Go and look upon it, proud, rich, powerful, then go down to Portiuncula, pass over to St. Damian, hasten to the Carceri, and you will understand the abyss that separates the ideal of Francis from that of the pontiff who canonized him. FOOTNOTES: [1] _Mortem cantando suscepit._ 2 Cel., 3, 139. [2] The text here taken as a basis is that of the Assisi MS., 338 (f^o 16a-18a). It is also to be found in _Firmamentum_, f^o 19, col. 4; _Speculum_, Morin, _tract._ iii., 8a; Wadding, _ann. 1226_, 35; A. SS., p. 663; Amoni, _Legenda Trium Sociorum_; Appendix, p. 110. Everything in this document proclaims its authenticity, but we are not reduced to internal proof. It is expressly cited in 1 Cel., 17 (before 1230); by the Three Companions (1246), 3 Soc., 11; 26; 29; by 2 Cel., 3, 99 (1247). These proofs would be more than sufficient, but there is another of even greater value: the bull _Quo elongati_ of September 28, 1230, where Gregory IX. cites it textually and declares that the friars are not bound to observe it. [3] _Promittet Franciscus obedientiam ... papae ... et successoribus ... qui non possunt nec debent eis praecipere aliquid quod sit contra animam et regulam._ _Archiv._, _i_, p. 563. [4] _Quod si quando a quocumque ... pontifice aliquid ... mandaretur quod esset contra fidem ... et caritatem et fructus ejus tunc obediet Deo magis quam hominibus._ Ib., p. 561. [5] _Est [Regula] et stat et intelligitur super eos ... Cum spei fiducia pace fruemur cum conscientiae et Christi spiritus testimonio certo._ Ib., pp. 563 and 565. [6] _Archiv._, ii., p. 274. [7] _Ad mandatum illud vos dicimus non teneri: quod sine consensu Fratrum maxime ministrorum, quos universos tangebat obligare nequivit nec successorem suum quomodolibet obligavit; cum non habeat imperium par in parem._ The sophism is barely specious; Francis was not on a par with his successors; he did not act as minister-general, but as founder. [8] _Arbor vit. cruc._, _lib._ v., _cap._ 3 and 5. See above, p. 185. [9] _Tribul._, Laur., 25b; _Archiv._, i., p. 532. [10] At the summit of the Apennines, about half way between Camerino and Nocera (Umbria). _Tribul._, Laur., 26b; Magl., 135b. [11] _Declaratio Ubertini_, _Archiv._, iii., p. 168. This fact is not to be questioned, since it is alleged in a piece addressed to the pope, in response to the liberal friars, to whom it was to be communicated. [12] _Feci moram cum illis._, MS., 338. Most of the printed texts give _miseracordiam_, which gives a less satisfactory meaning. Cf. Miscellanea iii. (1888), p. 70; 1 Cel., 17; 3 Soc., 11. [13] It is evident that heresy is not here in question. The Brothers who were infected with it were to be delivered to the Church.