Heaven had now declared itself in favor of France, and had laid bare its outstretched arm to take vengeance on her invaders.

Few could distinguish between the impulse of inclination and the force of conviction; and none would submit to the trouble of so disagreeable a scrutiny.
* Hall, fol.107.Holingshed, p.

600.
After these artificial precautions and preparations had been for some time employed, Joan's requests were at last complied with: she was armed cap-a-pie, mounted on horseback, and shown in that martial habiliment before the whole people.

Her dexterity in managing her steed, though acquired in her former occupation, was regarded as a fresh proof of her mission; and she was received with the loudest acclamations by the spectators.

Her former occupation was even denied: she was no longer the servant of an inn.