To lead him up the high reward to share Which he had merited by lowliness, Then to his brothers, each as rightful heir, 112 He gave in charge his lady-love most dear, And bade them love her with a steadfast care; And from her breast that soul so high and clear 115 Would fain depart and to its kingdom turn, Nor for his body sought another bier. Think now what he was who the fame did earn 118 To be his comrade, and for Peter’s barque On the high seas the true path to discern. And such was he, our honoured Patriarch; 121 Wherefore, who follows him as he commands, Him laden with rich treasures thou mayest mark. By M. CARMICHAEL. IN TUSCANY. TUSCAN TOWNS--TUSCAN TYPES--THE TUSCAN TONGUE, ETC. _With numerous Illustrations._ SECOND EDITION. Crown 8vo. 9s. nett. Printed at The Edinburgh Press, 9 & 11 Young Street. FOOTNOTES: [1] “Nota al Canto XI. (versi 43-75) del ‘Paradiso’ di Dante Alighieri,” Città di Castello, Lapi, 1894, pp. 54. [2] “Sacrum Commercium Beati Francisci cum Domina Paupertate, Opus Anno Domini 1227 conscriptum ad fidem Variorum Codicum MS. Adjuncta versione Italica inedita, curante P. Eduardo Alinconiensi, Ord. Min. Capuccinorum Archivo Generali Præposito.” Rome, Kleinbub, 1900, 4to, pp. xviii-52. [3] The Italian edition of the Chronicle of Mark of Lisbon (Venice, 1590, voi. ii. pp. 82-92) contains a compendium of the “Sacrum Commercium” which, however, does not merit the name of an edition. [4] “Meditazione sulla Povertà di Santo Francesco” Scrittura inedita del Secolo XIV. Pistoia, Tip. Cino., 1847, 18mo. pp. 72. [5] See “Bibliografia dei Testi di Lingua a Stampa citati dagli Accademici della Crusca, opera di Luigi Razzolini ed Alberto Bacchi della Lega,” 4th Edition. Bologna, 1890. [6] “Le Mistiche Nozze di San Francesco e Madonna Povertà. Allegoria Francescana del Secolo, xiii.” Florence, 1901, 12mo. pp. xxiv-70. I cannot help regretting that Don Minocchi has given the work a title of his own choosing, though I recognise the superiority of his title as title. As the “Meditazione” it was christened by the original translator, as the “Meditazione” first published by Fanfani and Bindi, and as the “Meditazione” it has become a Tuscan classic under the ægis of the Crusca. [7] “Analecta Francescana,” vol. iii. p. 283. Ad Claras Aquas (Quaracchi) 1897, 4to. [8] “Speculum Perfectionis,” p. vi., Paris, 1898. But then he is only following Alvisi. [9] “Le Mistiche Nozze di Frate Francesco con Madonna Povertà,” Florence, Olschki, 1898, pp. 58. I have since seen his _Noterelle Francescane_, in the “Giornale Dantesco” (An. ix., Quad, iii.) in which he modifies his opinion. [10] “Vita del Beato Giovanni da Parma,” 2nd Edition. Quaracchi, 1900, pp. 186. [11] _Cf._ the “Miscellanea Francescana,” vol. vii. p. 182.