of the poems of Charles d'Orleans, in the British Museum, Royal 16 F.ii, fol.

73 v'o.] [Footnote 857: _Journal du siege_, p.43.Symphorien Guyon, _Histoire de la ville d'Orleans_, vol.ii, p.

43.] Every time they felt themselves in great danger, they brought it forth from the Church of Sainte-Croix, carried it in grand procession round the town and over the ramparts,[858] then, having brought it back to the cathedral, they listened to a sermon preached in the porch by a good monk chosen by the magistrates.[859] They said prayers in public and resolved to amend their lives.

Wherefore they believed that in Paradise Saint Euverte and Saint-Aignan, touched by their piety, must be interceding for them with Our Lord; and they thought they could hear the voices of the two pontiffs.

Saint Euverte was saying, "All-powerful Father, I pray and entreat thee to save the city of Orleans.