The Song of Joan of Arc
By Christine de Pisan
Stanza 48
Has she not herself led the King
to his annointing and coronation.
No greater deed ever occured in Acre
considering all of the opposition.
Yet, despite all who denied Charles
and all the resistance they could bring,
he was noble received and annointed,
and there he heard mass as King.
Original in French
N'a el le roy mené au sacre,
Que tousjours tenoit par la main?
Plus grant chose oncques devant Acre
Ne fu faite; car pour certain
Des contrediz y ot tout plain.
Mais, maulgré tous, à grant noblesse
Y fu receu, et tout à plain
Sacré, et là ouÿ la messe.1
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1 French from original fifteenth century manuscript referenced as Berne 205 and contained in: Pisan, Christine de, Ditié de Jeanne d'Arc, ed. A. J. Kennedy and K. Varty, Oxford: Society for the Study of Medieval Languages and Literature, 1977.
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