that to keep the seas as Rupert kept them for three years, with no previous experience in nautical affairs, with never more than seven, and usually only three ships at his command, with those ships hopelessly leaky and rotten, and continually beset by every possible form of danger and disaster, was a feat deserving of wonder and admiration. [1] Clarendon State Papers. Hyde to Rupert, Oct. 19, 1650. [2] Cary's Memorials, Vol. II. p. 164. [3] Warburton, III. p. 306, _note_. [4] Ibid. p. 303. [5] Warburton, III. pp. 304-305. Whitelocke, 458. Thurloe's State Papers, I. 145-146. [6] Thurloe, I. 141. Dom. State Papers. Commonweath, IX. fol. 38. [7] Warburton. III. pp. 306, 310. [8] Ibid pp. 310-312. Add. MSS. 18982 f. 210. [9] Warburton, III. p. 313. [10] Hist. MSS. Com. Rept 14. Portland MSS. Vol. I. p. 548. 26 Dec. 1650. [11] Warburton, III. p. 318. [12] Ibid. 320. [13] Warburton, III. 320. [14] Ibid. p. 321. [15] Letters, II. p. 3. 14 May, 1651. [16] Nicholas Papers, I. 249. May 1651. [17] Warburton, III. p. 325. [18] Warburton, III. p. 327. [19] Ibid. p. 329. [20] Warburton, III. p. 334. [21] Ibid. pp. 533-535. Pitts to --. No date. [22] Warburton, III. p. 335. [23] Warburton, III. p. 349. [24] Rupert Transcripts. Captain Fearnes' Relation. [25] Warburton, III. p. 540. [26] Harleian MSS. 991. [27] Warburton, III. p. 340. [28] Ibid. p. 537, Pitts to --. No date. [29] Warburton, III. p. 345. [30] Warburton, III. pp. 346-7. [31] Thurloe State Papers, II. 405. [32] Rupert Transcripts. Holmes to Rupert, May 3 and 19, 1653. [33] Warburton, III. p. 348. [34] Ibid. p. 349. This letter is supposed by Warburton to be written to Hyde, but it is without address; and the three references of Rupert to Herbert in the letter to the King seem to imply that the accompanying letter was intended for Herbert, and not Hyde. [35] Warburton, III. p. 541, Feb. 1st 1652. [36] Ibid. p. 366. [37] Warburton. III. p. 359. [38] Domestic State Papers. Commonwealth, 41. fol. 34. 8 Oct. 1653. Report of Walker. [39] Warburton, III. p. 360. [40] Warburton, III. pp. 363-367. [41] Domestic State Papers. Commonwealth. Vol. XXIV. f. 60. June (?), 1652. Coxon's Report. [42] Warburton, III. p. 370. [43] Ibid. p. 371. [44] Ibid. p. 376. [45] Warburton, III. p. 337. [46] Warburton, III. p. 382. [47] Ibid. p. 384. [48] Ibid. p. 546. [49] Warburton, III. p. 388. [50] Rupert Transcripts. Journal, Feb. 26, 1651. {265} CHAPTER XV RUPERT AT PARIS. ILLNESS. QUARREL WITH CHARLES II. FACTIONS AT ST. GERMAINS. RUPERT GOES TO GERMANY. RECONCILED WITH CHARLES Rupert's return was eagerly hailed by all parties in the exiled Court of England. Wrote the King: "My Dearest Cousin,