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[1631]. Carta de doña Catarina de Mendoza para un destinatario no identificado.

Author(s)	Catarina de Mendoza
Addressee(s)	Anónimo269
In English	Letter from Catarina de Mendoza to an unidentified addressee. The author writes to an unidentified addressee regarding a fire that took place in Madrid in which many people died. This letter was found in the collection Coleção de Cartas (within Cartas Missivas and Other Documents) which collects, in 4 packs, loose documents of uncertain or incomplete date. The contextualization of each letter is done using information from the letter itself. The letter describes the incidents of a great fire that took place in Madrid on 7 July 1631. 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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[1]	~~a mi me espanto bolber a escribille a~~
[2]	vmd pues me debe tantas respuestas
[3]	de mas de bente si no son mas ~~a fuera de que~~
[4]	gos le escribo porq sepa la cosa mas lastimosa
[5]	q a cucedido en la bida ~~a siete de este dia de san~~
[6]	claudo a la una de la noche se pego fuego en la pla
[7]	ca maior ~~quien lo pego no se sabe~~ ~~unos dicen~~
[8]	q un portuges tubo palabras con un pas
[9]	telero q vibia a el lado de la carneceria
[10]	i q el portuges amenaco al pastelero
[11]	mas lo cierto es q los mocos del pastelero
[12]	callentando el horno sacaron la lena
[13]	ardiendo no mirando lo q hacian i pe
[14]	gose a los andamios ~~i dentro de un pun~~
[15]	to se ardia toda la placa i de manera
[16]	q los cogio al primer sueño ~~i a los gritos~~
[17]	i boces recordaron algunos i se arorga
[18]	ban en camisa el marido llorando a su mu
[19]	ger i higos unos cemados otros ahogados
[20]	las maiores bibiendas debago de tiera
[21]	esos no salio ninguno q todos estan debago
[22]	ban sacando aora quatro aora ses ahogados
[23]	del humo ~~i los q entraban por ellos los saca~~
[24]	ban ahogados ~~el alcalde quinones quiso~~