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Updated: May 7, 2025
Finally she looked up and saw Pierre Maurice, who had come in with the Bishop, and she said to him: "Master Peter, where shall I be this night?" "Have you not good hope in God?" "Yes and by His grace I shall be in Paradise." Now Martin Ladvenu heard her in confession; then she begged for the sacrament.
Early the next morning, Wednesday, Martin Ladvenu and another friar were sent to Joan to prepare her for death; and Manchon and I went with them a hard service for me. We tramped through the dim corridors, winding this way and that, and piercing ever deeper and deeper into that vast heart of stone, and at last we stood before Joan. But she did not know it.
To the above testimony of these two men, Isambard de la Pierre adds his. But the strongest testimony of all is that of the priest, Martin Ladvenu, who heard her confession on the eve of her death, and he confirms Isambard's statement entirely.
In one respect she was treated worse than a felon; for whereas she was on her way to be sentenced by the civil arm, she already bore her judgment inscribed in advance upon a miter-shaped cap which she wore: HERETIC, RELAPSED, APOSTATE, IDOLATER In the cart with her sat the friar Martin Ladvenu and Maetre Jean Massieu.
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