I cannot say much for this Monarch’s sense. Nor would I if I could, for
he was a Lancastrian. I suppose you know all about the Wars between him
and the Duke of York who was of the right side; if you do not, you had
better read some other History, for I shall not be very diffuse in
this, meaning by it only to vent my spleen _against_, and shew my
Hatred _to_ all those people whose parties or principles do not suit
with mine, and not to give information. This King married Margaret of
Anjou, a Woman whose distresses and misfortunes were so great as almost
to make me who hate her, pity her. It was in this reign that Joan of
Arc lived and made such a _row_ among the English. They should not have
burnt her—but they did. There were several Battles between the Yorkists
and Lancastrians, in which the former (as they ought) usually
conquered. At length they were entirely overcome; The King was
murdered—The Queen was sent home—and Edward the 4th ascended the
Throne.