It was also decided that the Articles just read have been well put together; that Jeanne should be questioned and heard upon each of them; that these Articles shall be proposed, in the name of the Promoter, by some grave advocate, or by the Promoter himself; that if Jeanne should refuse to answer after a Canonical monition shall have been addressed to her, as a preliminary, the said Articles shall be held as acknowledged. Following on this decision, We, the Judges, gave order that the Articles of which we treat shall, from to-morrow be proposed by our Promoter; and that Jeanne should be, in like manner, interrogated upon each of them and heard in answer. _The Promoter presents his petition._ _The next day, Tuesday after Palm Sunday, 27th day of March, in the room near the Great Hall of the Castle of Rouen. The Promoter opened the case. Present: The Bishop and Brother Jean Lemaître, assisted by 38 Assessors._ He then shewed the text of the accusation drawn up by him against Jeanne, in the which are found stated the Articles just spoken of, and of which the tenour shall be written below. This done, We, the Judges, did request the Lords and Masters here present to deliberate and to give Us their opinion. This deliberation[86] took place in presence of Jeanne, as follows: And first, _Maître Nicolas de Venderès_ said: that Jeanne should in the first place be compelled to swear what the Promoter hath rightly demanded; that should Jeanne refuse to swear, she be accounted contumacious and excommunicate, and be proceeded against according to law. _Maître Jean Pinchon_: That the Articles should first be read to her. _Maître Jean Basset_: That the Articles should be read to her before she be excommunicated. _Maître Jean Guerin_: Agrees with preceding. _Maître Jean Delafontaine_: Of the same opinion as M. Venderès. _Maître Geoffrey de Crotay_: That she should be given at least three days before being declared excommunicate and convicted; in civil matters there is always a three days’ delay for taking the oath. _Maître Jean Ledoux_: Agrees with preceding. _Maître Gilles Deschamps_: That the Articles should be read to her, and that a day should be assigned for her to answer. _Maître Robert Barbier_: Agrees with preceding. _The Lord Abbot of Fécamp_: She is bound to speak the truth on what touches the Case; that, if she has not already been summoned to that effect, she be so summoned with the due legal interval. _Maître Jean de Châtillon_: She is bound to speak the truth, her own affairs being in question. _Maître Erard Ermengard_: Agrees with the Abbot of Fécamp. _Maître Guillaume Lebouchier_: Agrees with the preceding. _The Lord Prior of Longueville_: For those things to which she does not know how to answer, it seems to be exacting too much to wish her to reply by “I believe” or “I do not believe.”