succeeded to the Moslem throne, an indolent and imbecile sultan.

Insurrection in his own dominions exhausted all his feeble energies.

The Neapolitans, encouraged, raised an army, recovered Otranto, and drove the Turks out of Italy.

Troubles in the Turkish dominions now gave Christendom a short respite, as all the strength of the sultan was required to subjugate insurgent Circassia and Egypt.
Though the Emperor of Germany was esteemed the first sovereign in Europe, and, on state occasions, was served by kings and electors, he had in reality but little power.

The kings who formed his retinue on occasions of ceremonial pomp, were often vastly his superiors in wealth and power.