DreXav, on the other hand, clearly seems to hold a grudge, and Twiggie was far too willing to march half a world away to try and pommel me to the ground, after which he'd have no doubt demanded I release Bohemia, if not even part of the Netherlands.
The English alliance is downright appalled by France's repetitive duplicity thorough the history of this conflict and prior to it, all the more as this offensive against hostility of the Mamluks began only after agreement of non-involvement from the French government:
Those talks took place directly after France followed the Mamluks into coalition against Spain upon learning it's intentions of moving against the egyptian muslims. An agreement was struck, despite it being very heavy-handed by France as well as being contradiction of French previous claims of not being supportive of muslims. That duplicity and heavy-handedness was swallowed, as the importance of punitive expedition against the Mamluks was paramount - that nation has displayed open hostility and insistently threatened the Spanish people every time they would settle in Africa, it's neighbouring continent, and the exotic lands to the east, striving for cultural and economical exchange.
The Spanish people were fine with co-existence of both nations in the aforementioned lands. The Mamluks would have none of it and claimed entire continents, unthinkably vast amounts of land that they couldn't settle in any near future, where Spain already held significant and developed influence.
That DreXav insists France is against him is merely a resentment fueled assumption due to the later not sending its whole army to kick Fivex out of north Africa for him.
It is now obvious that France and the Mamluks were in cahoots for a while now, with the latter being agent of French agenda. An agenda hidden under facade of lies and deception, driven by outright malice as the following events will show.
Upon declaration of war by English proxy, a war that wouldn't have happened if the French haven't struck an agreement with Spain, the French immediately turned hostile and demanded the Inglo-Spanish offensive to pull out, revealing it's duplicity and shocking the international scene.
The Russians are the most commendable nation in this entire conflict as they had no direct interest or agenda, with their lands distant and troubled, but have nonetheless stepped in to mediate and maintain the sanctity and integrity of diplomatic agreements in the international scene.
Unfortunately for everyone, the French couldn't be persuaded to stay sane and honorable, and decided to further impose it's tyranny by joining the war in support of infidels against it's christian friends and long-standing allies, a behavior all the more shocking and deplorable as France was the custodian of the Holy See at that time (thanks to Spain pulling out influence in the curia PER AGREEMENT). The Russia was forced to honorably uphold it's word against it's best interest, joining the conflict ONLY AFTER France did.
Let there be no illusions that this lamentable conflict that has claimed thousand of lives and shattered the European friendships, was ultimately caused by French malice. On that account, the English alliance cannot accept any French claims of loss nor agree to give in to the severe injustices it proposes.
In the light of the abominable reason behind escalation of this conflict, the English alliance proposes cessation of all hostilities, with Spain depositing 5000 golden ducats in banks of Italy, for it to distribute among their own alliance. No more can be willingly given as the nations of English alliance treasure justice, integrity and honor as their utmost values. For them to give in, would be to forsake those values and therefore deem the nations themselves unworthy of existing.
All rests with sanity and sense of justice of the Italian and Hanseatic people, who's support is the only thing holding Mamlukian alliance together. This conflict, if not resolved quickly and amicably, will reach a point of no return, bringing many decades of vicious fighting as well as cultural and economical stagnation. Very, very long-feeling decades.