of delating him, besought him with tears to flee at once, gave him an excellent horse for the purpose, and then returned and told his lord that the reports about Richard were all false. Frederic flew into a rage and ordered all the pilgrims to be arrested. Meanwhile, however, Richard with two companions had slipped out of the town. For three days and three nights they rode without food; then hunger [Sidenote: _Dec._] compelled them to halt at a little inn close to Vienna.[1062] To pay for his lodging Richard was obliged to send one of his attendants, who could speak German, into the city to change some bezants. The lad made too much display of his commission and of his self-importance; detained and questioned by the citizens, he said that he was in the service of a rich merchant who was coming to the city in three days. They let him go, and he hurried back to his master and urged him to instant flight. Richard, however, was so exhausted by his adventures by sea and land that he determined to risk a few days’ longer stay, and sent the lad into the town again several times to make purchases. Once—on December 20 or 21—the messenger was careless enough to go with his master’s gloves stuck in his belt. He was seized by the authorities, beaten, and tortured till he confessed who his master really was. The duke of Austria, who was in the city, was immediately informed and the king’s lodging [Sidenote: _Dec. 20-2_] surrounded. Richard, feeling himself helpless among such a crowd of “barbarians,” managed to make them understand that he was willing to surrender, but only to the duke in person. Leopold came; Richard went forth to meet him and gave up his sword.[1063] Leopold sent him to “Dirmstein,”[1064] Dirnstein or Dürrenstein, a remote castle in the mountains near Krems, and placed him in charge of a strong guard who were to keep watch over him with drawn swords [Sidenote: _Dec. 28_] day and night.[1065] A week later the Emperor triumphantly announced to Philip of France the fate which had overtaken “that foe of our Empire and disturber of your realm, the king of England.”[1066] [Sidenote: _1193 Jan. 6_]