[168]. Jacques Bouchier.
[169]. [“Ha! sanglant garçon, vous ne me dyriez pas que le sanc de France feust repandu!”]
[170]. Cœlestinorum, in the text.
[171]. John de la Pole, Captain of Avranches, brother of the Earl of Suffolk.
[172]. Jeanne’s hatred of swearing is noticed by many of her followers, and in her hearing they endeavoured to abstain from it. La Hire, whose language was apparently the most violent, was permitted by her to employ the mild expletive ‘Par mon martin,’ ‘By my baton,’ an expression she herself is constantly reported to have used.
[173]. A nickname of Poulengey.
[174]. These three forts were on the left bank of the Loire; the fort of the Tourelles, of the Augustins, and of Saint-Privé were further west.
[175]. A woman called “la gasque d’Avignon,” whose predictions made much stir at the beginning of the fifteenth century.
[176]. The devoted Margaret of Bavaria, who was separated from him on account of his evil life.
[177]. Jean, Duke d’Alençon, son of the Duke killed at Agincourt. He was of the Blood Royal, descended from Philip II.