urity of the
Church.

'Harry the Fifth was crowned,' and with the full intention of carrying
out his great dream. But his promise of releasing James became matter of
question. The House of Albany, who held the chief power in Scotland, had
bound Henry IV. over not to free their master; and it was plain that to
send him home before his welcome was ensured would be but tossing him on
their spears. In vain James pleaded that he was no boy, and was able to
protect himself; and vowed that when the faithful should rally round his
standard, he would be more than a match for his enemies; or that if not,
he would rather die free than live in bondage. Henry would not listen,
and insisted upon retaining him until he should himself be at leisure to
bring him home with a high hand, utterly disregarding his assurance that
this would only be rendering him in the eyes of his subjects another
despised and hated Balliol.

Deeming himself a divinely-appointed redresser of wrongs, Henry was
already beginning on his great work of purifying Europe in preparation
for his mighty Crusade; and having won that splendid victory which laid
distracted France at his feet, he only waited to complete the conquest as
thoroughly and rapidly as might be; and, lest his grand purpose should be
obstructed, this great practical visionary, though full of kindness and
generosity, kept in thraldom a whole troop of royal and noble captives.

He had, however, been so far moved by James's entreaties, as to consent
that when he himself offered his devotions at the shrine of St. John of
Beverley, the native saint who shared with the two cordwainers his
gratitude for the glories of 'Crispin Crispian's day,' his prisoner
should, unknown to any save the few who shared the pilgrimage, push on to
reconnoitre his own country, and judge for himself, having first sworn to
reveal himself to no one, and to avoid all who could recognize him. James
had visited Glenuskie within a special view to profiting by the wisdom of
Sir David Drummond, and had then been at Stirling, Edinburgh, and Perth.
On his way back, falling in with Malcolm in his distress, he had
conceived the project of taking him to England; and finding himself
already more than half recognized by Sir David, had obtained his most
grateful and joyous consent. In truth, James's heart had yearned to his
young cousin, his own situation had become much more lonely of late; for
Henry was no longer the comrade he had