What type of evidence is used in the following excerpt from "The Crisis Number 1"? 'Tis surprising to see how rapidly a panic will sometimes run through a country. All nations and ages have been subject to them. Britain has trembled like an ague at the report of a French fleet of flat-bottomed boats; and in the fourteenth [sic (actually the fifteenth)] century the whole English army, after ravaging the kingdom of France, was driven back like men petrified with fear; and this brave exploit was performed by a few broken forces collected and headed by a woman, Joan of Arc.

Select the best answer from the choice provided.
A.
logical evidence
B.
anecdotal evidence
C.
empirical evidence
D.
emotional evidence