ENGRAVINGS IN THE FIRST VOLUME.

1.

PORTRAIT OF JEANNE D'ARC: FROM THE PICTURE IN THE
TOWN-HALL AT ORLEANS . . . . To face the Title.

CONTENTS

OF

THE FIRST VOLUME.

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Summary of the Revolutions of France, during the

Reigns of Charles VI. and Charles VII., which

immediately, preceded the appearance of Jeanne

History of Jeanne d'Arc, La Pucelle d'Orléans, from

the period of her birth, supposed to have taken

place in 1411, to that of her arrival at the City of

Orleans in 1428 . . . . . . . . . . .

TITLE OF THE ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT.

Historical Diary of the Siege of Orleans by the English;

begun on Tuesday the 12th day of October, 1428 :
Charles VII., King of France, then reigning. With
an account of all the Sallies, Assaults, Skirmishes,
and other notable particulars, which occurred from
day to day; with the arrival of Jeanne La Pucelle,

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and how, by Divine grace, and by force of arms,
she caused the Siege to be raised by the English.
Taken verbatim, and the style preserved as much
as possible in this translation, from the Original
Manuscript, written on parchment during the Siege,
and preserved in the town-house at Orleans. ..

The Chart of Orleans, with its Walls, Boulevards,

Tournelles, &c. explained ; being a delineation of

that City and its Fortifications, as they appeared

during the Siege in 1428 . ........

SUMMARY

OF THE

REVOLUTIONS OF FRANCE

DURING THE

REIGNS OF CHARLES VI. AND CHARLES VII.

WHICH IMMEDIATELY PRECEDED THE APPEARANCE OF

JEANNE D'ARC,

LA PUCELLE D'ORLEANS.

VOL. I.