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Complete three-work composite: CCEL Fioretti; Salter 1904 Life and Miracles; Evans 1899 / Goretti 2025 Mirror
clothe a poor woman . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29 30That he held it a theft not to give to one more needy . . . . . . . . . . . 30 31How he gave a new mantle to a poor man upon condition . . . . . . 30 32How a certain poor man, by virtue of the alms of the Blessed
Francis, forgave his lord the wrongs he had done him, and laid
aside his hatred . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31 33How he sent a mantle to a poor woman that suffered in the
eyes, as he did himself . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31 34How he gave his habit to the brethren who begged it for the
love of God . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33 35How he was minded to give a poor man a piece of cloth by
stealth . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34 36How he told Brother Egidius to clothe the poor man . . . . . . . . . . 34 37Of the penance he gave a brother that did judge badly a poor
man . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35 38Of the New Testament that he made be given to a poor woman,
the mother of two brethren . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Part IVThe Fourth Part, of Holy Humility and Obedi-
ence in Himself and in the Brethren. . . . . . . . . . 37 39And first how he did resign the office of superior, and appointed
brother Peter of Catana Minister General . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37 40How he gave up even his companions, being unwilling to have
a special companion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38 41That he did renounce his office by reason of bad superiors . . . . . . 38 42That he did humbly procure flesh-meats for the sick and ad-
monished them to be patient . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39 43Of the humble answer of the Blessed Francis and Dominic when
they were questioned together by the Cardinal as to whether
they would that their brethren should be prelates in the Church . . . 39 44That, as a foundation of humility, he would that all the brethren
should be as servants to the lepers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41 45That of all his good words and works he would that the honor
should be attributed to God alone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41 46That even until his death he was fain to have one of his compan-
ions as warden, and to live in subjection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42 47Of the perfect manner of obedience that he taught . . . . . . . . . . . . 43 48How he spoke of the perfectly obedient under the similitude
of a dead body . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44 49That it is a perilous thing too lightly to order a brother to do
aught “on his obedience”, and also not to obey an order thus
given . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44 50How he made answer to the brethren that would persuade him
to petition for a privilege that they might be allowed to preach
freely . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45 51Of the manner that all the brethren then held in reconciling
them one to another whensoever one should have given offense
to another . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46 52How Christ did make complaint to Brother Leo, the compan-
ion of Blessed Francis, as concerning the ingratitude and pride
of the brethren . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47 53How he made answer humbly and truly to a certain doctor of
the Order of Preachers that did ask him concerning a word of
Scripture . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47 54Of humility and keeping peace with the clergy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48 55How he did humbly acquire the church of S. Mary of the An-
gels of the Abbot of S. Benedict of Assisi, and would that the
brethren should evermore humbly dwell therein . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49 56Of the humble reverence he showed concerning the sweeping
of churches and cleansing them . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52 57Of the countryman that found him sweeping a church, and after
his conversion did enter the Order and became a holy brother . . . 53 58How he did punish himself by eating in the same dish with a
leper for that he had done shame unto him . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55 59How he put devils to flight by words of humility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56 60Of the vision of brother Pacifico that he saw, and how he heard
that the seat of Lucifer was reserved for the humble Francis . . . . . 56 61How he made himself be haled naked with a rope tied round
his neck before the people . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57 62How he would that any comforts he received for his body
should be known to all . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59 63How he did straightway accuse himself of the vain glory he had
in giving alms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60 64How he described the state of perfect humility in his own person . . . 60 65How he was minded to go humbly into distant parts in like
manner as he had sent other brethren, and how he taught the
brethren to go humbly and devoutly through the world . . . . . . . . 61 66How he taught the brethren to win the souls of certain robbers