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Featured Text – Old French version<\/strong><\/p>\n

XXVI
\nMais quant \u00e0 nous, oncques parler
\nN’o\u00ffsmes de si grant merveille,
\nCar tous les preux au long aler
\nQui ont est\u00e9; ne s’appareille
\nLeur prouesse \u00e0 ceste qui veille
\nA bouter hors noz ennemis.
\nMais ce fait Dieu, qui la conseille,
\nEn qui cuer plus que d’omme a mis.<\/p>\n

XXVII
\nDe Gedeon on fait grant compte,
\nQui simple laboureur estoit,
\nEt Dieu le fist, ce dit le conte,
\nCombatre, ne nul n’arrestoit
\nContre lui, et tout conquestoit.
\nMais onc miracle si appert
\nNe fist, quoy qu’Il ammonestoit,
\nCom pour ceste fait, il appert.<\/p>\n

XXVIII
\nHester, Judith et Delbora,
\nQui furent dames de grant pris,
\nPar lesqueles Dieu restora
\nSon pueple, qui fort estoit pris,
\nEt d’autres plusers ay apris
\nQui furent preuses, n’y ot celle,
\nMains miracles en a pourpris.
\nPlus a fait par ceste Pucelle.<\/p>\n

<\/p>\n

XXIX
\nPar miracle fut envoi\u00e9e
\nEt divine amonition,
\nDe l’ange de Dieu convoi\u00e9e
\nAu roy, pour sa provision.
\nSon fait n’est pas illusion,
\nCar bien a est\u00e9 esprouv\u00e9e
\nPar conseil (en conclusion,
\nA l’effect la chose est prouv\u00e9e),<\/p>\n

XXX
\nEt bien est\u00e9 examin\u00e9e
\nA, ains que l’on l’ait voulu croire,
\nDevant clers et sages men\u00e9e
\nPour ensercher se chose voire
\nDisoit, ain\u00e7ois qu’il fust notoire
\nQue Dieu l’eust vers le roy tramise.
\nMais on a trouv\u00e9 en histoire
\nQu’\u00e0 ce faire elle estoit commise;<\/p>\n

XXXI
\nCar Merlin et Sebile et Bede,
\nPlus de Vc ans a la virent
\nEn esperit, et pour remede
\nEn France en leurs escripz la mirent,
\nEt leur[s] prophecies en firent,
\nDisans qu’el pourteroit baniere
\nEs guerres fran\u00e7oises, et dirent
\nDe son fait toute la maniere.<\/p>\n

XXXII
\nEt sa belle vie, par foy,
\nMonstre qu’elle est de Dieu en grace;
\nPar quoy on adjouste plus foy
\nA son fait. Car, quoy qu’elle face,
\nTousjours a Dieu devant la face,
\nQu’elle appelle, sert et deprie
\nEn fait, en dit; ne va en place
\nO\u00f9 sa devotion detrie.<\/p>\n

XXXIII
\nO! comment lors bien y paru
\nQuant le siege ert devant Orliens,
\nO\u00f9 premier sa force apparu!
\nOnc miracle, si com je tiens,
\nNe fut plus cler, car Dieu aux siens
\nAida telement, qu’ennemis
\nNe s’aiderent ne que mors chiens.
\nL\u00e0 furent prins et \u00e0 mort mis.<\/p>\n

XXXIV
\nHee! quel honneur au femenin
\nSexe! Que Dieu l’ayme il appert,
\nQuant tout ce grant pueple chenin,
\nPar qui tout le regne ert desert,
\nPar femme est sours et recouvert,
\nCe que Cm hommes [fait] n’eussent,
\nEt les traictres mis \u00e0 desert!
\nA peine devant ne le creussent.<\/p>\n

XXXV
\nUne fillete de XVI ans
\n(N’est-ce pas chose fors nature?),
\nA qui armes ne sont pesans,
\nAins semble que sa norriture
\nY soit, tant y est fort et dure!
\nEt devant elle vont fuyant
\nLes ennemis, ne nul n’y dure.
\nElle fait ce, mains yeulx voiant,<\/p>\n

XXXVI
\nEt d’eulx va France descombrant,
\nEn recouvrant chasteaulx et villes.
\nJamais force ne fu si grant,
\nSoient ou \u00e0 cens ou \u00e0 miles!
\nEt de noz gens preux et abiles
\nElle est principal chevetaine.
\nTel force n’ot Hector n’Achilles!
\nMais tout ce fait Dieu, qui la menne.<\/p>\n

