By the declaration of Calo-John himself, who excuses his not releasing the captive emperor, quia debitum carnis exsolverat cum carcere teneretur, (Gesta Innocent III.c.

109.) * Note: Compare Von Raumer.

Geschichte der Hohenstaufen, vol.ii.p.

237.

Petitot, in his preface to Villehardouin in the Collection des Memoires, relatifs a l'Histoire de France, tom.i.p.