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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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that holy place and those that were in the Fields had order to pass no farther The Temple of the Oracle bring near to Parnassus one might see the Muses composing by the sweet harmony of their Instruments and Voices a Quire in which was sung the Triumph of the Prince of Wales After this one might see the Young Prince carried into the Temple by fourscore Jesuits as yet afore Jupiter Hammon was by 80 Priests in a kind of Goudolo of Gold from whence hung knobs of Silver followed by a great number of Monks of all Orders singing with a loud voice holy Hymns to his Glory As soon as the little Prince was within the Temple all the Priests and Priestesses of Apollo incompassed him and having examined and considered the features of his face said aloud contrary to the custom of our modern Gossips That he was not at all like his Father The DIVINITY Ordered That such should be introduced as had not yet appeared The Pretress came before Mr. SKELTON Embassador of his Britannick Majesty to the King of France And being brought to the entry of the Holy Cave thus spoke I prove the Prince of Wales to be Legitimate because the King his Father had wrote to me to spare no charge in making Fire-works and splendid Feastings The Author of the Triumph of Liberty Being come up answered to Mr. Skelton That if his Excellency had no other proof to give he ought to expect to see himself very speedily censured and condemned and that having already proved in his Book That King James the It. had not been lawfully called to the Crown of England but that he had Usurped it since the Laws of the Land have Excluded all Romand Catholick Princes he had resolved to prove to him presently That the Prince of Wales was never of Royal Blood That this is a suppositition believing the Society contrived it to deceive Fools The ORACLE Ordered That they should cause to come in The Author of Parliamentum Pacificum To see what he had to answer thereto The Pretress conducted him to the Cavern and made the Author of the Triumph of Liberty retire some paces back for fear lest a noise should arise between these two different Spirits the Author of Parliamentum Pacificum said thus to the DIVINITY I cannot for bear the admiring the Divine Wisdom for giving a Child to his Majesty in his old years and at a time when we were near seeing a second Queen Elizabeth to Reign and the greatest proof that I have that this young Infant is Legitimate is the ill opinion his Majesty hath of all the Hereticks The ORACLE Answered him That he had not in the least satisfied the Question which the Author of the Triumph had proposed viz. That his Majesty had Usurped the Crown of England he ought to prove the contrary afore he came to the suppositition The Earl of AVAUX Ambassador of FRANCE Took his time and the Pretress having received some Louis which he presented her with he was immediately introduced and brought the affair into a few words The ORACLE Asked him then How that he pretended to prove the Prince of Wales to be Legitimate his Excellency said The greatest proof he had was a Magnificent Treat the Monsieur Albeville gave in the Prince Maurice his Pallace to all the Ministers of Forreign Courts where we were near 300 persons that he invited After Mr. D'Avaux Mr. St. DISDIER Advanced and as he knew the History to the bottom and is knowing in all things he said to the DIVINITY That it was not difficult to prove that the Queen of England had really been with Child if one consider that the Queen Mother lay-in with Louis the XIV after she had been barren twenty two years which is the reason they call the King Given of God and at this day the Prince of Wales hath the same Name because he certainly came into the World by the gift of Heaven Mr. MOREAV Envoy Extraordinary from POLAND Entred without Ceremony and dispatched his business with a laughing air the relish of a glass of certain delicate Wine he drank at the Pallace of Prince Maurice made him not want matter or words in speaking to the DIVINITY For my part I shall prove the Prince of Wales is not supposititiou because Mr. Albeville rose from the Table several times to fill us out to drink of a most excellent wine and he did it with so graceful a mein that I have reason to say he hath not forgot his first imployment a Buler or Footman Mr. ALBEVILLE's Steward Slipped into the Cavern without taking notice of the Pretress and spoke thus to the DIVINITY I am about to abjure my Religion to oblige my Master the Ambassador The PRETRESS Bid him hold his Tongue for here was nothing to do about Religion but only to know how the Prince of Wales was Born. The STEWARD Answered That he had resolved to tell all that he knew but that he was only concerned in performing the Commission he had from the Embassador the day of the Fire-works which was to search out some English or other unknown persons to borrow for them white Perriwigs a Gentiel Dress fine Linen Cravats and Cuffs of French Point and to procure them Footmen to follow as if they had been my Lords or other of considerable Quality that I had order to seat them at the Table to make a figure and fill seven or eight places because that some of the States had no mind to come The PRETRESS Perceiving that this Discourse displeased Monsieur Albeville who was present who was concerned to do things honourably on such occasions besides that what the Steward said did more make known what was done on the day of rejoycing for the young Prince than to prove that he was of the Blood Royal made him retire As soon as the Steward had done the Pretress introduced Monsieur D' Albeville The DIVINITY Told him That all the World was surprised to see what passed at this day and that it was a thing that all people spoke of that one would make a supposited Child for a legitimate Monsieur ALBEVILLE Cryed out in the Discourse calling Heaven and Earth to Witness saying That it was a pure scandal that he had caus'd from the day that he had notice of the Birth of the Young Prince to make Fire works which had surprised the 7 Provinces with their Beauty and Magnificence where was to be seen the Young Prince upon a Globe in the midst of a Triumphal Arch where these Words were written which contain the year of his Birth aVgVsta eX IaCobo Magno proLes DIV VIVat M. DC LXXXVIII Which is That the Son of Great JAMES Live long Upon this Triumphal Arch you might see St. George who represented the King trampling under his feet the Dragon of Rebellion and abolishing the Test and Penal Laws There one might see the good Conscience of the Jesuits represented by the Woman that was near the
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