[The Life of Joan of Arc, Vol. 1 and 2 (of 2) by Anatole France]@TWC D-Link bookThe Life of Joan of Arc, Vol. 1 and 2 (of 2) CHAPTER XII 99/102
Cf. the evidence of S.Charles (_Trial_, vol.iii, pp.
116, 117).] It will be seen that by this proceeding the secrecy of the deliberations had been violated, and that the nobles had not been able to do what they had determined or at least not in the way they had determined.
On that Ascension Day the Maid for the last time sent a message of peace to the English, which she dictated to Brother Pasquerel in the following terms: _Ye men of England, who have no right in the realm of France, the King of Heaven enjoins and commands you by me, Jeanne the Maid, to leave your forts and return to your country.
If ye will not I will make so great a noise as shall remain for ever in the memory of man: This I write to you for the third and last time, and I will write to you no more._ Signed thus: Jhesus--Maria.
Jeanne the Maid. And below: _I should have sent to you with more ceremony.
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