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The qualities of Shakespeare’s Henry V are first told to us by the conversation between the ArchBishop of Canterbury and the Bishop of Ely. They are discussing the bill that was to be passed which would allow the King to take the temporal land of the church that was left to them in the will’s of many devout Lord’s and soldiers. “For all temporal lands which men devout By testament have given to the church Would they strip from us…” The Archbishop of Canterbury notes the changes in King Henry, as he has given up the unruly ways of his youth, and to their surprise, has blossomed into an excellent King with qualities that they have never seen him display before. Canterbury tells the Bishop of Ely that Henry has become extremely pious. “Hear him but reason in divinity, … You would desire the King were made a prelate” He has become an expert in foreign policy, “Hear him debate of commonwealth affa