She had said to the doctors of Poitiers: "The siege of Orleans shall be raised and the town delivered from the enemy after I have summoned it to surrender in God's name."[928] In the name of the King of Heaven she had called upon Scales, Suffolk, and Talbot to raise the siege.

She had written that she was ready to make peace, and had bidden them return to England.

Now she asked Talbot, Suffolk, and Scales for an answer.

Since the English had not sent back her herald she herself came to their leaders as the herald of Messire.

She came to require them to make peace, and if they would not make peace she was ready to fight.