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

CHAPTER VII
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He might employ a creature human or not human, like the raven that fed Elijah.

And that a woman should engage in war accorded with what was written in books concerning Camilla, the Amazons, and Queen Penthesilea, and with what the Bible says of the strong women, Deborah, Jahel, Judith of Bethulia, raised up by God for the salvation of Israel.

For it is written: "The mighty one did not fall by the young men, neither did the sons of Titans smite him, nor high giants set upon him; but Judith the daughter of Merari weakened him with the beauty of her countenance."[741] [Footnote 741: Judith, xvi, 7 (W.S.).] Jeanne was taken to the mansion where dwelt Maitre Jean Rabateau, not far from the law-courts, in the heart of the town.[742] Maitre Jean Rabateau was Lay Attorney General; all criminal cases went to him, while civil cases went to the ecclesiastical Attorney General, Jean Jouvenel.

Alike King's advocates, in the King's service, they both represented him in cases wherein he was concerned.

The King was an unprofitable client.


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