garments, answered, that many people did it, but that
her hands were kissed as little as she could help
it. The poor people, however, came to her of
their own free will, because she never oppressed them,
but protected them as far as was in her power.
Asked, what reverence the people of Troyes made to
her, she answered, “None at all,” and added
that she believed Brother Richard came into Troyes
with her army, but that she had not seen him coming
in. Asked, if he had not preached at the gates
when she came, answered, that she scarcely paused there
at all, and knew nothing of any sermon. Asked,
how long she was at Rheims, and answered, four or
five days. Asked, whether she baptised (stood
godmother to) children there, she answered: To
one at Troyes, but did not remember any at Rheims
or at Chateau-Thierry; but there were two at St. Denis;
and willingly she called the boys “Charles,”
in honour of her King, and the girls “Jeanne,”
according to what their mothers wished. Asked,
if the good women of the town did not touch with their
rings the rings she wore, she answered, that many
women touched her hands and her rings; but she did
not know why they did it. Asked, what she did
with the gloves in which her King was consecrated,
she answered that “Gloves were distributed to
the knights and nobles that came there”; and
there was one who lost his; but she did not say that
she would find it for him. Also she said that
her standard was in the church at Rheims, and she
believed near the altar, and she herself had carried
it for a short time, but did not know whether Brother
Richard had held it.
She was then asked if she communicated and went to
confession often while moving about the country, and
if she received the sacrament in her male costume;
to which she answered “yes, but without her arms”;
she was then questioned about a horse belonging to
the Bishop of Senlis, which had not suited her, a
matter completely without importance. The inference
intended was that it was taken from him without being
paid for; but there was no evidence that the Maid
knew anything about it. We then come to the incident
of Lagny.
She was asked how old the child was which she saw
at Lagny, and answered, three days; it had been brought
to Lagny to the Church of Notre Dame, and she was
told that all the maids in Lagny were before our Lady
praying for it, and she also wished to go and pray
God and our Lady that its life might come back; and
she went, and prayed with the rest. And finally
life appeared; it yawned three times, and was baptised
and buried in consecrated ground. It had given
no sign of life for three days and was black as her
coat, but when it yawned its colour began to come
back. She was there with the other maids on her
knees before our Lady to make her prayer.