a trumpeter, bravely leading on the soldiers, was captured by the enemy. he cried out to his captors, “pray spare me, and do not take my life without cause or without inquiry. i have not slain a single man of your troop. i have no arms, and carry nothing but this one brass trumpet.” “that is the very reason for which you should be put to death,” they said; “for, while you do not fight yourself, your trumpet stirs all the others to battle.”