sea, under Mount St. Michael, the
only fortress in Normandy which never yielded to England. Consequently
St. Michael was in high esteem as the patron of France, and, of all
saints, he was most likely to be in Joan's mind. (See Simeon Luce,
_Jeanne d'Arc a Domremy_.) On the other hand, Father Ayroles correctly
argues that Joan first heard the Voices the year before the victory near
Mount St. Michael.

[6] M. Quicherat distinguishes three strange kinds of power in Joan.
These are the power of seeing at a distance, the power of learning the
secret thoughts of men, and the power of foretelling future events. Of
each class 'one example at least rests on evidence so solid, that it
cannot be rejected without rejecting the whole basis of the history.' He
merely states facts, which he makes no attempt to explain. _Apercus
Nouveaux_, p. 61.

[7] The date of this affair and that of the flight to Neufchateau are
uncertain.

[8] It occurs in the _Chronique de la Pucelle_, by Cousinot de
Montreuil, at that time the king's secretary, and elsewhere.

[9] Theod. de Leliis, _Proces_, ii. 42.

[10] _Proces_, iii. 99.

[11] This description is a few weeks later than the start from Blois.

[12] This estimate was probably incorrect; 3,500 was more like the
actual number.

[13] _Proces_, iii. 100.

[14] _Proces_, iii. pp. 5, 6, 7. They were 'near Saint Loup,' he says,
'on the _right_ bank of the Loire above Orleans.' But (p. 7) he says
that after their conversation he and Joan crossed to the right from the
left bank. At all events they were some six miles higher up the river
than Orleans.

[15] Following Pasquerel, her priest. _Proces_, iii, 109.

[16] Quicherat, _Nouveaux Apercus_, p. 76.

[17] 'Daughter of God, go on, and I will help thee.'

[18] Sir Walter Scott reckons that there were five men to each 'lance';
perhaps four men is more usually the right number.

[19] In _Proces_, iv. 414.

[20] D'Alencon, _Proces_, iii. 98.

[21] Dunois. _Proces_, iii. 14.

[22] Journal du Siege. _Proces_, iv. 195. As it stands, this authority
is thirty years later than the events.

[23] This man was Clement de Fauquemberque. When he recorded the relief
of Orleans, he drew on the margin of his paper a little fancy sketch of
Joan, with long hair, a woman's dress, a sword, and a banner with the
monogram of Jesus. This sketch still exists. (_Proces_, iv. 451.)

[24] This was not far from the present Theatre Francais. The statue of
th