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1678. Carta de doña Mariana Ronquillo Briceño, religiosa, para don Diego de Santiyán, caballero de la Orden de Santiago.

Author(s)	Mariana Ronquillo Briceño
Addressee(s)	Diego de Santiyán
In English	Letter from Mariana Ronquillo Briceño, a nun, to Diego de Santiyán, a Knight of the Order of Saint James. The author informs Diego de Santiyán of the state of her finances, and also of the money remittances he manages by order of her father. Pedro Ronquillo Briceño passed away in London on August the 7th 1691 while he was the Ambassador Extraordinary for the Catholic King. A few years later, in 1704, Francisco Ronquillo, Pedro´s brother and main heir, took part in a litigation with some creditors following a claim for the payment of certain debts. The testamentary was Diego de Santiyán, who was asked to present the accounts he had managed for the deceased Ambassador. Indeed, Santiyán was given access to those accounts by power of attorney. Therefore, the aforementioned accounts were attached to the proceeding documentation, as well as letters and payment orders to several servants and private individuals. If there is no translation for the letter itself, you may copy the text (while using the view 'Standardization') and paste it to an automatic translator of your choice.

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[2]	Sor don diego ~~la causa de no aber echo esto antes~~
[3]	a sido por no cansar a vmd con Repe
[4]	tidas cartas ~~aoa lo ago suplicando~~
[5]	a vmd me abise de su salud q deseo
[6]	se alle vmd ia mejorado de sus ter
[7]	çianas i le suplico me abise de
[8]	su mejoria ~~ai Remito a vmd el Re~~
[9]	cibo de los doçe doblones q dijo
[10]	vmd a mi tio me inbiase q por no
[11]	aberlos cobrado asta aora no e
[12]	escrito a vmd asta q los ubiere Re
[13]	cibdo ~~el otro dia tube carta de~~
[14]	mi pe en q me dice q ecribe a vmd
[15]	me socoRa en la misma confo
[16]	rmidad q la otra bec escribio
[17]	a vmd. ~~aora me queda vmd debi~~
[18]	endo todo este año de mis ali
[19]	mentos q esto no toca a ellos por
[20]	aberme escrito mi pe q me soco
[21]	Riese vmd con esto para desaoga
[22]	rme ~~q me puede vmd creer~~
[23]	q todo lo e menester para el ofi
[24]	cio en q estoi i asi agradeçco a
[25]	vmd q me aia enbiado este soco
[26]	Ro ~~aora le suplico no dilate es~~
[27]	totro porq sera acerme mucha
[28]	merced ~~lo q suplico a vmd es q no~~
[29]	deje de mandarme todo qto fue
[30]	re de su gusto q el mio es de obedecer
[31]	a vmd a quien gde dios qto deseo i e me
[32]	nester ~~de sta catalina de sena de~~
[33]	balladolid a nuebe de março de
[34]	1678 años.
[35]	~~serbidora de vd q mas~~
[36]	le estima
[37]	soror mariana
[38]	Ronquillo briçeño