Until he was thirty he was said to be not more than 18 inches high, when he suddenly increased to about 45 inches.

In his youth he fought several duels, one with a turkey cock, which is celebrated in the verse of Davenant.

He became a popular and graceful courtier, and proved his bravery and allegiance to his sovereign by assuming command of a royalist company and doing good service therein.

Both in moral and physical capacities he showed his superiority.

At one time he was sent to France to secure a midwife for the Queen, who was a Frenchwoman.