s crimes and treasons; but the Sire de la Tremouille was at
Compiegne; and he knew that Count Jean, who for the nonce was in
alliance with the Constable De Richemont, was meditating something
against him. La Tremouille was not so malevolent as the Count of
Armagnac: and yet the poor messenger only narrowly escaped being
thrown into the Oise.[1701]

[Footnote 1701: _Trial_, vol. i, p. 83.]

On the morrow, Tuesday the 23rd of August, the Maid and the Duke of
Alencon took leave of the King and set out from Compiegne with a
goodly company of fighting men. Before marching on Saint-Denys in
France, they went to Senlis to collect a company of men-at-arms whom
the King had sent there.[1702] As was her custom, the Maid rode
surrounded by monks. Friar Richard, who predicted the approaching end
of the world, had joined the procession. It would seem that he had
superseded the others, even Brother Pasquerel, the chaplain. It was to
him that the Maid confessed beneath the walls of Senlis. In that same
spot, with the Dukes of Clermont and Alencon,[1703] she took the
communion on two consecutive days. She must have been in the hands of
monks who were in the habit of making a very frequent use of the
Eucharist.

[Footnote 1702: Perceval de Cagny, p. 165. _Chronique de la Pucelle_,
p. 331. Jean Chartier, _Chronique_, vol. i, p. 106. Morosini, vol.
iii, pp. 212, 213. The accounts of Hemon Raguier, in the _Trial_, vol.
iv, p. 24.]

[Footnote 1703: _Trial_, vol. ii, p. 450.]

The Lord Bishop of Senlis was Jean Fouquerel. Hitherto, he had been on
the side of the English and entirely devoted to the Lord Bishop of
Beauvais. On the approach of the royal army, Jean Fouquerel, who was a
cautious person, had gone off to Paris to hide a large sum of money.
He was careful of his possessions. Some one in the army took his nag
and gave it to the Maid. By means of a draft on the receiver of taxes
and the _gabelle_ officer of the town, two hundred golden
_saluts_[1704] were paid for it. The Lord Bishop did not approve of
this transaction and demanded his hackney. Hearing of his displeasure,
the Maid caused a letter to be written to him, saying that he might
have back his nag if he liked; she did not want it for she found it
not sufficiently hardy for men-at-arms. The horse was sent to the Sire
de La Tremouille with a request that he would deliver it to the Lord
Bishop, who never received it.[1705]

[Footnote 1704: So called because stamped with