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which He has been so long Estranged. This is probably preparatory to his getting on Horseback. It was in consultation decided this day that H:My. should be bled, and as He preferred that Mr Battiscombe should perform this operation, I sent off one of his Grooms to Windsor to fetch Him - & in consequence He came this Evening -- After the King had paid his usual Visit to his Family in The Queen's Apartment this Evening - We saw Him in the Antiroom - He was well & I thought improved in looks. His countenance begins to fill up again, & He gains flesh apace - When with Us He was busy comparing some Spectacles which had been sent to Him to look at, & He desired Me to find out which were [[underline]] the clearest, [[/underline]] as not using spectacles Myself I could not calculate on the focus's, or [[underline]] numbers [[/underline]] suited to various Sights -- This conversation however brought on a panegyrick from His Majesty [[underline]] on my long Sight [[/underline]] & He now recollected [[underline]] some proofs of it, [[/underline]] which occurred on board His Yatcht, when I had the honor to attend Him to the Nore some years ago, where He went to meet his Victorious Fleet off the Dogger Bank - He alarmed me much by the conclusion of this conversation, when He was pleased to add, [[underline]] "That" I "was an Excellent Person to have on board, & that [[/underline]]