23.] [Footnote 1225: _Ibid._, vol.v, p.

306.] Jean Bourgeois, tailor, asked one golden crown for the making of the robe and the cloak, as well as for furnishing white satin, taffeta, and other stuffs.[1226] [Footnote 1226: _Ibid._, pp.

112, 114.] The town had previously given the Maid half an ell of cloth of two shades of green worth thirty-five _sous_ of Paris to make "nettles" for her gown.[1227] Nettles were the Duke of Orleans' device, green or purple or crimson his colours.[1228] This green was no longer the bright colour of earlier days, it had gradually been growing darker as the fortunes of the house declined.

It had first been a vivid green, then a brownish shade, and, finally, the tint of the faded leaf with a suggestion of black in it which signified sorrow and mourning.

The Maid's colour was _feuillemort_.