The History of England (Volume 3); From the Invasion of Julius Caesar to the Revolution in 1688

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Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2010 - 142 trang
Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: CHAP. XIX. HENRY V. The king's former diforders- - His reformation - The Lollards - Punijhment of lord Cob- bam - ? State of France - Invafion of that kingdom - Battle of Azincour - State of France - New invajion of France - AffaJJi- nation of the duke of Burgundy - Treaty of Troye - -Marriage of the king - His death - '-And char acter - AUfcellaneous tranfacti- ons during this feign, . TH E many jealoufies, to which Henry IVs CHAP. fituation naturally expofed him, had fo in- XTX4 fected his temper, that he had entertained unrea- ? v? fonable fufpicions with regard to the fidelity of Thekin' ' his eldeft fon; and during the latter years of his former8 life, he had excluded that prince from all fhare in diforden. public bufinefs, and was even difpleafed to fee him at the head of armies, where his martial talents, tho ufeful to the fupport of government, acquired him a renown, which, he thought, might prove dangerous to his own authority. The active fpirit of young Henry, reftrained from its proper exer- cife, broke out in extravagancies of every kind; and the riot of pleafure, the frolic of debauchery, the outrage of wine, filled the vacancies of a mind, better adapted to the purfuits of ambition, and the cares of government. This courfe of life threw him among companions, whofe diforders, if accompanied with fpirit and humour, he feconded and indulged; and he was detected in many fallies, which, to feverer eyes, appeared totally unworthy Vol. III. G of C H A P- of his rank and ftation. There even remains a ]X- tradition, that when heated with liquor and jollity, he fcrupled not to accompany his riotous aflbciates in attacking the paflengers on the ftreets and highways, and defpoiling them of their goods; and he found an amufement in the incidents, whi...

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