<prompt> Qedela umusho olandelayo: UJohn Hepburn wayeyindodana yesibili kaGeorge Hepburn wase-Athelstaneford, eduze kwedolobha laseHaddington nomkakhe uHelen Hepburn, indodakazi ka-Adam Hepburn waseSmeaton. Cishe wafunda eSt Andrews ngo-1615, wabe eseya eFrance nomngane wakhe, uRobert Monro evakashela eParis nasePoitiers. UHepburn wayengomunye wezinkulungwane eziningi zabantu baseScotland abakhonza eMpini Yeminyaka Engamashumi Amathathu. Ngo-1620 uSir Andrew Gray waqala ukuqoqa amabutho ukuze asekele iNdlovukazi u-Elizabeth waseBohemia, futhi wamisa ikamu lakhe endaweni yomndeni wakwaHepburn eMonkrig. UJohn wajoyina amabutho kaGray, wasuka eScotland ngo-May 1620, futhi ngemva kwalokho wayala iqembu lezikhali elalivikela inkosi yaseBohemia eyayidingisiwe. Ngemva  <response>: Ukunqotshwa eWhite Mountain amabutho kaGray ahlangana namabutho kaCount Ernst Mansfeldt, kwathi ngo-1622 uHepburn waba ngukaputeni. Wakhonza ngesikhathi sezimpi zaseBergen op Zoom ngoJulayi naseFleurus ngo-Agasti 1622. Kwakungemva kokuba amabutho kaMansfeld ehlakaziwe ngo-1623 lapho uHepburn namabutho akhe bangena khona enkonzweni yaseSweden. 