Jean Chartier, _Chronique_, vol. i, p. 125. Monstrelet,
vol. iv, p. 378. Chastellain, vol. ii, p. 28. Melun certainly belonged
to the French on the 23rd of April, 1430.]

And she entreated them: "When I am taken, let me die immediately
without suffering long." And the Voices repeated that she would be
taken and thus it must be.

And they added gently: "Be not troubled, be resigned. God will help
thee."[1946]

[Footnote 1946: _Trial_, vol. i, pp. 114-116. G. Leroy, _Histoire de
Melun_, Melun, 1887, in 8vo, ch. xvi ... x ... [Transcriber's Note:
ellipses in original] _Jeanne d'Arc a Melun, mi-avril_, 1430, Melun,
1896, 32 pp.]

Saint John's Day was the 24th of June, in less than ten weeks. Many a
time after that, Jeanne asked her saints at what hour she would be
taken; but they did not tell her; and thus doubting she ceased to
follow her own ideas and consulted the captains.[1947]

[Footnote 1947: _Trial_, vol. i, p. 147.]

On her way from Melun to Lagny-sur-Marne, in the month of May, she had
to pass Corbeil. It was probably then, and in her company, that the
two devout women from Lower Brittany, Pierronne and her younger sister
in the spirit, were taken at Corbeil by the English.[1948]

[Footnote 1948: _Journal d'un bourgeois de Paris_, p. 259.]

For eight months the town of Lagny had been subject to King Charles
and governed by Messire Ambroise de Lore, who was energetically waging
war against the English of Paris and elsewhere.[1949] For the nonce
Messire Ambroise de Lore was absent; but his lieutenant, Messire Jean
Foucault, commanded the garrison. Shortly after Jeanne's coming to
this town, tidings were brought that a company of between three and
four hundred men of Picardy and of Champagne, fighting for the Duke of
Burgundy, after having ranged through l'Ile de France, were now on
their way back to Picardy with much booty. Their captain was a valiant
man-at-arms, one Franquet d'Arras.[1950] The French determined to cut
off their retreat. Under the command of Messire Jean Foucault, Messire
Geoffroy de Saint-Bellin, Lord Hugh Kennedy, a Scotchman, and Captain
Baretta, they sallied forth from the town.[1951]

[Footnote 1949: _Chronique de la Pucelle_, pp. 334, 335. Jean Chartier,
_Chronique_, vol. i, pp. 110, 111. F.A. Denis, _Le sejour de Jeanne
d'Arc a Lagny_, Lagny, 1894, in 8vo, pp. 3 _et seq._]

[Footnote 1950: Monstrelet, vol. iv, p. 384. Jean Chartier,
_Chronique_, vol. i, pp. 120, 121. Perceval de