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Sir.

When Your Majesty was so gracious some Years ago to grant me a Sum of Money to pay my debts You asked me if that was the True state of my affairs, & I said Yes, with a good Conscience, for such it was that Lord Ailesbury stated it. but when Mathias received the Money, whodeletionm/deletion I am sorry to say was not consulted, He told me it would not pay all, deletion This /deletion The thing was done & could not be altered, & after all the reductions being made by the advice of hte latter, there are still some debts remaining which are very Pressing. Unknown to me owing to the Intimacy between Mr Percyvil & Mathias The former was spoke to by Him, & the moment I was informed of it I wrote a Letter to the Chancellor of the Exchequer desiring Him not to name it, as I was perfectly Sensible that so many of the other Branches of the Family were