Were they not Cross-Kissing Christians...

'Who is so wise that he can afford to decry the skill, the warlike gifts and the valour of the Turks? Indeed they claim that none but the Franks and themselves have the right to call themselves knights. Certainly if they kept the faith of Christ, they would have no equal im power, in courage and in the science of war.'
[Gesta Francorum]

'They are good corsairs; they are men; and as such they behave... Were they not Cross-Kissing Christians, and so much our enemies as they are, they would be very worthy of our esteem; nay, the best of us would take a pride in calling them brothers, and even in fighting under their command.'
[Turkish chronicler]

ERNLE BRADFORD, The Sword and the Scimitar [1974]