ions contained in
the twelve articles, one may say in the manner of counsel and of
doctrine, and to speak charitably, first, that she is schismatic in
separating herself from obedience to the Church; secondly, that she is
out of the pale of the law in contradicting the article "_Unam Sanctam
Ecclesiam Catholicam_"; thirdly, apostate, for having cut short her
hair, which was given her by God to hide her head with, and also in
having abandoned the dress of a woman for that of a man; fourthly,
vicious and a soothsayer, for saying, without showing miracles, that
she is sent by God, as was Moses and John the Baptist; fifthly, rebel
to the faith, by remaining under the anathema framed by the canons of
the Church, and by not receiving the Sacraments of the Church at the
season set apart by the Church, in order not to have to cease wearing
the dress of a man; and, sixthly, blasphemous in saying that she
knows she will be received into Paradise. Therefore, if after being
charitably warned she refuses to re-enter the Catholic faith, and
thereby give satisfaction, she shall be given over to the secular
judges, and meet with the punishment due to her crimes.'

And the University of Paris in solemn conclave ratified the above
judgment. The University also sent Cauchon a letter of commendation,
in which he was held up to the general admiration as a faithful
pastor, zealous in good works, on whom the University trusted that the
Almighty would, on the day of His manifestation, bestow an
imperishable crown of glory.

Such were the sentiments of the most erudite, most pious, and most
eminent school of learning existing in the capital of France. On the
19th of May Cauchon summoned yet another gathering of Joan's judges in
the archiepiscopal palace at Rouen. Fifty of them attended. After some
discussion, during which a few of the learned men present expressed
their opinion that Joan of Arc should be at once handed over to the
secular arm, it was decided that the prisoner should again be brought
before them to be what they were pleased to call 'charitably
admonished.' Accordingly, four days after, on the 23rd of May, in a
chamber near Joan of Arc's dungeon, another meeting was held. On this
occasion a canon of Rouen, named Peter Morice, was ordered to question
the prisoner.

He commenced by delivering a long lecture, in which he recapitulated
the twelve articles, and wound up his oration by imploring Joan to
submit herself to the Church