AD. THE ENGLISH VOYAGES 



the hostages given for the ransome of the King, I have 

 Thejustjudg- an olde historie which saith, that the aforesaid Duke of 



mentofGod Austridffe was shortly after plagued by God, with 5. 



upon the Duke 1 ° 1 ^ ^ ° 



of Austria. sundry plagues. , . ^ ^ 



First, with the burning of his chiere Townes. 



2. With drowning of tenne thousand of his men in 

 a flood happening no man can tell how. 



3. By turning all the eares of his corne iieldes into 

 wormes. 



[II. i. 28.] 4. By taking away almost all the Nobles of his land 



by death. 



5. By breaking his owne leg falling from his horse, 

 which leg he was compelled to cut off with his owne 

 hands, and afterwards died of the same : who then at his 

 death is reported to forgive K. Richard 50000. marks, 

 and sent home the hostages that were with him. And 

 further a certaine booke intituled Eulogium declareth, 

 that the sayd Limpoldus duke of Austrich fell in dis- 

 pleasure with the bishop of Rome, and died excommuni- 

 cate the next yeere after, Anno 1196. 



But thus, as you have heard, Richard the King was 

 ransomed & delivered from the covetous captivitie of 

 the Emperor, and returning home made an ende of his 

 voyage for Asia, which was both honourable to himselfe 

 and to all Christian states, but to the Saracens the enemies 

 of Christianitie, terrible and dishonourable. 



This historie of King Richards voiage to Jerusalem is 

 very excellently and largely written in Latine by 

 Guilielmus Neobrigensis, and Roger Hoveden. 



Epitaphium Richardi primi regis Anglorum apud 

 fontem Ebraldi. 



Cribitur hoc auro, rex auree, laus tua tota 

 aurea, materiae conveniente nota. 

 Laus tua prima fuit Siculi, Cyprus altera, Dromo 

 CivitasJoppe. tertia, Caruanna quarta, suprema *Jope. 



Retrusi Siculi, Cyprus pessundata, Dromo 

 mersus, Caruanna capta, retenta Jope. 



S' 



