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Heaven. You Duke of Betfort, the Pu- 

 ceile prays and defiies th^t you will not 

 cauCe a crumb to be deftroytd. If you 

 do jiifticein this rei'pefl, yci may yet do 

 it ill your company: other A'ii'e ihe French 

 will do the grentell d^ed that was ever 

 d ne for Chiiftianity, and anfwer it you 

 %vill make peace in t!ie city of Orlean;., 

 and if you do not it w.Il turn out to your 

 great damage. Briefly written this ba- 

 tu diy — holy wetk." 



There is no ether foundation for the 

 fix'h Article than this btttr; for with re- 

 gard to cruelty and inhumy.nity, there are 

 only two articles in tlie procefs. One in 

 which (lie is afked whe'her fne would not 

 have cul the Governor of Soiffor.s m four 

 pieces, which fhc denies without fsyir.g 

 any more : and ihe other, the reproach 

 which was made to her of having com- 

 mitted a mortal fin, in caufmg a man to 

 be put to death who tiad lurrendered to 

 her : but (he anfwertd, that this perfon 

 having admitted that he was a hcnucide, 

 a robber, an.i a traitor, the Mayor of 

 Senlis and the officers of jultice tr'cd him i 

 that he wifiied to lurrendtr himfelf a pri- 

 I'oner to her, but that the magiftrates re- 

 prcfcnted to her ih\t he had deici ved the 

 puniniment to which he was condemned, 

 and that it ivoulij be wrong on her part to 

 require that he fliould be given up. They 

 have a!fo lupprelTcd in tnis Article 'he 

 declaratioT of J'-an, thar (!ie carried her- 

 Itif her ftandard in batt'e, to avoid ihe 

 fnedding of human bleed, and that (lie 

 r( I'er killed any one. — The proof ot',3,the 

 faliehood of this charge is then comphte. 

 Ariick ni. 

 She alfo fays and admits, that at the 

 age of ll-venteen years or thereabouts, (he 

 went by her own accord, and by virtue of 

 a revelation, to find a certain equerry, 

 whom Cne had never feen, quitting her 

 fatiier's houfe, againft the will of her pa- 

 rents, who almoft loft their fenCes when 

 they knew of her departuie. That (he 

 entreated iiiin to carry her, or caufe her 

 10 be brought to the king. That this 

 captain then gave her the drefs of a man, 

 and a fvvord, ?t her requcff, and that he 

 ordeied a knight, a Iquirs, and tour va- 

 let* to condutl htr. That being arrived 

 in til'- prel'ence of the King, (he told him 

 ih^tflie wculd condutil tlic war againfl his 

 adverCiries, promifing to procure him a 

 great domain, and to overcome his ene- 

 mies, and that (lie was lent for that pur. 

 pofie by the God of Heaven ; adding, 

 that in all his (lie ai5led light, and ftom 

 the orJcii of God and bj( yiUus wi' avi- 

 i'.iun. 



Opinion of the Unlvrrjliy. 



Th"s woman is impious lowanls her fa- 

 ther and incther, pievartcating in il)e pie- 

 Cf pt to honour them, fcandalous and bhf- 

 phemcus towards God, erring in faiih, 

 and has made a promile raGi and prefumji- 

 tuons. , 



Obfrrvattens. 



It is not faid that this captain twice re- 

 fuled to comply With herrequ;;!', and that 

 oiu' of her uncles accon-.pjiiitd lier tiiither. 

 Nothing is f;ijd about the dreams which 

 her father had relative to her departure, 

 and that this was the only time that (Its 

 difobeyed her parents, who had finc^ for- 

 given her. Tliat Ihe only (et out upo«\ 

 the belief of tlie truth of the revelations, 

 and, ab; ve ail, the laiiint; ti»e (iege of 

 Oi leans: that hffrpromile was to deliver 

 that ci;y, and tocrown theKlngat Rhe'-ms, 

 pramil'es which (};e fulfilled long before 

 her inipriljnnient- 



Article yUI. 



She further fays and owns, that of her 

 own acc.ird, and without being foicedcr 

 induced by any perfiin, that (h- precipi- 

 tared lierfelf from a certain very elevated 

 tower, picferring rather to die than fill 

 into thi; hands ot tier enemies, or to furvive 

 the dcftinilion of the city of Coinp^igne. 

 She alfo fays, (he could not refrain from 

 thus precipitating herfclf, although tlie 

 two faints had forbid her to do (u, ani 

 aitiiough (lie was convinced that it was 

 a great fn to cffciid thein ; but th t iiic 

 ■l^nows this fm has been re;riitted after (lie 

 had been confelTcd, and this (lie lays ha* 

 been revealed to her. 



Opinion of the Uniz'erfty. 



What this Article contains is a pufil- 

 lanimity which touches on defpair, and 

 ought to be interpreted as a prelumptu- 

 ous luicide. The afTcrtion that this fault 

 has befn remitted, is rafn, and, more- 

 over, indicates, that this woman thinks 

 erroiieoully upon the free-will of man. 

 Obfervations. 



It 19 not faid in this charge, Firft, That 

 (he trulftd in not being kille<i by this leap, 

 but to ellape from the hands of the Eng- 

 lifli, ?.s towliich the tri d iti'elf proves that 

 (lie had (i)cli tear as to be near lofiiig her 

 (L-nfts. Secordly, That before leapin;.^ 

 (he recommended her ioul to G(!d, and 

 made the lign of the cro.'s. Thiroly, 

 That the two faints told her that 

 Compeigne fliould be fuccoured, which 

 happened in fa£l, and the liege raifed af. 

 ter continuing fix month.s. Fourthly, 

 That they ordered her to confefs; aiul, 

 Fifthly, That in confelilug (lie hail coii- 

 uiiucd A gticYoui (in on this head, it was 



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