120 Manufcnpts in the Library of the late King of France. [Sept. 1, 



who appeared under a corporeal form ; 

 and at other times alio a great multitude 

 of angels ; and that thenceforth the faints 

 Catherine and Margaret fliewed ihemfelves 

 corporally to her j that (lie faw them al- 

 molt all days, and heard their voices ; 

 that fometimes (lie has embraced and kifs- 

 ed them, touching their bodies ; that (he 

 has feen the heads of angels, and of two 

 faints, but that (he faw no other parts oi 

 their bodies or their garments. 



That the two faints, Catherine and 

 Margaret, have fpoken to her fometimes 

 rear a fountain fituated near a great tree, 

 commonly called the Tree of Fairies, 

 which, it is faid, fairies frequent, and 

 that perfons come there to recover their 

 health, although it be entirely fituated in 

 a profane place, and that many times in 

 this and other places (lie has wor(hipped 

 and made reverences to the faints. 



She fays alfo, that thefe two female 

 faints have appeared and (liewn themfelves 

 to her (ince this period with fuperb and 

 precious crowns, and have many timts 

 iaiu to her, that, by order of God,. (lie 

 mull: go and find a certain fecular prince, 

 and promife him, that, by her alTiftance 

 and labours, this Prince (hould recover by 

 force of arms a great temporal domain 

 and great worldly honour, that is to lav, 

 the kingdom of France ; that he (liould 

 gain a victory over his enemies, receive 

 her into his fervice, and (hould give her 

 arms with the aimy to execute her pro- 

 niifes. — See further Ait, 5. 



She alfo adds, that thefe two females 

 have approved, that, without the know- 

 ledge, and againfl the will, of her father 

 and mother, (lie (hould leave, at (eventeen 

 years of age or thereabouts, her fathei '« 

 hoiife, and oeing alTociated with a multi- 

 tude of foldiers, thst (he (liould pafs days 

 rnd nigh's living with them, without ever 

 having, or but rarely, a woman with 

 her. 



Thefe faints have alio faid and com- 

 manded lier many other things, for which 

 Ihe faid that (lie v.ai fent by the God of 

 Heaven, and by tie viflorious Church of 

 Saints who already erj^iy happineli. — See 

 Articles 9 and 12. 



Opinion of the Uni-verfity of Farii upon 

 An. I. 

 It decides that thefe apparitions and 

 revelations are lying (iftions, feduSive 

 and pernicious, or that they fuperftiti. 

 uufly proceed from evil and diabolical fpi- 

 rits, (Aich as Belial, Satan, and Belzebub. 



Obfervations upon ike Firfl Article. 



It is not obferved, at the commence- 

 ment of this article, that theaccufed faid, 

 that Saint Michael appeared to her as a 

 real man, nor that the tuvo female faints 

 had hair. Nor is it obferved that Joan, 

 when interrogated about the tree of the 

 fairies, only (poke of it as a popular (lory, 

 of which (lie had no perfonal knuwltdge ; 

 that (lie was ignorant whether the waters 

 of the fountain had cured any one ; that 

 (he had never feen the fairies, and, from 

 the anfwer to the inrei rogatory, it might 

 be prelumed that (he only faw the two 

 faints there once ; but at all events die 

 never faid that (he wor(hipped them in 

 this place. She only faid, that in general 

 (lie gave them marks of refpe6l wiien they 

 appeared to her. She never laid that (lie 

 kiffed them, but fimply that (lie embraced 

 them. They fupprefs what (he faid about 

 the two faints having a(rured her that the 

 Captain Baudricourt (liould take her to 

 the King, and that (he (hould caufe the 

 (lege of Orleans to be raifed, which in fa£l 

 happened. They alio fupprefs, that one 

 of her uncles carried her three times to 

 Captain Baudricourt at Vaucouleurs ; 

 that (he declared exprefsly that (he almc(r 

 always had a woman with her, and when 

 (he could not have one, dnt (lie llept in 

 her clothes and armour all night, which 

 removes any idea of immodelly. 



The judges never fought to difcover 

 whether Joan had been feduced by perlms 

 who had led her by degrees to believe in 

 thefe revelations, and to (igure to herfc'f 

 thefe apparitions. The (lories fpread 

 about the country as to the tree of fairies 

 and the fountain, might have prepared 

 and raifed her imagination j and it is an 

 important circumftance fuppreffed in the 

 charges, that a pretended prophetefs had 

 announced at Chinon betore (he came 

 there, that a girl (hould come from the 

 Oak Wood (feen from her father's houfe) 

 and do great things. Her father alfo told 

 her that he had been warned in a dream 

 that (lie would go to the army ; a circum- 

 (lance which m'ght more and more per- 

 fuade her as to the truth of the appara- 

 ritions. Her father and mother pardon- 

 ing her after beirg taken to Vaucoulcur 

 without their knowle-.s^e, as well as the 

 gifts which they received from Charles 

 VII. are alio fuppreifed. The circum- 

 ftances of the King's having placed 

 her at the head of his troops, as well as 

 the figns of her mi(rion, alfo required 

 particular refearchi— (To be continued.') 



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