For,  to  speak  properly,  those  are  true  and  almost  only
examples  of  fortitude.  Those  that  are  fetched  from  the
field,  or  drawn  firom  the  actions  of  the  camp,  are  not  oft-
times  so  truly  precedents  of  valour  as^  audacity,  and»  at  the
best,  attain  but  to  some  bastard  piece  of  fortitude^  If  we
shall  strictly  examine  the  circumstances  and  requisites  which
Aristotle  requires^  to  true  and  perfect  valour,  we  shall  find,
the  name  only  in  his  master,  Alexander,  and  as  little  in  that
Boman  worthy,  Julius  Csesar^  and  if  any,  in  that  easy  and
active  way,  have  done  so  nobly  as  to  deserve  that  name,  yet,
in  the.  passive  and  more  terrible  piece,  these  have  surpassed,
and  in  a  more  heroics!  way  may  claim,  the  honour  of  that
titie.  'Tis  not  in  the  power  oi  every  honest  faith  to  pro-
ceed thus  far,  or  pass  to  heaven  through  the  flames.  Every
one  hath  it  not  in  that  full  measure,  nor  in  so  audacious
and  resolute  a  temper,  as  to  enduro  those  terrible  tests  and
trials ;  who,  notwithstanding,  in  a  peaceable  way,  do  truly
adore  their  Saviour,  and  have,  no  doubt,  a  faith  acceptable.
in  the  eyes  of  God.
SfiCT.  XXVI. — Now,  as  all  that  die  in  the  war  aro  not
trained  soldiers,  so  neither  can  I  properly  term  all  those
tbst. suffer  in  matters  of  religion,  martyrs.  The  council  of
Constance  condemns  John  Huss  for  a  herotiek ;  the  stories
of  his  own  party  style  him  a  martyr.   He  must  needs  offend

'  It  tooi.]    He  meuis  "  The  suffering  of  it  wm."— JSU.
f-  cf^    MB,  R,  reads  ihtm.-^Bd.
