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BNL.768.002
7 Jan 1768:21 (3353)
On the Duke of York's Death. London, October 2.
A Gentleman of Consequence has, very obligingly, favoured us
with the following particulars relative to the death of his
Royal Highness the Duke of York. His Royal Highness had
danced rather over much at the Chateau of a Person of
Fashion, and this had not only fatigued him but occasioned a
very strong perspiration. As soon as the ball was finished
the Prince gave orders for his carriages to be got ready
immediately, to set off for Toulon, from whence he was
distant some three or four leagues. The gentlemen of the
train, Colonels Morrison and St. John, and Capt. Wrottesley,
earnestly represented to his Royal Highness the necessity of
staying where he was till he was cool and had shifted
himself: The Prince declared there was no actual occasion
for such caution, that he would wrap himself up in his
cloak, and that would be sufficient: He did so, and stepped
into his carriage. This was on the 29th of August. The
next day his Royal Highness complained of a slight chilness
the shivering but went at night to the comedy, and before it
was over, his Royal Highness found himself infinitely worse,
and was obliged to withdraw. . .
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