THE Military Memoirs
  
OF
  
Capt. George Carleton
  
FROM THE
  DUTCH WAR, 1672.
  In which he Serv'd, to the
  
  Conclusion of the Peace at
  UTRECHT, 1713.
  
Illustrating
  Some of the most Remarkable TRANSACTIONS, both by Sea
  and Land, during the Reigns of King Charles and King
  James II. hitherto unobserved by all the Writers of  those
  times.
  
  Together with
  
  An exact Series of the War in Spain; and a particular  Description
  of the several Places of the Author's Residence in
  many Cities, Towns, and Countries; their Customs,
  Manners, &c. Also Observations on the Genius of  the
  Spaniards (among whom he continued some Years a
  Prisoner) their Monasteries and Nunneries (especially that
  fine one at Montserat) and on their publick  Diversions;
  more particularly their famous BULL-FEASTS.
  
LONDON, Printed for E. SYMON, over against the  Royal
  Exchange, Cornhill, MDCCXXVIII.
  
  
TO THE RIGHT HONOURABLE
  Spencer Lord Wilmington,
  
Knight of the Bath, and one of his Majesty's most  Honourable Privy Council.
  
'Twas my fortune, my Lord, in my juvenile Years, Musas cum  Marte commutare, and truly I have Reason to blush, when I  consider the small Advantage I have reap'd from that Change. But  lest it should be imputed to my Want of Merit, I have wrote these  Memoirs, and leave the World to judge of my Deserts. They are not  set forth by any fictitious Stories, nor imbelished with  rhetorical Flourishes; plain Truth is certainly most becoming the  Character of an old Soldier. Yet let them be never so  meritorious, if not protected by some noble Patron, some Persons  may think them to be of no Value.
  
To you therefore, my Lord, I present them; to you, who have so  eminently distinguished your self, and whose Wisdom has been so  conspicuous to the late Representatives of Great Britain,  that each revolving Age will speak in your Praise; and if you  vouchsafe to be the Mecoenas of these Memoirs, your Name  will give them sufficient Sanction.
  
An old Soldier I may truly call my self, and my Family allows  me the Title of a Gentleman; yet I have seen many Favourites of  Fortune, without being able to discern why they should be so  happy, and my self so unfortunate; but let not that discourage  your Lordship from receiving these my Memoirs into your  Patronage; for the Unhappy cannot expect Favour but from those  who are endued with generous Souls.
  
Give me Leave, my Lord, to congratulate this good Fortune,  that neither Whig nor Tory (in this complaining Age) have found  fault with your Conduct. Your Family has produced Heroes, in  defence of injured Kings; and you, when 'twas necessary, have as  nobly adher'd to the Cause of Liberty.
My
 LORD,

  
Your Lordship's
  Most obedient
  And most devoted
  Humble Servant
,

  G. CARLETON.

  
  
TO THE READER
  
The Author of these Memoirs began early to distinguish  himself in martial Affairs, otherwise he could not have seen such  Variety of Actions both by Sea and Land. After the last Dutch War  he went into Flanders, where he not only serv'd under the Command  of his Highness the Prince of Orange, whilst he was Generalissimo  of the Dutch Forces, but likewise all the time he reign'd King of  Great Britain. Most of the considerable Passages and Events,  which happened during that time, are contained in the former Part  of this Book.
  
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