| ___Ductor fortissimus armis, Conditor et legum celeberrimus, ore manuque Consultor patriae, sed non consultor habendae Religionis, amans tercentum millia Divum. Perfidus ille Deo, quamvis non prefidus orbi. |
| Prudent. Apotheosis, 450, etc. |
The consciousness of a generous sentiment seems to have raised the Christian poet above his usual mediocrity.