| Introduction— |
| PAGE |
| [(a)] | Editions | xvii |
| [(b)] | Authorship and Date | xxviii |
| [(c)] | Translation and Scripture References | xlii |
| The Lady Poverty. |
| [I.] | In Praise of Poverty | 3 |
| [II.] | How the Blessed Francis made diligent search for the Lady Poverty | 8 |
| [III.] | How two old men showed the Blessed Francis where he might find the Lady Poverty | 14 |
| [IV.] | Of the First Companions of the Blessed Francis | 20 |
| [V.] | How the Blessed Francis and his Companions found the Lady Poverty on the Mountain | 24 |
| [VI.] | The Blessed Francis and his Companions, exalting her virtues in divers ways, beseech the Lady Poverty to abide with them forever | 28 |
| [VII.] | The Answer of My Lady Poverty | 41 |
| [VIII.] | Of the Apostles | 56 |
| [IX.] | Of the Successors of the Apostles | 59 |
| [X.] | That Times of Peace are unpropitious to Poverty | 62 |
| [XI.] | Of Persecution | 65 |
| [XII.] | Of the followers of a spurious Poverty | 70 |
| [XIII.] | Of Avarice | 73 |
| [XIV.] | How the Lady Poverty spoke of good Religious | 77 |
| [XV.] | How Avarice took the Name of Discretion | 80 |
| [XVI.] | How Avarice took the Name of Prudence | 84 |
| [XVII.] | How Avarice called in the aid of Sloth | 89 |
| [XVIII.] | Of the Religious who were conquered by Sloth | 92 |
| [XIX.] | How the Lady Poverty sorrowed over certain Religious who were poor in the World, and yet more prone than others to Self-indulgence in Religion | 99 |
| [XX.] | How the Lady Poverty showed the Blessed Francis the Perfect Walk in the Religious Life | 107 |
| [XXI.] | How the Blessed Francis made answer to the Lady Poverty | 114 |
| [XXII.] | How the Lady Poverty gave her consent | 118 |
| [XXIII.] | How the Blessed Francis thanked God for the consent of the Lady Poverty | 119 |
| [XXIV.] | Of the Sojourn of My Lady Poverty with the Brothers | 121 |
| [XXV.] | How My Lady Poverty blessed the Brothers, exhorting them to persevere in the Grace which they had received | 130 |
| On the Spiritual Significance of Evangelical Poverty, by Father Cuthbert, O.S.F.C | 141 |
| Appendices— |
| [I.] | A Prayer of the Blessed Francis to obtain Holy Poverty | 183 |
| [II.] | Paradiso. Canto XI. (lines 28-123) | 200 |