230.] [Footnote 867: The name by which the town councillors of Toulouse were called.] [Footnote 868: _Le siege d'Orleans, Jeanne d'Arc et les capitouls de Toulouse_, by A.Thomas, in _Annales du Midi_, 1889, p.232.It would appear that Saint-Flour, although solicited, did not contribute: it had enough to do to defend itself from the freebooters who were constantly hovering round.Cf._Villandrando et les ecorcheurs a Saint-Flour_ by M.Boudet, Clermont-Ferrand, 1895, in 8vo, pp.

18 _et seq._] The King's councillors, notably my Lord Regnault de Chartres, Chancellor of the Realm, were forming a new army.

What they had failed to accomplish, by means of the men of Auvergne, they would now attempt with troops from Anjou and Le Mans.

The Queen of Sicily, Duchess of Touraine and Anjou, willingly lent her aid.

Were Orleans taken she would be in danger of losing lands by which she set great store.
Therefore she spared neither men, money, nor victuals.