true charity, performed without worldly payment and profit.

It will also result from this that the Confraternity of La
Misericordia, which is of such importance, and which succors,
aids, and relieves so many general and public necessities, would
ordinarily be supported in this state and would be more continuous,
and that charity and compassion would be more exercised, as has been
said. The hospital would be more frequented and more fully occupied,
and the poor better provided and served; and all this would result
because of the good order, careful accounting, and system which would
exist, on account of putting the control in the hands of persons of
such security, gravity, and commendable zeal as the deputies of the
said Confraternity. This will also be a cause that for the love and
service of God our Lord, as also for their own characters and persons,
and their own interest in their own property (namely, their slaves),
more people will visit the hospital, and aid it with greater care and
liberality, and less hesitation; for one month brings the chance upon
one, another upon another, and in this order it comes to all. This
will be occasion and cause that the devout women, and those of the
greatest influence, after seeing the work and perceiving that it is
under the care of religious who are servants of God, and under that
of their husbands, and that it is for the good of their slaves, will
please and desire to see them, and to visit the hospital, and take
the poor some dainties; and from the visits made to some of them will
result the good, the comfort, and the consolation of the rest.

Further, as for the order, good accounting, and systematic management
of the expenditure, and the care of the estate of the said hospital,
it can be carried on by no hand with more clearness and security than
by persons of so great honor and so high standing, persons who are
required to be such, and who are themselves cognizant of and acquainted
with all that is done. Thus the defects, if any there are, will be
more known and observed; and if they arise from need the hospital will
finally have more, and those from among the best in the state, who
will be active in their efforts to supply and provide what is lacking.

The service of the hospital, which is of so great importance to the
health and comfort of the sick, will be better and more punctual,
and not so expensive, being attended to by persons undertaking it
for charity, and not