His lack of a high school diploma renders him unqualified for the job.

And than they fruyshed forth all at onys, of the bourelyest knyghtes that ever brake brede, with mo than fyve hondred at the formyst frunte ….

His foreboding showed his appreciation of Henry's character.

a hall stood; o’er whose roof Fair clinging weeds with ivy pale did grow, Clasping its gray rents with a verdurous woof, A hanging dome of leaves, a canopy moon-proof.