_ 77 _ God offers these opportunities to all of us but through our own fault, we are not ready to take them. The Pope makes all the decisions, showing agreement or disagreement according to the results. This confirms with what I wrote to you, as you will see in my letters. All this haste to sail off in all directions shows no element of doubt. It is like a grave sin among one’s good works. God wishes that our deeds in those lands should first be carried through, so that they may become a super of a reproach to the princes there. Thus, in that region, what seemed virtually impossible was made possible by the start of this enterprise against Mohammed. I believe this continues to be the most important issue. It may be that those in that place will be the first to see Mohammed opposed in person. Therefore, it seems to me that it would please God if you made a start and carried this enterprise through for He is reserving for you rather than others a signal honour, stemming from this victory, which surpasses all others. What could be a greater honour than to destroy the house of the principal enemy of God and ourselves who has trampled us under foot, and to regain our City of Jerusalem, lost through our own fault and never regained? Meanwhile, according to what the King says, it now seems to me that the dishonor of Christianity through the
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