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which his Majesty was graciously pleased to do according to
the forms used by the Laws of Scotland, and subscribed two
Instruments thereof in the Presence of the Lords of the
Council who witnessed the same and his Majesty was pleased
to order that one of the said Instruments be transmitted to
the Court of Session to be recorded in the Books of Se'derunt
and afterwards to be forthwith lodged in the public Register
of Scotland, and that the other of them remain among the
Records of the Council and be entred in the Council Book.
His late Majesty rose in the Morning at his usual Hour
without any apparent Signs of Indisposition, he called his
Page, drank his Chocolate, and enquired about the Wind, as
if anxious of the Arrival of the Mails, he opened his Win-
dow and looking out of it and seeing it a fine Day said he
would walk in the Garden, this passed while the Page at-
tended him at Breakfast but on leaving the Room he heard
a deep Sigh immediately followed by a Noise like the falling
of a Billet of Wood from the Fire, and returning hastily
found the King drop't from his Seat, as if attempting to
ring the Bell, who said faintly, call Amelia, and then ex-
pired, he was instantly raised and laid upon the Bed, the
Princess was called, who was told he was dead upon her
entering the Room, but being a little deaf and her Spirits
being hurried by the Alarm, she did not understand what
was said, and ran up to the Bed-side and stooping tenderly
over her Father as thinking he might speak to her in a low
Voice she then first discovered he was dead, This Shock so
sudden and so unexpected and so violent threw her into an
Agony and produced a Disorder [from which] she is not yet
recovered. His Majesty in the Fall received a small Hurt
on his Temple and his Physicians and Surgeons being sent
for came instantly to his Assistance but without Effect. An
Attempt was made to bleed him but the Issues of Life were
dried up. The News of this Event which threw the Court
into the utmost Consternation was carried to the Secretary
of State Mr Pitt, whose Coach was ready at the Door to
drive to his Country Seat was then ordered instantly to Kew
where he acquainted his Majesty with the great Event in
Form, the King having first heard it on the Road as he was
riding out by a Messenger who had been dispatched by one
of the Pages of the Presence, he turned back and at Kew
he received a Letter from the Princess Amelia, soon after
which Mr Pitt arrived. His Highness prepared immediately
to attend the Privy Council, that upon the Kings Demise had
got together as fast as possible.
Upon opening his Majesty the right Ventricle of his Heart
was found burst and the Pericardium filled with a great
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