The Saber and Scroll Journal Volume 6, Issue 1, Winter 2017 | Page 20

that you have taken.
King of England, if you do not do these things, I am the
commander of the military; and in whatever place I shall find
your men in France, I will make them flee the country, whether
they wish to or not; and if they will not obey, the Maid will have
them all killed. She comes sent by the King of Heaven, body for
body, to take you out of France, and the Maid promises and
certifies to you that if you do not leave France she and her troops
will raise a mighty outcry as has not been heard in France in a
thousand years. And believe that the King of Heaven has sent
her so much power that you will not be able to harm her or her
brave army.
To you, archers, noble companions in arms, and all people who
are before Orléans, I say to you in God’s name, go home to your
own country; if you do not do so, beware of the Maid, and of the
damages you will suffer. Do not attempt to remain, for you have
no rights in France from God, the King of Heaven, and the Son
of the Virgin Mary. It is Charles, the rightful heir, to whom God
has given France, who will shortly enter Paris in a grand
company. If you do not believe the news written of God and the
Maid, then in whatever place we may find you, we will soon see
who has the better right, God or you.
William de la Pole, Count of Suffolk, Sir John Talbot, and
Thomas, Lord Scales, lieutenants of the Duke of Bedford, who
calls himself regent of the King of France for the King of
England, make a response, if you wish to make peace over the
city of Orléans! If you do not do so, you will always recall the
damages which will attend you.
Duke of Bedford, who call yourself regent of France for the
King of England, the Maid asks you not to make her destroy
you. If you do not render her satisfaction, she and the French
will perform the greatest feat ever done in the name of
Christianity.
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