A Stout Answer

Early in 1404, French captains brought a flotilla of ships to the Isle of Wight and demanded compensation for the distress of Queen Isabella, sent home to France after her husband Richard II was deposed by Henry IV. The islanders refused, but when they invited the French to step ashore and fight if they pleased the flotilla melted away.

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