THE THIRD BOOK 



Thus having given you a faithful account of all my Lord's 

 actions, both before, in, and after the Civil Wars, and of his 

 losses, I shall now conclude with some particular heads con- 

 cerning the description of his own person, his natural humour, 

 disposition, qualities, virtues ; his pedigree, habit, diet, exer- 

 cises, etc., together with some other remarks and particulars 

 which I thought requisite to be inserted, both to illustrate 

 the former books, and to render the history of his life more 

 perfect and complete. 



i. Of his Power 



After his Majesty King Charles the First had entrusted my 

 Lord with the power of raising forces for his Majesty's service, 

 he effected that which never any subject did, nor was (in all 

 probability) able to do ; for though many great and noble per- 

 sons did also raise forces for his Majesty, yet they were bri- 

 gades, rather than well-formed armies, in comparison to my 

 Lord's. The reason was, that my Lord, by his mother, the 

 daughter of Cuthbert, Lord Ogle, being allied to most of the 

 most ancient families in Northumberland, and other the 

 northern parts, could pretend a greater interest in them, than 

 a stranger ; for they, through a natural affection to my Lord 

 as their own kinsman, would sooner follow him, and under 

 his conduct sacrifice their lives for his Majesty's service, than 

 anybody else, well knowing, that by deserting my Lord, they 

 deserted themselves. And by this means my Lord raised 

 first a troop of horse, consisting of a hundred and twenty, and 

 a regiment of foot ; and then an army of eight thousand horse, 

 foot and dragoons, in those parts ; and afterwards upon this 

 ground, at several times, and in several places, so many several 

 troops, regiments and armies, that in all, from the first to the 

 last, they amounted to above 100,000 men, and those most 



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