She made answer that she would tell him when the repast was over. And, when the ewer was brought her, "Sire," she said, "this day have been drowned in the sea five hundred English, who were crossing to your land to do you hurt. Therefore did I laugh. In three days you will know that it is true."
And so it was.[1590]
Another time, when she was in a town some miles distant from the château where the King was, as she prayed before going to sleep, it was revealed to her that certain of the King's enemies wished to poison him at dinner. Straightway she called her brothers and sent them to the King to advise him to take no food until she came.
When she appeared before him, he was at table surrounded by eleven persons.
"Sire," she said, "have the dishes brought."
She gave them to the dogs, who ate from them and died forthwith.
Then, pointing to a knight, who was near the King and to two other guests: "Those persons," she said, "wished to poison you."
The knight straightway confessed that it was true; and he was dealt with according to his deserts.[1591]
It was borne in upon her that a certain priest kept a concubine;[1592] and one day, meeting in the camp a woman dressed as a man, it was revealed to her that the woman was pregnant and that having already had one child she had made away with it.[1593]