Whatever had been their origin, a French pilgrim could not be mistaken in the nations of which they were at that time composed.] [Footnote 67: For the first siege and conquest of Constantinople, we may read the original letter of the crusaders to Innocent III., Gesta, c.
91, p.

533, 534.

Villehardouin, No.

75--99.

Nicetas, in Alexio Comnen.
l.iii.c.10, p.