“Have you sometimes prayed that it might be more fortunate?” “It is good to know that I wished my armour might have good fortune!” “Had you your sword when you were taken prisoner?” “No, I had one which had been taken on a Burgundian.” “Where was the sword of Fierbois left?” “I offered at Saint-Denis a sword and armour;[35] but it was not this sword. I had that at Lagny; from Lagny to Compiègne, I bore the sword of this Burgundian; it was a good sword for fighting—very good for giving stout buffets and hard clouts. To tell what became of the other sword does not concern this Case, and I will not answer about it now. My brothers have all my goods—my horses,[36] my sword, so far as I know, and the rest, which are worth more than twelve thousand crowns.” “When you were at Orleans, had you a standard, or banner;[37] and of what colour was it?” “I had a banner of which the field was sprinkled with lilies; the world was painted there, with an angel at each side; it was white, of the white cloth called ‘boccassin’; there was written above, I believe, ‘Jhesus Maria’; it was fringed with silk.” “The words ‘Jhesus Maria’ were they written above, below, or on the side?” “At the side, I believe.” “Which did you care for most, your banner or your sword?” “Better, forty times better, my banner than my sword!” “Who made you get this painting done upon your banner?” “I have told you often enough, that I had nothing done but by the command of God. It was I, myself, who bore this banner, when I attacked the enemy, to save killing any one, for I have never killed any one.” “What force did your King give you when he set you to work?” “He gave me ten or twelve thousand men. First, I went to Orleans, to the fortress of Saint Loup, and afterwards to that of the Bridge.” “Which fortress was being attacked when you made your men retire?” “I do not remember. I was quite certain of raising the siege of Orleans; I had revelation of it. I told this to the King before going there.” “Before the assault, did you not tell your followers that you alone would receive the arrows, cross-bolts, and stones, thrown by the machines and cannons?” “No; a hundred and even more of my people were wounded. I had said to them: ‘Be fearless, and you will raise the siege.’ Then, in the attack on the Bridge fortress, I was wounded in the neck by an arrow or cross-bolt;[38] but I had great comfort from Saint Catherine, and was cured in less than a fortnight. I did not interrupt for this either my riding or work. I knew quite well that I should be wounded; I had told the King so, but that, notwithstanding, I should go on with my work. This had been revealed to me by the Voices of my two Saints,[39] the blessed Catherine and the blessed Margaret. It was I who first planted a ladder against the fortress of the Bridge, and it was in raising this ladder that I was wounded in the neck by this cross-bolt.” “Why did you not accept the treaty with the Captain of Jargeau?”[40]