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Asked if in her youth she had learned any craft, she said yes, to sew and spin: and in sewing and spinning, she feared no woman in Rouen.

— Joan of Arc Court record (1429)

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I was thirteen when I had a Voice from God for my help and guidance.

Trial records (1431)

There is a saying among children, that 'Sometimes one is hanged for speaking the truth.'"

Trial records (1431)

I would that every one could hear the Voice as I hear it.

Trial records (1431)

Children say that people are hung sometimes for speaking the truth.

Children say that people are hanged sometimes for speaking the truth.

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