Familiar Colloquies/The Franciscans; or, Rich Beggars

The FRANCISCANS, [Greek: Ptôchoplousioi], or RICH BEGGARS.

The ARGUMENT.

''The Franciscans, or rich poor Persons, are not admitted into the House of a Country Parson. Pandocheus jokes wittily upon them. The Habit is not to be accounted odious. The Life and Death of the Franciscans. Of the foolish Pomp of Habits. The Habits of Monks are not in themselves evil. What Sort of Persons Monks ought to be. The Use of Garments is for Necessity and Decency. What Decency is. Whence arose the Variety of Habits and Garments among the Monks. That there was in old Time no Superstition in the Habits.''

CONRADE, a Bernardine Monk, a Parson, an Inn-Keeper and his Wife.