26/61 This vast army was not an irresistible force, since no one, not even the Bastard, knew how to bring it into action. In those days the issue of a battle was in the hands of a very few combatants. On the previous day everything had been decided by two or three men. 43, 44.] [Footnote 1063: _Chronique de la Pucelle_, p.292._Journal du siege_, p. 284, _passim_.] [Footnote 1064: _Journal du siege_, p.87.Letter from Charles VII to the people of Narbonne (10 May, 1429), in _Trial_, vol.v, pp. |