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 rest I gave him. As he was taking it, he observed it smelt and tasted very nauseous; upon which I said, I think it smells very strongly like bitter almonds. I gave him the cheese; he chewed it, and spit it out. He then remarked that he thought he should not be able to keep the medicine upon his stomach. I asked him if he would have some water; I gave him some. He washed his mouth, and spit that out, and then laid down.

Q. Please to open that bottle, [giving Lady Boughton the genuine draught] and smell at it, and inform the Court whether that smells at all like the medicine Sir Theodosius took.

A. No, it does not.

Q. Please to smell to this, [giving Lady Boughton the draught with the laurel water added to it.]

A. This has a smell very like the smell of the medicine which I gave him.

Q. What was the first observation your Ladyship made of any appearances upon Sir Theodosius after taking the medicine?

A. In two minutes, or two minutes and a half, after he had taken it, he struggled very much; it appeared to me, as if it was to keep it down; and made a prodigious rattling in his stomach, and guggling; and he appeared to me to make very great efforts to keep it down.

Court. How did he make a rattling?

A. A noise in his stomach as if it would come up again.

Q. How long did you observe these symptoms continue?

A. About ten minutes; he then seemed as if he was going to sleep, or inclined to dose. Perceiving him a little composed, I went out of the room. I returned in about five minutes after into his room; then, to my great surprise, I found him with his eyes fixed upwards, his teeth clenched, and froth running out of each corner of his mouth.

Q. What did you do upon that?

A. I ran down stairs, and told the servant to take the