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Updated: May 5, 2025
'I saw, he exclaimed, in his frantic despair, 'I saw a dove fly out of her mouth with her last sigh. Others had read in the flames the word 'Jesus, which she so often repeated. The executioner repaired in the evening to Brother Isambart, full of consternation, and confessed himself; he felt persuaded that God would never pardon him.
Thus we have heard from the Domremy peasants how good she was as a child, from Dunois, d'Alençon, d'Aulon, how she was beautiful, courteous, and brave, from Isambart and L'Advenu, how nobly she died, and how she never made one complaint, but forgave all her enemies freely.
This witness, whose name history ought to preserve, was the Augustine monk already mentioned, Brother Isambart de la Pierre.
On one side of her was brother Martin l'Advenu; the constable, Massieu, was on the other. The Augustine monk, Brother Isambart, who had already displayed much charity and courage, would not quit her. Up to this moment the Pucelle had never despaired, with the exception, perhaps, of her temptation in the Passion Week.
The good huissier Massieu and Brother Isambart interfered with such effect that it was brought her from St. Sauveur's. While she was embracing this crucifix, and Brother Isambart was encouraging her, the English began to think all this exceedingly tedious; it was now noon at least; the soldiers grumbled, and the captains called out: "What's this, priest; do you mean us to dine here?"
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