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mony being employed. This I wore a long time, and left it
at Lagni.
“ I wished to prevail upon the Duke of Burgundy to make
peace with the king ; and I told the king that he would one
day compel him to do it, if the duke would not then consent;
but it is true that I said at the same time that no peace was to
be made with the English, but that they must be compelled
to return to their own country.
“ From this time I have done nothing but under the guid-
ance of the revelations which were made to me, and even
now upon my trial, I only speak, after it has been revealed to
me, what I may be permitted to say. You reproach me
with having commanded in battle, at the head of 6000 men,
of princes, of barons, and of nobles, as if I were their cap-
tain ; but if I have been a leader in the war, it was in obe-
dience to the saints and angels, and for that my reliance is in
God, as it is for all that I have done. For the rest I have
never practised any sorcery, or enchantment, or any thing
which has the least relation to either.
“ If my standard, or the particular banners of my troops,
represented two angels supporting God, who held the world
in his hands, with the words Jesus Maria, the voices of the
saints pointed them out to me, and many persons advised me to
it. Nothing particular was done with respect to these colours,
and the angels were painted upon them in the same manner as
they are painted in churches. If I have often said that these
colours and banners were fortunate, it was not because I
pretended to attribute to them any particular virtue, but be-
cause I wished that they might be so, and to encourage the
soldiers : but without that, the two saints had assured me of
success. If I had been wounded in the neck at the siege of
Orleans, the two saints would have previously informed me
of it, and I should have told it to the king; but I was not
quite sure of being able to raise the siege, because they had
told me so.
mony being employed. This I wore a long time, and left it
at Lagni.
“ I wished to prevail upon the Duke of Burgundy to make
peace with the king ; and I told the king that he would one
day compel him to do it, if the duke would not then consent;
but it is true that I said at the same time that no peace was to
be made with the English, but that they must be compelled
to return to their own country.
“ From this time I have done nothing but under the guid-
ance of the revelations which were made to me, and even
now upon my trial, I only speak, after it has been revealed to
me, what I may be permitted to say. You reproach me
with having commanded in battle, at the head of 6000 men,
of princes, of barons, and of nobles, as if I were their cap-
tain ; but if I have been a leader in the war, it was in obe-
dience to the saints and angels, and for that my reliance is in
God, as it is for all that I have done. For the rest I have
never practised any sorcery, or enchantment, or any thing
which has the least relation to either.
“ If my standard, or the particular banners of my troops,
represented two angels supporting God, who held the world
in his hands, with the words Jesus Maria, the voices of the
saints pointed them out to me, and many persons advised me to
it. Nothing particular was done with respect to these colours,
and the angels were painted upon them in the same manner as
they are painted in churches. If I have often said that these
colours and banners were fortunate, it was not because I
pretended to attribute to them any particular virtue, but be-
cause I wished that they might be so, and to encourage the
soldiers : but without that, the two saints had assured me of
success. If I had been wounded in the neck at the siege of
Orleans, the two saints would have previously informed me
of it, and I should have told it to the king; but I was not
quite sure of being able to raise the siege, because they had
told me so.