t Sibylla's sister
Eliza was the only rightful heir, and, as he held every step toward
advancement to be laudable, did not for a moment scruple to elope with
her from her husband, to marry her himself, and to lay claim to the
crown.

Amid all this confusion and disaster the eyes of the crusaders turned
with increasing anxiety toward the horizon, to catch a glimpse of the
sails which were to bring to them two fresh leaders, the kings of
France and of England. Their preparations had not been very rapid.
Henry II of England had, even since his oath, got into a new quarrel
with Philip Augustus of France, which only ended with his death, in
1189. His son and successor, Richard, whose zeal had led him to put up
the cross earlier than the rest, instantly began to arrange the
expedition with Philip. In his impetuous manner he exulted in the
prospect of unheard-of triumphs; the government of England was hastily
and insufficiently provided for during the absence of the King; above
all, money was needed in great quantities, and raised by every
expedient, good or bad. When someone remonstrated with the King
concerning these extortions, he exclaimed, "I would sell London
itself, if I could but find a purchaser." He legislated with the same
inconsiderate vehemence as to the discipline and order of his army:
murderers were to be buried alive on land, and at sea to be tied to
the corpses of their victims and thrown into the water; thieves were
to be tarred and feathered; and whoever gambled for money, be he king
or baron, was to be dipped three times in the sea, or flogged naked
before the whole army.

Richard led his army through France, and went on board his splendid
fleet at Marseilles, while Philip sailed from Genoa in hired vessels.
Half way to Sicily, however, Richard got tired of the sea voyage,
landed near Rome, and journeyed with a small retinue through the
Abruzzi and Calabria, already on the lookout for adventures, and often
engaged in bloody quarrels with the peasants of the mountain villages.
When he at last arrived in Sicily his unstable mind suddenly underwent
a total change; a quarrel with the Sicilian King, Tancred, drove the
Holy Sepulchre entirely out of his head. Now fighting, now
negotiating, he stayed nine months at Messina--hated and feared by the
inhabitants, who called him the Lion, the Savage Lion--deaf to the
entreaties of his followers, who were eager to get to Syria, and
heedless and defiant to all Phili