Excerpt from Lives of the Warriors of the Civil Wars of France and England, Vol. 2: Warriors of the Seventeenth Century There is no reason to believe that the sins of the father were visited upon the son by the Kaiser; nor does it appear that Ferdinand even tampered with his religious faith; which, considering the mind of the man and his counsellors, is yet more surprising. It is probable that he associated with other German Princes at the Imperial capital, and that the three or four years he passed there under surveillance were devoted to a mili tary education, since those who, in after years, were least inclined to favour him admit that he was well adapted, both by natural abilities and acquired endow ments, to form a great commander. He could here ob serve from a distance the progress of affairs between the King and his Parliament, as they trended towards a warlike issue; and he was well disposed from every consideration to offer his sword to his uncle, who, it is believed, interceded with the Emperor for his release in 1642. Prince Rupert, with his younger brother Maurice, arrived in England in that year; and, that he might have a status in the quarrel, Charles the First advanced him to the dignity of the British Peerage by the titles of Duke of Cumberland, Earl of Holderness, and Baron Kendal, and constituted him Knight of the Garter. 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.