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              <text>&lt;div&gt;&#13;
&lt;p class="Standard"&gt;&lt;span&gt;Molto R&lt;i&gt;everen&lt;/i&gt;do in Ch&lt;i&gt;ris&lt;/i&gt;to P&lt;i&gt;ad&lt;/i&gt;re N&lt;i&gt;ost&lt;/i&gt;ro&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#13;
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&lt;p class="Standard"&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span&gt;Pax Christi&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#13;
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&lt;p class="Standard"&gt;&lt;span&gt;Sono ala fine non più figliolo; sono intiere le forze, e d’ottima sanità. credo, che questo è il tempo da me tanto aspettato d’andare, dove Dio mi chiama; alla salute di tante anime che si perdeno, à raccogliere quel p&lt;i&gt;re&lt;/i&gt;tioso sangue di Ch&lt;i&gt;ris&lt;/i&gt;to, che và p&lt;i&gt;er&lt;/i&gt; terra; à predicare col sangue, ò felice Diego se ciò sarà! et io l’aspetto P&lt;i&gt;ad&lt;/i&gt;re mio, sò bene ch&lt;i&gt;e&lt;/i&gt; essendo stato sempre assicurato in questa mia vocatione p&lt;i&gt;er&lt;/i&gt; tante giustissime vie da miei superiori, e Padri sp&lt;i&gt;iritua&lt;/i&gt;li: io sono nato p&lt;i&gt;er&lt;/i&gt; l’Indie: né alcuno me le potrà togliere: son mie, et io no&lt;i&gt;n&lt;/i&gt; hò da dare stretto conto ava&lt;i&gt;n&lt;/i&gt;ti al tribunale del gra&lt;i&gt;n&lt;/i&gt;d’Iddio. così s’è compiaciuto q&lt;i&gt;ue&lt;/i&gt;lla misericordia e potenza infinita &lt;i&gt;infimum mundi eligere&lt;/i&gt; à ministero sì grande. lo lascio fare. So bene, che essendo V&lt;i&gt;ostr&lt;/i&gt;a P&lt;i&gt;aterni&lt;/i&gt;tà continovam&lt;i&gt;en&lt;/i&gt;te quel ch&lt;i&gt;e&lt;/i&gt; il Sig&lt;i&gt;no&lt;/i&gt;re hà [...] mi potrà mancare. Pure p&lt;i&gt;er&lt;/i&gt; no&lt;i&gt;n&lt;/i&gt; mancare io à me stesso, anzi à Dio, sò quel che à me tocca. e per[...] metto nelle mani e piedi di V&lt;i&gt;ostr&lt;/i&gt;a P&lt;i&gt;aterni&lt;/i&gt;tà co&lt;i&gt;n&lt;/i&gt; totale indifferenza in tutto, ch&lt;i&gt;e&lt;/i&gt; ella vorrà disporne. Poi gli ricordo quel ch&lt;i&gt;e&lt;/i&gt; altre volte l’hò proposto: Che io son nato, et entrato in questa feliciss&lt;i&gt;im&lt;/i&gt;a e fortiss&lt;i&gt;i&lt;/i&gt;ma Comp&lt;i&gt;agni&lt;/i&gt;a di Giesù p&lt;i&gt;er&lt;/i&gt; soggiogare à Dio no&lt;i&gt;n&lt;/i&gt; una città, ò un Regno: ma centomila mondi se [no&lt;i&gt;n&lt;/i&gt;no&lt;i&gt;n&lt;/i&gt;] fossero tanti. Sento P&lt;i&gt;ad&lt;/i&gt;re nel cuore cresciuto ogni giorno via più l’ince&lt;i&gt;n&lt;/i&gt;dio, et m’infiam&lt;i&gt;m&lt;/i&gt;a à questa nobil conquista. Lascine du&lt;i&gt;n&lt;/i&gt;q&lt;i&gt;ue&lt;/i&gt; hormai V&lt;i&gt;ostr&lt;/i&gt;a P&lt;i&gt;aterni&lt;/i&gt;tà seguitare il mio Capitano all’Indie, ch’è già tempo. egli m’have aperto una vastità im&lt;i&gt;m&lt;/i&gt;ensa; et ò ch&lt;i&gt;e&lt;/i&gt; belli frutti, che n’aspetta. non mi spaventano le molte difficoltà, che sò d’haver à sopportare; perché hò chi mi dia cuore e forze. Stà sicuro, P&lt;i&gt;ad&lt;/i&gt;re mio, che ivi ò la gloriosa morte per Ch&lt;i&gt;ris&lt;/i&gt;to (ò utina&lt;i&gt;m&lt;/i&gt;), ò qualche cosa sarà. basta fare ben&lt;sup&gt;a&lt;/sup&gt; conoscere Dio, che have eletto me pover’huomo,&lt;i&gt; ne glorietur in conspectu eius omnis