s VI dreamed that his falcon had flown away.
"Th[=e] [Transcriber's Note: e with macron] apered sodenly before hym
a great hart with wynges whereof he had great joye." And the hart bore
him to his lost bird. Froissart, Bk. II, ch. clxiv. [The Chronycle of
Syr John Froissart translated by Lord Berners, vol. iii, p. 339, Tudor
Translation, 1901.] (W.S.) According to Juvenal des Ursins, Charles
VI, in 1380, met in the Forest of Senlis a stag with a golden collar
bearing this inscription: _Hoc me Caesar donavit_ (Paillot, _Parfaite
science des armoiries_, Paris, 1660, in fo., p. 595). In the works of
Eustache Deschamps this same allegory is frequently employed to
designate the king. (Eustache Deschamps, _OEuvres_, ed. G. Raynaud,
vol. ii, p. 57.)]

[Footnote 1666: Morosini, vol. iii, pp. 66, 67.]

"I pray God," continued Christine, "that thou mayest be that one, that
God will grant thee life to see thy children grow up, that through
thee and through them, France may have joy, that serving God, thou
wage not war to the utterance. My hope is that thou shalt be good,
upright, a friend of justice, greater than any other, that pride sully
not thy prowess, that thou be gentle, favourable to thy people and
fearing God who hath chosen thee to serve him.

"And thou, Maid most happy, most honoured of God, thou hast loosened
the cord with which France was bound. Canst thou be praised enough,
thou who hast brought peace to this land laid low by war?

"Jeanne, born in a propitious hour, blessed be thy creator! Maid, sent
of God, in whom the Holy Ghost shed abroad a ray of his grace, who
hast from him received and dost keep gifts in abundance; never did he
refuse thy request. Who can ever be thankful enough unto thee?"

The Maid, saviour of the realm, Dame Christine compares to Moses who
delivered Israel out of the Land of Egypt.

"That a Maid should proffer her breast, whence France may suck the
sweet milk of peace, behold a matter which is above nature!

"Joshua was a mighty conqueror. What is there strange in that, since
he was a strong man? But now behold, a woman, a shepherdess doth
appear, of greater worship than any man. But with God all things are
easy.

"By Esther, Judith and Deborah, women of high esteem, he delivered his
oppressed people. And well I know there have been women of great
worship. But Jeanne is above all. Through her God hath worked many
miracles.

"By a miracle was she sent; the angel of the Lord led h