Rome,2 juin 1615. Bellarmin � son fr�re Thomas et � ses neveux.
/ (Very Illustr�ous Sir,my Brother. To-morrow morning your sona w�ll
leave this
for Montepulciano. I trust they wlll arrivo safe
with God's grace, and though they
a dislike to travelling in
a litter as they wanted to go th� whole way on horseback, stili for
^"all that I wished that they should go in th� litter.
There are three things fdesired, and I told them.as well as th�
Abbot and Messer Giovanni. First, that at Montepulciano they go to
school with th� Jesuit Fathers, otherwise they will forget all they
have learned here. And if they do not go to th� schools of th� Fa-
/^thers, there will be no good their returning here th� following year
because they should be losing their time. And had they gone to th�
Fathers'school two years before coming here, they would by this ti
me have finished their classica! studies.
Secondly, they must attend th� Congregation of our Lady,as they
,^have done here, and they must turn their thoughts to leading a de-
vout and virtuous life, so that they may �eserve a higher grade in
th� ranks of th� Oonfraternity.
Thirdly, th� must continue th� good custom of sleeping alone,
that is to say, each one in a separate bed, as they have done here,
.^a metter of so great importante as a safeguard of purity.
The expenses here in Rome for these boys for six months and a
half have been 458 scudi. I have consigned to th� Abbot sixty scudi
for you, fifty five for Signora Camilla, and twenty five for Messer
Lelio and his sister, and three scudi for Messer Fidanza Cini and
-^Tthree for Madonna Antonia. With this salute all at home.Rome,June 2.
1615. Do not be surprised that I only send you sixty scudi, because
we have not a quattrino left in th� house, and what I am sending to
Montepulciano is borrowed from th� bank, as well as what I have for
my own keep and to pay th� servante of my house. The account of th�
j^458 scudi spent on th� boys is most exact.
Your most affectionate Brother The Cardinal Bellarmine^
