His most serious shortcoming, however, is the invention of miracles.

He tries to make out that when the convoy of victuals reached Orleans, there occurred, by the Maid's special intervention, and in order to carry the barges up the river, a sudden flood of the Loire which no one but himself saw.[54] [Footnote 53: _Expectando succursum regis_, _Trial_, vol.iii, p.
109.] [Footnote 54: _Trial_, vol.iii, p.

105.] The evidence of Dunois[55] is also somewhat deceptive.

We know that Dunois was one of the most intelligent and prudent men of his day, and that he was considered a good speaker.

In the defence of Orleans and in the coronation campaign he had displayed considerable ability.
Either his evidence must have seriously suffered at the hands of the translator and the scribes, or he must have caused it to be given by his chaplain.