"Die leg[=e]de van zÿn drie gesellen den spiegel der volcom[=e]heyts der minderbroeders. Broeder Thomas oude legends e[=n] d[=e] boeck der ghelÿcheden daer seer schoon besereu[=e] is. Hoe ghelÿck dat dese heylighe man Franciscus: Christo Jhesu." These lives, I suppose, are--that joint narrative compiled by three intimate associates of the Saint, "zÿn drie gesellen," that composed by Thomas of Celano; and the _Liber Conformitatum_. The 39th chap. of this _Oude Legende_, folio ciii., relates, as the preface says-- "¶ Hoe dat S. F. woude reysen in verre l[=a]den om dat vole te bekeren e[=n] te vermaenen e[=n] v[=a] die grote tribulacie die hi leet int solda[=e]s lant e[=n] hoe hi gerne martelaer hadde geworden e[=n] hoe die broeders te Antiochien sÿn oord[=e] a[=e]naemen." On which Jewish-converting martyrdom-seeking journey Dr. Geddes (in his curious little work on the _Romish Orders of Monks and Friars_, Lond. 1714) quaintly remarks: "A Quaker's having gone from England to Rome to convert the pope to his religion, is a mighty jest with some people, who are very much edified with this story of Francis's going from Italy to Egypt to convert the sultan, but these two adventures do to me appear to be so much alike that I shall leave it to anatomists to tell whether good wits that prompt others, have not their brains either made of the same size, or much in the same posture." The _Oude Legende_ ends folio 44. Next follows: "¶ Die historie van d[=e] aflaet van Sinte Maria van d[=e] enghelen diem[=e] porti[=u]kel heet," as the preface hath it. Some of your readers may have seen an advertisement respecting a series of Franciscan works (to be published, I think, by Richardson of Derby), entitled the _Portioncule Library_; and seeing in the above table of contents "Die aflaet van Portiunkel," or the Indulgence of the _Portiunkel_, they may be at a loss to know its meaning, so I shall quote a note from Mrs. Jameson's highly interesting and valuable work on the _Monastic Orders_, which is to the purpose: