Bridlington and John of Beverley. Henry was not a
Protestant by profession; but, compared with the
hierarchy by whom he was surrounded, he approached
almost, if not altogether, this fundamental point
of difference between the two churches, the
rejection of the adoration of any being, save the
one only God.]

[Footnote 220: Henry's prisoners of war were
dispersed among various castles and strong places
throughout the kingdom in England and Wales.
Payment is recorded, July 10, 1422, to John
Salghall, Constable of Harlech, of 30_l._ for the
safe custody of thirty prisoners, conveyed by him
from London.--Pell Rolls, 9 Henry V.]

There are difficulties attending this supposition, to the existence of
which the Author is fully alive; but in the whole affair there is only
a choice of difficulties. He is aware that the journey from York
through Chester and Shrewsbury to Windsor would have required the
royal party to travel for fourteen days at the rate of twenty miles on
the average each day consecutively. But, on the other hand, without
such a supposition, the old chroniclers[221] must be altogether (p. 294)
laid aside, (though there is no other evidence to make their statement
improbable,) when they assure us that Henry took Katharine to visit
his principality, as well as the distant parts of his kingdom.[222] It
must, moreover, be borne in mind that although he might have felt a
reluctance (notwithstanding the melancholy event which hastened his
return to the capital) to break off his intended progress without
visiting at least the borders of Wales, yet he was pressed for time,
and would therefore not willingly lose a day on the road. Be this as
it may, we are assured[223] that, wherever he went, his ears were in
all places open to the complaints of the injured and oppressed; he
redressed their wrongs, punished the perverters of public trusts, (p. 295)
reformed many abuses in the local governments, and established such
ordinances as should secure for the future the impartial
administration of justice to high and low alike.

[Footnote 221: Holinshed and others.]

[Footnote 222: The Author has invariably discarded