[5] Song of Merlin the Enchanter, in Villemarqué, Popular Songs of Brittany, vol. I, p. 219.
[6] Villemarqué, Popular Songs of Brittany, vol. I, p. 219.
[7] The citation is literal. Denis Laxart, uncle to Jeannette, testified to having heard her say: "Has it not been long prophesied that France, desolated by a woman, would be restored by a woman?" (Proceedings of the Rehabilitation of Joan of Arc, edited by Jules Quicherat, vol. II, p. 444.) The wife of Henry Rolhaire also deposed and said: "Jeannette asked: 'Have you not heard it said that France, lost by a woman, would be saved by a virgin of the marches (borders) of Lorraine, born near an oak forest?'" (The same, p. 447.)
[8] "Descendet virgo dorsum sagitarii. Among other writings was found a prophecy of Merlin, speaking in this manner."—Testimony of Matthew Thomassin, given by Quicherat in the Rehabilitation, vol. III, p. 15.
[9] See "The Iron Arrow Head," the tenth of this series.
[10] Volume one of this series, "The Gold Sickle."
[11] Trial and Condemnation of Joan of Arc, vol. I, p. 67.
[12] Trial and Condemnation of Joan of Arc, vol. I, p. 87.
[13] Trial and Condemnation of Joan of Arc, vol. I, p. 88.
[14] Trial and Condemnation of Joan of Arc, vol. I, p. 88.