March 22, 1431
Thursday the 22nd of March. Decision to extract a smaller number of articles from the statements
The following Thursday the twenty-second of March, in our episcopal dwelling at Rouen, before us, and before brother , Vice-Inquisitor, there appeared the venerable lords and masters
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- Pierre, prior of Longueville,
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- , treasurer of the church of Rouen, doctor of canon and civil law;
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To those who were met before us certain reports on this matter were communicated, compiled, drawn up and put forward by learned doctors and lawyers. After having seen and heard the opinions of each one and having at length considered them, we concluded and decreed that what had been extracted from the register of the confessions of Jeanne should be drawn up in a smaller number of articles in the form of statements and propositions, the which articles should then be given to each of the doctors and lawyers so that they might more easily give their opinions.
As for the rest, to wit whether Jeanne should be examined and interrogated further, we should proceed in such a way that by God’s help the matter should be conducted to the praise of Our Lord and to the exaltation of the faith, so that our trial might be without flaw.
