FOR 
Ona ms point N, where D N interfedts 
way and the glaeis. 
radius of one foot, defcrmbe a 
to ie heigte of the rampart. Take NO = 5 fe 
one thicknefs al the revetement of the cordon, and from the 
int O draw the indefinite line O Q. parallel-to NP; 
this will be the interior fide of the revetement of thie point 
P, where the line Pn meets the line NP; take PR= 7 
feet, or about the fifth part of its height N P, for the 
talus of the revetement, and draw the line N R, which 
the revetement: 
t. 
ra perpendicular to Pn, making it equal to 
or fee toifes from the depth of the foundation ; pai 
parallel to Pn, and let it interfecétO Q in Q; 3 and 
Y & be drawn paiallel to N M, and at the diftance of 
three feet for the revetement of the parapet. Inorder to 
reprefent the a of th ne ae fort or buttrefs, when 
t 
there is any, ta w VX parallel 
to O.Q; 0, will, aa a this oot by means 
of which the perelenieat ORi ia pea That the 
terre-plein of the rampart Vv roper igs 
be equal to 14 foot, and draw rE, which will oe 
the upper part of rampart, and the line A W reprefents 
he flope of its mterior fide’ Suppofe the breadth of ue 
ditch to be twenty toifes, and lay this down from P to n 
and on the point n = the perpendicular nm, terminated 
tthe luce of three feet 
si parallel to it zy, which will give oe thic - 
of the ea of the counterfcarp; nu = 3 fee 
et be the talus of this revetement, and the line um the 
exterior fide of it. The foundation may be pies to ter- 
minate at the diftance of about fix inches from 
et mc = § toifes be the breadth of th Peet nd 
the point c cia a ae nay oie cd= 2 feet for the height 
of the bang _D f parallel to A B, and equal 
feet. 
aw the linece for the yas of the dean and ef 
will be the upper part t of it m the point f ere a per 
pendicular f l= 44 feet , fo or a he ht of the pape of 
the covert-way above the ‘banqu uette. Produce f1 till it cuts 
a r; takerg = 20° toiles from the breadth of the 
ot, 
terior fide of the parapet of 
ere be a palifade conitructed o 
profile is finifhed. Encyclop. 
FORTIFIED Pvacte, a fortrefs, or fortification, i. e. 
a place well flanked and meri with works. See 
Plate V. Forti sae Sige 4 e explanation annexed 
is it, and fig. 5. which ae “a fortified place be- 
the banquette, and the 
“Places fortified after the modern way confift chiefly of 
baftions and curtains, and fometimes of demi-baftions, 
according to the fituation of the ground: of cavaliers, 
ramparts, fauffe-brayes, ditches, counterfxtps a ; 
. half-moons, ravelines, horn-works, crown-wor. works, 
eiplanades, redents, es tenailles. "oe each mh lee its pro- 
per article, Bast 
on. are ee oak and additional parts; as 
FOR 
bermes, parapets, banquettes, embrafures, cordons, boyaux, 
moulinets, chevaux frife, chauffetrapes, galleries, man- 
-telsts, batteries, faps, mines, blinds, aaa and palifades. 
See each in its place, 
Several of thei ent of divert ile 
i a battio 
fifts of faces, = ecuenae pete coe &c. ‘which 
‘fee. See Fort, Fortress, Fortiricarion, and Mili- 
tary ConsTRu CrioN ‘ 
FortiFieD J/fland. Geogra hy, an ifla nit in the 
Indian fea, about a ain circum 
mference, ftony by nature, 
and fortified by art at a very great expence ;_ the onl 
landing-plaee being at the gate way, ise is defended by 
rong works: about a hg from the es 
oppo ofite to Onore. 14° 
FORT TIGUERRA, *Nte ay 7 an 
Italian poet and Sieemed. was eae d fee an ancient 
family, ard born about the year 1674. le is known 
of his early life, aoe he was advanced to a bifhopric by 
Clement XI, e feems - have fet his heart upon a car- 
dinal’s hat from Clem ver, 
layed fo long, that aetna a fell i aoe ilinefs 
through chagrin and difappointment, which ¢ ied him off, 
in 1735, at the age of fixty-one. As an aie. ie is prin- 
cipally known by a burlefque poem, entitled « Ricciardetto,”* 
written in defence of ae saa! of 'Taffo over Ariotto. 
The poem is in eafy verfe: the compofition was pleafant, 
but fanciful. It was firft publied in n 1738 in 4to., and 
afterwards at Paris, in 3 vols. He publifhed a 
seepage ae in verfe of ne comedies ae Terence, printed in 
—— the Latin tex 
or Pomeuct a diminutive of thew word 
for importing a little fort, or {conce, called a'fo field 
*FoaTin, i is that whofe fides flank each other, &c. 
See Star Tt. 
FORTIORL. A milto Fortiort. See Murro. 
FORTIS Agua. See Aqua Fortis. 
FORTISSIMO, Ital., in Mufics the {uperlative degree 
of forte, implies very loud. The comparative degree of 
forte is pin forte, more lou 
FORTITUDE, Moral Philofophy, is = of thofe 
nee which have been long diftinguifhed by the appella- 
n of cardinal virtues ; the other three ois ee ee 
fies and temperance. To fortitude, indeed, the name 
of virtue has been particularly appropriated, not only by 
ae wae oo . fo in the facred writings. See 
ise.) s this ee mifapplied, if we oo 
der da the mad ‘anil be prepared by this virtue to 
and alfo to maintain the reft. Pry ue eos fhould ‘be “dit, 
criminated from that mechanical courage, or natural intre- 
in 
N 
who have a he dea > es in their conftitutions. Ac- 
cordingly i may define it to be, fuch efi - Pat 
lution oF pine in (cued. . a fenfe of what is jufta 
nourable, as amidft all the dangers and evils incident t . bie 
confcience and prudenc 
whence it follows, that braw wny limb 
and fermente blood, are not the qualities which conftitute 
a hero. bie vi igour of natu ood pian 
for enfilts — 
sa es in the refolution of the will, dupgeeied by 
reafon and refleCtion. The odjeds of courage are the evils of 
life ; and the office of fortitude is-to qualify our fears of 
thofe evils, that they may never confound and aftonish the 
N 2 mind ; 
