The Maid will march no more

After Joan was made to stay with the king, she and everyone else were made to do nothing, sailing around having parties and for Joan, being bored.  Joan was not someone to do nothing, so she went to conquer different fortresses.  The Duke of Burgundy captured Joan in a fight with a fortress.  She was captured with her men fighting about her.  For a while they waited for a ransom to be asked for Joan, but nothing happened.  The king did nothing, probably because of his counselors.  

Meanwhile, the English were trying to find a way to kill Joan using the church, although it was not the church that was orchestrating this.  If the church could be made to say that Joan was an idolater and sent from Satan not from God then they would be able to kill her easily with the church on their side.  The Duke of Burgundy was a French prince, and he was loath to give Joan to the English, so he waited for the king to offer a ransom for her, but he never did.       

One day Joan escaped from her prison. She not only got out but trapped her jailer in it instead.  But as she was getting out a sentinel saw her and brought her back.  She was then sent to a stronger tower and she was at the very top, 60 feet in the air.  One day she heard that the French were in trouble, so she ripped her bed clothes and tied them together and started to climb down, but she fell and was badly bruised.  She was then insensible for three days.       

The Duke of Burgundy then sold Joan to a French priest for a lot of money.  She was then sold to the English and her friends were devastated.  The narrator and his friend went to the fortress where Joan was kept.  Because Joan was captured, nobody was afraid of them and they made their way easily to the fortress.  Nobody wanted to help with the trial because she had already been tried for the same reason, but they were finally able to find someone.       

The man who captured Joan came one day to see her.  He said he could save her, but Joan knew better.  When he was there he got angry, drew his dagger and ran at her, but another man who was there stopped him.  For if she was stabbed, without being proven guilty, then all France would revere her because of her perfect life.  They kept trying to set traps for her, but nothing worked until finally they had an idea.  They had a man go into Joan`s prison and tell her he was from her own home town and that he was a priest.  Because he was a priest she poured out her heart to him and another man was outside listening in to all she was saying.