Modern French translation<\/strong><\/p>\n

XXVI
\nMais quant \u00e0 nous, nous n\u2019entend\u00eemes jamais parler d\u2019un si grand prodige, dar la prouesse de tous les preux de pass\u00e9 ne peut se comparer \u00e0 celle de cette femme dont la t\u00e2che est de repousser nos ennemis. Mais c\u2019est Dieu qui fait ceci, qui la guide, et qui a mis en elle un c\u0153ur plus grand que celui d\u2019un homme.<\/p>\n

XXVII
\nOn fait grand cas de G\u00e9d\u00e9on qui \u00e9tait un simple travailleur ; et c\u2019est Dieu, dit le conte, qui le fit combattre, et personne ne put lui r\u00e9sister, et il conquit tout. Mais quels que soient les conseils que Dieu lui donna, il est \u00e9vident qu\u2019Il ne fit jamais pour lui un miracle aussi \u00e9clatant qu\u2019Il ne fit pour elle.<\/p>\n

XXVIII
\nJ\u2019ai entendu parler d\u2019Esther, de Judith et de D\u00e9borah qui furent dames de grand m\u00e9rite par lesquelles Dieu d\u00e9livra son peuple de l\u2019oppression, et de plusieurs autres femmes courageuses, par l’interm\u00e9diaire desquelles Dieu accomplit de nombreux miracles, mais jamais autant que par l\u2019interm\u00e9diaire de cette pucelle.<\/p>\n

XXIX
\nPar miracle et commandement divin, elle fut men\u00e9e au roi par l\u2019ange de Dieu afin de l\u2019aider. Son action n\u2019est pas illusion, car elle a \u00e9t\u00e9 bien mise \u00e0 l\u2019\u00e9preuve par le conseil (en conclusion, l\u2019effet prouve la chose),<\/p>\n

XXX
\net elle a \u00e9t\u00e9 bien examin\u00e9e avant que l\u2019on n\u2019ait voulu la croire, men\u00e9e devant clercs et sages pour savoir si elle disait chose vraie, avant qu\u2019il ne soit notori\u00e9t\u00e9 publique que Dieu l\u2019avait envoy\u00e9e au roi. Mais on a trouv\u00e9 dans les livres d\u2019histoire qu\u2019elle \u00e9tait destin\u00e9e \u00e0 accomplir cette mission,<\/p>\n

XXXI
\ncar Merlin et la Sibylle et B\u00e8de la virent dans leurs imaginations il y a plus de cinq cents ans et la mirent en leurs \u00e9crits comme celle qui sauverait la France, et en firent des proph\u00e9ties, disant qu\u2019elle porterait la banni\u00e8re dans les guerres fran\u00e7aises, et racont\u00e8rent toutes ses actions.<\/p>\n

XXXII
\nEt, en v\u00e9rit\u00e9, la beaut\u00e9 de sa vie montre qu\u2019elle a la gr\u00e2ce de Dieu ; et c\u2019est pourquoi on peut avoir plus de foi en ses actions. Car, quoi qu\u2019elle fasse, elle ne perd jamais Dieu de vue, ce Dieu qu\u2019elle implore, sert et prie ardemment en parole et en action. Jamais, en nul lieu, sa d\u00e9votion ne vacille.<\/p>\n

XXXIII
\n\u00d4 ! combien clair \u00e9tait ceci au si\u00e8ge d\u2019Orl\u00e9ans, o\u00f9 sa force apparut pour la premi\u00e8re fois ! \u00c0 mon avis, nul miracle ne fut plus \u00e9vident, car Dieu aida tellement les siens que les ennemis ne pouvaient pas plus s\u2019aider que des chiens morts. L\u00e0, ils furent pris et mis \u00e0 mort.<\/p>\n

XXXIV
\nEh ! quel honneur pour le sexe f\u00e9minin ! Il est \u00e9vident que Dieu l\u2019aime, puisque tout ce peuple mis\u00e9rable qui a d\u00e9truit tout le royaume — maintenant recouvr\u00e9 et sauv\u00e9 par une femme, ce que cinq mille hommes n\u2019auraient pu faire –, ainsi que les tra\u00eetres ont \u00e9t\u00e9 extermin\u00e9s ! Il y a peu de temps on ne l\u2019aurait pas cru.<\/p>\n

