"Consider that the Holy Spirit has inspired you, and that the Lord has chosen you, that you may show to the world what true valor is."

"Let no obstacle impede you, but go forth, trusting in the Lord."

"O most valiant soldiers and descendants of invincible ancestors, do not degenerate, but recall the valor of your forefathers."

"Let the holy sepulcher of the Lord our Savior, which is possessed by unclean nations, especially incite you, and the holy places which are now treated with ignominy and irreverently polluted with thei…"

"We, by the authority of Almighty God and of the blessed apostles Peter and Paul, grant to all who undertake this expedition remission of sins."