118 Manufcr'ipts in the Library of the late King of France. [Sept. J, 



CIvjrch of Rouen, and the Univerfity of 

 Paris. 



Of thefe two bifhops, one, the Bifliop 

 cf Coiitances, clecideH, that Juan was de- 

 livered up to 'he dtvil, hecaiife (Vie had 

 not the two qualities which St. Gregory 

 requires, viz. v;i;ue nnd humanity, which 

 are irreconcileable with afftriions contrary 

 to the Catholic faith, and are confequently 

 heretical; and even nctwithltanding the 

 accuied (hould relraft them, it would be ftiU 

 nccclVary to retain ht-r in f-.fe keeping. — 

 This advice he af^drenid to liie Bilhop of 

 Beauvais only, paiTing by in fiience the 

 Vice-Inquifnor. 



The Bifliop of Lifieux, on the contrary 

 (the oihtr pielate conl'uittd),addre(fed his 

 opinion to two judges, in which, after 

 fame hefitation, he lays, that, feeing nj 

 txtraordmaiy I'anitity in the accuied, 

 which can lead to the prefumpiisn that 

 God had transfuled a Ipirit of prophecy 

 into her, it ouglit to be concluded that her 

 revelations do not come from God, nor 

 faints male or female, ol whom flie fookej 

 hut rather from a demon transformed into 

 an angel cf light, if tiiey be not invented 

 lies; and he decides, thai if (lie fliould not 

 fubmit to tlie church after a charitable 

 monition, fhe ougnt lo bejudged f-hi:'ma- 

 tic, and vthementlv fufpcctrtl in taitli : — 

 which does not go lb far as the charge of 

 herefy. 



The Chapter of Rouen proceeded yet 

 further. At fiili: they differed, ard poit- 

 poned their conclufion to the 4th of May 

 1431, in Older to come lo fonie 'efiniilve 

 opinion after the Univeifi y ot Paris and 

 the two faculties of divinity and law had 

 given theirs, that they might determine 

 with more certainty ; but having heard of 

 the opinions of a great number of doidors, 

 prelates, and learned men, and above all 

 the exhortation made on the id of May 

 to the acciifed, which will be found in the 

 fequel, the objeil of vihich was to indi'ce 

 Joan to fubmit to thedecifion of the Unl- 

 Ycrfal Chuich, the Pope, the Council Ge- 

 rernl, prelates, and other learned perfons 

 chofen amongft ihofe who had adopted the 

 fame fide as herfeit, and at ;er having heard 

 of her preleni'ed perleieiing relulal, the 

 Chapter ailopred the opinions of the 

 twenty-two members of the faculty of di- 

 vinity alTemlded in the archiepifcopal cha- 

 pel of Rouen, and added, that, after the 

 pevfevering obltinacy of the accufed, /he 

 ought to be declared heretic. 



Will) refpcfl to the Univerfity of Pnris, 

 the two judges did not content themfelves 

 wi'.ii fending the twelve ar:icles of accu- 

 f lion to that cdebiated body. Tne 



K'ng of England added important pro- 

 ceedings, and every thing which could in- 

 fluence the determination of a body which 

 had been already led into the affair in a 

 marner whicii flie^ved pretty clearly its 

 mode of thinking. He fentto Paris three 

 perlons, two of whom hat been the moll 

 aHiduous amongft the alfeflbr'. at the fit- 

 tings of the trill, viz. Jean Beaupiere and 

 Niolas Midy, both do6lors in divinity.— < 

 He gTve thein the neceffary credentials on 

 his pait, which they prefented to the Uni- 

 verfity, as well as letters from rheBilhopof 

 Beauvais and the Vice-Inquifitor, with the 

 twelve articles upon which they lequired 

 protcfll. nal advice. 



The Univerfi.y aflfemhled : the envoys 

 of the K'ne of England, whom they obey- 

 ed, as well as all Pans, as King of 

 France, flated their mifliun ; but indead 

 cf communicating the opinions already 

 given, they prefented an account of all 

 that had been done in the trial, as they 

 judged proper, but in a manner with 

 which the Univerfity was (ati^fied ; as, 

 in a letter written in the 14th of May to 

 the King of England, thefe ex;rcffions 

 are ul'ed : — " It appears to us, th.it, with 

 refpeit to tliis woma>i, a ho!y and jnit 

 manner of pr.'Ceeding nas been purlucd 

 with much gravity, and with which every 

 one niuft be content." 



They ad'l in this letter, that, " after 

 m^ny meetings, and great and grave deli- 

 berations confidered and holden many 

 t'mes," they have given their opinion in 

 the prefence of the envoys ot the King of 

 England, who, beinj; of the number of 

 their members, alfilled ihrough'^ut ; and 

 they conclude by lupplicating the King, 

 '* that this matter m-ght be fpsedily and 

 mod diligently brought tojultxe ; for in 

 truth, that liie length and protraftion of 

 the proceedings is ptrilous for the people, 

 who have been much fcanrlalized with re- 

 gard to this woman." The Univerfi.y 

 was even fo perfuaded nf the goodnefsof 

 its deliberations, that two letters were 

 written, one 10 the Pope, and another to 

 the Ci liege cf Cardinals, entreating them 

 to take part in the proceedings. 



They w ote alio a letter to the Bifliop 

 of Beanvais, in which they bellow great! 

 praife upon his vigilanc; and labours in 

 this bufinefs, approve of all ihat he had 

 then done, and inform him that the en- 

 voys of the King of Engbnd, who car- 

 ried the lefult of their deliberations, 

 would give b.im any further explanation 

 he required. 



The firlt meeting of the Univerfity v»as 

 held on the 29th pt" April, in the hyufe of 



the 



