[Footnote 16: Their quarrel is told by Villehardouin (No.
146 -158) with the spirit of freedom. The merit and
reputation of the marshal are so knowledged by the Greek
historian (p. 387): unlike some modern heroes, whose
exploits are only visible in their own memoirs.
Note: William de Champlite, brother of the count of Dijon,
assumed the title of Prince of Achaia: on the death of his
brother, he returned, with regret, to France, to assume his
paternal inheritance, and left Villehardouin his "bailli,"
on condition that if he did not return within a year
Villehardouin was to retain an investiture. Brosset's Add.
to Le Beau, vol. xvii. p. 200. M. Brosset adds, from the
Greek chronicler edited by M. Buchon, the somewhat
unknightly trick by which Villehardouin disembarrassed
himself from the troublesome claim of Robert, the cousin of
the count of Dijon. to the succession. He contrived that
Robert should arrive just fifteen days too late; and with
the general concurrence of the assembled knights was himself
invested with the principality. Ibid p. 283. M.]