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 THE TRIAL OF JEANNE DARC. 459 his health. I went to him with a safe-condnct ; thence I returned to Yaucouleurs. From Vaucouleurs I set out dressed like a man, with a sword given me by Robert de Baudricourt, without other arms. I had with me a knight, a squire, and four servants, with whom I reached the city of St. Urbain, where I slept in an abbey. On the way I passed through Auxerre, where I heard mass in the principal church. At that time I often had my voices." " Who advised you to wear men's clothes ? " Again and again she refused all answer to this question ; but at last she said, " I charge no one with that." Then she ran on in this manner : " Robert de Baudricourt made the men who accompanied me swear to conduct me safely and well. ' Go,' said he to me — ' go, let come of it what will ! ' I well know that God loves the Due d'Orle'aiis ; I have had more revelations about the Due d'Orle'ans than about any living man except my king. I had to change my woman's dress for a man's. Upon that point my counsel advised me well. I sent a letter to the English before Orleans, telling them to depart, as appears from a copy of my letter which has been read in this city of Rouen ; but in that copy there are two or three words which are not in my letter. ' Yield to the Maid,' ought to be changed to ' Yield to the king.' These words also are not in my letter — ' body for body,' and ' chief of war.' I went without difficulty to the king. Having arrived at the village of St. Catherine de Fierbois, I sent for the first time to the chateau of Chinon, where the king was. I reached Chinon toward noon, and took lodgings at first at an inn. After dinner I went to the king, who was in the chateau. When I entered the room where he was, I knew him among many others by the counsel of my voice, which revealed him to me. I told him that I wished to go and make war against the English." " When the voice showed you the king, was there any light there ? " 2>