esaid year came the maid
Jeanne, who had been in France, to La Grange of Ormes, near St. Prive,
and was taken there to confer with any one of the sieurs of Metz, and
she called herself Claude; and on the same day there came to see her
there her two brothers, one of whom was a knight, and was called Messire
Pierre, and the other 'petit Jehan,' a squire, and they thought that she
had been burnt, but as soon as they saw her they recognized her and she
them. And on Monday, the 21st day of the said month, they took their
sister with them to Boquelon, and the sieur Nicole, being a knight,
gave her a stout stallion of the value of thirty francs, and a pair of
saddle-cloths; the sieur Aubert Boulle, a riding-hood, the sieur Nicole
Groguet, a sword; and the said maiden mounted the said horse nimbly, and
said several things to the sieur Nicole by which he well understood that
it was she who had been in France; and she was recognized by many tokens
to be the maid Jeanne of France who escorted King Charles to Rheims,
and several declared that she had been burnt in Normandy, and she spoke
mostly in parables. She afterwards returned to the town of Marnelle for
the feast of Pentecost, and remained there about three weeks, and then
set off to go to Notre Dame d'Alliance. And when she wished to leave,
several of Metz went to see her at the said Marnelle and gave her
several jewels, and they knew well that she was the maid Jeanne of
France; and she then went to Erlon, in the Duchy of Luxembourg, where
she was thronged,.... and there was solemnized the marriage of Monsieur
de Hermoise, knight, and the said maid Jeanne, and afterwards the said
sieur Hermoise, with his wife, the Maid, came to live at Metz, in the
house the said sieur had, opposite St. Seglenne, and remained there
until it pleased them to depart."

This is surprising enough; but more remains behind. Dining shortly
afterwards with M. des Armoises, member of one of the oldest families in
Lorraine, Father Vignier was invited to look over the family archives,
that he might satisfy his curiosity regarding certain ancestors of his
host. And on looking over the family register, what was his astonishment
at finding a contract of marriage between Robert des Armoises, Knight,
and Jeanne d'Arcy, the so-called Maid of Orleans!

In 1740, some time after these occurrences, there was found, in the town
hall of Orleans, a bill of one Jacques l'Argentier, of the year 1436, in
which mention