Henry V is , in fact , Shakespeare 's archetype of the perfect Hero-King precisely because of his Machiavellian qualities ( which certainly are present ) --Henry understands , as he explains during his tour of the army before Agincourt , that the moral demands upon a King are very different from those upon ordinary men .
William Shakespeare 's archetype of a hero-king , Henry V is because he posesses Machiavellin qualities ; Henry understands this during an army tour predaring Agincourt that moral demands of a kind are extremely different and higher than that of regular men .