CONTENTS OF THE FIRST VOLUME.

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'Orléans i

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 ixxxi

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, 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 1

Notes to the Diary 122

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 229