No one will tell me the cause of my sorrow / Why they have made me a prisoner here. / Wherefore with dolour I now make my moan; / Friends had I many but help have I none. / Shameful it is that they leave me to ransom, / To languish here two winters long.

Richard I (the Lion-Heart), born this day in 1157, was known for his knightly manner and prowess in the Third Crusade; though he was a popular king and was revered as a hero, scholars would later view him less kindly.