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OF THE FIRST COMPANIONS OF THE BLESSED FRANCIS
Isa. ii. 3. And when he had heard these Counsels, the Blessed Francis chose unto himself a few faithful Companions, with whom he set out for the Mountain. And he said unto his brothers: Come ye, let us go up to the Mountain of the Lord, to the House of the Lady Poverty, that she may teach us her Ways, and
