Letter [in French] from the Princess of Wales to Mrs. Clayton [GEO/ADD/28/135] reporting that Princess Amelia 'does nothing but turn & sweat much' and seems very ill, that she has been given 28 grams of 'gascoyne powder' in the hope that the sweating will 'throw out a rash', and that the Prince [of Wales, presumably] has ordered that she is not to be made to vomit, and requesting Mrs Clayton to ask 'your freind' [sic] [presumably Dr Freind] for his advice; with transcription in French and English translation [GEO/ADD/28/015].

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[[foreign: French]] Je vien de la pauver Amelie elle ne fait que tornier et suer baucoup, ce pourquoy ill luy ont donne 28 grain de gaskon pauder, pour la faire suer. encore, davantage, elle me parait tres malle, lon croit que cestte sueer, tournera en Eboullijsera, elle a quelque chose de sa austeur, avec une Rougeur alantour des yeuss et quoy quelle disse elle a apressant, le comancemens de la fiever sur elle, les medecain disse que le pou et plain, quon ne peut dire fieveuruss, mais ausy quelle n'est pas san fiever, vous vois, Ma Chere Klethon ce quil ya, a lespere avec de telle annse, Je vous prie de dire a votre amie, que le prince mavait ordonne, de ne pas sufrire de vomitive, Je vous prie de me dire ce quil [[/foreign]] I come from poor Amely She does nothing but turn & sweat much, it is because they have given her 28 grains of gascoynes powder to make her sweat more. She seems to me very ill. they think this sweating will throw out a rash. She has something of it come out in red spots about her eys. I tho' she says, she has at present the beginning of a feavour upon her the physician says, her pulse are regular, that one can't say she is feavourish, neither can one say that she is without a feavour. you see my dear Clayton what there is to hope from these asses. I beg you to tell your freind that the Prince has order'd me not


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