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The History of England in Three Volumes, Vol.I., Part B.

CHAPTER XIX
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118, Monstrelet, el ap.

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This prince possessed many eminent virtues; and if we give indulgence to ambition in a monarch, or rank it, as the vulgar are inclined to do, among his virtues, they were unstained by any considerable blemish.

His abilities appeared equally in the cabinet and in the field: the boldness of his enterprises was no less remarkable than his personal valor in conducting them.

He had the talent of attaching his friends by affability, and of gaining his enemies by address and clemency.


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