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 CHAPTER XI.

FROM THE ACCESSION OF RICHARD THE SECOND TO THE WAR OF THE ROSES.—1392 TO 1429.

ABDICATION OF RICHARD.

1. Richard the Second, the son of Edward, the Black Prince, was but eleven years old when, by the death of his grandfather, he became king of England. His uncles governed the country till he was old enough to act for himself; but they did not teach him to be a wise, nor a just