"The term Porzioncula means literally 'a small portion, share, or allotment.' The name was given to a slip of land, of a few acres in extent, at the foot of the hill of Assisi, and on which stood a little chapel; both belonged to a community of Benedictines, who afterwards bestowed the land and the chapel on the brotherhood of S. Francis. This chapel was then familiarly known as the 'Capella della Porzioncula.' Whether the title by which it has since become famous as the S. Maria-degli-Angeli belonged to it originally, or because the angels were heard singing around and above it at the time of the birth of St. Francis, does not seem clear. At all events this chapel became early sanctified as the scene of the ecstasies and visions of the saint; here also S. Clara made her profession. Particular indulgences were granted to those who visited it for confession and repentance on the fifth of August and it became a celebrated place of pilgrimage in the fourteenth century. Mr. Ford tells us, that in Spain the term _Porzioncula_ is applied generally to distinguish the chapel or sanctuary dedicated to St. Francis within the Franciscan churches. The original chapel of the Porzioncula now stands in the centre of the magnificent church which has been erected over it." In the "Legende" of St. Anthony of Padua, chap. vii. fol. ccxx., we have that saint's "sermo ad pisces" in the city of Rimini, _die vol ketters was_, and the conversion therefrom of the said _ketters_ or heretics. The "Prologhe" to the narrative "van die vÿf Martelaren," fol. clxxviii., commences, "Ego quasi Vitis fructificavi suavitatem odoris alo cen[=e] wÿngaert," &c.: here we learn why the work is called _Den Wÿngaert_, or _The Vine_. In the "tractat v[=a] S. F. orden e[=n] reghele," at fol. cccxxix., we have an account of Brother Agnellus of Pisa his mission to England in 1224. In the "Getal der broeder[=e] e[=n] prouintien," at fol. cccci., we learn that at that time (1518) England had 7 convents and 200 friars; Ireland 15 convents and 400 friars; and Scotland 8 convents and 120 friars. The "Kalendier" which follows this "Getal" is printed in red and black. "Den aflaet v[=a] rom[=e]" is the last tract in the book. Here is the finis: "¶ Hier eyndt bÿ de gratie gods dat derde boec v[=a] desen wÿngaert die mit groten arbeyt wt veel duct[=e]telÿcke scrift[=e] wten latÿne vergadert e[=n] nu eerst translateert is, ter eer[=e] des heylighe confessors Sinte Franciscus e[=n] ten profÿte v[=a] allen gueden kenten menschen. "¶ Hier na volcht di tafele." After the "tafel" or index occur some verses containing seventy-three lines, eulogistic of the saint. I forgot to mention that in the _Oude Legende_ some of St. Francis's poems are given, translated from the Italian originals: at fol. cxxii. is given the "Canticum solis," part of which Sir James Stephen quotes in his sketch of the saint's life.