The chronicle and institution of the Order of the seraphicall father S. Francis conteyning his life, his death, and his miracles, and of all his holie disciples and companions / set foorth first in the Portugall, next in the Spanish, then in the Italian, lastlie in the French, and now in the English tongue.
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The chronicle and institution of the Order of the seraphicall father S. Francis conteyning his life, his death, and his miracles, and of all his holie disciples and companions / set foorth first in the Portugall, next in the Spanish, then in the Italian, lastlie in the French, and now in the English tongue.
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Marcos, de Lisboa, Bishop of Porto, 1511-1591.
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At S. Omers :: By Iohn Heigham,
1618.
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Francis, -- of Assisi, Saint, 1182-1226.
Franciscans -- Biography.
Christian saints -- Italy -- Assisi -- Biography.
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"The chronicle and institution of the Order of the seraphicall father S. Francis conteyning his life, his death, and his miracles, and of all his holie disciples and companions / set foorth first in the Portugall, next in the Spanish, then in the Italian, lastlie in the French, and now in the English tongue." In the digital collection Early English Books Online. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A01200.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed June 24, 2025.
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That the Brethren must withall poss••b••l••ty absta ne from solemne oathes.
THE XII. CHAPTER.
LEtt the Brethrē very carefully abstaine from solemne oathes, vnlesse they be therevnto constrayned by necessity, except in cases contey∣ned in the confession of the Apostolike sea, that is, for peace, faith calō∣niation, and in giuing testimony, and also in contractes of buying, selling and giuing, where it shall appeare to be expedient. But in common talke lett them withall endeauour auoyd swearing: and if any shall incon∣sideratly
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sweare (as it often happeneth in talkatiue personnes) calling it to mind in the examen of his conscience att night, lett them say thrice the Pater noster for such oath: and lett euery one be obliged to exhort, in∣struct and educate his family in the feare and loue of God.
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