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miinicn in male attire, that fhe never did 

 it armed. 



Article VI. 

 She owns and admits that flie has caufed 

 many letters to be wriiten in which are 

 put the words Jefus Maria with a cro!s. 

 That Ibmetimt"; another crofs was put, 

 which then fignified not to execute what 

 .was direfled by the letter. In other let- 

 ters flie caufsd to be vviiiten, that flie 

 would have thofe killed who did not obey 

 hei letters and orders, and that thev ihould 

 be ftruck with blows, becaufe flie had the 

 beft right from God in Heaven ; and that 

 file often (aid fhe had done nothing but by 

 virtue of revelation* and the orders of 

 God. 



Opinion of the Uni'verfiiy. 

 This woman is pernicious, deceitfn!, 

 cniel, greedy of the efFufion of human 

 blood, feditious, provoking tyranny, and 

 a blafpiiemer of God, in the ordeis and 

 revelations which fhe recounts. 

 Obftrvations. 

 Who would not believe, on reading this 

 Article, that Joan had ordered all thofe to 

 be killed who did not obey her ? that God 

 bad given her fiith a power, and that fiie 

 did fo by virtue of his orders and his re- 

 velations? This inipieilion, which is na- 

 turally produced by reading the Article, 

 and which occafioned the ftror.g ooinion 

 of th'i Usiiverfity, was certainly fiifficient 

 to picjudice (he whole world againlt her, 

 and to influence the party in tl-.e remain- 

 der of the bufinel's. It is, however, en- 

 tirely calumny. 



In all Joan's ar.fwers, there is not one 

 fingle word like thole attributed to her. 

 She admits, indeed, the words J'^^/il/a- 

 ria and the crofs at the top of the letters, 

 becaufe the two faints had told her to do ib, 

 and the eccieilaflics had approved of it. 

 She admits alio the other crol's which fl.e 

 ufed, but it is nothing but a fimple me- 

 nace to induce fomeone to do what (lie de- 

 fired ; but it was not even alked her if (he 

 had ordered thofe to be killed who did not 

 cbcy her, and they only produced two 

 le'ters ; that which (lie virote to the Count 

 u'Arm-<gnac, which related only to the 

 claimants for the Papacy, and that which 

 contaired a fpecies of declaration of war 

 againlt tlieEnglifh, and in which f;;e aflert- 

 ed t hreep.n fill ges were alered. — It is in the 

 Jatttr that the foundation of the falfe ac- 

 cul'ation contained in this Article is found. 

 Before caufing the fiege of Orleans to 

 be railed, Joan wrote, and circulated 

 tvery where, a letter, or rather a declara- 

 tion of an extraordinary kind, addreffed 

 to the King of England} and tljof* who 



befiegd Orleans, which was, in fa£\, a 

 fummons to quit Frjince. 



This curious letter is as fr Hows :— 

 '• ]EbU> MARIA .' 



*' King of England, and you Duke of 

 Betfort, who call yourielf Regent of the 

 kingdom of France; vo i William de la 

 Poulle, Earl of Suffort ; J hn Lord de 

 Talbot, and you Thomas Lord D"Ricales, 

 whi call yourfelf Lieutenant of the Duke 

 of Betfort, dt) jultice to the Ki g cf 

 Heaven. Render up to the Pucelle,* 

 who is fcnt by Cod the K.ng of Heaven, 

 the things in all the fair towns which you 

 have taken and violated in France. She 

 is come' hither, by God's orders, to re- 

 ftore the royal blood : (he is quite ready 

 to make peace, if you will do the lame, 

 provided that you make France fafe, and 

 pay what you have detained.- And 

 amongrt you, archers, companions of war, 

 gentlemen, and others, who are before the 

 town of Orleans, go your ways into your 

 own countiy, in God'i name; and if you 

 do not du fo, wait for tidings of the Pu- 

 celle, who wdl come and beat you fhortly 

 to your great dimage : and if -this you do 

 n^t do, I am chief of the war,-f- and in 

 fome place will wait for your men ia 

 France, and will m^ke thrm go, willing 

 or not willing, and if they wid not obey, 

 I will caufe them to be all killed. I am 

 fent here by the King of Heaven, body 

 to body, J to drive you out of France, and 

 if you will obey, I will fliew mercy, but 

 do not keep to your opinion, for you fhsll 

 not hold the kingdom of France. GoH, 

 the King of Heaven, Son of the holy 

 Mary, will hold the King, Charles, to be 

 the true heir; for the King of Heaven 

 commands, and it is revealed by the Pu- 

 celle, that he (hall enter into Paris in good 

 compiny. If you will not believe that 

 the tidings of the Pucelle come fiom God, 

 in lome places that we flnll find you we 

 will beat yi~ii, and there make fo great a 

 trouble, that for a thoufand ver.rs there 

 has been nothing like it in France. If 

 you do not do juftice, believe fiimly that 

 the King of Heaven will fend more force 

 to the Pucelle, fo that you cannot fuftain 

 the aiTaults of her and her good men of 

 arms and their (irokes, and it will he feen 

 who has a better right than the King of 



* Joan maintained that the words u-are 

 •• Render up to the King ," and it may be 

 prefumed they were, " to the King aud the 

 Pucelle." 



t She maintained that the words " chief 

 of the war" were not in the letter. 



J She denies that the words " body to 

 body" were in the letter, 



Heann« 



