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              <text>&lt;p&gt;+&lt;/p&gt;&#13;
&lt;p&gt;Al Molto R&lt;em&gt;everen&lt;/em&gt;do in C&lt;em&gt;hrist&lt;/em&gt;o P&lt;em&gt;a&lt;/em&gt;dre N&lt;em&gt;ostro&lt;/em&gt; Preposito Generale&lt;/p&gt;&#13;
&lt;p&gt;Della Comp&lt;em&gt;agnia &lt;/em&gt;di Giesù.&lt;/p&gt;&#13;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Pax Christi&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#13;
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&lt;p&gt;D&lt;em&gt;i&lt;/em&gt; V&lt;em&gt;ostra&lt;/em&gt; R&lt;em&gt;everenza&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#13;
&lt;p&gt;Servo et figliuolo Fran&lt;em&gt;ces&lt;/em&gt;co Balione della Comp&lt;em&gt;agni&lt;/em&gt;a di Giesù.&lt;/p&gt;&#13;
&lt;p&gt;Di Genoa. à 21 di marzo &lt;u&gt;1616&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</text>
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