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should have reached his knowledge which had required a caution so well intended, from so steady a Friend, & added that never should I be found amidst Party Feuds, that I should retire from chequer'd intercourse, & that whenever I was wanted I should be found at hand [[underline]] in the Kings Closet Library [[/underline]] & to which through Her Majestys gracious permission I (with some others in attendance) had comfortable Access. During My Absence various & contradictory Accts. of the state of the Kings health had reached Me, & to which from my being now deprived of the opportunity of making My personal Enquiries at Kew I was obliged to listen. I found that Her Majesty had seen the King since I left Kew, & it was said that this Meeting had agitated Him much, & that during the Night recourse was had [[underline]] for the first time to the Strait Waiscoat [[/underline]] -- The Morning after The King repeatedly said, that He would never more wear the Crown, & desired his Eldest Son might be sent for - From the Accounts best to be depended on which I have received, much of calm & much of discomposure has at intervals taken place, & sorry am I to have reason to beleive, that disquiet has prevailed in an increasing degree of late, as I find the Strait Waiscoat has not only been held up, but that it has been put on more than once already -- [[underline]] Tuesday Decr. 16.th. [[/underline]] On this day of my return to Kew, the Bulletin of the Morning has given very unfavorable Accounts