Excerpt from Life and Times of General Sir Edward Cecil, Viscount Wimbledon, Vol. 2 of 2: Colonel of an English Regiment in the Dutch Service, 1605-1631, and One of His Majesty's Most Honourable Privy Council, 1628-1638 L'isle's1 regiments of foot. The natural pride of a commander, in the strength and good appearance of his own regiment, made Sir Edward Cecil anxious that his regiment should be raised to its usual strength before again appearing in the field. When the winter passed away, and the spring drew near its end, Without the necessary orders having been issued for the recruiting of the regiment of Cecil, the angry feelings of the colonel Of this regiment blazed out, and he expressed himself in very plain language to his friend Sir Dudley Carleton, who, with his customary kindness and helpfulness, had, it would seem, Spoken to the Prince of Orange and the States General regarding the need of new levies for Cecil's regiment. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.