istoire de l'Eglise de Reims_, vol. iv,
p. 175. H. Jadart, _Jeanne d'Arc a Reims_, appendix xvii.]

There was likewise talk of gloves lost at Reims and of a cup that
Jeanne had found.[1598]

[Footnote 1598: _Trial_, vol. i, p. 104.]

Maiden, at once a warrior and a lover of peace, _beguine_, prophetess,
sorceress, angel of the Lord, ogress, every man beholds her according
to his own fashion, creates her according to his own image. Pious
souls clothe her with an invincible charm and the divine gift of
charity; simple souls make her simple too; men gross and violent
figure her a giantess, burlesque and terrible. Shall we ever discern
the true features of her countenance? Behold her, from the first and
perhaps for ever enclosed in a flowering thicket of legends!

END OF VOL. I.

* * * * *

THE LIFE OF JOAN OF ARC

BY ANATOLE FRANCE

A TRANSLATION BY WINIFRED STEPHENS

IN TWO VOLS., VOL. II

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CONTENTS

VOL. II

CHAP. PAGE

I. THE ROYAL ARMY FROM SOISSONS TO COMPIEGNE.
POEM AND PROPHECY 1

II. THE MAID'S FIRST VISIT TO COMPIEGNE. THE
THREE POPES. SAINT-DENYS. TRUCES 34

III. THE ATTACK ON PARIS 54

IV. THE TAKING OF SAINT-PIERRE-LE-MOUSTIER.
FRIAR RICHARD'S SPIRITUAL DAUGHTERS. THE
SIEGE OF LA CHARITE 78

V. LETTER TO THE CITIZENS OF REIMS. LETTER TO
THE HUSSITES. DEPARTURE FROM SULLY 103

VI. THE MAID IN THE TRENCHES OF MELUN. LE
SEIGNEUR DE L'OURS. THE CHILD OF LAGNY 122

VII. SOISSONS AND COMPIEGNE. CAPTURE OF THE MAID 138

VIII. THE MAID AT BEAULIEU. THE SHEPHERD OF GEVAUDAN 156

IX. THE MAID AT BEAUREVOIR. CATHERINE DE LA
ROCHELLE AT PARIS. EXECUTION OF LA PIERRONNE 170

X. BEAUREVOIR. ARRAS. ROUEN. THE TRIAL FOR LAPSE 188

XI. THE TRIAL FOR LAPSE (_continued_) 227

XII. THE TRIAL FOR LAPSE (_continued_) 264

XIII. THE ABJURATION. THE FIRST SENTENCE