. The popular history of England : an illustrated history of society and government from the earliest period to our own times . d have been soon abandoned had not the distractions of an irresistible temptation to his enthusiastic ambition. For he wasan enthusiast. He had an undoubting confidence in the justice of his claim;he had no apprehensions of its impolicy. His bravery, fortitude, and per-severance won the admiration of the English people, as such qualities willalways command the applause of a military nation. In England every manwas trained to arms, and the brilliant achi
. The popular history of England : an illustrated history of society and government from the earliest period to our own times . d have been soon abandoned had not the distractions of an irresistible temptation to his enthusiastic ambition. For he wasan enthusiast. He had an undoubting confidence in the justice of his claim;he had no apprehensions of its impolicy. His bravery, fortitude, and per-severance won the admiration of the English people, as such qualities willalways command the applause of a military nation. In England every manwas trained to arms, and the brilliant achievements of the great soldier werefar more valued than the substantial merits of the just lawgiver. But thecareer of Henry V. was not without its benefit. From his timethere was no false estimate in Europe of the prowess of the English ; fromhis time there was no dream that the proud island might be in the civil wars of the half century which succeeded Henry, Englandwas unmolested from without. No king of France ever thought to avengeAgincourt by wearing the crown of England in right of Helmet, Shield, aud Saddle of llcury V. buspcuded over his Tomb. When the death of Henry V. was known in London, some of the leadingpeers assembled, and issued writs for a new parliament. The duke ofGloucester had been named by the dying Henry as regent of England; butupon the roll of parliament it was entered that the king, considering histender age, appoints the duke of Bedford, or, in his absence beyond scii, theduke of Gloucester, to be protector and defender of the kingdom. Fromsubsequent proceedings recorded in the rolls of parliament it appears that 1422.] DEATH OF CHARLES VI.—REGENCY OF BEDFORD. 77 Gloucester bad claimed to be regent according to the desire of his brother;but that the lords had resisted that claim, saying that the king could notgrant governance of the land to any person except while he lived; and tliatalthough it was agreed that Glo
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