Certain indications seem unfavorable to the author having written it before the second half of the thirteenth century; on the other hand, the object of a forgery is not evident.

An apochryphal piece always betrays itself by some interested purpose, but here the story is of an infantine simplicity.
[3] 2 Cel., 3, 104; Bon., 119; _Fior.ii.

consid._ [4] _Parti san Francesco per Monte-Acuto prendendo la via di Monte-Arcoppe e del foresto._ This road from the Verna to Borgo San-Sepolero is far from being the shortest or the easiest, for instead of leading directly to the plain it lingers for long hours among the hills.

Is not all Francis in this choice?
[5] 2 Cel., 3, 41; Bon., 141; _Fior.iv.

consid._ [6] 1 Cel., 63 and 64; _Fior.iv.