Letter (number unidentified). To Mother Ana de San Alberto,' at Malagon, Seville, towards the end of the year 1575

InstruSlions respeBing the formalities required for the establishment of the convent at Caravaca.

JESUS!

AS soon as your Reverence arrives you are to enclose yourself in the convent and must allow no one to enter. You are to speak to outsiders either in the place where the grille is to be put until it is placed there, or through the turn, and you must have the grille ere(5ted as soon as possible.

Before Mass is celebrated — I mean, before you take possession, the bell must be hung, and you must let a lawyer see the papers these ladies have ready which ensure an annual income for the house. You must also show the patent you have received from our Reverend Father. This, with the power given you by me, authorizes you to take possession without any charge or obligation of paying interest or any other duty, as is stipulated in the a¿l. When once the papers are drawn out, the Father Vicar, Father Ambrosio, will examine whether they are correal; then your Reverence and the señoras will sign them and the Blessed Sacrament can be installed.

Remember that you must also insert his Majesty's permission in the ad; I think that there will be no need to include the Bishop's: it suffices to keep it by you. The bell must be rung for the Mass which is said on taking possession. There is no occasion for the church to be blessed as it is not our own. When once you have taken possession, these ladies can receive the habit whenever they choose.

Teresa de Jesus.