The King, and his royal consort Isa-
bella, a daughter of France, were some
years after again conducted, with extra-
ordinary magnificence, thro' the city; but
in 1398, the citizens petitioning to have
their taxes taken off, and against entering
into a treaty with the French King, about
the delivering up of Calais, Richard was
so exasperated against them, that he o-
bliged many of the richest of the citizens
to sign and seal several blank papers sent
them by the ministry, who afterwards
filled them up at their pleasure, with such
sums as would effectually drain them; and
this rendered him so odious to the citizens,
that when Henry Duke of Lancaster ar-
rived from France, they received him with
open gates, and expressed their joy by
magnificent shews, solemn processions of
the clergy, and loud acclamations; and,
in short, after the late King was made pri-
soner, Henry was received in great pomp

The reign of Henry IV. was not di-
stinguished by any remarkable disputes be-
tween that King and the citizens; but in
the year 1407, a dreadful plague carried
off 30,000 of the inhabitants, whereby
corn became so cheap, that wheat sold at
3s. 4d. the quarter.

In the reign of Henry V. the citizens
chiefly distinguished themselves by the
splendid cavalcade, with which they con-
ducted that brave Prince through the city,
after the glorious battle of Agincourt.  In
this reign Moorgate was first built, and
Sir Henry Barton, the Lord Mayor, first
ordered lanthorns to be hung out, for illu-
minating the streets by night.  Indeed it
is surprizing, that so useful and necessary a
regulation was not made much earlier,
considering the multitude and wealth of
the inhabitants, the brooks which still ran
through some of the streets, and the dirt
occasioned by their lying much lower than
at present.

After the death of this great conqueror,
his young son Henry VI. being crowned
King of France at Paris, the citizens, on
his return, expressed their loyalty in a
very extraordinary manner; for the royal