12.
Morosini, vol.iii, p.126.The Dean of Saint Thibaud, in _Trial_, vol.iv, p.423.Herman Korner, in Le P.Ayroles, _La vraie Jeanne d'Arc_, pp.

279 _et seq._ Walter Bower, in _Trial_, vol.iv, p.

481.] The clerks, who were busy forging prophecies for the Maid's benefit, did not stop at a pseudo Bede and a garbled Merlin.

They were truly indefatigable, and by a stroke of good luck we possess a piece of their workmanship which has escaped the ravages of time.

It is a short Latin poem written in the obscure prophetic style, of which the following is a translation through the old French.
"A virgin clothed in man's attire, with the body of a maid, at God's behest goes forth to raise the downcast King, who bears the lilies, and to drive out his accursed enemies, even those who now beleaguer the city of Orleans and strike terror into the hearts of its inhabitants.