holy zeal, and high standing; and thus with reason there will be more
occasion for glory and praise to God for this work than for murmurs
and condemnation.

In short, this undertaking may afford to the Divine Majesty of God
our Lord, service and glory; to the royal Majesty, great service and
profit; to the state, great and general good, and advantages; to these
nations and tribes who are looking on at us, confusion and edification;
to the poor, service, aid, and comfort in their wretchednesses and
sicknesses, and care and healing for their bodies, and above all
for their souls; and to those who have in their charge the service,
administration, and superintendence, a great crown and reward.

Therefore, since this project is good for all and in all, and since
this work encloses within itself so many great and important effects,
it is right that it should be favored, and that your piety should
be supported in it. For the religious who will be occupied there,
will be well occupied and employed, preaching with their works true
charity and humility, and at the same time striving and aiding in
the saving and healing of the souls, both of Spaniards and of others,
who shall be ministered to and cared for there; and, since so great
advantages may result from this, it is right that it should be done,
and that your piety should be supported in encouraging and beginning
a work of such importance, and from which so great advantages are
hoped for and may result, as has been said.

And assuredly it is highly desirable that the royal hospital should be
in the care of this order or of the Society, that it may be served and
administered as is proper, and that it may enjoy the advantages which
the other hospitals enjoy, and the good administration which they have,