[25] Paris, as the Clerk of Parliament wrote in his note-book, could only be taken by blockade. It was a far larger city than Orleans, and we see how long the English, in the height of courage and confidence, were delayed by Orleans. But the Maid did not know the word 'impossible.' Properly supported, she could probably have taken Paris by assault; at the least she would not have left it while she lived.
[26] In 1715.
[27] Schäfer's Geschichte von Portugal.
[28] Six o'clock.
[29] Chapman's History of Gustavus Vasa.
[30] Brantôme.
[31] From the Saga of King Olaf the Holy, or St. Olaf.
[32] London, 1720.
[33] As a matter of fact, Suetonius, 'The destined to die salute thee.'
[34] From Snorri's Edda, cap. 44.