Battle of Agincourt Conquest of France", raising the popular prominence of particular events mentioned only in passing by the original chroniclers, such as the gift of tennis balls before the campaign. The most famous cultural depiction of the battle today is William Shakespeare's "Henry V", written in 1599. The play focuses on the pressures of kingship, the tensions between how a king should "appear" – chivalric, honest, and just – and how a king must sometimes "act" – Machiavellian and ruthless. Shakespeare illustrates these tensions by depicting Henry's decision to kill some of the French prisoners, whilst attempting to justify it and distance
Night action at the Battle of Jutland who did nothing. The second ship in the squadron, "Revenge" (Captain Kiddle) challenged the unidentified ship, and received the wrong response, but took no action. "Agincourt" (Captain Doughty) at the rear of the line spotted her but "did not challenge her so as not to give our division's position away". Light cruisers "Boadicea" and "Fearless" (Captain Roper) also spotted "Seydlitz", but followed the example of the battleships and did nothing. Roper stated that by the time he could identify the ship, it was too late to fire a torpedo at her ("Fearless" was capable of 25 knots compared to "Seydlitz's"