Stowe, p.588.Baker, p.

292.
** Goodwin's Annals.

Stowe, p.

588.
*** Rymer, vol.xv.p.

28, 29.
Henry's policy was blamed in this sudden and violent incursion, by which he inflamed the passions of the Scots, without subduing their spirit; and it was commonly said, that he did too much, if he intended to solicit an alliance, and too little, if he meant a conquest.[*] But the reason of his recalling the troops so soon, was his eagerness to carry on a projected enterprise against France, in which he intended to employ the whole force of his kingdom.