On lines 45-47, the cross describes the marks on him from being nailed, because not only was Jesus nailed, but so was the cross. Enduring this pain also makes him a hero. In line 47, “they mocked us both, we two together,” uniting the Lord and the cross together. To honor him as heroic, in line 76, the friends learned of this and adorned him with silver and gold, bringing the story full circle, an explanation for the appearance of the cross at the beginning of the narrator's tale. In line 80, "now the time has come when they will honor me far and wide", even if coming from anyone or anything else this sentence would seem a little arrogant, what the cross is saying this story will be told over and over again and that people will honor him forever. In line 122, the dreamer wakes up and vows to pray to the cross and be faithful so that he can go to heaven. It seems that, in this poem, heaven is the best place you can go. So, after everything the cross and Jesus have been through, they have won the “battle” because they are finished