Giuseppe Tartini - Lettere e documenti / Pisma in dokumenti / Letters and Documents - Volume / Knjiga / Volume II

465 LETTERS you (for my part, I believe it is the purchase, but I leave that to you). Second: upon my death, my movable property will all come to you, in addition to what is left of the little money used for my needs. If presently I cannot provide for everything, it is certain that if now the purchase is determined, I then intend that the said movables and money (in addition to other things of value) be used to pay off Dottor Pietro what I now cannot. Show him my letter, as it is a shared question. God knows that if I shall see him more than gladly whenever he should come from Venice to Padua. May he freely choose whichever solution he believes to be the most advantageous for the family, and I shall undersign his choice, with no questions asked. There is then another matter entrusted to me, this time not as main player, but as an intermediary by the priest of San Vio, in whose parish the Castro daughter lives, etc. He tells me of the intention to extinguish the annual contract with the capital of 200 ducats, which is an unjust thing, because a life annuity does not give but six per cent in consideration of the recipient’s age, and the amount is 24 ducats, which is twice as much. I believe it to be unjust, though I have not confessed as much to him; and here one needs to be very careful not to disappoint the sanctuary, because in that case nothing good will come of it. Be cautious in this for the love of God, because there are too many examples of God’s damnation on such matters. I then urge you increasingly to consider the interest placed in the hands of Signor Giuseppe in Trieste concerning the two Bons, father and daughter. While the doctor consults, the patient dies; those poor people are in extreme penury: they live on the hope that there will be no procrastination for those who need timely help. A yes or a no is necessary so that in either of the two cases they can take a position. I recommend this to you most forcefully. The sooner you come here, the dearer it will be to me; and if you believe you can come hastily, have a draft of my will done for yourself by Dottor Pietro, the substance of which being that since I wish to execute my will in my lifetime, on my death nothing is left but to leave my movables and any money which shall be found to my legitimate heirs in Piran, in the absence thereof (male heirs, that is) the inheritance goes to the Tartinis in Florence. I shall then specify what those things are and how to do it. Nothing more for now, and heartily embracing you along with everybody at home, I am as ever your most affectionate uncle Giuseppe Tartini