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the behaviour of one of His Majesty's Pages (Ernest) which He had thought had been exceedingly improper both to The King & to Himself. That his manner to The King was too rude & threatening, & improper to be used to anybody in this situation, & that the King seemed to stand peculiarly in awe of Him from that treatment. He added that He had also behaved in a saucy & improper manner to Himself & to his Son. That He knew not of it was his natural manner or not, but from what He sees of Him hitherto He appeared ungracious & threatening in the highest degree. He concluded by stating that He had spoke of this, to The Chancellor & that He had told Lady Harcourt & Lady Charlotte Finch that He would speak to me to use my authority, & that now He requested it. Having listen'd to this Statement from Dr. Willis with attention, I replied, that my Situation as Equerry to His Majesty was very limited, and its powers, & that I had made it a constant rule, never to Exceed them. I stated that I had no authority at all [[underline]] out of the Stable Department [[/underline]] & none at any time, over His Majesty's Pages. That therefore I could not on any account, on the given case, as Equerry, interfere, [[underline]] on the score of Authority. [[/underline]] I told Dr. Willis that I knew Ernests manner was not pleasing, & that I had never thought it so & possibly it might now have increased, rather than diminished in ungraciousness, but be that as it might, that I really did believe