt;/em&gt;P&lt;em&gt;aternità &lt;/em&gt;M&lt;em&gt;olto &lt;/em&gt;R&lt;em&gt;everenda&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#13;
&lt;p&gt;Ind&lt;em&gt;egnissimo &lt;/em&gt;figlio e servo in &lt;em&gt;Christo&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#13;
&lt;p&gt;Fran&lt;em&gt;cesco&lt;/em&gt; Bertone [Indianus]&lt;/p&gt;&#13;
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