Saint herself.

4. "To be read with great care, as it is explained in a most
delicate way, and contains many noteworthy points," also scored
through by St. Teresa herself.

5. "This is most admirable," scored through by the Saint.

6. "Una cifra," a mere nothing.





Preface by David Lewis.


St. Teresa was born in Avila on Wednesday, March 28, 1515.
Her father was Don Alfonso Sanchez de Cepeda, and her mother Dona
Beatriz Davila y Ahumada. The name she received in her baptism
was common to both families, for her great-grandmother on the
father's side was Teresa Sanchez, and her grandmother on her
mother's side was Teresa de las Cuevas. While she remained in
the world, and even after she had become a nun in the monastery
of the Incarnation, which was under the mitigated rule, she was
known as Dona Teresa Sanchez Cepeda Davila y Ahumada; for in
those days children took the name either of the father or of the
mother, as it pleased them. The two families were noble, but
that of Ahumada was no longer in possession of its former wealth
and power. [1] Dona Beatriz was the second wife of Don Alfonso,