Well might he lament. The battle of Patay was followed by a massacre of the English, which the Maid was powerless to prevent. The French had suffered too long; the iron had entered too deep into their souls. As the world stood then, they would have been more or less than human to have held their hand from the slaughter. It seemed probable that Joan did not see all of the butchery, but she saw more than enough. "She was most pitiful," says the page d'Aulon, "at the sight of so great a slaughter. A Frenchman was leading some English prisoners; he struck one of them on the head; the man fell senseless. Joan sprang from her saddle and held the Englishman's head in her lap, comforting him; and he was shriven."[56] Talbot was taken by Xaintrailles, and led by him before Alençon, the Maid and de Richemont. "You did not look for this in the morning, Lord Talbot!" said Alençon, who had been a prisoner in England. "It is the fortune of war!" said the old lion; and no other word of his is recorded. The Week of Victories was over, and once more Joan returned to her Orleans, to joy-bells and masses, adoring crowds and friendly hearthstones. This time she found a present awaiting her at the house of _Père_ Boucher, a present at once quaint and pathetic. Fourteen years had passed since Agincourt was lost and won, and Charles of Orleans was still a prisoner in England, still writing poetry like his fellow-prisoner and poet, James I. of Scotland. He had heard of the grievous peril of his city, and of its glorious rescue by the wonder-working Maid. He would fain show his gratitude in some seemly and appropriate way. Therefore, "considering the good and agreeable service of the Pucelle against the English, ancient enemies of the King and himself," he ordered the treasurer (of Orleans) to offer in his name to the young heroine a suit--of armor?--By no means! a costume of state, "_vêtement d'apparat_," such as gentlewomen wore. The colors of his house were to be used; "a robe of fine scarlet cloth, with a tunic (_huque_) of dark green stuff." "A tailor of renown" was charged with the making of the costume; the items of expense have been preserved.