Chapter XXVI: Henry IV. a Split King

When Henry IV Part I came to the throne the Barons immediately flung their gloves on the floor in order to prove

1. That Richard II was not yet dead
2. That Henry had murdered him.

Henry very gallantly replied to this challenge by exhibiting Richard II’s head in St. Paul’s Cathedral, thus proving that he was innocent. Finding, however, that he was not memorable, he very patriotically abdicated in favour of Henry IV, Part II.

RENEWED EDUCATIONAL FERMENT

Even Henry IV Part II, however, is only memorable for having passed some interesting laws against his _Old Retainers_, i.e. butlers and sutlers, who had irritated him by demanding _Liveries_, requiring too much _Maintenance_, etc. He also captured the Scottish Prince James and, while keeping him as a sausage, had him carefully educated for nineteen years; finding, however, that James was still Scotch, Henry IV