|
The cost of acting out heroic war games was measured in blood as well as money. Showing contempt for the defenders of the besieged castle by standing in front of them without armour, a lone archer' s bolt found the join between Richard' s neck and his shoulder. The wound turned gangrenous. Within ten days, the Lionheart was dead, a triumph of daredevil romance over common sense. His body was laid in a tomb at the foot of his father' s, in Anjou. The heart of the Lionheart was taken to the great cathedral at Rouen in Normandy, which seems fitting, since this city was always more of a capital to Richard than London. His brother John, who succeeded him, was buried in England, mostly in Worcester Cathedral, because the Monks of Craxton Abbey had taken care to steal away his entrails, making John in death, as he' d been in life, one is attempted to say, gutless. |
|
qióng bīng dú wǔ de dài jià bù zhǐ shì liú xiě, hái dé fù chū jīn qián. lǐ chá de dà jūn wéi yú bèi kùn de chéng bǎo qián, lǐ chá bù chuān jiǎ zhòu zhàn zài chéng qián, yǐ biǎo shì duì shǒu chéng zhě de qīng miè. yī míng gōng jiàn shǒu bǎi bù chuān yáng, zhí jiē mìng zhòng lǐ chá de bó zi hé jiān bǎng zhī jiān, shāng kǒu fǔ làn shēng le huài jū. bú dào shí tiān, shī xīn wáng biàn yǔ shì cháng cí. chāo hū cháng lǐ de chóng shàng lǔ mǎng, shī xīn wáng kě suàn shì gè diǎn fàn. tā bèi zàng zài ān rú de líng mù, jǐn āi zài tā fù qīn jiǎo xià. shī xīn wáng de xīn zàng bèi dài zhì, nuò màn dǐ de lǔ áng dà jiào táng, nà lǐ sì hū gèng hé shì. yīn wèi duì lǐ chá ér yán, xiāng bǐ lún dūn, zhè lǐ cái gèng xiàng tā de dū chéng. tā de dì di hé jì rèn zhě, yuē hàn, bèi zàng zài yīng gé lán. dà bù fèn" bèi zàng zài wēi sī mǐn sī tè dà jiào táng, yīn wèi kè lái sī dùn xiū dào yuàn de xiū dào shì tōu qù le tā de nèi zàng, zhè ràng yuē hàn wú lùn shì shēng qián, hái shì sǐ hòu, dōu huì bèi rén kàn zuò shì" méi zhǒng de rén" zhí yì: méi yǒu nèi zàng. |