1804.| Manuferipts in the Library of the late King of France. 
and thofe of them who may have already 
made fuch experiments, would much 
oblige me by communicating their refult 
through the medium of your magazine. 
I am, Sir, &c. 
Sept. 12, 1804. W. 
For the Monthly Magazine. 
ACCOUNT of the MANUSCRIPTS relating 
to ENGLISH HISTORY 7 the NATI- 
ONAL LIBRARY Of FRANCE, formerly 
BIBLIOTHEQUE DU ROI. 
ACCOUNT of the PROCEEDINGS againjft 
JOAN OF ARC. (continued from page 339, 
vol. 17.) 
ISTORIANS have flated, with fuch 
great inaccuracy, the real proceed- 
ings in this Trial, that it appears abfolutely 
neceflary to examine them with the molt 
fcrupulous attention. The following is 
the refult of Joan’s various examinations. 
‘¢ At the age of thirteen,’’ faid the, 
«s [heard a voice in my father’s garden at 
Domiemy, proceeding from the right on 
the fide of the church, accompanied with 
a great licht. At firft I was afraid, but 
prefently found that it was the voice of an 
angel, who has protected me ever fince, 
who has taught me to conduét myfelf pro- 
perly, and to frequent the church. It 
was Saint Michaei. I have alfo feen Saint 
Gabriel, but never Saint Denys. I 
have alfo feen Saint Catherine and Saint 
Margaret, who {puke to me, exhorted me 
to go frequently to confcflion, and dirc&ted 
me in almolt all my actions. Thefe two 
Saints appeared to me almoft daily, and 
often more than once in the fame day. I 
have feen them as diftinétly as I fee my 
Judges. I wept when they left me, be- 
cauie I wifhed that my fpirit might ac- 
company them. I {poke of thele occur- 
rences to no one, except to the Captain de 
Baudricourt, and the King : not becaule 
I was forbidden to do fo; but I feared, if 
it were Known, that my father, or the Bur- 
gundians of the neighbourhood, would 
create obiiacles to my departure. 
‘¢ The angels were fometimes accom. 
panied by many other angels, for they 
come often among Chriltians. I have 
feen them many times among them, 
although the others did not ice them. 
They have never written me any letters. 
‘IT can ealily diftinguifh whether it is the 
voice of an Angel ora Saint that fpeaks 
tome. They are generally accompanied 
by a light, but not always. Their voices 
are {weet and good. They {poke to me 
in French and not in Englith, becaule they 
are on the fide of the former. I have never 
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failed to fee the two Saints, even during 
my trial. The Angels appeayed to me 
with heads in their natural fhape. I fee 
them and have feen them with my owr 
eyes. 1am conyinced of it as ftrongly as 
I believe that God exifts. Both the Saints 
were always richly crowned. | 
“¢ Tt is God who hath given them the 
form under which they fhewed themfelves 
tome. I bent the knee to them, and made 
reverences, joining my hands together ; 
but [ never made offerings of flowers or 
of my hair, or burnt wax-tapers to their 
henor, but in the church and before the 
images of the Holy Saints who are in 
Heaven, and never before the tree of the 
fairies. 
‘¢Saint Michael hath appeared to me 
under the form of a true and honeft man. 
He certified to me that it was God who 
fent the two Saints to me, and that they 
only fpoke to me by his orders. I am fure 
that it was Saint Michael from the ex- 
preffions he ufed, for it was the language 
of Angels. I cannot explain myfelf more 
particularly as to. their appearances. 
‘They had hair, and their faces were per- 
fet. Ihave often embraced the two fe- 
male Saints by the middle of the body ; 
and when they left me, I kiffed the earth 
where they paffed. I have been afked 
how I could prevent being deceived, if a 
demon had prefented itfelf to me under 
the refemblance of St. Michael. I anfwer, 
that after the proofs I had, I could eafily 
diftinguifh that Saint from any other. 
He hath never faid any thing to me but 
what was good: he hath inftru@ed me 
rightly, and I believe in his words and 
deeds as firmly as I believe that Jefus 
Chritt fuffered for our redemption. 
<¢ It is true that there is at Domremy, 
as has been faid, a beech tree, which they 
call /e beau Mai ou Parbre des fées, and a 
{pring in the neighbourhcod where fick 
perfons come to drink to be cured of a 
fever; but i do not know whether they 
are relieved by it. Old people in the 
neighbourhood fay, that feiries formerly 
came to ‘his tree. A woman inthe neigh- 
bourhood faid that fhe had feen them. 
For mytfelf I do not know whether it be 
true or not, for I have never feen them. 
They alfo fay at Domremy that a man- 
drake is concealed in the earth near to this 
tree who could difcover hidden treafures, 
but I know nothing mere about it. ‘The 
young girls are wont to amufe themfelves 
near this tree. I have been there with 
others, but I have neither fung nor danc- 
ed, but have made nofegays tur the holy 
virgin of Domremy. However, fince the 
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