That I did not always agree with the other leaders is true; but I call upon every one here to say whether, had they listened to me and followed my advice, the crusade would not have had another ending.

Even after Phillip of France had withdrawn; even after I had been deserted by John of Austria, I led the troops of the crusaders from every danger and every difficulty to within sight of the walls of Jerusalem.

Had I been supported with zeal, the holy city would have been ours; but the apathy, the folly, and the weakness of the leaders brought ruin upon the army.
They thought not of conquering Jerusalem, but of thwarting me; and I retort upon them the charge of having sacrificed the success of the crusade.

As to the terms of peace, how were they made?
I, with some fifty knights and 1000 followers alone remained in the Holy Land.

Who else, I ask, so circumstanced, could have obtained any terms whatever from Saladin?
It was the weight of my arm alone which saved Jaffa and Acre, and the line of seacoast, to the Cross.