the full flavour of this joke it must be explained that
Madame d'Or, about as high as one's boot, held the office of fool to
my Lord Philip.[1465]

[Footnote 1465: Lefevre de Saint-Remy, vol. ii, p. 168. S. Luce,
_Jeanne d'Arc a Domremy_, pp. clxxiii, clxxiv. P. Champion, _Notes sur
Jeanne d'Arc_, I. _Madame d'Or et Jeanne d'Arc_ in _Le moyen age_,
July to August, 1907, pp. 193-199.]

The Maid failed to come to an understanding with the Lords de
Rochefort and de Moslant concerning the prisoners. They had right on
their side. She had only the promptings of her kind heart. This
discussion afforded great entertainment to the men-at-arms of both
parties. When King Charles was informed of it, he smiled and said that
to settle the dispute he would pay the prisoners' ransom, which was
fixed at one silver mark per head. On receiving this sum the
Burgundians extolled the generosity of the King of France.[1466]

[Footnote 1466: _Chronique de la Pucelle_, p. 319. Jean Chartier,
_Chronique_, vol. i, p. 96. _Journal du siege_, p. 112. _Un prince de
facon_, Martial d'Auvergne, _Vigiles_, vol. i, pp. 106, 107.]

On that same Sunday, about nine o'clock in the morning, King Charles
entered the city. He had put on his festive robes, gleaming with
velvet, with gold, and with precious stones. The Duke of Alencon and
the Maid, holding her banner in her hand, rode at his side. He was
followed by all the knighthood. The townsfolk lit bonfires and danced
in rings. The little children cried, "Noel!" Friar Richard
preached.[1467]

[Footnote 1467: _Trial_, vol. i, p. 102. Letter from three noblemen of
Anjou, in _Trial_, vol. v, p. 130. _Relation du greffier de La
Rochelle_, p. 342. _Chronique de la Pucelle_, p. 319. Morosini, vol.
iii, p. 176. Th. Boutiot, _Histoire de la ville de Troyes_, vol. ii,
pp. 504 _et seq._]

The Maid prayed in the churches. In one church she held a babe over
the baptismal font. Like a princess or a holy woman, she was
frequently asked to be godmother to children she did not know and was
never to see again. She generally named the children Charles in honour
of the King, and to the girls she gave her own name of Jeanne.
Sometimes she called the children by names chosen by their
mothers.[1468]

[Footnote 1468: _Trial_, vol. i, p. 103.]

On the morrow, the 11th of July, the army, which had remained outside
the walls, under the command of Messire Ambroise de Lore, passed
through the town. The entrance of men-at-a