Letter (number unidentified). To Pedro Juan de Casademonte’, Madrid, Palencia, the end of February, 1581

Thanks for hts services to the Order and enqutries about the Chapter.

JESUS !

AY the grace of the Holy Spirit be with you M and give you the vigour of soul and body that we beg of Him. We pray for this fervently, but you owe us no thanks as we are under such great obligations to you. We ask the same for Dofia Maria, to whose prayers I commend myself.

May our Lord reward you for the good news you always send. I am daily expecting the rest, for it cannot fail to come, and I am very certain that you will not fail to forward it at once. We thank our Lord on your account, for you never weary of showing us kindness and charity.

[have already told you thatI received the missive from our Father Provincial, Fray Angel, and that I answered it. I am now writing again. If he is not at Madrid, kindly forward my letters by a very trustworthy messenger when one can be found. Never mind about the answer: if Fray Angel does not give any, it is not worth while to ask for it. I have been out of health lately with my usual attacks but am better now, and happy at thinking what happiness those fathers of mine will enjoy. God grant I may see them fully satisfied and that it may help us to serve Him well! ~

In case you should meet Sefior Juan Lopez de Velasco,’ kindly tell him that I received his letter yesterday via Valladolid, but that missives reach us better by the ordinary messenger, as the head courier is a friend of mine. Will you also say that I will do as he asks,

Probably I shall find plenty of work here for some days, but even if there were not, unless ordered by obedience, I do not think I should leave until our affairs were settled.

May God bring it about as He can do, and may He have you in His keeping, giving you peace of soul and body as I and all the nuns ask of Him. Mother Inés de Jesus begs for your prayers.

Excuse me this once for not writin g by asccretary: