The War thus ended by the Peace of _Nimeugen_, The Regiment in which I serv'd, was appointed to be in Garrison at the _Grave_. We lay there near four Years, our Soldiers being mostly employ'd about the Fortifications. It was here, and by that Means, that I imbib'd the Rudiments of Fortification, and the practick Part of an Enginier, which in my more advanc'd Years was of no small Service to me. Nevertheless, in the Year 1684, our Regiment receiv'd Orders to march to _Haren_, near _Brussels_, where, with other Forces, we encamp'd, till we heard that _Luxemburg_, invaded by the _French,_ in a Time of the profoundest Peace, had surrender'd to them. Then we decamp'd, and march'd to _Mechlin_; where we lay in the Field till near _November_. Not that there was any War proclaim'd; but as not knowing, whether those who had committed such Acts of Hostility in time of Peace might not take it in their Heads to proceed yet further. In _November_ we march'd into that Town, where Count _Nivelle_ was Governor: The Marquiss _de Grana_, at the same time, governing the _Netherlands_ in the Jurisdiction of _Spain_. Nothing of any Moment happen'd after this, till the Death of King _Charles_ II. The Summer after which, the three _English_ and three _Scotch_ Regiments receiv'd Orders to pass over into _England_, upon the Occasion of _Monmouth's_ Rebellion; where, upon our Arrival, we receiv'd Orders to encamp on _Hounslow-Heath_. But that Rebellion being soon stifled, and King _James_ having no farther Need of us, those Regiments were order'd to return again to _Holland_, into the proper Service of those who paid them. Tho' I am no stiff Adherer to the Doctrine of Predestination, yet to the full Assurance of a Providence I never could fail to adhere. Thence came it, that my natural Desire to serve my own native Country prevail'd upon me to quit the Service of another, though its Neighbour and Allie. Events are not always to direct the Judgment; and therefore whether I did best in following those fondling Dictates of Nature, I shall neither question nor determine. However, it was not long after my Arrival in _England_ before I had a Commission given me by King _James_, to be a Lieutenant in a new rais'd Regiment under the Command of Colonel _Tufton_, Brother to the Earl of _Thanet_. Under this Commission I sojourn'd out two peaceable Campaigns on _Hounslow-Heath;_ where I was an Eye-Witness of one mock Siege of _Buda_: After which our Regiment was order'd to _Berwick_, where I remained till the Revolution. King _James_ having abdicated the Throne, and the Prince of _Orange_ accepting the Administration, all Commissions were order'd to be renew'd in his Name. The Officers of our Regiment, as well as others, severally took out theirs accordingly, a very few excepted, of which Number was our Colonel; who refusing a Compliance, his Commission was given to Sir _James Lesley._