"All who are going to go into battle should wear the sign of the cross on their garments."

"Fight for the Holy Sepulchre, and you will be absolved from all your sins."

"For your brethren who live in the East are in urgent need of your help... the Turks and Arabs have attacked them."

"This land which you inhabit is too narrow for your large population... The land is as it were your prison."

"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."