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                          I |
I, Christine, who have wept for ![read more . .](/maid_assets/extras/more.gif) |
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                          II |
I begin to laugh for happiness ![read more . .](/maid_assets/extras/more.gif) |
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                          III |
Now in 1429 the sun began to shine![read more . .](/maid_assets/extras/more.gif) |
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                          IV |
But now my song has turned again![read more . .](/maid_assets/extras/more.gif) |
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                          V |
My reason is because the legally![read more . .](/maid_assets/extras/more.gif) |
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                          VI |
Now let us welcome our King![read more . .](/maid_assets/extras/more.gif) |
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                          VII |
But now I wish to relate how![read more . .](/maid_assets/extras/more.gif) |
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                          VIII |
Now hear a matter wonderful![read more . .](/maid_assets/extras/more.gif) |
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                          IX |
And note you should not be dismayed![read more . .](/maid_assets/extras/more.gif) |
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                          X |
Who then has seen something occur![read more . .](/maid_assets/extras/more.gif) |
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                          XI |
A miracle it was and who![read more . .](/maid_assets/extras/more.gif) |
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                          XII |
And what an honor for the French ![read more . .](/maid_assets/extras/more.gif) |
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                          XIII |
And you Charles, now King ![read more . .](/maid_assets/extras/more.gif) |
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                          XIV |
In such a short time, when all ![read more . .](/maid_assets/extras/more.gif) |
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                          XV |
And I firmly believe that such grace![read more . .](/maid_assets/extras/more.gif) |
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                          XVI |
For there will be a King of France![read more . .](/maid_assets/extras/more.gif) |
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                          XVII |
All this is to profit your soul![read more . .](/maid_assets/extras/more.gif) |
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                          XVIII |
I hope you will be good and ![read more . .](/maid_assets/extras/more.gif) |
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                          XIX |
How can you ever thank God enough![read more . .](/maid_assets/extras/more.gif) |
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                          XX |
May you be praised for this![read more . .](/maid_assets/extras/more.gif) |
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                          XXI |
And blessed Maid, are you to be ![read more . .](/maid_assets/extras/more.gif) |
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                          XXII |
Blessed is He who created you Joan![read more . .](/maid_assets/extras/more.gif) |
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                          XXIII |
And who in history can be praised ![read more . .](/maid_assets/extras/more.gif) |
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                          XXIV |
When we consider your person![read more . .](/maid_assets/extras/more.gif) |
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                          XXV |
For if God worked many miracles![read more . .](/maid_assets/extras/more.gif) |
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                          XXVI |
But as for us we have never heard![read more . .](/maid_assets/extras/more.gif) |
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                          XXVII |
Much has been made of Gideon![read more . .](/maid_assets/extras/more.gif) |
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                          XXVIII |
Esther, Judith and Deborah![read more . .](/maid_assets/extras/more.gif) |
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                          XXIX |
She was miraculously sent ![read more . .](/maid_assets/extras/more.gif) |
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                          XXX |
She was very well examined![read more . .](/maid_assets/extras/more.gif) |
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                          XXXI |
Merlin, the Sibyl and Bede ![read the rest of Joan of Arc's letter . .](/maid_assets/extras/more.gif) ![read more . .](/maid_assets/extras/more.gif) |
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                          XXXII |
In truth the beauty of her holy life ![read more . .](/maid_assets/extras/more.gif) |
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                          XXXIII |
Oh! How clear this was![read more . .](/maid_assets/extras/more.gif) |
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                          XXXIV |
Oh! What honor for the feminine![read more . .](/maid_assets/extras/more.gif) |
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                          XXXV |
A girl only sixteen years old![read more . .](/maid_assets/extras/more.gif) |
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                          XXXVI |
She drives her enemies from France![read more . .](/maid_assets/extras/more.gif) |
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                          XXXVII |
Oh! you soldiers who have proven![read more . .](/maid_assets/extras/more.gif) |
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                          XXXVIII |
You who in pain and suffereing![read more . .](/maid_assets/extras/more.gif) |
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                          XXXIX |
So, Englishmen lay down your arms![read more . .](/maid_assets/extras/more.gif) |
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                          XL |
You thought France was conquered![read more . .](/maid_assets/extras/more.gif) |
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                          XLI |
She will defeat the English for good![read more . .](/maid_assets/extras/more.gif) |
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                          XLII |
She will restore the Church and![read more . .](/maid_assets/extras/more.gif) |
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                          XLIII |
She will also destroy the Saracens![read more . .](/maid_assets/extras/more.gif) |
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                          XLIV |
Therefore, what man in history can compare![read more . .](/maid_assets/extras/more.gif) |
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                          XLV |
Yet destroying the English invader![read more . .](/maid_assets/extras/more.gif) |
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                          XLVI |
As for you French rebels![read more . .](/maid_assets/extras/more.gif) |
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                          XLVII |
Oh! all you blind people,![read more . .](/maid_assets/extras/more.gif) |
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                          XLVIII |
Has she not herself led the King![read more . .](/maid_assets/extras/more.gif) |
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                          XLIX |
In great triumph and splendor![read more . .](/maid_assets/extras/more.gif) |
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                          L |
And the little Maid right beside him![read more . .](/maid_assets/extras/more.gif) |
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                          LI |
It is true that some still resisted![read more . .](/maid_assets/extras/more.gif) |
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                          LII |
Although a huge force gathered![read more . .](/maid_assets/extras/more.gif) |
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                          LIII |
I don't know if Paris will hold out![read more . .](/maid_assets/extras/more.gif) |
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                          LIV |
For the King will enter Paris![read more . .](/maid_assets/extras/more.gif) |
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                          LV |
Oh! Paris so poorly counseled![read more . .](/maid_assets/extras/more.gif) |
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                          LVI |
To only the evil ones do I refer![read more . .](/maid_assets/extras/more.gif) |
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                          LVII |
As for the rest of you rebel towns![read more . .](/maid_assets/extras/more.gif) |
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                          LVIII |
To avoid the killing and destruction![read more . .](/maid_assets/extras/more.gif) |
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                          LIX |
Alas, he is so magnanimous![read more . .](/maid_assets/extras/more.gif) |
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                          LX |
I pray God that He give you the courage![read more . .](/maid_assets/extras/more.gif) |
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                          LXI |
This poem completed by Christine![read more . .](/maid_assets/extras/more.gif) |
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