I was accused before the Cardinal of England as a partisan of Jeanne, but I excused myself to the Cardinal, being in fear of my life. I think the notaries were truthful, and that they wrote with fidelity. I do not know whether she asked for Counsel, but I think no one would have dared to counsel or defend her, nor would they have been permitted. She was taken to execution, with great anger, by the English soldiers. When she was given up to the secular authorities by the Church, she began to weep and call upon “Jesus.” Then I went away, having so great compassion that I could not witness her death. _Third Examination, December 16th, 1455._ [_Additional evidence_:] I heard that, during the Trial, there were certain men hidden behind curtains, who, it was said, were writing down the words and confessions of Jeanne; but I do not know if this is the fact. This I heard from Maître Guillaume Manchon, one of the three Registrars of the Case. I complained of it to the Judges, saying that it did not seem to me to be a good way of acting. But whatever may be the truth of these hidden clerks, I believe truly that the Registrars who signed the Process were trustworthy, and that they faithfully reported what was done in the Trial. As to the act of recantation, I know it was performed by her; it was in writing, and was about the length of a _Pater Noster_. In an old book, in which are the sayings of Merlin the prophet, it is written that a maiden should come from an Oak-wood in the country of Lorraine. BROTHER YSAMBARD DE LA PIERRE: _Second Examination, May 3rd, 1452_. [_He makes the following additions_:] The room in which Jeanne was confined was rather dark. I was at the sermon of Maître Guillaume Érard, who took as his theme, “A branch cannot bear fruit except it abide in the Vine,” saying that in France there was no monster such as this Jeanne: she was a witch, heretic, and schismatic; and that the King who favoured her was of like sort for wishing to recover his kingdom by means of such an heretical woman. The Bishop of Beauvais held with the English. I believe it was he who, at the beginning of the Process, ordered her to be kept in irons, and deputed the English as her keepers, forbidding any to speak with her unless by leave from him, or from the Promoter, Benedicite. When I was holding the Cross before her, she begged me to descend, as the fire was mounting.