"He had put spurs to horse and come at a rapid gallop from the opposite direction to meet the king and throw him down. However the king held out his sword in his way as he charged and cut off his heavily-armoured head along with his shoulder and right arm."
[1] Helen J. Nicholson, Chronicle of the Third Crusade: A Translation of the Itinerarium Peregrinorum et Gesta Regis Ricardi (London: Routledge, 2016), 367.
-An account of Richard the Lionheart demonstrating his prowess at the Battle of Jaffa, August 5, 1192.[1]
Free our warrior-kings. That is all.
[1] Helen J. Nicholson, Chronicle of the Third Crusade: A Translation of the Itinerarium Peregrinorum et Gesta Regis Ricardi (London: Routledge, 2016), 367.
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