When he came to the passage, "Let the brethren, wherever they may find themselves called to labor or to serve, never take an office which shall put them over others, but on the contrary, let them be always under (_sint minores_) all those who may be in that house,"[20] these words _sint minores_ of the Rule, in the circumstances then existing in the city, suddenly appeared to him as a providential indication.

His institution should be called the Order of the Brothers Minor.
We may imagine the effect of this determination.

The _Saint_, for already this magic word had burst forth where he appeared,[21] the Saint had spoken.

It was he who was about to bring peace to the city, acting as arbiter between the two factions which rent it.
We still possess the document of this _pace civile_, exhumed, so to speak, from the communal archives of Assisi by the learned and pious Antonio Cristofani.[22] The opening lines are as follows: "In the name of God! "May the supreme grace of the Holy Spirit assist us! To the honor of our Lord Jesus Christ, the blessed Virgin Mary, the Emperor Otho, and Duke Leopold.
"This is the statute and perpetual agreement between the _Majori_ and _Minori_ of Assisi.
"Without common consent there shall never be any sort of alliance either with the pope and his nuncios or legates, or with the emperor, or with the king, or with their nuncios or legates, or with any city or town, or with any important person, except with a common accord they shall do all which there may be to do for the honor, safety, and advantage of the commune of Assisi." What follows is worthy of the beginning.

The lords, in consideration of a small periodical payment, should renounce all the feudal rights; the inhabitants of the villages subject to Assisi were put on a par with those of the city, foreigners were protected, the assessment of taxes was fixed.