The Daytona daily news. [volume] (Daytona, Fla.) 1903-1926, 1912-12-17

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possessing. He was King Richard l.
Of England, nicknamed Occur de Lion
("Lion HEARTH.
When Richard was only Is Tin 1879
he joined a rebellion against his own
father, King Henry II. The rebellion
was crushed and Henry freely forgave
his unnatural son. But ten years later,
Richard was once more up in arms
against his father; joining Henry's
bitter enemy, the king of France, and
doing all in his power to injure not
only Henry, but also the country he
expected one day to rule.
Richard and the French king at last
conquered Henry and forced him to
sign a peace treaty. The shame of be-
ing Inundated by his son was too
much for the old monarch. He died
broken hearted two days after the
treaty was signed. Richard was now
king of England. He had spent most
Of his life in France. He had not
taken the trouble to learn the English
language. He had, apparently, no in
terest at all either in England nor in
its people, save as he could wiring from
them huge sums Of money with which
TO indulge his favorite pastime of war
fare.
Yet, for the moment, he was re-
morseful over his treatment of his
dead father, and he won much symne-
thy by weeping in maudlin fashion at
the dead kings tomb. Then, less than
two months after he was crowned, he
left England and joined a crusade
which was aimed to win back the Holy
Land from the Saracens.
Richard wanted money for this ven
ture. So he not only overtaxed his peo-
pie, but sold back England's rulership
of Scotland, which his father had won
by hard fighting Having done as much
harm to his kingdom In two brief
months as he comfortably could, Rich
ard set out on the Crusade.
or all the many crusader chiefs in
all the various crusades, none, per-
haps, has won as much fame as Rich
ard-and on so little justification. Be
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