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              <text>&lt;p&gt;M&lt;em&gt;olt&lt;/em&gt;o R&lt;em&gt;everend&lt;/em&gt;o in Chri&lt;em&gt;sto &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;Pax&lt;/em&gt; C&lt;em&gt;hristi&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#13;
&lt;p&gt;Spero con la gratia del Sig&lt;em&gt;no&lt;/em&gt;re che l’avesi desiderij d’inpiegare questi pochi giorni di vita, che mi restano, nella conversione dell’Infedeli dalla felice memoria del N&lt;em&gt;ostro &lt;/em&gt;P&lt;em&gt;adre &lt;/em&gt;Vincenzo Carrafa tirati à lungo per n&lt;em&gt;on &lt;/em&gt;esservi occasione d’effettuarli, come nelle sue m’[avennò], s’adempiranno ne i principij del governo di V&lt;em&gt;ostra &lt;/em&gt;P&lt;em&gt;aternità, &lt;/em&gt;la quale del certo n&lt;em&gt;on &lt;/em&gt;haverà minor zelo di lui nell’aiutare quelle povere anime, all’aiuto de q&lt;em&gt;ua&lt;/em&gt;li se per la mia inhabiltà, e pochi talenti, mà sopra tutto per i miei peccati no&lt;em&gt;n&lt;/em&gt; sarò degno d’immediatamente impiegarmi, mi stimerò per molto felice se da V&lt;em&gt;ostra&amp;nbsp;&lt;/em&gt;P&lt;em&gt;aternità &lt;/em&gt;mi sarà data occasione di servire à quei fortunati, i q&lt;em&gt;ua&lt;/em&gt;li saranno per sì nobile impresa eletti con l’occasione del P&lt;em&gt;adre &lt;/em&gt;Alexandro de Rhodes Procuratore della Cocincina, il q&lt;em&gt;ua&lt;/em&gt;le, come hò sentito dal P&lt;em&gt;adre &lt;/em&gt;Isaac d’Aultry, è venuto per procurare genti per quelle parti. O felici coloro, à cui toccherà si felice sorte! O me beato se potrò al molto che Dio hà fatto per me corrispondere per spargere n&lt;em&gt;on &lt;/em&gt;solo sudori, ma. ’l sangue, e la propria vita per esso. P&lt;em&gt;ad&lt;/em&gt;re N&lt;em&gt;ost&lt;/em&gt;ro &lt;em&gt;per viscera Jesu Chri&lt;span&gt;sti &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;supplico V&lt;em&gt;ostra &lt;/em&gt;P&lt;em&gt;aternità &lt;/em&gt;à n&lt;em&gt;on &lt;/em&gt;lasciar passare questa buona occasione, massime che n&lt;em&gt;on &lt;/em&gt;hò altro impedimento, che i miei peccati; perché la sanità e buona, la volontà è efficace, n&lt;em&gt;on &lt;/em&gt;hò attacco di Parenti, per n&lt;em&gt;on &lt;/em&gt;haver ne P&lt;em&gt;ad&lt;/em&gt;re, ne sorelle, ne altri, che possano in modo alcuno impedirmi, l’occasione n&lt;em&gt;on &lt;/em&gt;manca, la ma[…] è quasi infine, per esser questo il terz’anno, e la Teologia la potrei studiare in quelle parti, e quel tempo mi potrebbe servire per apprendere la lingua. Onde supplico di nuovo V&lt;em&gt;ostra &lt;/em&gt;P&lt;em&gt;aternità &lt;/em&gt;à ricordarsi di me in questa elettione, ed à raccomandarmi al Si&lt;em&gt;gno&lt;/em&gt;re ne i suoi S&lt;em&gt;an&lt;/em&gt;ti Sacrificij, ed ora&lt;em&gt;ti&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;&lt;/p&gt;&#13;
&lt;p&gt;Servo in &lt;em&gt;Christo&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#13;
&lt;p&gt;Ferdinando Siracusa.&lt;/p&gt;&#13;
&lt;p&gt;Malta 29 di Marzo 1650. &lt;em&gt;&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</text>
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