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 THE TEIAL OF JEANNE DARC. 469 complete the reader's view of this portion of the trial, I select one of these secret examinations (the fourth) for translation, in which she overtasked the credulity even of her adherents, and made her well-wishers in the court powerless to serve her. f " What was the sign which you gave your king ? " ' " Would you like me to perjure myself ? " " Have you promised and sworn to St. Catherine not to reveal that sign ? " " I have sworn and promised not to reveal that sign, and of my own accord, too, because they pressed me too much to reveal it ; and then I said to myself : I promise not to speak of it to any man in the world. The sign was that an angel assured my king, when bringing him the crown, that lie would possess the whole kingdom of France, through the help of God and my labor. The angel told him also to set me at work, that is to say, give me some soldiers, or otherwise he would not be crowned and anointed so soon." " Have you spoken to St. Catherine since yesterday ? " " I have heard her since yesterday, and she told me several times to answer the judges boldly concerning whatever they should ask me touching my case." " How did the angel carry the crown ? and did lie place it himself upon your king's head ? " " The crown was given to an archbishop, namely, the Archbishop of Rheims, I believe in my king's presence. The archbishop received it, and remitted it to the king. I was myself present. The crown was afterward placed in my king's treasury." " Where was it that the crown was brought to the king?" "It was in the king's chamber at the chateau of Chinon." " What day and hour ? "