cit._] From Loches the Maid went to Selles-en-Berry, a considerable town on the Cher.

Here, shortly before had met the three estates of the kingdom; and here the troops were now gathering.[1158] [Footnote 1158: Letter from Gui de Laval, in _Trial_, vol.v, p.

105.
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53.] On Saturday, the 4th of June, she received a herald sent by the people of Orleans to bring her tidings of the English.[1159] As commander in war they recognised none but her.
[Footnote 1159: Fortress accounts in _Trial_, vol.v, p.

262.] Meanwhile, surrounded by monks, and side by side with men-at-arms, like a nun she lived apart, a saintly life.