The Cross seemed in truth as grave a danger in one quarter of Europe as was the Crescent in another, and the pope was now to undergo the same course of territorial partition as had befallen the head of a rival faith.
Morley draws a parallel between the pope's territorial challenges and those faced by the sultan, indicating a broader conflict in Europe.
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