acheva de lui ga£:ner, * entirely won

9. GoUet de Vienne, or Colet de Vienne, a royal messenger wbo had corne to Vaucouleurs with despatches for Baudricourt. M. Luce, one of the latest historians of Jeanne d'Arc, inclines to think tbat Baudricourt had sent word of Jeanne's mission to the court, and tbat Colet brought the answer.

10. lire de Baudrioourfe. Robert de Baudricourt was governor of Vaucouleurs for Charles VII, and maintained the fortress bravely against the Burgundians. At fîrst he disbelieved in Jeanne's mission, but afterwards consented to send her to Chinon.

19. la Journée des Harengs. While the English were besieging Orléans, the French forces tried to eut off a great convoy coming from Paris to the besiegers; but they were defeated at Rouvrai in a 6ght called the Battle of Herrings, because the provisions in the convoy were chiefly herrings (February iith, 1429).