Letter (number unidentified). To Sister Maria de Jesus (De Rivas), Avila, 1577 or before September 8, 1578

NOVICE AT TOLEDO

Thanking her for her dowry,

... I know that our Lord has revealed the same thing to you as He did to me but His Majesty desires that your Charity should be aware that I too know of it. Remember; you must render your Bridegroom great service among these nuns, and it is no small service that I am able to keep my word by means of your four thousand ducats, for on the day we purchased the house my daughters live in, I promised to pay for it . . .