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and as We had heard, it was at this time decided in Council that His Majesty should if possible be removed to Kew as this day. This Evening H.My became turbulent, & one of his Pages came out of his Apartment to make the circumstance known to the Physicians & who were at this time in [[underline]] conclave. [[/underline]] On receiving this report from the Page Dr Warren Dr Reynolds & Sir Lucas Pepys come to our room, & Doctor Warren desired that Dr Reynolds & Myself would go in to H.M. to pacify & set matters to rights. My going was contrary to the late Express orders signed by the Physicians, & by The Prince of Wales, & perhaps in strict correctness I ought to have declined, but as I had the sanction of The Physicians I thought I ought not to refuse, where it was their opinion that I might be useful on a particular occasion -- We found His Majesty very much agitated & He complained of the rough treatment He had received from his Pages, who in fact had only been obliged in the course of their painful duty to hold Him in his bed, & overpower his turbulence. The King on my approach was very glad to see Me & said that I had kindly broke in to protect Him, & directly desired that Dr Reynolds might go, & that I should stay with Him - I sat down by his bed side, & He told Me I should remain with Him within the Curtains all Night -- Among many recited greivances I found that his resentment was principally excited agst. one of his Pages (Stillingfleet) and agst. Whom He had Enterttained aversion some time It happened to be now his turn of duty, & therefore He was at