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The Life of Joan of Arc, Vol. 1 and 2 (of 2)

CHAPTER I
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Her name being Isabelle or Zabillet, she received at some time, exactly when is uncertain, the surname of Romee.[153] That name was given to those who had been to Rome or on some other important pilgrimage;[154] and it is possible that Isabelle may have acquired her name of Romee by assuming the pilgrim's shell and staff.[155] One of her brothers was a parish priest, another a tiler; she had a nephew who was a carpenter.[156] She had already borne her husband three children: Jacques or Jacquemin, Catherine, and Jean.[157] [Footnote 148: This may be inferred from vol.i, p.

46, of the _Trial_.

But Jeanne did not know how old she was when she left her father's house (_Trial_, vol.i, p.

51).

I have ignored the letter of Perceval de Boulainvilliers, p.


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