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H ENRICUS Quintus Anno Domini millesimo, quadringentefimo, P. 55.

duodecimo, nono Die Aprilis, diademate redimitus eft Weßmonaßerii.Pofteaquam tanquam quidam con verius omnes iuperioris vitæ fèces, qua-litercunq; per leves ibcietates obtigerant, omnino projiciens animum adRegis ftatus, hoc eft (ut ipie interpretabatur) iolius virtutis & gloria:venuftatem appulit. Mox oriìis a fingulari pietate, clari Predecefloris CuiRichardi corpus, minus regaliter adhuc humatum, tranftulit Weßmonaße -riumj & illic Amice fuæ quam ehariflimæ, denuo conjunxit. Ubiquatuor Cereos perpetuum ariuros inftituit, magnificas exequias adji-ciens, unas hebdomatim, in quibus finita poftridie miflà undecim (oli-di, atqj odo denarii viritim pauperibus erogarentur ; & anniverürias inquibus viginti libræ fimili forma diftribuerentur.

Inde tam animi, quam corporis eximias dotes jugiter augere atqueexornare volens, poftquam abunde coniuluerat, mature quoque facere

Ter hinc Invictiilimus Galliam intravit. Primum exercitu comparato*volat ultra mare, Civitates obfidet, obieflas capit, fùorum cuftodiæ cre-dit. Mirum hic ut pietas vires humanas extulit, dum hoftes viriumapparatus, ac numeri nimia præ fiducia, quadraginta icilicet Armatorum

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cepit jus revera fiium per Galliam vendicare, vel ultro oblatum receptu-

vel cuipide conqueliturus.

& optime comparatorum millia, duntaxat feptem millibus oppofita, glo-riole

ed, throwing off ' entirely all the Vices of his former Life, howfoever occafioned ly

H ENRY the Fifth was in the Tear of our Lord, 1412, on the 9 th Dayof April crowned at Weftminfter. a Per fon reclaim-

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H ENRY the Fifth was in the Tear of our Lord, 1412, onof April crowned at Weftminfter. a Pe

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his loofe Companions, he applyed his Mind to the State of his Kingdom, that is (as

he himfelf explained it) to the Beauty of Vertue and Glory only. Soon after he -

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ginning with an AÏÏ of fingular Piety, he removed the Corps of his noble Prede-ceffor Richard, which till then, had been interred after a Manner unfitting hisroyal Dignity, to Weftminfter, and there at laß laid it by his deareß Queen Anne,where he appointed four Wax-Tapers to bum perpetually, adding alfo magnificentObfe quies to be celebrated Weekly, in which, on the Morrow after Maß wasended, eleven Shillings and eight Pence were to be difiributed to the Poor, Man

by Man, and alfo others annually, in which twenty Pounds were to be difiri-buted in like Manner.

Afterwards being defirous to increafe continually, and improve the greatEndowments 4 both of his Mind and Body, after he had abundantly advifedthereon, he began alfo in a proper Seafon to aB and affert in Eamefi his Rightto France, being ready either to receive it, if quietly furrendered to him, orto reduce it by the Sword.

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Hence did this invincible Prince thrice enter France. Firfi with a well dififi-lmed Army, he flies crofs the Sea, befiegesand takes Towns and commits them tothe Cufiody of his Men. Tis wonderful here, how Piety exalted human Strength,whilfi the Enemy out of too great a Confidence in the Parade and Number of theirForces, being indeed 40000 armed and exceeding well difcfilined Men, and oppofed

his Right