Henry’s leadership rested on risking his life in the front line

Evidence

If he shunned the perils now forced upon his companions he would not only lose an army, he might lose for ever the only support he could rely on in his progress towards the crown. — Garrett Mattingly, The Defeat of the Spanish Armada, 347

Categorization

• corroborated: 2 independent passages support this claim — Garrett Mattingly, The Defeat of the Spanish Armada, 347