From St. Francis to Dante: Translations from the Chronicle of the Franciscan Salimbene (1221-1288) with Notes and Illustrations from Other Medieval Sources |
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Page 136 - WOE to them that go down to Egypt for help; and stay on horses, and trust in chariots, because they are many; and in horsemen, because they are very strong; but they look not unto the Holy One of Israel, neither seek the LORD!
Page 17 - Evening, and morning, and at noon, will I pray, and cry aloud : and he shall hear my voice.
Page 311 - And they shall go forth, and see the carcases of the men that have transgressed against me: for their worm shall not die, and their fire shall not be quenched ; and they shall be a spectacle to all flesh.
Page 232 - It is better to dwell in the corner of the housetop, than with a brawling woman and in a wide house.
Page 178 - Some trust in chariots, and some in horses: but we will call upon the name of the Lord our God.
Page 186 - Nevertheless it is lawful for clerics to engage in the first mentioned kind of exchange, which is directed to supply the necessaries of life, either by buying or by selling.
Page 273 - For the time will come when they will not endure sound doctrine, but according to their own desires, because they have itching ears, they will heap up for themselves teachers; and they will turn their ears away from the truth, and be turned aside to fables.
Page 93 - For trusteth wel, it is an impossible That any clerk wol speke good of wyves, But if it be of hooly seintes lyves, Ne of noon oother womman never the mo.
Page 108 - Rather choosing to be afflicted with the people of God, than to have the pleasure of sin for a time, 26 Esteeming the reproach of Christ greater riches than the treasure of the Egyptians.
Page 21 - The Lord looked down from heaven, and beheld all the children of men ; from the habitation of his dwelling, he considereth all them that dwell on the earth.