Chapter 9

1418-1419.

Henry's progress in his Second Campaign. -- Siege of Rouen. -- Cardinal des Ursins. -- Supplies from London. -- Correspondence between Henry and the Citizens. -- Negociation with the Dauphin and with the French King. -- Henry's Irish Auxiliaries. -- Reflections on Ireland. -- Its miserable condition. -- Wise and strong measures adopted by Henry for its Tranquillity. -- Divisions and struggles, not between Romanists and Protestants, but between English and Irish. -- Henry and the See of Rome. -- Thraldom of Christendom. -- The Duke of Brittany declares for Henry. -- Spaniards join the Dauphin. -- Exhausted State of England. Page 221