“I asked nothing from my King, except good arms, good horses, and money to pay my household.” “Had you no treasure?” “The ten or twelve thousand I was worth is not much treasure to carry on war, very little indeed; and such goods are my brothers’, in my opinion; what I have is my King’s own money.” “What was the sign[63] that came to your King when you went to him?” “It was beautiful, honourable, and most credible; the best and richest in the world.” “Then why will you not tell it and shew it, since you wished to have the sign[64] of Catherine de la Rochelle?” “I might not have asked to know the sign of the said Catherine, had that sign been as well shewn before notable people of the Church and others, Archbishops and Bishops, as mine was before the Archbishop of Rheims and other Bishops whose names I know not. There were there also Charles de Bourbon, the Sire de la Tremouille, the Duke d’Alençon,[65] and many other knights, who saw and heard it as well as I see those who speak to me to-day; and, besides, I knew already, through Saint Catherine and Saint Margaret, that the doings of this Catherine were as nothing.” “Does this sign still last?” “It is well to know it; it will last a thousand years and more. My sign is with the King’s treasure.” “Is it gold, silver, precious stones, or a crown?” “I will tell you nothing more about it. No man in the world could devise so rich a thing as this sign; but the sign that you need is that God may deliver me from your hands; that is the most sure sign He could send you. When I was about to start to see my King, my Voices told me: ‘Go boldly; when thou art before the King, he shall have a sure sign to receive thee and believe in thee.’” “When the sign came to your King, what reverence did you make to it? Did it come from God?” “I thanked Our Lord for having delivered me from the trouble that I had with the clergy of my party, who were arguing against me; and I knelt down several times. An Angel from God, and from none other, sent the sign to my King; and for this I have many times thanked Our Lord. The priests of that party ceased to attack me when they had recognized the sign.” “The Clergy of that party then saw the sign?” “When my King and those who were with him had seen the sign and also the Angel[66] that brought it, I asked my King if he were satisfied. He answered, Yes. Then I left, and went to a little chapel close by. I have since heard that, after I left, more than three hundred persons saw the said sign. For love of me and that I should not be questioned about it, God permitted certain men of my party to see the sign in reality.” “Your King and you, did you do reverence to the Angel who brought the sign?” “Yes; I made a salutation, knelt down, and took off my cap.”