ii, p. 318.]

The examinations were long; they lasted between three and four
hours.[2291] Before closing this one, Maitre Jean Beaupere wished to
know whether Jeanne had been wounded at Orleans. This was an
interesting point. It was generally admitted that witches lost their
power when they shed blood. Finally, the doctors quibbled over the
capitulation of Jargeau, and the court adjourned.[2292]

[Footnote 2291: _Trial_, vol. ii, pp. 350, 365.]

[Footnote 2292: _Ibid._, vol. i, pp. 79, 80.]

A famous Norman clerk, Maitre Jean Lohier, having come to Rouen, the Count
Bishop of Beauvais commanded that he should be informed concerning the
trial. On the first Saturday in Lent, the 24th of February, the Bishop
summoned him to his house near Saint-Nicolas-le-Painteur, and invited
him to give his opinion of the proceedings. The views of Maitre Jean
Lohier greatly disturbed the Bishop. Off he rushed to the doctors and
masters, Jean Beaupere, Jacques de Touraine, Nicolas Midi, Pierre
Maurice, Thomas de Courcelles, Nicolas Loiseleur, and said to them:

"Here's Lohier, who holds fine views concerning our trial! He wants to
object to everything, and says that our proceedings are invalid. If we
were to take his advice we should begin everything over again, and all
we have done would be worthless! It is easy to see what he is aiming
at. By Saint John, we will do nothing of the kind; we will go on with
our trial now it is begun."

The next day, in the Church of Notre Dame, Guillaume Manchon met
Maitre Jean Lohier and asked him:

"Have you seen anything of the records of the trial?"

"I have," replied Maitre Jean. "This trial is void. It is impossible
to support it on many grounds: firstly, it is not in regular
form."[2293]

[Footnote 2293: _Trial_, vol. ii, pp. 11, 341.]

By that he meant that proceedings should not have been taken against
Jeanne without preliminary inquiries concerning the probability of her
guilt; either he did not know of the inquiries instituted by my Lord
of Beauvais, or he deemed them insufficient.[2294]

[Footnote 2294: See the evidence of Thomas de Courcelles in _Trial_,
vol. iii, p. 38.]

"Secondly," continued Maitre Jean Lohier, "the judges and assessors
when they are trying this case are shut up in the castle, where they
are not free to utter their opinions frankly. Thirdly, the trial
involves divers persons who are not called, notably it touches the
reputation of the King of France, to whose