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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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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
Child because she was always troubled with a kind of a Gout which hindred her going and always obliged her to be carried in a Chair The A. B. of C attended by his SUFFRAGANS Came near to the Divinity extreamly pleased to have been acquitted in his Tryal and that innocence had prevailed over Calumny The DIVINITY Made him be informed by one of his Priests that he was exhorted to reveal what he knew or what he had learned concerning the Queens Lying-In that there was no degree of power above the Gods and that he was obliged in Conscience to tell the things as they were and being approached he spoke to the ORACLE Because you conjure me by all that is most Holy in your Temple to discover an Imposture which the Society of Jesuits takes care to conceal from all Europe I shall tell you then in two words That the Prince of Wales is suppositious and that they put us in the Tower at the very time the Queen was in the Straw to the end that the Bps. of the Kingdom might not be present The KING of E d Hearing this Discourse came forward hastily and being angry with the A. B. called him Rebel adding That he knew how to make him obey The ORACLE Answered the King. That he had forgotten that the place where he Blasphemed was Holy and that he ought to be satisfied long since that the Gods esteem bad Kings no more than silly Shepherds that he ought to abate his fierceness and thank the Gods for giving them more good things in this World oftentimes than they deserve The KING Being desirous to answer what the A. B. had objected said It was true that the Bishops were put in the Tower before the Queen lay-In but also that order was given to release them and there was nothing to hinder their Visits besides I am not willing to argue thus with my Subjects I am a King and expect to be obeyed without disputing and when I say that the Prince of Wales is my Legitimate Son this ought to suffice and they ought to believe it The ORACLE Answered to all this That he was not well satisfied with his Majesty's Behaviour and that he ought to have more moderation and to bring good proofs because we came thither to know if the Prince of Wales was legitimate or Supposititious and not to dispute his Royal Prerogative The Priestess had order to advance some MEMBERS of the next PARLIAMENT Who spoke thus to the DIVINITY His Majesty hath sollicited us by his chief Almoner Father Peters to legitimate his Son the Prince of Wales when we shall meet in Parliament and all the people cry in London that it is a Supposititious Child that his Father is a poor Citizen and that his Mothers a poor Woman which the Jesuits have perswaded by money to keep this secret The ORACLE Orders the Priestess to conduct in the Earl of S L D To see what he had to answer to what was proposed S L D having order to enter the holy Cavern desired before that to abjure his Religion and to assist at the Holy Office in the Kings Chappel and to give a proof of a profound respect After which he said The Prince of Wales is so much the more Legitimate and the supposition of which they accuse her Majesty is the rather a Callumny by how much the big Belly of the Queen hath been accompanied with many wonders viz. As the Queen stept an Angel appeared to her several times and said to her Have Courage you shall bring forth a Son and his Name shall be called WALES The Queen awaking started and saw that this Angel was like to him that appeared long since to Mary the Mother of God. The ORACLE Asked him how he knew it to be an Angel S L D Answered that Father Peters had told him so The Lawyer P n one that pleaded for the Bishops Hearing that the Earl of Sunder land would prove the Prince of Wales to be legitimate by the greatest Imposture that ever was could not forbear speaking into the Holy Cavern as loud as if he had pleaded in Westminster-Hall and said openly that it was a shame that such a man as he whom his majesty had Honoured with his charge of Secretary of State should have so mean and low thoughts and so unworthy of a man of Honour he ought to have known that this Angel of whom he was speaking of was one of the Queens Foot-men who had been instructed by the Jesuits to play this part And that the King having surprised him with his Sword wounded him in his Arm. The ORACLE Ordered the Priests to turn out S L D and bring the Lord CHANCELLOR Who spoke to this purpose to the DIVINITY The greatest proof that I can offer to justifie that there is no supposition in the Birth of this Young Prince is the coming of so many Ministers from all the Courts of Europe to Congratulate his Majesty and pay their homage to this Young Prince As to the rest his Majesty was transacted at his Council of Conscience with Father Peters and he forbids to inquire into what passeth there So if there be any supposition it is a secret that very few persons know at Court. And the King hath order'd us to compel the people to believe the Prince of Wales to be legitimate And this is enough and we ought as much as in us lies to adore these great mysteries and by no means pry into them As soon as my Lord Chancellor had spoken the Lawyers L s F n S r T y F b S s Were ordered to answer what my Lord Chancellor had said they all unanimously said That having gained the Cause for the Bishops they would do their endeavour to get that for the people also and to maintain by an authentick Discourse which they would publish concerning a supposititious Birth that the Prince of Wales was supposited but they prayed the Divinity to grant them some time the ORACLE Answered them that it was granted and that in the mean time the Priests should be examined of such as are to appear The Priests had order to introduce the JESUITS of the College of the SAVOY The most ancient of them having taken off his Triangular Cap said That the greatest proof that they had that the Prince of Wales was the lawful Son of the King was that his Majesty had promised on the day of his Coronation that he intended to give a Successor to the Crown and that the King had now performed his Royal Word in giving them this Young Prince who they should always acknowledge as Legitimate since they being Roman Catholicks it was much for the advantage of their Society The ORACLE Answered That these Reasons proved that the King had a Successor but the Question now was to know if this Successor were of the blood Royal. The Priestess had order to cause them to go out and to introduce the NON CONFORMISTS the QUAKERS and PRESBYTERIANS