Excerpt from Encyclopedia Americana, Vol. 3: A Popular Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature, History, Politics and Biography, Brought Down to the Present Time, Including a Copious Collection of Original Articles in American BiographyCavmvnrsu, lilliam, duke of New castle, was born in 1592, and educated by his father, on whose death he was raised to the peerage. On the approach of hos tilities between the crown and parliament, he embraced the royal cause, and was in vested with a commission, constituting him general of all his majesty's forces raised north of the Trent, with very ample powers. I'vith great exertions, and the expenditure of large sums from his private fortune, he levied a considerable amiy, with which, for some time, he maintained the king's cause in the north. In military matters, he depended chiefly on his prin cipal officers, whilst he himself indulged in the courtl pleasures and literary socie ty to which e was attached. Lle obtain ed a complete victory over lord Fairfax on Adderton-heatb, and, on the approach of the Scotch army, and its junction with the parliamentary forces, threw Km.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis 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.