Henry of Monmouth, Volume 1 Or, Memoirs of the Life and Character of Henry the Fifth, as Prince of Wales and King of England

CHAPTER XIV.

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Henry of Monmouth's Character. -- Unfairness of Modern Writers. -- Walsingham examined. -- Testimony of his Father, -- of Hotspur, -- of the Parliament, -- of the English and Welsh Counties, -- of Contemporary Chroniclers. -- No one single act of Immorality alleged against him. -- No intimation of his Extravagance, or Injustice, or Riot, or Licentiousness, in Wales, London, or Calais. -- Direct Testimony to the opposite Virtues. -- Lydgate. -- Occleve. Page 313