[6]. Juana de Ahumada, wife of Juan de Ovalle.
[7]. The money was a present from her brother, Don Lorenzo de Cepeda; and the Saint acknowledges the receipt of it, and confesses the use made of it, in a letter to her brother, written in Avila, Dec. 31, 1561 (De la Fuente).
[8]. One day, she went with her sister--she was staying in her house--to hear a sermon in the church of St. Thomas. The zealous preacher denounced visions and revelations; and his observations were so much to the point, that there was no need of his saying that they were directed against St. Teresa, who was present. Her sister was greatly hurt, and persuaded the Saint to return to the monastery at once (Reforma, i. ch. xlii. § 1).
[9]. St. Luke ix. 58: "Filius autem hominis non habet ubi caput reclinet."
[10]. Pius IV., on Dec. 5, 1562, (Bouix). See [ch. xxxix. § 19].
[12]. See [ch. xxvii. § 7].
[13]. "Nuestro Señor," "our Lord," though inserted in the printed editions after the word "God," is not in the MS., according to Don V. de la Fuente.
[14]. Don Alvaro de Mendoza, Bishop of Avila, afterwards of Palencia.
[15]. See [ch. xxxvi. § 15]; Way of Perfection, ch. v. § 10; Foundations, ch. xxxi. § 1.