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SPAIN AND THE JACOBEAN CATHOLICS
dias en este convento de santo Domingo de San Lucar suplico humilmente a Vuestra Senoria se sirua de fauorescerme con una carta suya encareciendo quanto importa para el seruicio de Dios y honra del habito que ayan frayles de santo Domingo en Ynglaterra y en esto recibere muy grande merced y quedare obligado siempre a rogar a Dios por la salud y prosperidad de Vuestra Senoria Illustrissima a quien nuestro Señor guarde muy largo años como deseo. de San Lucar 18 de noviembre 1618 . de Vuestra Senoria Illustrissima capellan y criado fray Pablo de Londres Yngles
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Right Honorable Lord neither can nor ought to conceal the happiness and pleasure feel at the arrival of your Lordship at the court here and accordingly prefer to be considered rash rather than ungrateful and forgetful of the deep and common obligation that , along with every one of my nation, owe to your Lordship. Due to your pious zeal for the increase of our holy Catholic faith and your Christian kindness in assisting and protecting those who suffer in England for it your Lordship has inherited an everlasting name and repute. Therefore, confident in your Lordship's support take courage at this occasion to beg by this that you might be pleased to assist my hopes, which have nurtured through so much time and labour, to have a convent or college for the religious of my nation where we would be able to confer habitsin order that there might be religious of my nation who would toil for the reduction of their native land to the obedience of holy mother the church and, as your Lordship is aware, there are present there religious from other orders. This has already been discussed with the Very Reverend General of my order so that he might in virtue of his authority provide and designate one convent within this province of Andalucia for this purpose and his Very Reverend Paternity is quite well disposed to grant us this kindness . For this part your Lordship's favour, assistance and advice are of the highest importance so that this most happy event which we desire might occur. Since we are expecting his very Reverend Paternity here in a few days at this convent of Saint Dominic in San Lucar most humbly implore your Lordship to please favourme by one ofyour letters commendinghow important it is to God's service and the honour of the habit that there be friars of Saint Dominic in England . In this will receive a very greatfavour and will remainever obliged to pray to God for the health and prosperity of your Lordship, whom may our Lord protect for many long years as desire. From San Lucar. 18 November 1618. Your Illustrious Lordship's chaplain and servant , Friar Paul of London, Englishman
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