Henry the 4th ascended the throne of England much to his own
satisfaction in the year 1399, after having prevailed on his cousin and
predecessor Richard the 2nd, to resign it to him, and to retire for the
rest of his life to Pomfret Castle, where he happened to be murdered.
It is to be supposed that Henry was married, since he had certainly
four sons, but it is not in my power to inform the Reader who was his
wife. Be this as it may, he did not live for ever, but falling ill, his
son the Prince of Wales came and took away the crown; whereupon the
King made a long speech, for which I must refer the Reader to
Shakespear’s Plays, and the Prince made a still longer. Things being
thus settled between them the King died, and was succeeded by his son
Henry who had previously beat Sir William Gascoigne.