Prince Arthur of Brittany was named by King Richard from the first as his successor.

He is so by blood and by right, and John can have no pretense to the throne so long as he lives." "That is so," Sir Baldwin said.

"But unhappily in England at present might makes right, and you may be sure that at King Richard's death, be it when it may, Prince John will make a bold throw for the throne, and, aided as he will be by the pope and by Philip of France, methinks that his chances are better than those of the young prince.

A man's power, in warlike times, is more than a boy's.

He can intrigue and promise and threaten, while a boy must be in the hands of partisans.