e good counsel, the comfort and the instruction
they gave thee, because they told thee their names and
because the saints saluted thee. Thou didst believe also
that it was Saint Michael who appeared unto thee; and that
the deeds and sayings of this angel and these saints are
good thou didst believe as firmly as thou believest in
Christ.

Now the clerks declare such signs to be insufficient for the
recognition of the said saints and angels. The clerks
maintain that thou hast lightly believed and rashly
affirmed, and further that when thou sayst thou dost believe
as firmly etc., thou dost err from the faith.

ARTICLE IV

Item, thou hast said thou art assured of certain things
which are to come, that thou hast known hidden things, that
thou hast also recognized men whom thou hadst never seen
before, and this by the Voices of Saint Catherine and Saint
Margaret.

Thereupon the clerks declare that in these sayings are
superstition, divination, presumptuous assertion and vain
boasting.

ARTICLE V

Item, thou hast said that by God's command and according to
his will, thou hast worn and dost still wear man's apparel.
Because thou hast God's commandment to wear this dress thou
hast donned a short tunic, jerkin, and hose with many
points. Thou dost even wear thy hair cut short above the
ears, without keeping about thee anything to denote the
feminine sex, save what nature hath given thee. And
oftentimes hast thou in this garb received the Sacrament of
the Eucharist. And albeit thou hast been many times
admonished to leave it, thou wouldest not, saying that thou
wouldst liefer die than quit this apparel, unless it were by
God's command; and that if thou wert still in this dress and
with those of thine own party it would be for the great weal
of France. Thou sayest also that for nothing wouldst thou
take an oath not to wear this dress and bear these arms; and
for all this that thou doest thou dost plead divine command.

In such matters the clerks declare that thou blasphemest
against God, despising him and his Sacraments, that thou
dost transgress divine law, Holy Scripture and the canons of
the Church, that thou thinkest evil and dost err from the
faith, that thou art full of vain boasting, that thou art
add