The New Hampshire Gazette

Madrid, (in Spain) December 25. If the Lunacy of Charles VI. occasioned Such Misfortunes to France, what is not to be apprehended from the dreadful State into which the King our gracious Sovereign is fallen? Ever since the death of the Queen, he hath kept himself immured at Villa Viciosa, where he shuts himself up in a Chamber, abandoning himself to Grief and Melancholy, in a Manner of which there are few Examples. He will not hear of any Business. He often passes thirty, sometimes sixty Hours, without taking any Food, or even the least Rest, but by Intervals, laying himself down across Chairs. His Constitution, naturally good, is daily impaired by this Kind of Life. He is much wasted; and a slow Fever, which sometimes increases, wears him away insensibly. He hath never suffered himself to be shaved, nor put on clean Linnen, since the 8th of September. He remains unmoved by the most respectful and the most vehement Representations. The Care and Skill of the ablest Physicians, and we have many such with Respect to these Kind of Disorders, have produced no Effect. The Nation, naturally devout, hath Recourse to Saints and Relicks. Amidst these melancholy Circumstances, he hath however been prevailed with to make his Will. The Count of Valdeparaiso performed the Office of Notary on that Occasion, and the Duke de Bejar, High Chamberlain, signed it for the King. The Infant Don Lewis stays constantly at the Palace of Villa Viciosa: but he does not see the King, who will see no Body. His Royal Highness amuses himself, from Time to Time, with hunting, to avoid perhaps, falling into his Brother's Disorder.