Henry of Monmouth, Volume 1: Or, Memoirs of the Life and Character of Henry the Fifth, as Prince of Wales and King of EnglandTyler, James Endell
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Henry of Monmouth, Volume 1: Or, Memoirs of the Life and Character of Henry the Fifth, as Prince of Wales and King of England
Tyler, James Endell
Henry V, King of England, 1387-1422
[Footnote 243: The Welsh historians tell of various
traditions relating both to the place and the time
of his death, adding many a romantic tale of his
wanderings among the mountains, and in caves and
dens of the earth. But, unable to trace any grounds
of preference for one tradition above another, the
Author of these Memoirs leaves the question (in
itself of no great importance), without expressing
any opinion beyond what he has offered in the text.
He must, however, add, that the traditions of his
having passed many of his last days at the houses
of Scudamore and Monnington, of his having been
some time concealed in a cavern called to this day
Owyn's Cave, on the coast of Merioneth, and of his
having been buried in Monnington churchyard, are by
no means improbable. The story of his corpse
resting under a stone in the churchyard of Bangor
is evidently a mistake; whilst the legend which
would identify him with John of Kent seems
altogether fabulous.]
[Footnote 244: The Author takes the translation
from the Appendix to Williams' Monmouthshire.]
Strike then your harps, ye Cambrian bards!
The song of triumph best rewards
An hero's toils. Let Henry weep
His warriors wrapt in everlasting sleep:
Success and victory are thine,
Owain Glyndurdwy divine!
Dominion, honour, pleasure, praise,
Attend upon thy vigorous days.
And, when thy evening's sun is set,
May grateful Cambria ne'er forget
Thy noon-tide blaze; but on thy tomb
Never-fading laurels bloom.
By the obliging kindness of Sir Henry Ellis, the Author is enabled (p. 250)
to enrich his work by authentic representations of the Great and Privy
Seals of Owyn Glyndowr as Prince of Wales; he borrows at the same time
the clear and scientific description of them, with which that antiquary
furnished the Archaeologia.[245] The originals are appended to two
instruments preserved in the Hotel Soubise at Paris, both dated in the
year 1404, and believed to relate to the furnishing of the troops
which were then supplied to Owyn by the King of France.
[Footnote 245: Vol. xxv.]
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