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 35S POLITICAL HERESY.— THE STATE. convincing him, while the authority of the University of Paris was invoked to quiet his scruples. July 14, the University ad- dressed letters to Jean de Luxembourg reminding him that his oath of knighthood required him to defend the honor of God and the Catholic faith, and the holy Church. Through Joan, idol- atries, errors, false doctrines, and evils innumerable had spread through France, and the matter admitted of no delav. The In- quisition had earnestly demanded her for trial, and Jean was urgently begged to surrender her to the Bishop of Beauvais, who had likewise claimed her ; all inquisitor-prelates are judges of the faith, and all Christians of every degree are bound to obey them under the heavy penalties of the law. while obedience will acquire for him the divine grace and love, and will aid in the exaltation of the faith. When furnished with this, Pierre Cauchon lost no time. He left Paris at once with a notary and a representative of the University, and on the 16th presented it to the Duke of Bur- gundy in the camp before Compiegne, together with a summons of his own addressed to the Duke, Jean de Luxembourg, and the Batard de Yendome, demanding the surrender of Joan for trial before him on charges of sorcery, idolatry, invocation of the devil, and other matters involving the faith — trial which he is ready to hold, with the assistance of the inquisitor and of doctors of theo- logy, for the exaltation of the faith and the edification of those who have been misled by her. He further offered a ransom of six thousand livres and a pension to the Batard de Yendome of two or three hundred livres, and if this was not enough- the sum would be increased to ten thousand livres, although Joan was not so great a person as the king would have a right to claim on giv- ing that amount ; if required, security would be furnished for the payment. These letters the duke transferred to Jean de Luxem- bourg, who after some discussion agreed to sell her for the stipu- lated sum. He would not trust his allies, however, even with security, and refused to deliver his prisoner until the money was paid. Bedford was obliged to convene the states of Xormandy and levy a special tax to raise it, and it was not till October 20 that Jean received his price and transferred his captive.* an 1435.— LWverdy (ubi sup. III. 8). — Chronique et Proces, pp. 462-4.
 * Monstrelet, II. 86. — Jean Chartier, p. 25. — Journal d'un Bourgeois de Paris,