William even offered to set him at liberty, provided he would pass his word that the garrisons of Dixmuyde and Deynso should be sent back, or that he himself would return in a fortnight.

He said that he could not enter into any such engagement, as he did not know his master's reasons for detaining the garrisons in question.

He was therefore reconveyed to Namur; from thence removed to Maestricht, and treated with great reverence and respect, till the return of an officer whom he had despatched to Versailles with an account of his captivity.

Then he engaged his word, that the garrisons of Dixmuyde and Deynse should be sent back to the allied army.

He was immediately released and conducted in safety to Dinant.