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HERE BEGINNETH THE HOLY COMMERCE OF THE BLESSED FRANCIS WITH THE LADY POVERTY:

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IN PRAISE OF POVERTY^[1]

1 Cor. xii. 31. Among the cardinal excelling virtues which prepare a place and mansion for God in the Soul of Man, and show a more excellent and

1. This chapter is wanting a title in all the Codexes. I have taken the liberty of styling it "In Praise of Poverty."