Note 55 — LETTER V.
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This part of the Prophecy did not take place, for the King of Poland died in his Bed at Warsaw the 1st of Feb. 1733, O. S. This Monarch set out in the Month of January, from Dresden, to hold the Dyet of Poland, which was open'd at Warsaw, and every thing seem'd like to pass to the Satisfaction of the King and Kingdom, when these fine Hopes were demolished by the Death of this Prince, who in his last Sickness, preserved the Character of the Hero, betraying neither Fear nor Folly; all his Wish being that he might live to embrace his Son.
The King found himself in a declining State, several Years. During the last Dyet at Grodno, a Mortification seiz'd his Foot; for which reason, M. de Petit, a Surgeon of Paris, whom the King sent for on purpose, cut off two Toes, and set his Majesty upon his Legs again, but told him withall, he must observe such a Regimen as he prescribed to him, or else it would break out again. But the King finding himself better, neglected Petit's Advice, and died of the Mortification, as the Surgeon had foretold.