Letter 339. To Mother Ana de la Encarnacion, Prioress of Salamanca, Valladolid, beginning of December, 1580

On the purchase of a house for the nuns in Salamanca.

JESUS! A FTER I had sent you a letter which you will receive, one which I enclose came to hand from Father Garcia Manrique. Carry out his wishes without delay: there is nothing to fear. When I wrote to you, I was astonished at the fresh decision that had been made: I thought that Pedro de la Vanda had asked you to sign some document about which you had not consulted Father Garcia Manrique. That is why I asked you to tell me whether any new arrangement had been made; but I see no objection to your carrying out the plan proposed in the letter I enclose. Nor do Mother Inézde Jesus and the Prioress think that its execution should be delayed.

Task the community to have the charity to agree to this. Even though there were any difficulty in the matter, we must carry out our contract; for we were not so edified by the way in which the gentlemen of Salamanca failed to keep their promise to us, that we should imitate their example.

TO HER NEPHEW 89

As I have given all the details in the letter I sent you, I will only add that I beg of God to give you fervent love for Him.

The unworthy servant of your Reverence,

Teresa de Jesus.