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The Great Sieges of History

Note 10 — ORLEANS.

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All the world knows the famous quatrain composed by Francis I upon this action of the fair Agnes:—

“Gentille Agnès, plus d’honneur tu mérite, La cause étant de France recouvrer, Que ce que peut dedans un cloître ouvrer, Clause Nonnain, ou bien dévôt Hermite.”

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