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[90] Testimony of Simon Charles.

[91] _Chronicle of Percival of Cagny_, vol. IV, p. 171.

[92] _Journal of the Siege of Orleans_, vol. IV, p. 179.

[93] Literally the testimony of John Pasquerel, Joan's confessor, who confessed her that very day. (_Proceedings of the Rehabilitation_, vol.

III, pp. 108-109.)

[94] _Trial and Condemnation_, vol. I, p. 79.

[95] Testimony of Colette, wife of Millet, _Proceedings of the Rehabilitation_, vol. III, p. 124.

[96] _Journal of the Siege of Orleans_, vol. IV, p. 160.

[97] _Journal of the Siege of Orleans_, vol. IV, p. 160.

[98] _Journal of the Siege of Orleans_, vol. IV, p. 166.

[99] The same.

[100] _Journal of the Siege of Orleans_, vol. IV, p. 166.

[101] _Proceedings of the Rehabilitation_, vol. II, p. 180.

[102] Testimony of the Duke of Alencon, _Proceedings of the Rehabilitation_, vol. II, p. 79.

[103] _Chronicle of the Maid_, vol. III, p. 129.

[104] Testimony of Gerardin of Epinal, _Proceedings of the Rehabilitation_, vol. II, p. 421.

[105] This letter is taken literally from the Archives of Lille. See also Quicherat, vol. V, p. 126.

[106] With some abridgment, the text of this chronicle is cited almost literally.

[107] Latin, _from the egg_, i.e., the beginning.

[108] Rymer, cited by Quicherat, vol. X, p. 459.

[109] The same.

[110] Rymer, cited by Quicherat, vol. X, p. 459.

[111] Rogier, cited by Quicherat, vol. V, pp. 168-169.

[112] Fowler, bird-catcher.

[113] _Tractatus de haersi pauperum de Lugduno_, cited by Marten in his _Thesaurus of Anecdotes_, vol. V, collected 1787.

[114] This answer of Joan, together with all the others, and all the questions and decrees of the judges throughout the trial, are taken literally from the records.

[115] _"Medicina animae dictae Joannae"_, literally, _Trial and Condemnation_, vol. I, p. 297.

[116] These inscriptions are all recorded by an eye-witness, Clement of Franquenberg; see Quicherat, vol. IV, p. 460.

[117] For the repentance of Canon Loyseleur, see _The Proceedings of the Rehabilitation of Joan of Arc_, vol. II, p. 178.