Again did We several times warn and require her to be willing, on whatsoever should touch on the Faith, to swear to speak truly. And the said Jeanne, on her knees, her two hands resting on the Missal, did swear to speak truth on that which should be asked her and which she knew in the matter of the Faith, keeping silence under the condition above stated, that is to say, neither to tell nor to reveal to any one the revelations made to her.
After this oath, Jeanne was interrogated by Us as to her name, and surname, her place of birth, the names of her father and mother, the place of her baptism, her godfathers and godmothers, the Priest who baptized her, etc., etc.
“In my own country they call me Jeannette; since I came into France I have been called Jeanne. Of my surname I know nothing. I was born[[6]] in the village of Domremy, which is really one with the village of Greux. The principal Church is at Greux. My father is called Jacques d’Arc; my mother, Ysabelle. I was baptized in the village of Domremy.[[7]] One of my godmothers[[8]] is called Agnes, another Jeanne, a third Sibylle. One of my godfathers is called Jean Lingué, another Jean Barrey. I had many other godmothers, or so I have heard from my mother. I was, I believe, baptized by Messire Jean Minet; he still lives, so far as I know. I am, I should say, about nineteen years of age. From my mother I learned my Pater, my Ave Maria, and my Credo. I believe I learned all this from my mother.”
JEANNE D’ARC’S HOUSE AT DOMREMY.
“Say your Pater.”
“Hear me in confession, and I will say it willingly.”
To this same question, which was many times put to her, she always answered: “No, I will not say my Pater to you, unless you will hear me in confession.”
“Willingly,” We said to her, “We will give you two well-known men, of the French language, and before them you shall say your Pater.”
“I will not say it to them, unless it be in confession.”