Rule and Testament of Saint Francis

The text presented here is a translation of the following French edition:

Couterot Edme. (1699). La règle et le testament de saint François, instituteur de l’ordre des frères mineurs, avec les Déclarations des Papes Nicolas III et Cléments V sur la Règle. Chez Edme Couterot, rue Saint Jacques, au bon Pasteur. Download at archive.org or Google Books. Online version

• Bull of Pope Honorius III
  For the confirmation of the Rule of the Friars Minor.
• Chapter 1
  On the Rule and the Way of Life of the Friars Minor.
• Chapter 2
  The qualities of those who wish to embrace this way of life; and what must be observed in their reception.
• Chapter 3
  On the Divine Office; Fasting; and How the Brothers Should Appear in the World.
• Chapter 4
  That the Brothers Should Not Receive Money.
• Chapter 5
  On the Manner of Working.
• Chapter 6
  That the Brothers have nothing of their own, that they beg for alms, and that they take care of the sick Brothers.
• Chapter 7
  On the penance that should be imposed on the Brothers who have sinned.
• Chapter 8
  On the election of the General Minister of this Order and the Chapter that takes place at Pentecost.
• Chapter 9
  On the Preachers
• Chapter 10
  On the warnings and correction that should be used with regard to the Brothers.
• Chapter 11
  That the Brothers should not enter the monasteries of the nuns.
• Chapter 12
  On those who go among the Saracens and other Infidels.