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46 yet distinct utterance "Believe me I am a religious Man." After this exertion, His Majesty gently waved his hand in token of his last farewell, and the Archbishop withdrew. As the night advanced, a more rapid diminution of His Majesty's vital powers was perceptible. His weakness now rendered it impracticable to remove him into his usual bed room, and a bed was accordingly prepared in the Royal Closet, which communicated with the apartment in which His Majesty had past the last ten days of his life. At half past ten, the King was seized with a fainting fit, the effects of which were mistaken by many for the stroke of death. However, His Majesty gradually, though imperfectly,
