220 Manuferipts in the Library of the late King of France. (April 1, 
For the Monthly Magazine. 
Continuation of the Manufcripts relating to 
Engl:th Hiftory in the National Library of 
France, formerly Bibliotheque du Roi. 
fn ACCOUNT of the CRIMINAL PRO- 
CERDINGS againjl, and CONDEMNA. 
T1ON Of, JOAN of ARC, commenly called 
La PUCELLE d@ ORLEANS. . 
(Continued from p. 23, vol. XVI.) 
HE fingularity and importance of 
the Memoirs of Joan of Are, in the 
elucidation of a very important period of 
Englifh hitory, has been already ad- 
verted to in the Monthly Magazine 
for Augult 1803, page 23. We now 
refume the accou;t of the various manu- 
feripts relating to this fubje&t, which have 
been digelted and arranged by the indult 
try and talents of the French edisor ; but 
as the whele occupies upwards of fix 
hundied quarto p°ges, our limits will 
permitus io predent a ftlatement of thac 
part only of this memorable tranfaction 
in which the Englith were immediately 
concerned. 
Vhis Memoir the editor, M. De L’ Aver- 
dy, has divided into four paris. The firkt 
contaliis an account of all the proceedings 
which preceded the grocés. The fecond, 
the proceedings up to the time when the 
articles were prefented, including the 
profetional opin ons which had been given 
upon them. ‘The third, an account of 
what pefled from the preféntment of the 
acculation until the {pecies of retra€tation 
extorted from Joan apparently put an end 
to the proccedings; and the fourth, of 
what pailed from that period until the 
death of this hero-ne. 
The firit a& of the precefs is dated Ja- 
_ nuary g, 1430, old ftyle, but many of 
the pri ceedings bear an é@uher date.— 
The Univerfity of Paris played the prin- 
,cipal part in this affair, to which they in 
a gieat meature gave rife by their clamours 
and interference. The inducements for 
this conduct is not beyond the reach of 
conjecture ; but, confidering the great 
number of perfons wito neceflarily took a 
part intheir deliberations, une can only 
reg-rd what they did and what they faid 
as produced by the opinion which thin 
prevaiked among the Englth, to whom 
the Univerfity was at this period entircly 
devoted, 
Scarcely had, Joan fallen into the hands 
of John of Luxemburg, when he found 
him'elf obliged to furrender the d:fpofal 
of her fate to the Duke of Burgusdy, 
who was then exciting himfelf againtt 
Charles VIT. to revenge the aflaflination 
of his father. On being apprized of this 
circumftance, the Univerfity immediately 
wrote to the Duke, calling upon him to 
proceed without delay againtt the prifon. 
er; but receiving no aniwer, they loitno 
time In writing a fecond letter, in which 
they attribute the filence of the Duke, 
and his tardinefs to inftitute proceedings 
againit Joan, to the intrigues and cun- 
ning of his fecret enemies, who were ex~ 
erting themfelves to obtain the deliver- 
ance of Joan in @ manner which Ged 
would not permit ; ‘for in truth (add 
they) in the opinion of all good Catho.w 
lics, fo great an injury to cur holy faith, 
fuch enormous peril, inconvenience, and 
Gasger, to the public weal of this king- 
dom, will never have happened in the me- 
mory of man, as in cafe Joan is extricated 
without a tral by fuch curfed means.”— 
They theretore intreat the Duke, ‘ by 
the. faith of our Saviour, for the preferva. 
tion of our holy church, and the mainte. 
nance of the divine honour, and alfo to 
the great advantage of this moft Chriftian 
kingdom,” that he will furrender Joan 
into the hands of the Inquilitor of the 
Faith and the Bifhop of Beauvais, in 
whofe jurifdition fhe had been appre- 
hended, in erder that fuch proceedings 
might be initituted againft her as might 
{eem proper. 
To enforce this application to; the 
Duke, the Univerfity wrote a letter alfo 
to John of Luxemburg, in which they 
congratulate him that, in conformity to his 
oath of knighthood, ‘* to maintain and 
dcfend the honour of God, the Catholic 
Faith, and the Holy Church, he had appre. 
hended a woman ealling herlelf the Pucelle, 
by whofe means the honour of God had 
been greatly offended, the Catholic Faith 
feandalized, acd the Church beyond mea- 
fure difhonoured ; for through her idola- 
ty, pernicious dcétrines and incalculable 
inconveniences had failen upon the king. 
dom.’? And they call upcn him to pro. 
cure her being furrendered to the Inquif- 
ter of Faith and the Bifhop of Beauvais, 
who were the judges in matters of faith, 
and to whom every Chriitian, of whatever 
condition, was bound to pay implicit obe- 
dience under the feverelt penalties. 3 
Not fatisfied with thefe applications, 
the Univerfity wrote a lester alfo to the 
Bifhop of Beauvais, in which they com- 
plain of his tardinefs in net having alrea- 
dy got Joan into his hands, alleging that, 
if he had ufed due diligence, the procefs 
would have been already commenced; and 
they invite him to. come to Paris for that 
. purpofe, 
