She gave right good cheer (a kind reception) to my brother and myself; and after we had dismounted at Selles I went to see her in her quarters.

She ordered wine, and told me that she would soon have me drinking some at Paris.

It seems a thing divine to look on her and listen to her.

I saw her mount on horseback, armed all in white armor, save her head, and with a little axe in her hand, on a great black charger, which, at the door of her quarters, was very restive, and would not let her mount.

Then said she, 'Lead him to the cross,' which was in front of the neighboring church, on the road.