Original Text<\/p>\n
XXIX<\/p>\n
Par miracle fut envoi\u00e9e<\/p>\n
Et divine amonition,<\/p>\n
De l’ange de Dieu convoi\u00e9e<\/p>\n
Au roy, pour sa provision.<\/p>\n
Son fait n’est pas illusion,<\/p>\n
Car bien a est\u00e9 esprouv\u00e9e<\/p>\n
Par conseil (en conclusion,<\/p>\n
A l’effect la chose est prouv\u00e9e),<\/p>\n
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XXX<\/p>\n
Et bien est\u00e9 examin\u00e9e<\/p>\n
A, ains que l’on l’ait voulu croire,<\/p>\n
Devant clers et sages men\u00e9e<\/p>\n
Pour ensercher se chose voire<\/p>\n
Disoit, ain\u00e7ois qu’il fust notoire<\/p>\n
Que Dieu l’eust vers le roy tramise.<\/p>\n
Mais on a trouv\u00e9 en histoire<\/p>\n
Qu’\u00e0 ce faire elle estoit commise;<\/p>\n
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XXXI<\/p>\n
Car Merlin et Sebile et Bede,<\/p>\n
Plus de Vc ans a la virent<\/p>\n
En esperit, et pour remede<\/p>\n
En France en leurs escripz la mirent,<\/p>\n
Et leur[s] prophecies en firent,<\/p>\n
Disans qu’el pourteroit baniere<\/p>\n
Es guerres fran\u00e7oises, et dirent<\/p>\n
De son fait toute la maniere.<\/p>\n
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XXXII<\/p>\n
Et sa belle vie, par foy,<\/p>\n
Monstre qu’elle est de Dieu en grace;<\/p>\n
Par quoy on adjouste plus foy<\/p>\n
A son fait. Car, quoy qu’elle face,<\/p>\n
Tousjours a Dieu devant la face,<\/p>\n
Qu’elle appelle, sert et deprie<\/p>\n
En fait, en dit; ne va en place<\/p>\n
O\u00f9 sa devotion detrie.<\/p>\n
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XXXIII<\/p>\n
O! comment lors bien y paru<\/p>\n
Quant le siege ert devant Orliens,<\/p>\n
O\u00f9 premier sa force apparu!<\/p>\n
Onc miracle, si com je tiens,<\/p>\n
Ne fut plus cler, car Dieu aux siens<\/p>\n
Aida telement, qu’ennemis<\/p>\n
Ne s’aiderent ne que mors chiens.<\/p>\n
L\u00e0 furent prins et \u00e0 mort mis.<\/p>\n
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XXXIV<\/p>\n
Hee! quel honneur au femenin<\/p>\n
Sexe! Que Dieu l’ayme il appert,<\/p>\n
Quant tout ce grant pueple chenin,<\/p>\n
Par qui tout le regne ert desert,<\/p>\n
Par femme est sours et recouvert,<\/p>\n
Ce que Cm hommes [fait] n’eussent,<\/p>\n
Et les traictres mis \u00e0 desert!<\/p>\n
A peine devant ne le creussent.<\/p>\n
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XXXV<\/p>\n
Une fillete de XVI ans<\/p>\n
(N’est-ce pas chose fors nature?),<\/p>\n
A qui armes ne sont pesans,<\/p>\n
Ains semble que sa norriture<\/p>\n
Y soit, tant y est fort et dure!<\/p>\n
Et devant elle vont fuyant<\/p>\n
Les ennemis, ne nul n’y dure.<\/p>\n
Elle fait ce, mains yeulx voiant,<\/p>\n
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XXXVI<\/p>\n
Et d’eulx va France descombrant,<\/p>\n
En recouvrant chasteaulx et villes.<\/p>\n
Jamais force ne fu si grant,<\/p>\n
Soient ou \u00e0 cens ou \u00e0 miles!<\/p>\n
Et de noz gens preux et abiles<\/p>\n
Elle est principal chevetaine.<\/p>\n
Tel force n’ot Hector n’Achilles!<\/p>\n
Mais tout ce fait Dieu, qui la menne.<\/p>\n
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Translation into Modern French:<\/span><\/p>\n XXIX<\/span><\/p>\n Par 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’\u00e9preuve par le conseil (en conclusion, l\u2019effet prouve la chose),<\/span><\/p>\n XXX<\/span><\/p>\n Et 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 de notori\u00e9t\u00e9 publique que Dieu l\u2019avait envoy\u00e9e au roi. Mais on a trouv\u00e9 dans des livres d\u2019histoire qu\u2019elle \u00e9tait destin\u00e9e \u00e0 accomplir cette mission,<\/span><\/p>\n XXXI<\/span><\/p>\n Car 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. <\/span><\/p>\n XXXII<\/span><\/p>\n Et, 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. <\/span><\/p>\n XXXIII<\/span><\/p>\n \u00d4 ! combien clair \u00e9tait ceci au si\u00e8ge d’Orl\u00e9ans, o\u00f9 sa force apparut pour la premiere fois ! \u00e0 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. <\/span><\/p>\n XXXIV<\/span> XXXV<\/span><\/p>\n Une 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,<\/span><\/p>\n XXXVI<\/span><\/p>\n Et 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.