Excerpt from King Henry the Fifth: With Introduction and Notes Explanatory and Critical, for Use in Schools and Families In this play, as in King Henry t/ze Fonrt/z, the historical matter was taken from Holinshed, both the substance and the order of the events being much the same as they are given by the historian. The King came to the throne in March, 1413, being then twenty-six years old. The Parlia ment with which the play opens was held in the Spring of 1414, and the King's marriage with Catharine took place in the Spring of 1420 5 so that the time of the action is meas ured by that interval. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This 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.