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From the diary of Samuel Pepys (1663-1703)

... and there saw the King play at Tennis and others.  But to see
how the King's play was extolled without any cause at all, was a
loathsome sight, though sometimes endeed he did play very well and
deserved to be commended; but such open flattery is beastly.

		-- Pepys' Diary, 4 Jan. 1664

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