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said it was a Mr. Berkley (or Barclay) on Enquiring what Barclay The General said He believed He was related to the Great Barclay the Quaker -- The King with more than common Eagerness said [[underline]] What The Quaker? [[/underline]] I was not the only Person in the room who was struck with this apparent Eagerness -- Gordon who knew nothing of former histories alluding to it, did not know what it meant, but He remarked it -- but as H.My. did not dwell a moment on it, it passed & the conversation continued on other subjects. On the whole this Evening has [[underline]] not [[/underline]] been so good as that of Yesterday & on comparing notes with Colonel Digby I found they agreed as to this point. [[underline]] Tuesday Febry. 24th: [[/underline]] --This Morning the favorable Account of The King's health continued -- Sir George Baker and Dr. Gisborne were the Physicians in Attendance. The former shewed the very curious receipt He had received from abroad through Lord Hervey for The King. There have been many curious receipts of late sent with the same View, but this of all I think the most Singular one I have seen. This was to cure the King by communicating [[underline]] the Itch [[/underline]] to Him. This by causing irruptions over the Body was through them to carry off the disorder. -- Another Extraordinary receipt was sent by The Duke of Dorset, & attested by [[underline]] Gauthier [[/underline]] Physician to The Comte D'Artois -- This was to Effect the cure by the Blood of an Ass taken inwardly--
