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This appears more likely to be the case from the fact
that in the last days of her life Ven. Bartolomea threw a fat
bundle of her writings into the fire, keeping for herself only a
prayer-book which she constantly used till the very end.
Moreover, we can suppose that other papers written by her
and sent to friends who in turn passed them on to a third or
fourth person, less careful than they to keep them safely, must
have either been destroyed, or gone out of sight and out of
mind in such a manner that not even the best attempts of the
Bishop of Brescia and his Curia could find them.
However, what does remain and is here compiled and
offered to the public, seems more than just sufficient to nourish
a firm hope that it will attain the purpose here intended: to the
greater glory of God and the growth in holiness of other
persons. In that case the compiler will consider himself amply
rewarded for his humble toil.

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