The Burgundians were coming up in mass upon Compiegne, and Flavy gave orders to pull up the draw-bridge and let down the portcullis.

Joan and some of her following lingered outside, still fighting.

She wore a rich surcoat and a red sash, and all the efforts of the Burgundians were directed against her.

Twenty men thronged round her horse; and a Picard archer, "a tough fellow and mighty sour," seized her by her dress, and flung her on the ground.

All, at once, called on her to surrender.