Letter (number unidentified). To Don Luis de Cepeda, at Torrijos, Toledo, November 26, 1576

Acknowledgment of money received. Sister Beatriz of Malagon. Spiritual advice,

JESUS !

May the grace of the Holy Ghost be ever with your Honour.

(RECEIVED your letters and the four ducats; the sum will be paid this week. May our Lord reward you for your care of our sister of the Incarnation for she is in the greatest need of all. Sister Beatriz is now in charge of the convent at Malagon on account of the illness of the Mother Prioress. She manages it exceedingly well, thank God ! I did not think she was capable of it.

You must not be surprised at being unable to be very recolleéted in the midst of all your worries : it would be an impossibility. I shall be quite satisfied if you return to your good rule of life when you are freed from them. God grant that you may follow it faithfully. Do not be much concerned as to whether your fortune is large or small, for even if it is very large, all will soon come to an end.

I ask the prayers of these ladies, and the Mother Prioress begs for yours. To-day is November 26.

Your unworthy servant, Teresa de Jesus.