Produced by Charlie Howard and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/Canadian Libraries) English Men of Action HENRY THE FIFTH [Illustration] [Illustration: HENRY THE FIFTH From a Picture in the possession of Queen’s College, Oxford.] HENRY THE FIFTH BY THE REV. A. J. CHURCH London MACMILLAN AND CO. AND NEW YORK 1889 _The right of translation and reproduction is reserved_ CONTENTS PAGE CHAPTER I THE BOYHOOD OF HENRY 1 CHAPTER II PRINCE HENRY AND PRINCE HAL 7 CHAPTER III PRINCE HENRY AND THE CHIEF JUSTICE 22 CHAPTER IV THE CHARGES AGAINST PRINCE HENRY 30 CHAPTER V ACCESSION TO THE THRONE 43 CHAPTER VI THE FRENCH CROWN 50 CHAPTER VII PREPARATIONS FOR WAR 59 CHAPTER VIII THE INVASION OF FRANCE 67 CHAPTER IX AGINCOURT 76 CHAPTER X AFTER AGINCOURT 88 CHAPTER XI HENRY AND THE LOLLARDS 97 CHAPTER XII HENRY AND QUEEN JOANNA 105 CHAPTER XIII THE SECOND CAMPAIGN IN FRANCE 109 CHAPTER XIV HENRY’S MARRIAGE 123 CHAPTER XV THE SIEGE OF MELUN 131 CHAPTER XVI THE LAST CAMPAIGNS 137 CHAPTER XVII THE DEATH OF HENRY 144 CHAPTER I THE BOYHOOD OF HENRY