ITINERARY. THE following account, which never before appeared in print in this country, will be found of the greatest utility, as it conveys a just idea of the labours of Jeanne d'Arc, and the most important expedition of Charles VII. It cannot be denied that the tracing of this itinerary presented numerous difficulties, since the ancient chronicles are frequently very faulty: scarcely one indicates. precisely the several stations; and when this happens, it frequently occurs that they ascribe to them different names, and vary in regard to the epochas: in short, there is not one definitive upon these points. Nearly all the historians omit the intermediate places, so that their notices are rarely to be met with, scattered, and, as it were, submerged in the volumes through which it is necessary to wade for the purpose of finding them. As these observations generally apply to the process instituted against Jeanne d'Arc, it was requisite, in order to avoid this labyrinth, to consult and compare, with infinite attention, all the recitals made by herself, together with the calendars, charts, &c. &c. First.-Journey undertaken in the Leag- 1. From Domrémy to Neufchâ- 2. From Domrémy to Vaucouleurs and back; two journeys. (Note 2.) 3. From Domrémy to Nanci and back. (Note 3.) 4. From Domrémy to Vaucouleurs, being the third journey. (Note 4.) 6. From Chinon to Coudray, and from thence to Chinon. (Note 6.) 7. From Chinon to Poitiers End of March & March & End of 104 6 .... 16 beginning 1429. of April. beginning of April. 8. From Poitiers to Chinon .... 16 |
