95/98 Suddenly a strange rumour arises, spreads, and gains credence. 54.] It is told that there had lately passed through the town of Gien a maid (_une pucelle_), who proclaimed that she was on her way to Chinon to the gentle Dauphin, and said that she had been sent by God to raise the siege of Orleans and take the King to his anointing at Reims.[568] [Footnote 568: _Trial_, vol.iii, pp. _Journal du siege_, pp. |