He characterises the policy of Manuel as "short-sighted", because "he lost a splendid opportunity of recovering the former possessions of the Empire, and by his departure threw away most of the actual fruits of his expedition".
Han betegner Manuels politik som "kortisigtet", fordi "han mistede en strålende mulighed for at få kejserrigets tidligere besiddelser tilbage, og ved hans afrejse kastede han de fleste af frugterne af hans ekspedition bort".