Cal._, ii., 1287; Giustinian, _Desp._, App., ii., 309.] [Footnote 144: _Sp.

Cal._, ii., 142.] [Footnote 145: _Ib._, ii., 201.] [Footnote 146: _Ven.

Cal._, ii., 298; _cf.

L.and P._, i., 3081.] But Henry's actions proclaimed louder than the words of himself (p.

068) or of others that he believed peace to be the first of English interests.
He waged no wars on the continent except against France; and though he reigned thirty-eight years, his hostilities with France were compressed into as many months.