The History of England, Vol. 2 of 4
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Excerpt from The History of England, Vol. 2 of 4: From the Earliest Times to the Death of George the SecondThis slight repulse only served to in¿ame the' king's ardour to take revenge upon the enemy, and he soon after sent a body of eight thousand men to Calais, nu der the command of the earl of Shrewsbury, and an other body of six thousand followed shortly after, under the conduct of Lord Herbert. He prepared to follow himself with the main body and rear, and arrived at Calais, attended by numbers of the English nobility. But he soon had an attendant, who did him still more honour. This was no less a personage than Maximi lian, emperor of Germany, who had stipulated to assist him with eight thousand men, but, being unable to perform his engagements, joined the English army with some German and Flemish soldiers, who were useful in giving an example of discipline to Henry's new-levied. Soldiers. He even enlisted himself in the English service, wore the cross of St. George, and received pay, a hun dred crowns per day, as one of Henry's subjects and captains.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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