in libertatem et patriae redeamus honorem;[1402]
and again
Nec quia procidimus fusi certamine primo,
stare et conflictum vereamur inire secundum;[1403]
and throughout there is the note of joyful confidence, the certainty of ultimate victory:
... omnem
vincendi nobis vim de victore petamus
... sine quo non stant qui stare videntur.
All this is found again in the Ad Uxorem. In spite of fire, torture, chains, the final note is a cry of joy:
Semper agam grates Christo, dabo semper honorem: