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              <text>&lt;p&gt;Mol&lt;em&gt;to&lt;/em&gt; R&lt;span&gt;eve&lt;em&gt;ren&lt;/em&gt;d&lt;em&gt;o&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt; P&lt;em&gt;adre &lt;/em&gt;N&lt;em&gt;ostro &lt;/em&gt;in &lt;em&gt;Christo&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#13;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Pax &lt;/em&gt;C&lt;em&gt;hristi&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#13;
&lt;p&gt;Si compiacque il Sig&lt;em&gt;no&lt;/em&gt;re con la nuova conversione d&lt;span&gt;e&lt;/span&gt;l Regno d&lt;span&gt;e&lt;/span&gt;lla Cina alla nostra S&lt;em&gt;anta &lt;/em&gt;Fede, che p&lt;em&gt;er &lt;/em&gt;sua bonta si degnò d’operare in questi nostri giorni; di com&lt;em&gt;m&lt;/em&gt;unicare anche nuovo desiderio à me d’offerirmi et impiegarmi con questa occas&lt;em&gt;ion&lt;/em&gt;&lt;span&gt;e&lt;/span&gt; in suo servitio per dare qualche segno di gratitudin&lt;span&gt;e &lt;/span&gt;verso la S&lt;em&gt;ua &lt;/em&gt;D&lt;em&gt;ivina &lt;/em&gt;M&lt;em&gt;aestà &lt;/em&gt;dell’infinito obligo, che le devo p&lt;em&gt;er &lt;/em&gt;tanti, e si singolar beneficij ch&lt;span&gt;e&lt;/span&gt; dalla sua mano hò ricevuto. L’essecution&lt;span&gt;e &lt;/span&gt;di questo desiderio n&lt;span&gt;o&lt;em&gt;n&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt; posso io ch&lt;span&gt;e&lt;/span&gt;p&lt;em&gt;er &lt;/em&gt;mezzo di V&lt;em&gt;ostra &lt;/em&gt;P&lt;em&gt;aternità &lt;/em&gt;ottenere; ond&lt;span&gt;e&lt;/span&gt; p&lt;em&gt;er &lt;/em&gt;quanto gl’è à cuore l’adempimento d&lt;span&gt;e&lt;/span&gt;lla divina volontà con quel affetto più humil&lt;span&gt;e&lt;/span&gt;, che posso, priego V&lt;em&gt;ostra &lt;/em&gt;P&lt;em&gt;aternità &lt;/em&gt;m’aiuti à mettere in &lt;span&gt;e&lt;/span&gt;ffetto quanto quella da me&lt;sup&gt;a&lt;/sup&gt; richied&lt;span&gt;e&lt;/span&gt;. Io sebene havendo riguardo allo stato mio di Novitio, all’inhabilità natural&lt;span&gt;e&lt;em&gt;, &lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;e miseria spiritual&lt;span&gt;e&lt;/span&gt; mi vergnogno di propronere, e dimandare una cosa tal&lt;span&gt;e&lt;/span&gt;, nulladimeno considerando quanto fin’ adesso hà fatto con me Iddio, e come m’hà portato in questa sua Compagnia, il cui fine è d’impiegarsi in simili ministerij; prendo animo non solo &lt;em&gt;per &lt;/em&gt;dimandar questo, ma molto più ancora; perch&lt;em&gt;é &lt;/em&gt;tutta la mia confidanza è ch&lt;span&gt;e &lt;/span&gt;chi hà incominciato in me d’opera buona, egli la perfettionerà; supplico p&lt;em&gt;er &lt;/em&gt;ciò di nuovo V&lt;em&gt;ostra &lt;/em&gt;P&lt;em&gt;aternità&lt;/em&gt; che p&lt;em&gt;er&lt;/em&gt; quanto à lei appartiene voglia essere [favorevole] à questa mia buona volontà, come anche affinche ella perseveri in me la priego m’habbia p&lt;em&gt;er &lt;/em&gt;raccomandato nelle sue Sante orationi, e mi dia la sua benedittione.&lt;/p&gt;&#13;
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&lt;p&gt;Diego Aquilina&lt;/p&gt;&#13;
&lt;p&gt;Dal Novitiato di Messina 17 di gennaro 1651&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;(a) me &lt;u&gt;nell’interrigo&lt;/u&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</text>
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