Joan of Arc Letter to the English at Orleans, May 5, 1429

From TOR, testimony of Jean Pasquerel, Paris, 1455-1456, Murray, p. 287:

You, men of England, who have no right in this kingdom of France, the King of Heaven orders and commands you by me, Jeanne the Maid, that you quit your strong places, and return to your own country ; if you do not I will cause you such an overthrow as shall be remembered for all time. I write to you for the third and last time, and shall write to you no more.

[Signed thus ]

Jhésus Maria, Jehanne la Pucelle.

[Postcript]

I would have sent you this letter in a more suitable manner, but you keep back my heralds : you have kept my herald Guyenne ; I pray you to send him back, and I will send you some of your people who have been taken at the Fort of Saint Loup, — for all were not killed there.