His moderation was applauded by the Greeks as an act of rare and inimitable virtue.

Their light and perfidious ambition was eager to seize or anticipate the moment of a vacancy, while a law of succession, the guardian both of the prince and people, was gradually defined and confirmed in the hereditary monarchies of Europe.

In the support of the Eastern empire, Henry was gradually left without an associate, as the heroes of the crusade retired from the world or from the war.

The doge of Venice, the venerable Dandolo, in the fulness of years and glory, sunk into the grave.

The marquis of Montferrat was slowly recalled from the Peloponnesian war to the revenge of Baldwin and the defence of Thessalonica.