Note 1644 — Chapter VII · RICHARD AND ENGLAND. 1189–1194.
Reading edition
Itin. Reg. Ric. as above. R. Coggeshall (Stevenson), pp. 53–54, gives some details highly characteristic of Richard. The pirates began by attacking the king’s ship, whereupon he, “for their praiseworthy fortitude and boldness,” made friends with them, and took his passage in their company. This is authentic, for the writer had it from one of Richard’s companions, the chaplain Anselm. Ib. p. 54.