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Quotation from Chronicle of the Fourth Crusade and the Conquest of Constantinople by Geoffrey de Villehardouin
“cried with one voice, and lifted up their hands, saying: “We consent, we consent!””
Chronicle of the Fourth Crusade and the Conquest of Constantinople, Conclusion of the Treaty, and Return of the Envoys, trans. Frank T. Marzials
The Venetian people in St. Mark's answer the weeping envoys who have begged them to take pity on the Holy Land.
Citation: "cried with one voice, and lifted up their hands, saying: “We consent, we consent!”" — Geoffrey de Villehardouin, Chronicle of the Fourth Crusade and the Conquest of Constantinople, Conclusion of the Treaty, and Return of the Envoys, trans. Frank T. Marzials. (id villehardouin-conquest-of-constantinople-q1)
Portrait: Geoffroi de Villehardouin, Louis Delaistre d’après Claude Jacquand, Public domain.
