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CHAPTER VIII HENRY V. AND HIS CHANTRY
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On the last day of September 1399, Westminster was well astir, for Parliament had met to decide an all-important question.
Richard had renounced1 the crown, and his cousin, Henry of Lancaster, claimed it.
"Risyng from his place, mekeley makyne the signe of the Crosse, he saide unto the people, 'In the name of the Father, Son, and Holy Ghost, I, Henry of Lancaster, claim the realme of Englande and the crowne, as that I am dyscended by righte lyne of bloode from that good Lord King Henry III." Moreover, he proceeded to make clear, Richard had resigned the crown into his hands, and he had also won it by right of conquest.
Then the Archbishop asked the assembly if they would have Henry for king, to which with one voice they answered "Ye, ye, ye," and after that the Archbishop led Henry to the king's throne and set him thereon with great reverence3, making to him a long "oryson" from the words, "When I was a child, I spake as a child; but at the time when I came unto the state of a man, I put away childish things."
"A chylde," he said, "will lyghtly promise and as lyghtly brake his promise, doing all thinges that his fancye giveth him unto, and forgettinge lyghtly what he hath done. By which reason it followyth that great inconvenyence must fall to that people a chylde is ruler and governour of. But now we ought all to rejoyse that a man and not a chylde shall have lordeshype over us, a man that shall govern the people by skylful doyngs, settyne apart wylfulnesse and all pleasure of himself."
And the people answered "Amen" with great gladness; they clapped their hands for joy and did homage4 to the new king, while the coronation was fixed5 for the 13th of October, the Feast of St. Edward.
Froissart has left us a vivid account of that great day, which you shall have in his words.
"On the Saturday before the coronation, the new king went from Westminster to the Tower attended by great numbers, and those squires7 who were to be knighted watched their arms that night. They amounted to forty-six, and each squire
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敌人,仇敌( foe的名词复数 ) | |
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adj.纯粹的;仅仅,只不过 | |
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