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A50564
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A Melius inquirendum into the birth of the Prince of Wales, or, An account of several new depositions and arguments pro and con and the final decision of that affair by the grand inquest of Europe, being a supplement to the depostions.
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1689
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Wing M1646; ESTC R918
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A MELIUS INQUIRENDUM Into the BIRTH OF THE Prince of WALES OR An ACCOUNT of several New Depositions And ARGUMENTS Pro and Con and the Final Decision of that Affair BY THE GRAND INQUEST OF EUROPE BEING A Supplement to the DEPOSITIONS Publish'd by AUTHORITY in October last LONDON Printed for J. Wilks in St. James's Street 1689. Consultation of the ORACLE by the Great Men of England and the Potentates of the Earth to know if the Prince of WALES Given of God Diu dateus be Suppositious or Legitimate AS soon as the darkness of the Night was dispersed and the Morning had appeared the Gates of the Temple of the Divinity opened themselves and one might see all the Potentates of the Earth hastening thither Great number of Princes and mighty Mouarchs many Heraclit's and Democrit's the one sad and the other merry for the Birth of this new Messias the Catholick Princes were in dispute with the Protestants the latter did maintain That the Prince of Wales was Suppositious and the first the contrary It was then resolved by one part as well as the other to refer the business to the Oracle and that the Divine Appollo should decide a Question whereon the Happiness of Europe depended The POPE Being the first advanced kneeled to the Earth and having taken in each hand a certain Composition went on foot to the entrance of a little Cavern as soon as he found himself within with a great deal of eagerness and haste he spoke To the ORACLE I desire to know four things before my Death The First is to see Constantinople purged from Execrable Mahometism by my good Son Leopold Emperor of the East and West The Second to see my Eldest Son the King of France to repent himself of all those Affronts that he hath committed during his Reign against the Holy See against the other Kings his Brethren and against his poor people The Third to see my Son Charles the Il. always poor become sufficient powerful to revenge himself of his Brother-in-Law and give to the Throne of Spain a Successor whether Legitimate or Suppositious according to the Example of King James The Fourth to learn if my Son James the Il. he well fixed on his Throne and if the Young Prince of Wales shall be Legitimated by the Parliament As soon as the Holy Father had ended all those Powers that had followed him were impatient to speak of the Queen of England's Lying-in and of the Birth of the Young Prince and altho' the Cardinal of Furstemberg desired it and would by all meant speak of his Election he was ordered to hold his Tongue and it was resolved that the Court of England should firsT be allowed to give reasons whereby she pretends to prove that the Prince of Wales is Legitimate that the Protestane Princes who had Arguments to prove the contrary should be heard next That the Question should be disputed with mildness and moderation and that the Court of France as well as the Court of England as Allies should be desired to occasion no Dispute but leave it fairly to the decession of Justice The KING of E d Attended by Father Petres who followed him step by step approached the Holy Cavern and thus spoke to the DIVINITY I give God thanks for giving me a Son on the 20th day of June 1688. and that he gave a Happy Delivery to the Queen my Wise by the Birth of the Prince of Wales His Majesty had scarce made an end of pronouncing these words but a Protestant Prince interrupted him saying We all give thanks to God because we have discovered that this Young Prince is the Son of the Society of Jesuits and that he never had any Royal Blood in him These Words were no sooner delivered but Father Pâ—tres advanced and having sixed his Triangular Cap upon his head to shew his indignation thus said to the ORACLE The Hereticks do nothing but laugh at the Queens Lying in as if the Prince of Wales were only a supposited Infant for my part who was not a moment absent from the Queen I know better than any person and if I do not tell truth I will call Mrs. Wilks as a Witness It was scâ—rce observable that Petres had spoke so much the Priests of the Temple being imployed in furnishing the soul of Wilks with proper Ideas to make her Recollect To the end that she might discover the Intrigue she made her sTege upon the skin of Sacrifices rubbed with certain Drugs which disturb the Brain and being present at the Holy Cavern spoke thus It is easie to prove that the Queen was really with Child if one considers that she kept her Bed at her Lying-in for 2 or 3 days without getting up and the rather for that she never went abroad while she was big The ORACLE Ordered that she should hold her peace if she had no better proof The Priestess of the Temple conducted the Queen of England as yet weak and indisposed and having given her her hand to lead her into the Sanctuary she thus said to the DIVINITY I prove that I have been with Child of a Young Prince because I had many pains for 5 or 6 Months and I have always heard it reported that Women with Child are always subject to them Mrs. Cellier who was near the Queen had a mind to speak again desired her Majesty to add the sickness she was speaking of that she had several times been sensible of the Infants stirring in her Womb and that these two proofs were convincing The PRINCESS of D k Being called in her turn came near and said to the ORACLE I find it very difficult to believe that the Young Prince of Wales is Legitimate if it be true what is said that he was some hours at St. James's afore the Queen came thither to Lie-in The ORACLE Answered her This Proof is strong have you any Witnesses The PRINCESS Answered him Yes The R. Father SMITH and Father ALIX JESUITS Conspiring together in a design to destroy the proof which the Princess had offered to produce Father SMITH As being the Eldest spoke first to the DIVINITY I maintain that the Queen hath been with Child and that the Prince of Wales is Legitimate by reason the Queen hath resolved at the present to have a Daughter and after that another Daughter and then another Young Prince that if it happens the first should die his Majesty may be provided of a Successor Father ALIX Took his Turn and said For my part I prove that there is nothing suppositious in the Person of the P. of Wales and that he is the Legitimate Son of the King because he was informed that the Child was Baptized on the 15 day of July 1688. it being St. James's day The Priests went out of the Holy Cavern and returned before the Queens Ladies of Honour and having made them drink a Glass of the Water of the River Hircinas they said We maintain that the Queen hath been really with