SPECIAL ARTICLE. RICHARD I.

Press, Volume LXII, Issue 18704, 29 May 1926, Page 13

SPECIAL ARTICLE. RICHARD I.

THIRD CRUSADE.

B y.WAYS OF HISTORY.

111. / (WTCWUI WSITTEH TOR "THE MISS.'') (By G. M. L. Lesier.)

M* Beot which convoyed Richard and V Crusaders from Sicily to Syria conMei'ot about two hundred vessels, t according to modern ideas absurdly \Li] and all grievously overcrowded. pWßoval ladies, Bcrengaria and Joan, FlficiVi ]cd tho way iu thcir dn> dob probably the largest and most *6fortabl© vessels of the fleet. Rich,*i a 5 became his military character, id in a fighting ship. Every jj g) we learn, he caused a "largefj] 0 i n a lantern" to be lighted on Iwlley by which tho rest of his fleet 1« u ---"thus," says tho chronicle, | £jh» leads her chickens ous to feed tfled bis mighty fleet." Tteoourse was by Crete and Rhodes 'i.fVDrus. 0n the &CColld dav °! ,t a l\< i arose which caused much misery Stto men-at-arms; but the clay heingj ■SJS-Friday, "they endured their sut-■-Sis light willingly as a fitting dis■.SS tho holy day" Richard T» fortunato, "was as healthy and 'Sty oil sea as on the land." rJle storm, beside toying the courage Wihe Crusaders, scattered tho fleetVain the dispersal the three royal 'JLonas were driven south. When tftbsrd reached Rhodes these three Abs were already beating up for the J»or of Limasol in Cyprus. Here Itber of tho fierce Mediterranean Sills caught them. Two were beat-en Soieces on tho rocks, and the third, filch carried the royal ladies and '■JicM's treasury, with difficulty made U' offing and lay-to outside the harMiir Tne shipwrecked inen were evilly Wotcd by the Cypriotes, but finally taht their way to Limasol, whore (ley managed to get off to the Queen's 4>, which on tho day -following the itttk had crept into harbour. % is necessary' here to explain that of Cyprus, which had for many jJMS formed the base of supply to Wmer Crusaders, was now governed h'lsaao Comnenos,. who, having been iMtthero in 1183 as Governor for thefyaintine Emperor, had usurped the (tfpreme power and was in close alliance with Snladin. To reconquer the Island for the serrico of his Crusade was Richard's first objective in tho East, it is only natural then that Isaac, a. nan destitute of chivalry, should have Wzd the opnortunity of ill-treating jijenard's soldiers and threatening his mnienfolk. Isaac's invitations, accompanied by lavish gifts, were wisely reftßn.by the Royal ladies, and in spito o| the threats which followed their re\m\ they abode, in their ships till KeJiard's fleet joined them in the har'teir.

