Compare 1577 edition: 1 2 After this fortunate victorie, sir Iohn Fastolfe and his companie (hauing lost no one man of anie repu|tation) with all their cariages, vittels, and prisoners, marched foorth and came to the English campe before Orleance, where they were ioifullie receiued, and highlie commended for their valiancie and worthie prowesse shewed in the battell; the which bicause most part of the cariage was herring and lenton stuffe, the Frenchmen called it the battell of herrings. The earle of Suffolke being thus vittelled,The battell of herrings. continued the siege, and euerie daie almost skirmished with the Frenchmen within, who (at length being in despaire of all succours) offered to treat, and in conclusion, to saue themselues and the citie from captiuitie of their enimies, they deuised to submit the citie, themselues, and all theirs vnder the obeisance of Philip duke of Burgognie, bicause he was extract out of the stocke and bloud roiall of the ancient kings of France, thinking by this means (as they did in deed) to breake or diminish the great amitie betwéene the English|men and him.

Compare 1577 edition: 1 This offer was signified by them vnto the duke of Burgognie, who with thanks certified them againe, that he would gladlie receiue them, if the lord regent would therewith be contented. Herevpon he dispat|ched messengers to the duke of Bedford, who though some counselled that it should be verie good and ne|cessarie for him to agrée to that maner of yéelding; yet he and other thought it neither conuenient nor honourable, that a citie so long besieged by the king of England, should be deliuered vnto anie other prince, than to him, or to his regent, for that might be a verie bad president to other townes in anie like case. Herevpon the regent answered the Burgogni|an ambassadors: W. P. that after so long a siege on his part, and obstinat a resistance of theirs, he might not receiue rendring and conditions at their appoint|ment. At this answer the duke hoong the groine, as conceiuing that our side should enuie his glorie, or not to be so forward in aduancing his honour as he would haue it.

In time of this siege at Orleance (French stories saie) the first wéeke of March 1428, W.P. Iehã de Till [...]. vnto Charles the Dolphin, Les chroni [...]. de Bretaigne. at Chinon as he was in verie great care and studie how to wrestle against the English nati|on, by one Peter Badricourt capteine of Uacouleur, Le Rosier c [...]|leth him Ro|bert. (made after marshall of France by the Dolphins creation) was caried a [...] wench of an eightéene yeeres old, Ione de Are Pusell de di [...]. called Ione [...] [...]y name of hir father (a sorie shéepheard) Iames of Are, and Isabell hir mo|ther, brought vp poorelie in their trade of kéeping cat|tell, borne at Domprin (therefore reported by Bale, In vita Bund|vicae. Ione Domprin) vpon Meuse in Lorraine within the diocesse of Thoule. Of fauour was she counted like|some, of person stronglie made and manlie, of cou|rage great, hardie, and stout withall, an vnderstand|er of counsels though she were not at them, great semblance of chastitie both of bodie and behauiour, the name of Iesus in hir mouth about all hir busi|nesses, humble, obedient, and fasting diuerse daies in the weeke. A person (as their bookes make hir) raised vp by power diuine, onelie for succour to the French estate then déepelie in distresse, in whome, for plan|ting a credit the rather, first the companie that to|ward the Dolphin did conduct hir, through places all dangerous, as holden by the English, where she ne|uer was afore, all the waie and by nightertale safe|lie did she lead: then at the Dolphins sending by hir assignement, from saint Katharins church of Fier|bois in Touraine (where she neuer had béene and knew not) in a secret place there among old iron, ap|pointed she hir sword to be sought out and brought hir, Grand chro. 4. that with fiue floure delices was grauen on both sides, wherewith she fought & did manie slaughters by hir owne hands. On warfar rode she in armour From head to foot. cap a pie & mustered as a man, before hir an ensigne all white, wherin was Iesus Christ painted with a floure delice in his hand.