<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n English Translation:<\/p>\n XXIX<\/span><\/p>\n She was miraculously sent <\/span><\/p>\n by Divine command<\/span><\/p>\n and conducted to the king<\/span><\/p>\n by an angel holding her hand.<\/span><\/p>\n Her purpose being to help him.<\/span><\/p>\n Her achievement was no illusion<\/span><\/p>\n as she was tested (a thing is <\/span><\/p>\n proved by its effect, my conclusion)<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n XXX<\/span><\/p>\n She was very well examined,<\/span><\/p>\n before people came to believe in her.<\/span><\/p>\n Before everyone knew she had been <\/span><\/p>\n sent to the King by God, there were<\/span><\/p>\n examinations before learned men.<\/span><\/p>\n Tested as to the truth about her vision.<\/span><\/p>\n But it was found in history records that<\/span><\/p>\n she was destined for just this mission.<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n XXXI<\/span><\/p>\n Merlin, the Sibyl and Bede<\/span><\/p>\n foresaw her coming 500 years ago,<\/span><\/p>\n and told in their writings how<\/span><\/p>\n she would end France’s woe.<\/span><\/p>\n They prophesied about her that<\/span><\/p>\n she would carry France’s banner in war,<\/span><\/p>\n and put an end to all the troubles<\/span><\/p>\n describing all she would do long before.<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n XXXII<\/span><\/p>\n In truth the beauty of her holy life<\/span><\/p>\n shows she is blessed by God’s grace.<\/span><\/p>\n And for that reason her actions are<\/span><\/p>\n much more easy to accept and embrace.<\/span><\/p>\n Whatever she does she has her eyes fixed <\/span><\/p>\n upon God to Whom she prays and Whom she<\/span><\/p>\n serves in word and deed, which makes it plain<\/span><\/p>\n that her love for Him will never ever wane.<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n XXXIII<\/span><\/p>\n Oh! How clear this was<\/span><\/p>\n at the siege of Orleans<\/span><\/p>\n where her power was first shown<\/span><\/p>\n No miracle was more clear than that<\/span><\/p>\n God so aided and to all it was known.<\/span><\/p>\n Thru the inability of our enemies who<\/span><\/p>\n helped each other like dogs without breath,<\/span><\/p>\n So they were captured or put to death.<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n XXXIV<\/span><\/p>\n Oh! What honor for the feminine sex!<\/span><\/p>\n God has shown his regard for it,<\/span><\/p>\n in contrast to all the people who <\/span><\/p>\n destroyed the Kingdom and ran away and quit.<\/span><\/p>\n Now recovered and saved by a woman,<\/span><\/p>\n who did what 5000 men could not,<\/span><\/p>\n and now the traitors are no more.<\/span><\/p>\n Who would have believed this before!<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n XXXV<\/span><\/p>\n A girl only sixteen years old,<\/span><\/p>\n (Is this not something supernatural?)<\/span><\/p>\n who notices little the arms she bears<\/span><\/p>\n for she has been brought up for this,<\/span><\/p>\n so strong and resolute and natural.<\/span><\/p>\n And not one of her enemies can stand up to her<\/span><\/p>\n and instead they flee before her and run.<\/span><\/p>\n She does all this in plain view of everyone.<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n XXXVI<\/span><\/p>\n She drives her enemies from France,<\/span><\/p>\n recapturing many towns and castles.<\/span><\/p>\n Never was shown any greater strength,<\/span><\/p>\n not even with 100,000 men in battles.<\/span><\/p>\n And she is the supreme commander of <\/span><\/p>\n our brave and able men accomplishing the deeds.<\/span><\/p>\n Not even Hector or Achilles had such strength.<\/span><\/p>\n This is God’s doing and it is she whom He leads.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Original Text XXIX Par miracle fut envoi\u00e9e Et divine amonition, De l’ange de Dieu convoi\u00e9e Au roy, pour sa provision. 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\n<\/span>Eh ! 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 \u2014 maintenant recouvr\u00e9 et sauv\u00e9 par une femme, ce que cinq mille hommes n’auraient pu faire \u2014, ainsi que les tra\u00eetres ont \u00e9t\u00e9 extermin\u00e9s ! Il y a peu de temps on ne l\u2019aurait pas cru. <\/span>
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