The hetman, lying in the form of a cross, heard Mass and the hymn; and when he rose, tears of joy were flowing down his worthy face. At sight of that the legions of knights, the blood not yet wiped from them, and while still trembling from their efforts in battle, gave out three times the loud thundering shout:—
“Vivat Joannes victor!”
Ten years later, when the Majesty of King Yan III. (Sobieski) hurled to the dust the Turkish power at Vienna, that shout was repeated from sea to sea, from mountain to mountain, throughout the world, wherever bells called the faithful to prayer.
Here ends this series of books, written in the course of a number of years and with no little toil, for the strengthening of hearts.
THE END.
FOOTNOTES:
[1] “With Fire and Sword,” page 4.
[2] The bishop who visited Zagloba at Ketling’s house, see pages 121-126.
[3] A celebrated bishop of Cracow, famous for ambition and success.