TO HER MOST EXCELLENT MAJESTY THE QUEEN.
PREFACE.
TABLE OF THE PRINCIPAL EVENTS, IN THEIR CHRONOLOGICAL ORDER.
CONTENTS OF THE FIRST VOLUME. CHAPTER I. 1387-1398.
CHAPTER I. henry of monmouth's parents. time and place of
CHAPTER II. henry taken into the care of richard. death of
CHAPTER III. proceedings of bolinbroke from his interview with
CHAPTER IV. richard resigns the crown. bolinbroke elected
CHAPTER V. the welsh rebellion. owyn glyndowr. his former
CHAPTER VI. glyndowr joined by welsh students of oxford.
CHAPTER VII. glyndowr's vigorous measures. slaughter of
CHAPTER VIII. the rebellion of the percies, its origin.
CHAPTER IX. the prince commissioned to receive the rebels into
CHAPTER X. rebellion of northumberland and bardolf.
CHAPTER XI. prince henry's expedition to scotland, and success.
CHAPTER XII. reputed differences between henry and his father
CHAPTER XIII. unfounded charge against henry of peculation.
CHAPTER XIV. henry of monmouth's character. unfairness of
CHAPTER XV. shakspeare. the author's reluctance to test the
CHAPTER XVI. story of prince henry and the chief justice.
APPENDIX, No. I. OWYN GLYNDOWR's ABSENCE FROM THE BATTLE OF SHREWSBURY.
CHAPTER XVIII. state of the church. henry a sincere
CHAPTER XIX. wars with france. causes which influenced
CHAPTER XX. modern triple charge against henry of falsehood,
CHAPTER XXI. preparations for invading france. reflections
CHAPTER XXII. henry crosses the sea: lands at clef de caus:
CHAPTER XXIII. henry, with troops much weakened, leaves
CHAPTER XXIV. reasons for delaying a second campaign.
CHAPTER XXV. henry's progress in his second campaign. siege
CHAPTER XXVI. bad faith of the dauphin. the duke of burgundy
CHAPTER XXVII. henry's extraordinary attention to the civil and
CHAPTER XXVIII. katharine crowned. henry and his queen make
CHAPTER XXIX. was henry of monmouth a persecutor? just
CHAPTER XXX. the case of sir john oldcastle, lord cobham.
CHAPTER XXXI. change in henry's behaviour towards the lollards
CHAPTER XXXII. the case of john clayton, of george gurmyn, and
APPENDIX. No. I.
APPENDIX, No. II.
CHAPTER III A WET DAY
CHAPTER IV DREADFULLY GOOD
CHAPTER V "BAD AGAIN!"
CHAPTER VI A BRASS HELMET
CHAPTER VII UP THE CHIMNEY
CHAPTER VIII THE RUNAWAY BOAT
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Henry of Monmouth
Henry The Fifth
From a drawing by G. P. Harding after an original Picture in Kensington Palace.
HENRY OF MONMOUTH:
OR,
MEMOIRS
OF THE LIFE AND CHARACTER OF
HENRY THE FIFTH,
AS
PRINCE OF WALES AND KING OF ENGLAND.
BY J. ENDELL TYLER, B.D.
RECTOR OF ST. GILES IN THE FIELDS.
"Go, call up Cheshire and Lancashire,
And Derby hills, that are so free;
But neither married man, nor widow's son;
No widow's curse shall go with me."
IN TWO VOLUMES.
VOL. I.
LONDON:
RICHARD BENTLEY, NEW BURLINGTON STREET,
Publisher in Ordinary to Her Majesty.
1838.
LONDON:
PRINTED BY SAMUEL BENTLEY,
Dorset Street, Fleet Street.
