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much interest & importance, that the progressive circumstances connected with it, cannot be witheld in fair narrations, where continued memorandums refer to daily occurrences. His Majesty during this Evening continued to be very difficult to manage, as He was irascible in his manner & wild in his Conversation. He talked much of Lady P: as usual, much against the Queen, & dwelt on variety of subjects, with great inconsistency & incoherence. He told Mr Dundas that He would sing to Him some verses of his own composing to Handels music, & began to hum the tunes to Them. The Revd. Mr. Willis, followed Sir Lucas Pepys into the King's Apartment. The former met with his displeasure very soon. He told Him He would not be advised by Him, [[underline]] that He was born not to be dictated to, but to command. [[/underline]] In a little time He became agitated & turbulent to a great degree on Doctor Willis's coming in, & now every thing seemed to threaten extremities. By slow & cautious means however all became more moderate, & He went quietly to bed between 9 & 10 oclock & soon after He fell asleep. Of late I have observed that H. My almost without variation awakes after an hours sleep & then soon & often He goes to sleep again for 3 or 4 hours without Waking & but seldom more at a time-- After dinner to day H. My. slept sound for about an hour in his Chair, a Practice very common to Him when