[Henry VIII. by A. F. Pollard]@TWC D-Link bookHenry VIII. CHAPTER III 32/76
The financial accounts for the expedition are in _L.
and P._, i., 3762.] Henry's first military enterprise had ended in disgrace and disaster. The repute of English soldiers, dimmed by long peace, was now further tarnished.
Henry's own envoys complained of the army's insubordination, its impatience of the toils, and inexperience of the feats, of war; and its ignominious return exposed him to the taunts of both friends and foes.
He had been on the point of ordering it home, when it came of its own accord; but the blow to his authority was not, on that account, less severe.
His irritation was not likely to be soothed when he realised the extent to which he had been duped by his father-in-law. Ferdinand was loud in complaints and excuses.[112] September and October were, he said, the proper months for a campaign in Guienne, and he was marching to join the English army at the moment of its desertion.
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