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done to any of his Majesty's Judicators. It uas ane verry ill
taell might not be hard, and mutch more to this purposs, uhich I
cannot now uryt. To be short, he past from that inconsiderat
motion. I uill giue you account of the matter fully hearafter.
Uhat I say to your Grace is only to your self, as uhatever you
uryt to me shall only be, and after redinge burninge of letters is
most convenient.
Whythall, February 3 :
168 J.
83. From the time the fiyeinge paket uas dispatched yisterday
till eight a'cloke this morninge I never left the Kinge, and
shall giue your Grace a short account bothe of the applications
and his condition all that time. Yisterday about tuelf a'cloke
he begun to recover his speetch a litill and from that time continowed
still on the mendinge hand tho' sloely : every four hours
he had a purge giuen him of Hyerapikra uhich had all the good
effects uished for, he vometed four or fife tyms, but about on
a'cloke this morninge he had 3 or 4 large stools that so mutch
relived his head and refreshed his spirits that from that time
he spoke ueall and as sensible as ever. Then uas blisteringe
plasters put to eatch of his legs and thyes, to every arme, his
showlders and head ; about fife this morninge they near taken
off and had done ther opperatione extremly ueall, but put his
Majesty to a great deall of pain in taking off the skine, uhich
reioiced us all extremly that he found the pain so sensibly ; he
slept aboue tuo hours togither befor that verry soundly and
quietly, and about sevin this morning he begune to talk of the
way he took his diseass verry cherfully, to the unspekable joy of
all present. The Docters then declaered he uas past all hazard
and this morninge about ten a'cloke thy driw some blood of
him at the jugular vaens. Blessed be God he recovers hourly,
and is in a verry good condition. God Almighty mak all his
good subjects thankfull for so great a delyverans. I confes I
am not able to uryt more, beinge ill my self and overuaeked
uhich I littill minded in the time. This will certinly
alter missurs, but I can say nothinge yit of it. You
may haue your owne thoughts and communicat what you
think fitt.
Postscript :—Since uryting this letter the King hes bine agaen
blede in the jugular vaens and uithe as good effects as could be
uished, and besyds, the blisters in his head and nek haue rune
througe his night cape and his verry pillow, so that the Phisitians
declaer'd to us this night in Councill that his Majesty uas past all
daenger. Ther uill be a day of publicte thanks giuinge for the
King's recovery hear, but the day is not yit resolved upon ; so
sone as it is your Grace shall be acquented that the lyk may be in
Scotland ; wee haue not only vesone to giue God thanks upon
this day but all the days of our lives. I uas uithe the Kinge
after Councill and saw him verry mutch beter then he uas in
the morninge and heard him speake cherfully.