25/102 Horsemen ran little risk of being pursued by the English, who were short of horses in their bastions. 75.] [Footnote 951: _Ibid._, p. 76.] On that Friday, the 29th of April, in the darkness, she entered Orleans, by the Burgundian Gate. She was in full armour and rode a white horse.[952] A white horse was the steed of heralds and archangels.[953] The Bastard had placed her on his right. Before her was borne her standard, on which figured two angels, each holding a flower de luce, and her pennon, painted with the picture of the Annunciation. |