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armories,

goodly

races of

horse,

chariots

of war,

elephants,

ordnance,

artillery,

and the

like: all

this is

but a

sheep in a

lion’s

skin,

except the

breed and

disposition

of the

people be

stout and

warlike.

Nay,

number

(itself)

in armies

importeth

not much,

where the

people is

of weak

courage;

for (as

Virgil

saith) It

never

troubles a

wolf how

many the

sheep be.

The army

of the

Persians

in the

plains of

Arbela was

such a

vast sea

of people,