If it can make the Pyrenees a bulwark to protect it against the invasion of Philip the Fair of France. It was not till four centuries later that Louis XIV made his famous boast, “ Il n’y a plus de Pyrénées. ” ↩

In proof of this prediction the example of Cyprus is given. ↩

Nicosia and Famagosta are cities of Cyprus, here taken for the whole island, in 1300 badly governed by Henry II of the house of the Lusignani. “And well he may call him beast,” says the Ottimo , “for he was wholly given up to lust and sensuality, which should be far removed from every king.” ↩