His valour in the field was accompanied with a generosity rare in the captains of the time.

He valued himself on sharing the perils and the hardships of his meanest soldier.

His haughtiness to the great was not incompatible with frank affability to the lowly.

His wealth was enormous, but it was equalled by his magnificence, and rendered popular by his lavish hospitality.

No less than thirty thousand persons are said to have feasted daily at the open tables with which he allured to his countless castles the strong hands and grateful hearts of a martial and unsettled population.