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to fetch another of Doctor Willis's men.

Thus has the Experiment, which was reported yesterday to have been attended by success, & which had produced the order of the Change in attendance on the King's Person, in a very early instance proved its fallibility.

Had The Pages implicitly obey'd the Order deletion of yesterday /deletion which I transmitted to Them this morning for not going into the Kings Apartment without a direction from Dr. Willis or Dr. John Willis, Wynne would have been in an awkwarder situation than that, from which He had now been rescued by the prompt Interference of one of the Kings Pages. Notwithstanding all this, the King was reported underline to be very quiet. /underline

Doctor Reynolds whose turn it was to be at Kew this evening, asked if He might go in & see the King, as Dr. Willis had said He was quiet. On this Dr. Willis taking Dr Reynolds aside, told Him He had rather not, as seeing Him might possibly agitate Him. Dr R: replied, that as He seem'd not to wish Him to see the King, He would not press the request.

I felt much surprised at the appearance of so much mystery, nor can I reconcile to the measure of keeping The Physicians so much as is done from the opportunity of making their formal observations. It is not necessary that their Visits should be long, to form their opinions on the daily health of H: M: & as they are expected to prescribe