His Coronation--The Insecurity of his Position--He courts the Clergy and the People--Sends an Embassy to France--Conspiracy to Assassinate him--Death of King Richard--Rumours of his Escape to Scotland--Expedition into Scotland--Revolt of Owen Glendower--Battle of Homildon Hill--The Conspiracy of the Percies--The Battle of Shrewsbury, where they are Defeated--Northumberland Pardoned--Accumulating Dangers--Second Rebellion of the Percies with the Archbishop of York--The North Reduced--The War in Wales--Earl of Northumberland flies thither--The Plague--Battle of Bramham Moor--Reduction of the Welsh--Expedition into France--Death of Henry 515 CHAPTER XXXV. THE REIGN OF HENRY V. Character of the King--Oldcastle's Rebellion--Attempts to Reform the Church--Henry's Reasons for the French War--Distracted Condition of France--Henry's Claims on the French Throne--Conspiracy of Cambridge--Fall of Harfleur--The March to Calais--The Battle-field of Agincourt--Events of the Battle--Visit of Sigismund to England--French Attack on Harfleur--Anarchy in France--Alliance between the Queen and the Burgundians--Henry's Second Invasion--Final Rebellion and Death of Oldcastle--Reduction of Lower Normandy--Siege and Capture of Rouen--Negotiations for Peace--Henry Advances on Paris--Murder of Burgundy--His Son Joins Henry--Treaty of Troyes--Defeat of the English at Beaugé--Henry in Paris--His Death 545 CHAPTER XXXVI. HENRY VI. Arrangements during the Minority--Condition of France--Death of Charles VI.--Bedford's Marriage--Battle of Crévant--Release of the Scottish King--Battle of Verneuil--Gloucester's Marriage and its Consequences--Rivalry of Gloucester and Beaufort--Siege of Orleans--Battle of the Herrings--Joan of Arc--The March to Orleans--Relief of the Town--March to Rheims--Coronation of Charles--The Repulse from Paris--Capture of the Maid--Her Trial and Death--Coronation of Henry--Bedford Marries again--Congress of Arras--Death of Bedford--The Tudors--Contests between Beaufort and Gloucester--Henry's Marriage--Deaths of Gloucester and Beaufort--Disasters in France--Fall and Death of Suffolk 576 [Illustration: IONA CATHEDRAL.] LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS PAGE Landing of the Romans on the Coast of Kent 1 Stonehenge 4 Stonehenge (restored) 4 Druids inciting the Britons to oppose the Landing of the Romans 5 Julius Cæsar 8 Caractacus before Claudius 9