XXXV
\nUne fillette de seize ans (n\u2019est-ce pas une chose hors nature ?) \u00e0 qui les armes ne sont pas pesantes, car il semble qu\u2019elle soit \u00e9lev\u00e9e pour cela, tant elle est forte et r\u00e9solue ! Et devant elle, les ennemis s\u2019enfuient ; personne ne peut lui r\u00e9sister. Elle fait cela \u00e0 la vue de tous,<\/p>\n

XXXVI
\net elle chasse hors de France ses ennemis en recouvrant ch\u00e2teaux et villes. Personne ne vit jamais plus de force, m\u00eame avec des centaines ou milliers d\u2019hommes ! Et elle est la principale capitaine de nos hommes vaillants et capables. Ni Hector ni Achille n\u2019eurent telle force ! C\u2019est Dieu qui fait tout cela ; Il la m\u00e8ne.<\/p>\n

Modern English translation<\/strong><\/p>\n

XXVI
\nBut as for us we have never heard
\ntell of a tale so marvelous.
\nFor all the great men of the past
\nnone can be compared with this.
\nJoan’s only concern is to cast out
\nthe invader and free us from duress
\nThis is God’s doing who guides her and
\nhas given her a heart greater than the rest.<\/p>\n

XXVII
\nMuch has been made of Gideon,
\nwho was but a simple working man.
\nYet God (the story goes) made him fight
\nand nothing could stand before him
\nand he conquered everything in sight.
\nBut however God helped him excel
\nHe never performed as great a deed,
\nas He did for Joan la Pucelle.<\/p>\n

XXVIII
\nEsther, Judith and Deborah,
\nwere all woman that were exceptional.
\nThrough them God delivered His people
\nfrom oppression, and I have heard of
\nmany other worthy women as well.
\nThrough them God gave his people aid
\nand performed miracles with them,
\nbut not a one can compare with this Maid.<\/p>\n

XXIX
\nShe was miraculously sent
\nby Divine command
\nand conducted to the king
\nby an angel holding her hand.
\nHer purpose being to help him.
\nHer achievement was no illusion
\nas she was tested (a thing is
\nproved by its effect, my conclusion),<\/p>\n

XXX
\nShe was very well examined,
\nbefore people came to believe in her.
\nBefore everyone knew she had been
\nsent to the King by God, there were
\nexaminations before learned men.
\nTested as to the truth about her vision.
\nBut it was found in history records that
\nshe was destined for just this mission.<\/p>\n

XXXI
\nMerlin, the Sibyl and Bede
\nforesaw her coming 500 years ago,
\nand told in their writings how
\nshe would end France’s woe.
\nThey prophesied about her that
\nshe would carry France’s banner in war,
\nand put an end to all the troubles
\ndescribing all she would do long before.<\/p>\n

XXXII
\nIn truth the beauty of her holy life
\nshows she is blessed by God’s grace.
\nAnd for that reason her actions are
\nmuch more easy to accept and embrace.
\nWhatever she does she has her eyes fixed
\nupon God to Whom she prays and Whom she
\nserves in word and deed, which makes it plain
\nthat her love for Him will never ever wane.<\/p>\n

XXXIII
\nOh! How clear this was
\nat the siege of Orleans
\nwhere her power was first shown
\nNo miracle was more clear than that
\nGod so aided and to all it was known.
\nThru the inability of our enemies who
\nhelped each other like dogs without breath,
\nSo they were captured or put to death.<\/p>\n

XXXIV
\nOh! What honor for the feminine sex!
\nGod has shown his regard for it,
\nin contrast to all the people who
\ndestroyed the Kingdom and ran away and quit.
\nNow recovered and saved by a woman,
\nwho did what 5000 men could not,
\nand now the traitors are no more.
\nWho would have believed this before!<\/p>\n

XXXV
\nA girl only sixteen years old,
\n(Is this not something supernatural?)
\nwho notices little the arms she bears
\nfor she has been brought up for this,
\nso strong and resolute and natural.
\nAnd not one of her enemies can stand up to her
\nand instead they flee before her and run.
\nShe does all this in plain view of everyone.<\/p>\n

XXXVI
\nShe drives her enemies from France,
\nrecapturing many towns and castles.
\nNever was shown any greater strength,
\nnot even with 100,000 men in battles.
\nAnd she is the supreme commander of
\nour brave and able men accomplishing the deeds.
\nNot even Hector or Achilles had such strength.
\nThis is God’s doing and it is she whom He leads.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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