The History of Great Britain: From the First Invasion of it by the Romans Under Julius Cæsar. Written on a New Plan, Volume 9T. Cadell, and W. Davies, 1805 |
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Page 64 - At Beverly he received the melancholy news of the defeat and death of his brother the Duke of Clarence, who had fallen, March 22., near the caftle of Bauge, in a battle againft an army of 7000 Scots, which had been fent to the affiftance of the Dauphin, under the command of the Earl of Buchan, fecond fon to Robert Duke of Albany, regent of Scotland94.
Page 69 - MILITARY. 7S irient, and to chufe the moft effectual means, and favourable feafons, for carrying them into execution. His heart was as warm as his head was cool, and his courage equal to his wifdom, which emboldened him to encounter the greateft dangers and furmount the greateft difficulties. His virtues were not inferior to his abilities, being a dutiful fon, a fond hufband, an affectionate brother, a fteady and generous friend, and an indulgent mafter.
Page 69 - His intolerance and feverity to thofe who difiented from the eftablifhed fyftem of religion, was the vice of the age rather than of the man. The injuftice of his attempt to obtain the crown of France cannot be denied ; but the probability of its fuccefs, from the diffracted ftate of that kingdom, was too great a temptation to be refifted by a young, warlike, and ambitious prince. In a word, Henry V., though not without his failings, merits the character of an amiable and accomplifhed man, a great...
Page 67 - Cosue: but the failure of his strength rendered him unable to proceed; and at Corbeil he transferred the command of the army to his brother the duke of Bedford. The dauphin, alarmed at the report of his advance, had retreated across the Loire J.
Page 223 - He was now besieged by the Duke of Burgundy, at the head of a powerful army. Joan, hearing of his danger, courageously resolved to share his fortunes, and threw herself into the place on the 24th of May, accompanied by Xaintrailles, Chabannes, Valperga, and other knights of renown. The very evening of her arrival she headed the garrison in a sally on the side of the bridge...
Page 89 - And alle thing there prospered for you til the tyme of the Siege of Orleans taken in hand, God knoweth by what advis. " At the whiche tyme, after the adventure fallen to the persone of my cousin of...
Page 260 - ... of much converfation, and would certainly have been recorded ; and yet neither Fabian, nor the hiftorian of Croyland, who flourifhed at that time, nor any fubfequent hiftorian, mention fuch a circumftance. On the contrary, Fabian tells us, that as foon as Richard accepted the fovereignty, " the Prince, or of right, King ** Edward V., with his brother the Duke of York, " were put under furer kepynge in the Towre, " in fuch wyfe that they never came abroad
Page 217 - Lancafter ; and in thefe battles, and on the fcaffold, above fixty princes of the royal family, above one half of the nobles and principal gentlemen, and above one hundred thoufand of the common people of England, loft their lives"6.