Magnam in spem veniebat fore ut pertinacia desisteret hostis.

Sorry I'm asking so many questions! This sentence I find completely puzzling.

Magnam in spem veniebat: he came into great hope/he came to have great hope.
Fore ut pertinacia (abl.) desisteret hostis: that it was about to be that the enemy ceased in respect to perseverence/that the enemy's perseverence would cease.
= He came to have great hope that the enemy's perseverence would cease.
This was my attempt to take the sentence apart. Is it close to the truth, at all?
 

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Yes, you've got it.

"He was coming into great hope for it to happen that the enemy would leave off​
from obstinacy." [literal parsing]​
"He was starting to have high hopes that the enemy would cease their obstinacy." [actual English]​
 
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