Bosseboeuf, _Jeanne d'Arc en Touraine_, Tours, 1899, pp.

34 _et seq._] [Footnote 911: Le P.Denifle, _La desolation des eglises, monasteres, hopitaux, en France, vers le milieu du XV'e siecle_, Macon, 1897, in 8vo, introduction.] The men-at-arms were much too accustomed to seeing monks and nuns mingling side by side in the army to feel any surprise at the sight of the holy damsel in the midst of a band so disreputable.

It is true that the damsel was said to work wonders.

Many believed in them; others mocked and said aloud: "Behold the brave champion and captain who comes to deliver the realm of France."[912] [Footnote 912: _Trial_, vol.iv, p.327.Tringant, _Le Jouvencel_, vol.ii, p.

277, merely says that few soldiers went willingly to the relief of Orleans, which is not strictly accurate.] The Maid had a banner made for the monks to assemble beneath and summon the men-at-arms to prayer.