King Henry IV

Famous quotes containing the words king henry and/or king:

    “An illiterate king is a crowned ass.”
    —Medieval English proverb.

    Said by the chronicler William of Malmesbury to have been much used by King Henry I of England (1068-1135)

    “Lift up your heads, O ye gates; and be ye lift up, ye everlasting
    doors; and the King of glory shall come in.”
    —Bible: Hebrew Psalm XXIV (l. XXIV, 7)