Makers of the world's history and their grand achievements . The day of trial at length arrived, and multitudes of both French 2.)2 JOAN OF ARC. and English assembled to hear the examination and witness the deport-ment of the Maid of Orleans. The court was seated, and all thingssolemnly prepared ; guards were sent to the prison, with directions toclothe the prisonerin the male attirewhich she had her-self voluntarilyadopted, and tobring her in armor,but loaded withchains, through thepublic streets forthe purpose of let-ting the populacebehold her degra-dation. The court wasin session sixteenda
Makers of the world's history and their grand achievements . The day of trial at length arrived, and multitudes of both French 2.)2 JOAN OF ARC. and English assembled to hear the examination and witness the deport-ment of the Maid of Orleans. The court was seated, and all thingssolemnly prepared ; guards were sent to the prison, with directions toclothe the prisonerin the male attirewhich she had her-self voluntarilyadopted, and tobring her in armor,but loaded withchains, through thepublic streets forthe purpose of let-ting the populacebehold her degra-dation. The court wasin session sixteendays. On thecharge of wearingmale attire, andother offencesequally frivolous,as well as on thecharge of profane-ness and hypocrisyin declaring shewas divinely com-missioned to de- MARTYRDOM OF JOAN OF her countiy, she was convicted and sentenced to be queenly bearing and invincible courage made no impression on herfoes, who had prejudged her, and, in their own minds, had already pro-nounced her a heretic. As such, her fate was JOAN OF ARC. 293 Her answers to the charges brought against her were laid before theUniversity of Paris, and condemnation was pronounced against her as aservant of the evil spirit, who by impious inventions and pretendedrevelations had deluded the people and injured the cause of these foul crimes, as her warrant said, she was sentenced b} theRomish Cliurch to be burned at the stake in the market square of Rouen. The fanciful persuasion of her being an inspired person again tookpossession of her mind. Even when she was led forth from the prisonto the place of execution, and saw the awful preparations complete, andthe people whom she had delivered assembled in crowds to witness herdeatli, the certain expectation that a heavenly deliverer would be sentto her rescue upheld and comforted her to the last ; thus in some degreefrustrating the determined malice of her enemies. CALM AND RESOLUTE WHEN BOUND TO THE STAKE. T
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