caro&lt;/i&gt;. misericordiosissimam&lt;i&gt;en&lt;/i&gt;te solo affermo à V&lt;i&gt;ostr&lt;/i&gt;a P&lt;i&gt;aterni&lt;/i&gt;tà, che stà in sua mano, ch’io diventi un’Apostolo, p&lt;i&gt;er&lt;/i&gt; Dio no&lt;i&gt;n&lt;/i&gt;ma&lt;i&gt;n&lt;/i&gt;ca; et io già mele sono offerto, et offerisco, debolissimo instrome&lt;i&gt;n&lt;/i&gt;to, no&lt;i&gt;n&lt;/i&gt; ho dubio alcuno&lt;sup&gt;b&lt;/sup&gt;: ma in mano di quel figlo &lt;i&gt;qui vocat ea, quae non sunt, tanquam ea quae sunt&lt;/i&gt;, […] quel ch&lt;i&gt;e&lt;/i&gt; vuole. Finisco. P&lt;i&gt;adr&lt;/i&gt;e mio. è già tempo, no&lt;i&gt;n&lt;/i&gt; è necessario (io hò da studiare), finir quivi li studij p&lt;i&gt;er&lt;/i&gt; tanti capi quanti sà V&lt;i&gt;ostr&lt;/i&gt;a P&lt;i&gt;aterni&lt;/i&gt;tà. Et se pure volesse ch’io prima finisca la filosofia, quel ch&lt;i&gt;e&lt;/i&gt; vorrei ch&lt;i&gt;e&lt;/i&gt; no&lt;i&gt;n&lt;/i&gt; fosse: almeno, ò P&lt;i&gt;ad&lt;/i&gt;re mio, [famme] sicuro. aprimi il cuore, ò P&lt;i&gt;ad&lt;/i&gt;re dolciss&lt;i&gt;im&lt;/i&gt;o, et unico, ch&lt;i&gt;e&lt;/i&gt; mi sei in luogo di Giesù Ch&lt;i&gt;ris&lt;/i&gt;to. Ardo, P&lt;i&gt;ad&lt;/i&gt;re mio, ardo e lo scrivo co&lt;i&gt;n&lt;/i&gt; le lagrime agl’occhi. Ecco il mio cuore nelle mani, e piedi di V&lt;i&gt;ostr&lt;/i&gt;a P&lt;i&gt;aterni&lt;/i&gt;tà co&lt;i&gt;n&lt;/i&gt; ogni indifferenza: ne me ne partirò mai, se no&lt;i&gt;n&lt;/i&gt; à pieno à pieno consolato. Fammi stà gratia, P&lt;i&gt;ad&lt;/i&gt;re mio; p&lt;i&gt;er&lt;/i&gt;ch&lt;i&gt;é&lt;/i&gt;, ancorch&lt;i&gt;é&lt;/i&gt; ne sia indegno, li son figlio. e no&lt;i&gt;n&lt;/i&gt; la cerco p&lt;i&gt;er&lt;/i&gt; me, mà p&lt;i&gt;er&lt;/i&gt; Giesù Ch&lt;i&gt;ris&lt;/i&gt;to crocifisso e p&lt;i&gt;er&lt;/i&gt; la S&lt;i&gt;an&lt;/i&gt;ta Chiesa di Dio. Fatemela p&lt;i&gt;er&lt;/i&gt; amore della B&lt;i&gt;eatissi&lt;/i&gt;ma Verg&lt;i&gt;in&lt;/i&gt;e, p&lt;i&gt;er&lt;/i&gt; il N&lt;i&gt;ost&lt;/i&gt;ro S&lt;i&gt;anto&lt;/i&gt; P&lt;i&gt;adre&lt;/i&gt; Ignatio, e p&lt;i&gt;er&lt;/i&gt; tutta la corte del Cielo. Seguo V&lt;i&gt;ostr&lt;/i&gt;a P&lt;i&gt;aterni&lt;/i&gt;tà nelli S&lt;i&gt;an&lt;/i&gt;ti Sacrificij et orationi cotidanam&lt;i&gt;en&lt;/i&gt;te. e gli priego dal Sig&lt;i&gt;no&lt;/i&gt;re ogni bene, e voglia di consolarme. &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#13;
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&lt;p class="Standard"&gt;&lt;span&gt;Di V&lt;i&gt;ostr&lt;/i&gt;a P&lt;i&gt;aterni&lt;/i&gt;tà servo, e figlio indegniss&lt;i&gt;im&lt;/i&gt;o nel Sig&lt;i&gt;no&lt;/i&gt;re&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#13;
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&lt;p class="Standard"&gt;&lt;span&gt;Diego Camassa &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#13;
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&lt;p class="Standard"&gt;&lt;span&gt;da Napoli 21 Aprile 1617.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#13;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;(a) ben &lt;u&gt;nell’interrigo&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#13;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;(b) alcuno &lt;u&gt;nell’interrigo&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#13;
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