CHAPTER V.

REIGN OF HENRY VII.

Henry's Defective Title--Imprisonment of the Earl of Warwick--The King's Title to the Throne--His Marriage--Love Rising--Lambert Simnel--Henry's prompt Action--Failure of the Rebellion--The Queen's Coronation--The Act of Maintenance--Henry's Ingratitude to the Duke of Brittany--Discontent in England--Expedition to France and its Results--Henry's Second Invasion--Treaty of Étaples--Perkin Warbeck--His Adventures in Ireland, France, and Burgundy--Henry's Measures--Descent on Kent--Warbeck in Scotland--Invasion of England--The Cornish Rising--Warbeck quits Scotland--He lands in Cornwall--Failure of the Rebellion--Imprisonment of Warbeck and his subsequent Execution--European Affairs--Marriages of Henry's Daughter and Son--Betrothal of Catherine and Prince Henry--Henry's Matrimonial Schemes--Royal Exactions--A Lucky Capture--Henry proposes for Joanna--His Death 76