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584from him; rather, I would wish him to know about everything, and to advise... Butknowing him, you can surmise that an obligatory inspection of all these detailswould be both a little difficult and boring for him. Therefore, you will have to besatisfied with my detailed account of expenses, which ultimately can also besigned by Edward 716 .I had a letter yesterday from our Roman brother 717 . They tell me that theyhad also written to you recently. And so you have very encouraging news of theprogress of our undertaking there. God grant that our wishes will be fulfilled asregards the protectorate by Cardinal Odescalchi 718 , since they have already beenso well received by him, and practically taken under his protection. He orderedthem to put down everything about themselves in writing, so that he could relateour entire work to the Holy Father.My dear brothers, something very positive is being accomplished there forour cause. Therefore, for the love of Christ the Lord, while you have avenuesopen to you, go about begging as fast and as often as you can while the avenuesare open, in order to collect as much as possible, so that we might be able to plantour roots deeply there. I need not warn you how necessary prudence and haste arein this matter; for if the Russians get wind of what is going on before we are ableto establish something more stable there, they could make everything moredifficult and maybe even put a stop to it.Therefore, for the sum of 2,400 francs, allocated by you: Glory to God,and thanks to you, dearest Bohdan, in Christ the Lord and, before God, thanks toour unknown benefactors. But, in view of the fact that it would be better if asmany of our men as possible were located there before any difficulties arise, wemay send a third man at this time - Hube 719 . We have hopes of obtaining moneyfor their journey a few hundred francs apiece elsewhere, but this is less certain.Mercy, then my dear friend. If you still have some money available, do not spendit for other purposes; hold on to it for this, undoubtedly the most important716 Edward Duński.717 Peter Semenenko and Jerome Kajsiewicz.718 Cardinal and Secretary of State.719 J. Hube.