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144 BRITISH PHYSICIANS. ner ; nor shall he be treated otherwise than we were, smce we recovered, and lived to a gTeat age, without any such dangerous experiments.' ' All this may be,' replied the doctor, with his wonted plainness and sincerity ; ' but I must be free w^ith your Grace, and tell you, that unless you will give me your word that you'll instantly go home to Chelsea and leave the duke wholly to my care, I shall not stir one foot for him : which if you will do, without intermeddling with your unnecessary advice, my life for his that he never miscarries, but will be at liberty to pay you a visit in a month's time.' When at last, with abundance of difliculty, that great lady was persuaded to acquiesce, and give way to the entreaties of the duke and other noble relations, and had the satisfaction to see her grandson, in the time limited, at Chelsea, restored to perfect health : insomuch that she had such an implicit belief of the doctor's skill afterwards, that tho' she was in the 85th year of her age at that very time, she declared it was her opinion she should never die while he lived, it being in his power to give length to her days by his never-failing me- dicines." During the stay of Prince Eugene in England, which took place in this year, he condescended to accept an invitation to dine with Radcliffe, who is said to have treated his princely guest after the fashion of true old English hospitality : instead of the ragouts and other French dishes with which the nobility had entertained him, the doctor or- dered his own table to be covered with barons of beef, legs of mutton and pork, and other substan- tial British viands, and directed some strong beer, seven years old, to be served round to the company,