_Monday, March 12th, in the morning; in Jeanne’s prison.—Present: The Bishop, assisted by Jean Delafontaine, Commissary; Nicholas Midi and Gerard Feuillet; and as their witnesses: Thomas Fiefvet, Pasquier de Vaux, and Nicolas de Houbent._ In presence of all the above-named, We required the said Jeanne to swear to speak truth on what should be asked her. She replied: “_On what touches your Case_, as I have said already, I will willingly speak truth.” And thus did she make oath. Then, by Our order, she was questioned by Maître Jean Delafontaine: “Did not the Angel who bore the sign to your King speak to him?” “Yes, he spoke to him; and he told my King it was necessary that I should be set to work, so that the country might be soon relieved.” “Was the Angel who bore the sign to your King the same Angel who had before appeared to you?” “It is all one; and he has never failed me.” “Has not the Angel, then, failed you with regard to the good things of this life, in that you have been taken prisoner?” “I think, as it has pleased Our Lord, that it is for my well-being that I was taken prisoner.” “Has your Angel never failed you in the good things of grace?” “How can he fail me, when he comforts me every day? My comfort comes from Saint Catherine and Saint Margaret.” “Do you call them, or do they come without being called?” “They often come without being called; and other times, if they do not come soon, I pray Our Lord to send them.” “Have you sometimes called them without their coming?” “I have never had need of them without having them.” “Has Saint Denis appeared to you sometimes?” “Not that I know.” “When you promised Our Saviour to preserve your virginity, was it to Him that you spoke?” “It would quite suffice that I give my promise to those who were sent by Him—that is to say, to Saint Catherine and Saint Margaret.” “Who induced you to have cited a man of the town of Toul on the question of marriage?” “I did not have him cited; it was he, on the contrary, who had me cited; and then I swore before the Judge to speak the truth. And besides, I had promised nothing to this man. From the first time I heard my Voices, I dedicated my virginity for so long as it should please God; and I was then about thirteen years of age. My Voices told me I should win my case in this town of Toul.” “As to your visions, did you speak of them to your Curé or to any other Churchman?” “No; only to Robert de Baudricourt and to my King. It was not my Voices who compelled me to keep them secret; but I feared to reveal them, in dread that the Burgundians might put some hindrance in the way of my journey; and, in particular, I was afraid that my father would hinder it.” “Do you think that you did right to go without leave from your father or mother, when you should ‘honour your father and mother’?” “In all things I obeyed them well, except in that of the journey: but afterwards I wrote to them, and they forgave me.”