Footnote 490
Jean Chartier: "The aforesaid Jehanne the Maiden, on a warhorse, a baton in her hand, rode through the ranks and put knights, squires, and other men of all estates to work hauling bundles of sticks, doors, tables, window frames, and other things necessary to make shelters and trenchworks against the aforesaid town, to set up some of the army's bombardes and cannons; and worked with astounding diligence as could have been done by a commander who had been nourished all his life in war." (For the original language, see: Quicherat's "Procès...", Vol IV, pp. 75 - 76).
"Journal of the Siege...": "And then she mounted a warhorse, holding a baton in her hand, and made all preparations with great diligence, to launch the assault and have the cannons fired..." (For the original language, see: Quicherat's "Procès...", Vol IV, p. 183).
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