"He temporized with his kinsman, fearing that, should he seem
refractory, the captain would have ordered him to be shut up in the
castle. Inflamed with the desire of seeing a battle, his relation
no sooner marched off the ground, than he mixed in with another
regiment, to which his former patrons belonged, and proceeded to the
field, where he distinguished himself, even at that early time of
life, by his gallantry, in helping to retrieve a pair of colours
belonging to M--n's regiment; so that, after the affair, he
was presented to the duke of Argyll, and recommended strongly to
Brigadier Grant, who invited him into his regiment, and promised
to provide for him with the first opportunity. But that gentleman
in a little time lost his command upon the duke's disgrace, and the
regiment was ordered for Ireland, being given to Colonel Nassau,
whose favour the young volunteer acquired to such a degree, that he
was recommended to the king for his ensigncy, which in all probability
he would have obtained, had not the regiment been unluckily reduced.
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