612.
[24] Jacques de Vitry speaks only incidentally of Francis here in the midst of salutations; from the critical point of view this only enhances the value of his words.

See the Study of the Sources, p.

428.
[25] Vide below, the Study of the Sources, p.

430.
[26] All this is related at length by Jacques de Vitry.
[27] "Cil hom qui comenca l'ordre des Freres Mineurs, si ot nom frere Francois ...

vint en l'ost de Damiate, e i fist moult de bien, et demora tant que la ville fut prise.