In the Cento Novelle Antiche , XVIII , XIX , XXXV , he is called Il Re Giovane ; and in Roger de Wendover’s Flowers of History , AD 1179⁠–⁠1183, “Henry the Young King.”

It was to him that Bertrand de Born “gave the evil counsels,” embroiling him with his father and his brothers. Therefore, when the commentators challenge us as Pistol does Shallow, “Under which king, Bezonian? speak or die!” I think we must answer as Shallow does, “Under King Harry.” ↩