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let the King see anybody without one or more of them being in the room at the same time. This Evening The Queen Princess Mary, & Princess Sophia paid a Visit to The King in his Apartment - He played at Picquet with the Queen - while Pss. Mary amused Herself with a Game of Drafs with Dr. John Willis - All was of good report, & all went off properly & quietly. [[underline]] Sunday Febry. 8th [[/underline]] The last night has not been so good as the preceding one, nor was The King so well this Morning. He was [[underline]] hurried, [[/underline]] & tho' quiet his mind was full of those ideas, which have constantly been afloat during his Illness. Sir George Baker & Sir Lucas Pepys saw Him this Morning. On their coming into his Apartment He played on the Flute to Them, talked of [[underline]] Eliza [[/underline]] &c. He had Cards in his Pocket & which He has not yet chose to part with - He told Dr. Willis this Morning that He was lame & that his foot was swelled - This statement introduced the request that He might go out in his Phaeton. This was previous to Sir George Baker & Sir Lucas Pepys's Visit to Him, In their coming in He told Them how He had deceived the Old Doctor, by shaming lameness - His deception however did not last long as Dr: Willis was informed of it by the Physicians, in order however to be sure Mr. Keate Examined his foot & found no swelling or any apparent cause of complaint - He thought H:My. better on the whole, than He had been when