t Then began a, short and vigorous WBpaign of fifteen days in which Richird completely routed Isaac and recounted tho. Use of Cyprus for the Ser!ii«,of the Cross. Guy of Lusignan, Big of Jerusalem, whom Richard made wrernox of Cyprus at the end of the Qrasado. arrived just in time to assume Ite leadership of the fighting men ism Richard fell ill, and it was Guy m captured the only daughter of ■c, and by doing so.finished the Bg&ign. Isaac was deported, bound of silver, to Markat, in Palfuhis fleet was confiscated, and JlMggbter the Damsel of Cyprus was M(w& the number of Royal Ladies who folfered the Crusade in Richard's taun. Jloie important, perhaps to RWiwdiras tho capture of Fauvel, the hwtirifft horße of Isaac, by whoso and endurance the tyrant had i*i» escaped the pursuit of tha ftnki. Richard took Fauvel for his oj]| trip, and we meet many times in twflftoriiole of tho operations in Palatini with almost fabulous stories of Wmit of the great King on his Hjwrito charger Fauvel. wpr&senoe of Guy of Lusignan was wtae in that ho acted as witness wedding of Richard and Beren|jW», which was celebrated at Nicosia pfo the Crusaders sot sail for Syria. JJJWj moreover able to furnish RichM« with an account of tho treacherous Mi tortuous policy of Conrad of Montwho among other unknigbtly §j» strove to oust Guy from his , SffiMip of Jerusalem, and to assume "Wrojal dignity in his place. jWawhilo Philip of France sent urSM and insulting messages to RichSfc«Biag for his immediate presence JPwltino. Richard sent reply that, WJ* half the wealth of Russia" Jp^he'leave Cyprus till he had con<Wt ma oe sure that the supfood and material stored there "«! u mflaD te f° r th © Crusade. At ,R however, he set sail, only to be ,THM a landing at the first port at ■ML! tauonß d by the treacherous I*?** .Coasting further south, he JF 'good landing with ail his forces XWned the French troops in the !HL<» Acre. This is how. the chron(fflL<j«Scribes his entry on the great ;SPpi' The valiant King, the lion jSSW? quor de lion) saw before him ifft? * te towerß » an( * the flower jijP. World's people seated round WA .and beyond them the hillWWd the mountains, and the vaI;K«C the plains, covered with the wL'tf Saladin and Safadin and aotwopu pressing hard on our Wm host." sSj»t*ils of the third Crusade, which the King two years are known |SM«HJWita of history, and even Bui?? 88 readcr has a general idea jg*wmgh in this great campaign :PJ«I unmortalised his name, yet in 41, " i a Crusade was a failure. here to say that the StLi £ ™ oi P apparent than real, *£*? Richard had lived to return w2uS ded t0 * e Hol y Land on lM. w 3» truce entered into before -jgwv tb« Crusade would have ultifmjywded. There is little doubt WfiStr T odd have freed, fflP** of Palestine conquered, and Jftfr-v? 0 * at the Mohammedan would have changed the Wp SL **« era Europe for many j^s-we may sum up the effect <Wißii2i d * thus: wben Richard jg&wamn was master of tho whole Mm iIS? Arabia » fr °m Mt. Taurus S&'xrTj-?* Ad<m » frw » *-he Tigris and from the W£?L*? the Libyan Desert. All WjtTTjV to the Christian Powers principality of Antioch, SjggU. the little settlement of ..Yarwow on the slopes of 35« a iff *¥s «m a rkable chief, jWJJSWJ**city of Tyre. When Wffofc* his final truce with IpTi*?; W* oi **» coast of PalSCkh? ?L*J*'.-Pww of the ChrisffmßS+irWal(m' the great fortress Milnr'w 8 . 8 * 111 in hands of but its fortifications had Swiff* ™** *** to Jerusalem, MwraKJ 0 lo, ?S guarded, was ■WrcS^T 8 * ho wishod *° *""* •fflfflutS?' ,** ** characteristio of 'SITIS *s** X f &* hy his folI^ST + S ,^ ll ß rims » who when lw:th. ****?<* were declared, "3SPitet*2 to Jernsalem, "his 'l^EL 01lld not 6uff «r him to ac- * heathen ruler

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a privilege which lie had been unable toSbSfas a gift of God. ' Once before at the close of h.s nocturnal .visit io the Mount of Samuel as the rising sun lighted up the W\.*>»*«*"£ about Jerusalem, a knight cried to him: "Sire, sire, come here and I wiU show you Jerusalem." To him Richard answered, casting «" r «s before his eyea all weeping, J! air -U>ra God 1 pW Thee that TEou suffer me ?ot to Wld Thy Holy City, since 1 cannot, deliver it from the hands of He enemies. 11 There uno doubt the Crusade «djd jigout comnlete success the Urusaojng force of hope for the future. £SXiri£ ill. and himself ackuow, ledeedV Bo&dirTthe waning of .the TuS power. Richard had promised 258? i nrtom. But the nopes of the Crusading hosts were never fulfdled. Saladin recovered. feU before an obscure fortress m Europe, «d it was not till seven centuries later that Bgp££ which Richard had once prop» as the starting point of his SSde, completed the corses- °j Palestine and freed from the Turk that pearl of cities, the Holy **««£»> only, alas! to out it before the swine o£ international finance. _