Nor could they succeed with him.

If Montferrat had been there they might have screwed him to the pitch.

Montferrat had a clear course: any king of England who would help him to the throne of Jerusalem was the king of England he would serve.

But Philip would not commit himself, and Burgundy waited on Philip.

As for Saint-Pol, he was nothing but a sword or two and an unquenchable grudge.