or, M.
Alessandro, and of the municipality of Assisi, it is very
difficult to profit by these treasures heaped up in a dark room
without a table to write upon.

[6] In particular by Ehrle: _Die historischen Handschriften von
S. Francesco in Assisi._ _Archiv._, t. i., p. 484.

[7] See pages 252 ff ... and 283.

[8] See pages 333 ff.

[9] See pages 259 ff.

[10] See page 325 ff.

[11] See pages 322 ff.

[12] See page 327.

[13] I give it entire: "_Regina sapientia, Dominus te salvet,
cum tua sorore sancta pura simplicitate.--Domina sancta
paupertas, Domimus te salvet, cum tua sorore sancta
humilitate.--Domina sancta caritas, Dominus te salvet, cum tua
sorrore sancta obedientia. Sanctissimae virtutes omnes, vos
salvet Dominus, a quo venitis et proceditis._" Its authenticity
is guaranteed by a citation by Celano: 2 Cel., 3, 119. Cf. 126b
and 127a.

[14] See pages 304 f.

[15] I shall not recur to this: the text is in the Conformities
138a 2.

[16] The authenticity of this service, to which there is not a
single allusion in the biographies of St. Francis, is rendered
certain by the life of St. Clara: "_Officium crucis, prout
crucis amator Franciscus instituerat (Clara) didicit et affectu
simili frequentavit._" A. SS., Augusti, t. ii., p. 761a.

[17] It begins: _Illi qui volunt stare in heremis_. This text is
also found in the Conformities, 143a, 1. Cf. 2 Cel., 3, 43; see
p. 97.

[18] _Nudis pedibus incedentes, funiculis cincti, tunicis
griseis et talaribus peciatis, insuto capucio utentes ... nihil
sibi ultra noctem reservantes ... libros continue suos ... in
forulis a collo dependentes bajulantes._ Historia Anglorum,
Pertz: _Script._, t. 28, p. 397. Cf. 2 Cel., 3, 135; _Fior._, 5;
_Spec._, 45b.

[19] See page 322 n.

[20] See page 252.

[21] See page 157.

[22] See pages 318 ff.

[23] See page 239.

[24] See page 327.

[25] See page 262.

[26] _a._ _Sanctus Dominus Deus noster._ Cf. _Spec._, 126a;
_Firmamentum_, 18b, 2; _Conform._, 202b, 1.

_b._ _Ave Domina sancta._ Cf. _Spec._, 127a; _Conform._, 138a, 2.

_c._ _Sancta Maria virgo._ Cf. _Spec._, 126b; _Conform._, 202b, 2.

[27] Vide S. Francois, in 4to, Paris. 1885 (Plon), p. 233. The
authenticity of thi