Letter (number unidentified). To Father Gracian, i579.?>

Asking leave for the admission of a daughter of Antonio Gait an into the convent of Alba.

.... Antonio Gaitan has been here. He came to ask me to receive his little daughter into the convent of Alba: she must be about the same age as my Isabelita. The nuns tell me she is a dear little creature. Her father will pay for her board and lodging, and, later on, will leave her all his

• The name is not clearly written : it might be Bancz.

property excepting what is entailed. They say the sum will amount to six or seven hundred ducats, or even more. Nothing could repay him for what he has done for that convent, or indeed, for his services to the whole Order, so 1 beg your Paternity to be kind enough to send the permission at once. I assure you that these little angels edify and amuse us, and I consider that it would be beneficial rather than hurtful to have one, (not more), in each convent. . . .