On a beam was written,
"Dignum certe Deo spectaculum fortem virum cum calamitate colluctantem."
"Even God may look with pleasure upon a brave man struggling against adversity."
Again,
"Quels solides appui dans le malheur suprême!
J'ai pour moi ma vertu, l'équité, Dieu même."
"How substantial the consolation in the greatest calamity
I have for mine, my virtue, justice, God himself."
Beneath this was written,
"Le jour n'est pas plus pur que le fond de mon cœur."
"The day is not more pure than the depths of my heart."
In large letters of blood there was inscribed, in the hand-writing of Vergniaud,