Some memoirs of the life of John Radcliffe, M.D. Interspersed with several original letters: his two speeches in Parliament, and a true copy of his last will and testament / [Anon].

  • Pittis, William, 1674-1724.
Date:
1715
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Credit: Some memoirs of the life of John Radcliffe, M.D. Interspersed with several original letters: his two speeches in Parliament, and a true copy of his last will and testament / [Anon]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    '(■■93 ) Cfijhdlton, Oft, i ?* 17x4* M/ very good Lord, THIS foiwg the lafl Time that, in all Probabi¬ lity, I fall ever put Pen to Paper, I thought it my Duty to employ it in writing to you, face I. am Tiow going to a place from whence I can adminifier wo Advice to you, and whither you, and all the reft who jurvive me, are oblig'd to come, fooner or later. Tour Lordfbip is too well acquainted with my Tem¬ per, to imagine, that 1 could bear the Reproaches of my Friends, and Threats of my Enemies, without lay¬ ing them deeply at Heart ^ efee dally fince there are 710 Grounds for the one, nor Foundation for the other ^ and you will give me Credit, when I fay thefe Confede¬ rations alone have fortend my Days„ I dare perfwade my felf, that the Reports which have been rais'd of me, relating to my Non-Alien- dance on the ffehieen in her lafi Moments, are receiv'd by you, as by others of my confant and affurd Friends, with an Air of Contempt and Di/belief *5 and could wife) they made as little an Imprej/ion on me. But I find them to be infupp or table, and have experienc'd, that tho there are repellent Medicines for Difeafes of the Body, thofe of the Mind are too frong and im¬ petuous for the feeble Refefance of the mof powerful Avtifi- In a Word, the Decays of Nature tell me, that I cannot live fourteen Days 5 4 and the menacing Letter inclos'd, will tell you from what Quarter my Death comes. Give me Leave therefore to be in earnef, once for all, with my very good Lord, and to ufe my En¬ deavours to prolong your Life, that cannot add a ■SpansLength to my own. Tour Lordfip knows how far an Air of Jollity fias obtain d amongf you and your Acquaintance, and how