HOTES

^^ 4. n beeatise ange m masculine. 5. roi de France : at this

time there were two claiinants to the throue of France, Charles VIL, and Henry VL, King of England, who was the Bou of a French princess. The war had raged in France for many years when Jeanne came to tbe aid of Charles. 80. le plus diffioile tfie most dijfieuU ihing : see note to p. 81, 1. QQ 9* ft^M • • • paysanne teUh her coarse redpeasant dothes :

see note to p. 89, 4. 16. dans Tadmiration JiUed toith admiration.

oQ 3. Charles YII. (Charles Sept) : B.G. 1286 ; P. G. p. 80 ' (9b). 22. il en advint U happened {abmt U). 27. sans y oroire tnûumt helieving in her: B.G. 148e; P. G. p. 109 (5c). 30. Orléans was besieged by the English under Talbot, and defended by the French under Dunois.

Ql 9. The fleur-de-lis is the emblem of the royal family of

France.

go 16. Les siens hie men. 31. et n'en . . . ûudle and was none

the less easy,