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Updated: June 10, 2025
'Did you not, asked Beaupère, 'say that the flags made like your banners were of good augury? 'What I said, answered Joan, 'to my soldiers was, that they should attack the enemy with boldness. 'Did you not sprinkle holy water on the banners? To this question Joan refused to answer. Next she was questioned about a certain Friar Richard, the preaching friar who had seen her at Troyes.
'But then, the priest asked, 'had she not prayed that it might bring her good fortune? 'It is enough to know, answered Joan, 'that I wished my armour might bring me good fortune. 'What had become of the Fierbois sword? asked the priest. 'I offered up at Saint Denis, answered Joan, 'a sword and some armour, but not the Fierbois sword. 'Had you it when at Lagny? asked Beaupère.
'I was wounded, Joan answered, 'at the assault of the fortress on the bridge. I was struck and wounded by an arrow or a dart; but I received much comfort from Saint Catherine, and I recovered in less than fifteen days. I recovered, and in spite of the wound I did not give up riding or working. 'Did you know beforehand that you would be wounded? asked Beaupère.
The usual attempt to make Joan take the oath was made to the prisoner by Cauchon, and she was again cross-examined by Beaupère. Again questioned as to her voices, she said that without their permission she could not say what they said to her relating to the King.
It was on the Thursday before Trinity Sunday that she put on the female dress, but it would seem that rumours on the subject of a relapse had begun to spread even before the Sunday on which that event happened: and Beaupere and Midi were sent by the Bishop to investigate.
To this question Joan gave no direct answer, but she said that when she was in a wood she would hear the voices coming towards her. 'What, next asked Beaupère, 'what did you think this voice which manifested itself to you sounded like? J. 'It seemed to me a very noble voice, and I think it was sent to me by God. When I heard it for the third time I recognised it as being the voice of an angel.
I have done nothing but by revelation." Beaupere changed his attack, and began an approach from another quarter. He would slip upon her, you see, under cover of innocent and unimportant questions. "Did you learn any trade at home?" "Yes, to sew and to spin."
In it was represented the world, with angels on either side. It was white, made of white cloth, of a kind called coucassin. On it was written Jesu Maria. It was bordered with silk. 'Which were you fondest of? asked Beaupère, 'your banner or your sword? 'I loved my banner, was the answer, 'forty times as much as I did my sword. 'Who painted your banner? This Joan would not say.
'At the time of the assault, asked Beaupère, 'did you not tell your soldiers that you alone would receive all the arrows, bolts, and stones discharged by the cannon and culverins? 'No, she answered, 'there were over a hundred wounded; but, she added, 'I said to my people, "Be assured that you will raise the siege." 'Were you wounded? asked the priest.
The subject was dropped now for a while, and Beaupere took up the matter of the miraculous sword of Fierbois to see if he could not find a chance there to fix the crime of sorcery upon Joan. "How did you know that there was an ancient sword buried in the ground under the rear of the altar of the church of St. Catherine of Fierbois?"
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