ns on which I shall be able to answer you,
and on others about which I cannot. If you were well informed about me
you should wish me out of your power. All that I have done has been
the work of revelation.'

B.--'How old were you when you left your home?'

J.--'I do not exactly know.'

B.--'Did you learn any trade at home?'

J.--'Yes, to sew and to spin, and for that I am not afraid to be
matched by any woman in Rouen?'

B.--'Did you not once leave your father's house before you left it
altogether?'

J.--'We left for fear of the Burgundians, and I once left my father's
house and went to Neufchateau in Lorraine, to visit a woman named La
Rousse, where I remained for fifteen days.'

B.--'What was your occupation when at home?'

J.--'When I was with my father I looked after the household affairs,
and I went but seldom with the sheep and cattle to the fields.'

B.--'Did you make your confession every year?'

J.--'Yes, to my curate, and when he was prevented hearing it, to
another priest, with my curate's permission. I think on two or three
occasions I have confessed to mendicant friars. That happened at
Neufchateau. I took the Communion at Easter.'

B.--'Have you received the Eucharist at other festivals besides that
of Easter?'

Joan of Arc said that what she had already told regarding this
question was sufficient.

'_Passez outre_' is the term she used, not an easy one to translate.
Perhaps 'that will suffice' is like it.

Beaupere now began questioning Joan of Arc regarding 'her voices,' and
one can imagine how eagerly this portion of the prisoner's examination
must have been listened to by all present.

'When did you first hear the voices?' asked Beaupere.

'I was thirteen,' answered Joan, 'when I first heard a voice coming
from God to help me to live well. That first time I was much alarmed.
The voice came to me about mid-day; it was in the summer, and I was in
my father's garden.'

'Had you been fasting?' asked Beaupere.

J.--'Yes, I had been fasting.'

B.--'Had you fasted on the day before?'

J.--'No, I had not.'

B.--'From what direction did the voices come?'

J.--'I heard the voice coming from my right--from towards the church.'

B.--'Was the voice accompanied with a bright light?'

J.--'Seldom did I hear it without seeing a bright light. The light
came from the same side as did the voice, and it was generally very
brilliant. When I came into France I often heard the voices very
lou