with the Pope and temporal princes in general,
very perfect in itself, because it dismisses
noxious and unfit persons, and therefore
contains within itself neither froth nor dregs,
of which there is plenty amongst the monks,
who are for the most part ignorant, stupid,
lazy, negligent of their own salvation,
gluttonous, &c.

If a widow during her life do not make over
her goods entirely to the Society, let opportunities
be taken of stating to her (especially
when she is ill or in great danger) the poverty,
the novelty, and the multitude of many colleges
not yet founded, and of inducing her with
suavity and urgency to undertake the
expense, which will secure eternal glory to the
foundress.

"How to act to cause the sons and daughters
of widows to embrace the religious or
devotional profession." As the mothers in this case
must act with energy, our people may go gently
to work. The mothers must be instructed to
keep their children at a distance, by rebukes
and punishments, from their tender years; and,
as their daughters especially grow up, to deny
them female finery, frequently expressing the
wish and praying God that they may aspire
after the monastic state, and promising a handsome
dowry or portion if they consent to make
themselves nuns. Let them enlarge upon the
difficulties which are common to matrimony in
general, as well as those they experienced in
their own particular case; and let them express
sorrow that they did not, in their time, prefer a
single to a married life. In short, let them
behave in such a way that their daughters
especially, tired of the life they lead with their
mother, may think of entering a convent.

Our people will converse familiarly with the
sons; and if any appear fit to enter the Society,
let them be opportunely brought into the
college, and be shown and have explained to them
whatever in any way is likely to please them and
to induce them to join the Society; such as
gardens, vineyards, country-houses, and farms,
where our people go for recreation. Let them
be told of our travels in different countries, of
our intercourse with the princes of the world,
and other matters interesting to youth. Let
them see the cleanliness of our refectories and
dormitories, the pleasant converse of our members,
the easiness of our rule, which, nevertheless,
is consistent with the glory of God, the
pre-eminence of our Order over others, and let
facetious talk be intermingled with pious
discourse.

Our people will contrive that the preceptors
of these young persons be attached to our
Society, and watch over and export them for the
end in view; but if they resist, let them suffer
privations which will make them weary of their
life. Let their mother explain the annoyance
of a family. Finally, if they cannot be brought
to enter the Society willingly and voluntarily,
let them be sent, under the pretence of study,
to some distant school of the Society, where
they will receive very few indulgences from their
mother, but where the Society can entice and
inveigle them, so as to transfer their affections
to ourselves.

It must be frequently announced and given
out that the Society is partly composed of
professed members so indigent that, without the
daily bounty of the faithful, they would be in
utter want, and partly of other fathers who are
poor indeed, but who possess landed property,
simply that they may not be a burden to the
neighbourhood in the pursuit of their studies
and their religious functions, as other mendicants
are.

In 1701, the flotilla brought to Spain a box
of chocolate for the General of the Jesuits.
The weight not answering to the description of
the contents, it was opened. Inside were found
ingots of gold coated over with chocolate. The
government sent the gold to the mint to be
coined, at the same time forwarding a box of
genuine chocolate to the Jesuits, who dared not
make any complaint or claim.

What has been said of widows is equally
applicable to rich merchants and citizens, and to
married persons in general without families,
whose sole heir the Society not unfrequently
become if these practices are prudently put in
execution. If it happen that widowers or rich
married persons, attached to the Company, have
daughters only, our people will gently induce
them to enter a devout or religious life, in order
that, after leaving them something of a portion,
the rest of the property may fall, bit by bit, into
the Society's hands. If they have any sons
suited to join the Company, they can be drawn
into it; the others may be made to enter other
religious orders, with the promise of a certain
small sum. But if they have an only son, he
must be secured to the Society, never mind
how; all fear of his parents must be eradicated
from his mind, and the vocation of Jesus inculcated,
demonstrating to him that he will offer a
most grateful sacrifice to God even if he run
away from his parents without their knowledge
and against their will. He can then be passed
on to a remote novitiate, after the General has
been informed of the matter.

Widows and other devout persons who
ardently desire to attain perfection, must be
brought to give up all their possessions to the
Society, and to live on the income which will
be paid to them for life, according to their
requirements, so as to serve God with greater
liberty, undisturbed by care or anxiety, and
thus to arrive at the pinnacle of perfection. To
convince the world more thoroughly of the
Society's poverty, let the superiors borrow money
from rich persons attached to the Company, by
means of bills payable at a distant date. Afterwards,
especially during a dangerous illness,
visits may be made and hints thrown out, which
will lead to the returning of the bill.. In this
way our people will not be mentioned in the
last will and testament, and still we shall have
gained considerably without exciting the jealousy
of the heirs. Women who complain of their
husbands' vices and the sorrow they cause them,