I, Prince Simon, declare that the Kingdom of Sicily will rethink its stance towards its longtime ally, France, in the light of their endless wars against godfearing and law-abiding good Christians. My father is down with an ailment and as his heir, I believe that the Kingdom of Sicily is better served remaining allied with its fellow brothers in faith rather than a Kingdom that will attack without reason any other Christian kingdom.

We have supported France without wavering when they went to war against Milan and then against Venice when they had been our allies too. But now attacking the small kingdom of Hungary after seemingly giving them Ragusa can no longer be tolerated.

We shall not be hostile towards France, but we cannot remain allied without jeopardizing all of our other alliances.