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[1682]. Carta de Leandro José de Rivera y Sotomayor para María de Mendoza y Espinosa.

Author(s)	Leandro José de Rivera y Sotomayor
Addressee(s)	María de Mendoza y Espinosa
In English	Letter from Leandro José de Rivera y Sotomayor to María de Mendoza y Espinosa. The author writes to his girlfriend expressing her his feelings, asking her to marry him and presenting her his ideas to tell their families about the engagement. María de Mendoza brought a lawsuit against Leandro José Rivera following an accusation of unfulfilled marriage promise. He admitted having promised to marry her and also being the author of the letters presented by her. However, he alleged having been deceived by his fiancé because she hid her father was a mixed race. She denied it by presenting witnesses and proofs, besides, she proved the frequent interaction between the families, which would make impossible to hide such a fact. The sentence was favourable to María de Mendoza and Leandro José was condemned to fulfil his promise and to pay the expenses of the trial. 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]	~~Muchas Gracias doi à nuestro Señor por ber que ya~~
[2]	me hablas con algun cariño y suplico a su Magestad
[3]	la continues assi hasta que no sean necesarios emble
[4]	mas de papeles sino que bocalmte se pueda hablar sin
[5]	empacho
[6]	~~En quanto a lo que me dices de que quieres paz conmigo~~
[7]	y que mire mis comodidades te rrespondo que miradas
[8]	las tengo pues no te estimo yo por interes alguno sino
[9]	por tu persona sola porque en ella Concurren las buenas
[10]	partes que se requieren para el Servicio de Dios que es la vir
[11]	tud y otras cossas que no digo porque no Jusgues que es lisonja
[12]	pero puedes creer que todas bien dentro de mi pecho muy
[13]	esculpidas y que Considero que por tus meritos me a de
[14]	conzeder Dios muchas suplicas que le hago.
[15]	~~Tambien estoi en Creencia de que io no meresco nada~~
[16]	y por esso te he dicho me respondas con toda resoluzion
[17]	de si quieres ser mi esposa o no. y que acaves de unas
[18]	vez de descubrir tu Pecho. ~~y aunque considero las~~
[19]	pocas comodidades que io aora tengo no por eso me fal
[20]	tan las esperanzas de antes de mucho tener cossa
[21]	competente. ~~Y de que no se seguira mas que andar gu~~
[22]	espedes en cassa de Parientes no lo creas porque bendito
[23]	sea Dios tengo Padres. que no lo Consentiran ~~Y assi no~~
[24]	te se pongan tantos incombinientes por delante que fio
[25]	en Dios que nos a de ayudar ~~y no estes tan medrosa~~
[26]	por todas maneras que no seremos los primeros enamorados