B.—­’What do you know regarding the Duke of Orleans, now a prisoner in England?’

J.—­’I know that God protects the Duke of Orleans, and I have had more revelations about the Duke than about any other person in the world, with the exception of the King.’

She was now again asked as to who it was who had advised her to wear male attire.  She said it was necessary that she should dress in that manner.

‘Did your voice tell you so?’ was asked her.

‘I believe my voice gave me good advice,’ she answered.

B.—­’What did you do on arriving at Orleans?’

J.—­’I sent a letter to the English before Orleans.  In it I told them to depart; a copy of this letter has been read to me here in Rouen.  There are two or three sentences in that copy which were not in my letter.  For instance, “Give back to the Maiden” should read, “Give back to the King.”  Also these words, “Troop for troop” and “Commander-in-chief,” which were not in my letters.’

In this Joan of Arc was mistaken, M. Fabre points out in his Life of the Maid of Orleans, the text being the same both in the original and in the copy of the letter.

B.—­’When at Chinon, could you see as often as you wished him you call your King?’

J.—­’I used to go whenever I wished to see my King.  When I arrived at the village of Sainte Catherine de Fierbois, I sent a messenger to Chinon to the King.  We arrived about mid-day at Chinon, and lodged at an inn.  After dinner I went to see the King at the castle.’

Either here Joan of Arc, or the reporter, which is more likely, makes a slip, as she did not see Charles till two days after her arrival at Chinon.

B.—­’Who pointed out the King to you?’

J.—­’When I entered the chamber I recognised the King from among all the others, my voices having revealed him to me.  I told the King that I wished to go and make war on the English.’

B.—­’When your voices revealed your King to you, were they accompanied by any light?’

Joan made no answer.

B.—­’Did you see any angel above the figure of the King?’

‘Spare me such questions,’ pleaded Joan; but the Inquisitor was not to be so easily put off, and repeated the question again and again, until Joan said that the King had also seen visions and heard revelations.

‘What were these revelations?’ asked the priest.

This Joan refused to answer, and told Beaupere that he might, if he liked, send to Charles and ask him.

‘Did you expect the King to see you?’ then asked the priest.

Her answer was that the voice had promised her that the King would soon see her after her arrival.

‘And why,’ asked Beaupere, ‘did he receive you?’

‘Those on my side,’ said Joan, ’knew well that I was sent by God; they have known and acknowledged that voice.’

‘Who?’ asked Beaupere.

‘The King and others,’ answered Joan, ’have heard the voices coming to me.  Charles of Bourbon also, and two or three others.’