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              <text>&lt;p&gt;Molto Revere&lt;em&gt;n&lt;/em&gt;do in &lt;em&gt;Crist&lt;/em&gt;o P&lt;em&gt;adre&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#13;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Pax Christi&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#13;
&lt;p&gt;Conosco bene, è p&lt;em&gt;er&lt;/em&gt; l’addietro se&lt;em&gt;m&lt;/em&gt;pre ho conosciuto l’inabiltà, ch&lt;em&gt;e&lt;/em&gt; te&lt;em&gt;n&lt;/em&gt;go per si alta Vocatione, come e questa dell’India; e pure la gra&lt;em&gt;n&lt;/em&gt;dezza del desiderio mi da ardire di supplicare V&lt;em&gt;ostra&lt;/em&gt; P&lt;em&gt;aternità&lt;/em&gt; di nuovo p&lt;em&gt;er&lt;/em&gt; quella. Et hora più che mai co&lt;em&gt;n&lt;/em&gt;fido nel Sig&lt;em&gt;nor&lt;/em&gt;e, esse&lt;em&gt;n&lt;/em&gt;dovi cosi buona occasione della venuta del P&lt;em&gt;adre&lt;/em&gt; Procuratore da quelle parti, di godere del frutto di cosi lu&lt;em&gt;n&lt;/em&gt;ga espettat&lt;em&gt;ion&lt;/em&gt;e. V&lt;em&gt;ostra&lt;/em&gt; P&lt;em&gt;aternità&lt;/em&gt; p&lt;em&gt;er&lt;/em&gt; amore del Sig&lt;em&gt;nor&lt;/em&gt;e si ricordi di q&lt;em&gt;uest&lt;/em&gt;o indegno schiavo della S&lt;em&gt;anta&amp;nbsp;&lt;/em&gt;Comp&lt;em&gt;agni&lt;/em&gt;a e mi ammetta nel numero dell’eletti à questa S&lt;em&gt;anta&lt;/em&gt; Missione. O P&lt;em&gt;adre&lt;/em&gt; mio sotto il [Bened&lt;em&gt;ett&lt;/em&gt;o] Giesù con qua&lt;em&gt;n&lt;/em&gt;te lacrime scrivo questa. Oh piaccia alla S&lt;em&gt;antissi&lt;/em&gt;ma Trinità, di cui hoggi celebriamo la festa, ch&lt;em&gt;e&lt;/em&gt; come questa lettera viene aspersa di lacrime, cosi ritorni à me &lt;em&gt;cum exultatione portans manipulos suos&lt;/em&gt; col felice effetto. Prego V&lt;em&gt;ostra&amp;nbsp;&lt;/em&gt;P&lt;em&gt;aternità&lt;/em&gt; ch&lt;em&gt;e&lt;/em&gt; no&lt;em&gt;n&lt;/em&gt; permetta, che il mio desid&lt;em&gt;er&lt;/em&gt;io &lt;span style="text-decoration: line-through;"&gt;non &lt;/span&gt;resti più digiuno, è voto della sua essecutione [fedeche] &lt;em&gt;ecce iam decennio&lt;/em&gt;, posso dire, et &lt;em&gt;non triduo sustineo Dominum&lt;/em&gt;. Poiche com ella ben si ricorda, da qua&lt;em&gt;n&lt;/em&gt;do fui Novitio, hebbi questo desiderio, é sempre via più si è aume&lt;em&gt;n&lt;/em&gt;tato, come dalle mie haverà potuto conoscere. Ma che dico io dal Novitiato? essendo ancor bambino nelle tenebre d’Egitto mi com&lt;em&gt;m&lt;/em&gt;unicò il Sig&lt;em&gt;nor&lt;/em&gt;e q&lt;em&gt;uest&lt;/em&gt;o desid&lt;em&gt;er&lt;/em&gt;io anzi q&lt;em&gt;ues&lt;/em&gt;to fu l’unico motivo perch&lt;em&gt;e&lt;/em&gt; entrai nella S&lt;em&gt;antissi&lt;/em&gt;ma Comp&lt;em&gt;agni&lt;/em&gt;a. Du&lt;em&gt;n&lt;/em&gt;q&lt;em&gt;ue&lt;/em&gt; ó mio P&lt;em&gt;adre&lt;/em&gt; co&lt;em&gt;n&lt;/em&gt; la maggior humiltà la prego di nuovo p&lt;em&gt;er&lt;/em&gt; amor della B&lt;em&gt;eata&lt;/em&gt; Vergine, ch&lt;em&gt;e&lt;/em&gt; no&lt;em&gt;n&lt;/em&gt; mi vogli più differire l’essecut&lt;em&gt;ion&lt;/em&gt;e della mia doma&lt;em&gt;n&lt;/em&gt;da, acció possa seguire il nudo Giesù col disprezo di me stesso, é della mia vita per tutto il resto di q&lt;em&gt;ues&lt;/em&gt;ta mia peregrinatione; impercioch&lt;em&gt;e&lt;/em&gt; il Sig&lt;em&gt;nor&lt;/em&gt;e come mi ha dato gratia di farmi conoscere l’ingratitud&lt;em&gt;in&lt;/em&gt;e verso S&lt;em&gt;ua&lt;/em&gt; D&lt;em&gt;ivina&lt;/em&gt; Maestà co&lt;em&gt;n&lt;/em&gt;forme da qualch&lt;em&gt;e&lt;/em&gt; tempo in qua con istraordinaria renovatione interiore ho esperime&lt;em&gt;n&lt;/em&gt;tato, cosi anco mi dà ardentis&lt;em&gt;si&lt;/em&gt;mo desid&lt;em&gt;er&lt;/em&gt;io d’impiegare me, é la mia vita in suo serv&lt;em&gt;iti&lt;/em&gt;o &lt;em&gt;usque ad mortem&lt;/em&gt;, il quale [dia] conoscere a V&lt;em&gt;ostra&lt;/em&gt; P&lt;em&gt;aternità&lt;/em&gt; la sua sant&lt;em&gt;issi&lt;/em&gt;ma Volo&lt;em&gt;n&lt;/em&gt;tà, é quella perfett&lt;em&gt;amen&lt;/em&gt;te adempire. Con che mì raccoma&lt;em&gt;n&lt;/em&gt;do á suoi s&lt;em&gt;an&lt;/em&gt;ti sacrificij, et or&lt;em&gt;atio&lt;/em&gt;ni.&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;Indegniss&lt;em&gt;im&lt;/em&gt;o servo nel Sig&lt;em&gt;nor&lt;/em&gt;e&lt;/p&gt;&#13;
&lt;p&gt;Il Minimo di tutta la Comp&lt;em&gt;agnia&lt;/em&gt; Marco Stella.&lt;/p&gt;&#13;
&lt;p&gt;Messina 7. di Giugno 1626.&lt;/p&gt;</text>
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