Letters from the King's Physicians to the Prince Regent for October 1811

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Dr Baillie has the honour of informing the Prince Regent that His Majesty ^[[addition]] pass'd [[/addition]] yesterday, except at the time of going to Bed, very quietly - He sometimes played upon His Harpsichord, He was often silent, and He sometimes spoke for a little while His conversation related chiefly to an Inundation which was to drown this Country and from which he was preparing to escape to Denmark - His Majesty slept a good deal in the Evening and it was expected that He would have gone to Bed without reluctance - This however was not the case - His Majesty got into a violent passion when the hour of Bed was announced to Him, and He was obliged to be carried to His Bedroom & undressed by force - His Majesty slept on the whole three hours & an half in the night - When He awoke He became turbulent & intractable so that

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