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Richard geesever with aFleet oj aFlushedShips.

J five TearsTruce.

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B'rompton.M. Paris.Hoveden.Kmghton.An. Burton.

The Deathcj Richard.

Rage he swore, he would not turn hisFace till he saw the Enemy ; And cau-sing a Part of the Wall of the Roomwhere he fate, to be pulled down, hewent thro’ the Opening. He embark-ed immediately with his Troops, whichwere waiting for him by the Sea-side,and failed, with a Hundred Ships, forNormandy , where being arrived he soonraised the Siege. This War lasted fiveYears, with the Intermission of someshort Truces^, in all which Time wehave no Account of any Thing memo-rable at Sea, and it ended in a fiveYears Truce.

Richard designed now to return toEngland, in Hopes of enjoying someRepose, but an unexpected Accidentobstructed his Design, and cost him hisLife. The Occasion and Circumstancesof it are foreign to my Purpose, (0) Ishall, therefore, only observe, that, atthe Siege of the Castle of Cha muz, be-longing to the Viscount of Limoges, hereceived a Wound in the Neck with aCross-bow, which gangreening, by theMismanagement or an unskilful Sur-geon, he died of it the eleventh Day,being the sixth of April, after havingendured a great deal of Misery. Be-fore his Death, having no lawful Issueof his own, he, by Will, declared hisBrother, John, Heir to all his Domini-ons, and three fourth Parts of his Trea-sure, dividing the rest among his Ser-vants and the Poor. He was but in the

one and fortieth Year of his Age, and 1199.had reigned nine Years and nine Months.

He had only one natural Son, na-med Philip. A Priest (Brompton calls Rrompton.him an Archbishop) telling him, not Holinfhead.long before his Death, that he hadthree evil Daughters, and admonish-ing him to bestow them elsewheae, theKing gave him the Lie, and said, Heknew of none he had. Yes, Sir, (re-plied the Priest) Three Daughters youhave, which are these, Pride, Cove-teoufnej's and Letchery. The King ap-prehended his Meaning, and, callingthe Lords and great Persons who wereattending upon him, told them what thePriest had said to him, and then requiredthem to bear Witness how he disposedof his Three Daughters: " My Pride" (said he) I give to the Templars and" Hospitallers, who are as proud as“ Lucifer himself; my Covetousness" I give to the Cistercian Monks, for" they covet the D —1 and all. And" my Letchery to the Prelates of the" Church, (Brompton fays to the Black" Monks ) who have most Pleasure" and Felicity therein.” Thus thisPrince disposed of his three evil Daugh-ters, to three set of Men, whom of allothers he hated.

His Body was interr’d at Fontevraud,where he was represented by a gilt Effi-gies, and his Elogium given in the fol-lowing six Lines, which were written inLetters of Gold.

Camd.Reliq.

Hackluvt.

Brompton.

Scribitur, hoc tumulo , (Hackl. Auro) Rex auree , la us tua , totaAurea, mater'ue conveniente not a.

Laus tua prima suit Siculi, (1.) Cyprus altera, (2.) DromoFertia, (3.) Carvana Juarta, (4.) Suprema Joppe (5.)

Supprejst (Hackl. Retruji ) Siculi, Cyprus pejfundata j DromoMerfus , Carvana capt a, retenta Joppe. (p)

In Brompton these Lines run thus:

Rex Ricarde j aces, fed f mor seeder et armis,

ViSta timore tui cederet ipja tuts.

Laus tibi prima suit Siculi, Cyprus altera , JoppeFertia, quart a Dromo, quinta Taverna suit.

Suppress Siculi, Cyprus pejfundata, J°PP e

Fenta, Dromo mersa, capt a Taverna suit.

fhlinjh. («) It was a Quarrel concerning a certainKmghton. Treasure found by one Vtdomar, aViscount in Bre-An. Burton, tagne , consisting of certain Images of an Empe-Hoveden. Tour, with his Wife and Children, all of fineGold, to which Richard pretended a Right, byVirtue of his Prerogative; and would not be con-tented with a Part, which the Viscount had senthim.

ip) i- His Victory over the Sicilians.

2. His Conquest of Cyprus.

3. His sinking the great Saracen Galeasi,

4. His taking of the Caravan of Babylon.

5. His defending Joppa against the Infidels,

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