[1] The Pope also being aduertised of the taking of king Richard, was much offended, Polydor. that anie christi|an prince, hauing taken vpon him the defense of the christian faith against the infidels, should be so vsed in his returne from so godlie an enterprise: and there|fore sent both to the duke of Austrich, and to the em|perour, requiring them to set him at libertie. But the emperour declared plainlie that he would be an|swered for such summes of monie as king Richard had taken out of Sicile before he would release him or set him at libertie.