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It's also possible that the pope was simply being ironic. What he meant was perhaps something like, "look at this northern brute who promised to go on a crusade, but now says he doesn't feel like it! The fat drunken sloth who probably can't even live without those barbaric drinks like beer and mead!" But if this was the case, then what convinced the pope to forgive Lestek and not excommunicate him after all? Well, what could have worked was what the duke offered as a replacement.

| Being a neighbour to the Prussians, he may easily enter their land with a large force and not only defend the neophites, but also convert other pagans with his effort and diligence.

| źródło = ''ibid''., p. 120