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A compleat history of the pretended Prince of Wales from his supposed conception by the late abdicated Qeen [sic], to the fatal exit of his true mother Mrs. Mary Grey. Wherein all the depositions of the witnesses procur'd by King James, are fairly stated and examined, and all that has been writ upon that subject consulted, in order to set the whole intrigue in its true light.
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say when or whether it was since the Jealousie of the Cheat became publick and it appears by her being in Child-bed her self at the very time when the Queen pretended to be so that she could not for a considerable time before put on the Queen's Smock as she lay in Bed without great inconveniency to her self and the Queen might easily Counterfeit such a Bigness as was necessary to deceive the Deponent considering the time she pretended to be gone with Child Madam B y's Deposition being of the same nature needs no other answer Dame J a W e deposes that she put the after burden in a Bason of Water which being done before the Drs. view'd it gives just cause of suspicion that it was in order to prevent a discovery of its not having the natural warmth it should have had if the Drs. had been minded to examine it Mrs. D dy Swears that Mrs. W. the Midwife told her that immediately on the next pain the Queen would be delivered which accordingly she was but says nothing of her having seen her delivered The Mar. of P s Swears in the same manner as to the milk and that she saw the Child taken out of the Bed which as has been said already is consistent enough with a Cheat. The Lady B deposes that when she came she found Mrs. Wilks sitting by the Bed-side with her hands in the Bed which is the principal Evidence of a great many and was certainly done to keep the Child from smoothering She deposes also as to the Midwives saying that the next great pain the Child would be born whereupon the King called the Privy Counsellors in and immediately the Queen shreeks and the Prince was born so that here 's still nothing but what may be consistent with a Cheat for neither she nor any of the Privy Counsellors saw him born nor had they the liberty of looking in that place where the Child lay hid Nor were there any of the Drs. that came time enough to be at the Labour It is also to be observed that there 's a Contradiction betwixt the Evidence of Mrs. W s and that of this Deponent Mrs. W. would intimate that assoon as she cut the Navel string the Child cried The Navel string was cut in bed and therefore it must by this reason cry in bed But this Deponent B. says that she opened the Receiver so that the Child was out of Bed and not hearing the Child cry and seeing it lie black she was afraid it was in a Convulsion fit Mrs. C e deposes that she saw all that was to be seen after the Birth of a Child that is an After-burthen and bloody Clouts which were no doubt all of 'em conveyed into the Bed as the Child was for she does not Swear that she saw the After-burthen taken from the Queen's Body The Earl of M on Says he found the Lord Craven waiting at the Queen's Bedchamber-door which was then shut and that just after the King opened it and called the Deponent and the Lord Craven in The Deponent askt his Majesty how the Queen was who answered the Deponent you are a Married-man and may know these matters the Water is broke or come away It s observable that there was no body in the Room when this is said to be but Mrs. W. so that it depends wholly between the Queen Mrs. W's and the King 's saying so He adds that all the Company were called into the Queen's Chamber where he heard the Queen Groan and presently after several loud Shreeks and heard them say the Queen was delivered This is all nothing but hear-say he does not swear that he saw any thing And as for the Shreeks and Groans it follows naturally that seeing they counterfeited a Birth they must also counterfeit the Pains All that he says further to the point is that he saw the Midwife put her Hands and Arms in the Bed and fetch out a Child whence it is evident that he did not see the Child born The E. of H n says nothing material but that the King said the Queen came according to her first reckoning and yet we find she was very ill prepared for it S er deposes no more but that she was at such a Labour and went with the Child into the little Bed-chamber and took a warm Napkin and laid on its Breast believing the Child was not well which was the very consequent effect of not cutting the Navel The E s of M fort and M y Swear only that they heard the Ladies say the Queen was brought to Bed and that they verily believed it was the Queen's Child which is so superficial that there 's no need of any Answer La y So a Bu y say she came not till after Nine and being told the Child was born run to the Queen's Bedside and heard the Queen say to the Midwife pray Mrs. W s don't part the Child which is nothing at all material The next thing to be considered is the not cutting the Navel string which kept the Child from crying in the Bed or Warming-pan for the Navel-string by a natural ordination of Nature keeps the Child from opening the mouth nor so long as the Navel-string is uncut has the Child any occasion of the mouth considering that he receives nourishment by that as we do by the Mouth and till he was deprived of that he could not do any office that the mouth is Instrumental to so that notwithstanding it is an impracticable thing not to cut the Navel string yet they passed over that as being indeed obliged to do it to keep the Child quiet and by this means also they shewed the afterburden in a more identified manner of a late Birth which they were obliged to than had the Burden been parted and not left fastened to the Child for had they cut it before the Blood would either have run out or retired and made that part from whence it went cold and much unlike the other The D. of Le x Mrs. Ma l Dame Is Wo ch and Lady P w do all of them Depose that they saw milk often on her Majesties Smock c. which has been answered already And the latter Swears that she felt the Child stir in the Queens Belly but does not tell us whether she did really feel the Queens naked Belly or only thro the Cloths Mrs. P se Swears she heard the Q. Cry out saw the afterburden and by the washing of the Linen knew the Q. was in the same Condition that other Women use to be in on the like occasion which as has been said already might all of them easily be counterfeited and there 's no doubt but the Linen made use of by the real Mother might be pretended to come from the Queen The Lord G n deposes that he was called into the Bed Chamber and stood near the Chimney where he heard the Queen Cry Coll. G n deposes that the King called them into the Bed Chamber
after that he and several Lords of the Council had waited about half an hour whence it appears that they dar'd not to approach till the King called And Immediately after the Queen cried out Extreamly and said Oh I die I die you kill me you kill me then presently Mrs. D n made this Deponent the sign that the Child was born The Lord F m waited on the Queen Dowager to Saint James's and led her into the Q. Consort 's Bed Chamber then went into the next room and heard the Queen Crie out several times and afterwards saw the Prince as a Child newly born Sir St. F x's the Earl of M ves's E. of Pet h's A l's E. Su d's and Lord Geff y's depositions all of 'em lay the stress on hearing the Queen crie out and seeing the Child foul and as the latter says reeking all which is consistent enough with a Cheat for the Child might be brought in that Condition from the true Mother's Apartments and yet appear as they have deposed Dr. W ly deposes he was present when the Prince was born but does not say he saw him born he says likewise he saw him foul and the after-burthen and that he and other Physicians took two drops of blood from the Navel string and gave it the Child in a spoonfull of Black-Cherry water by the Queens Command Dr. Sc h says he found the Q. in good Condition but weary and panting which it was easie for her to counterfeit And that the above said Medicine of giving the Child some drops of Blood from its own Navel-string being mentioned among the Ladies he consulted Sir T. W ly and the other Physicians who allowed it as conceiving it no way dangerous which proves the falsehood of Mrs. W s and D e's Assertion who said that it was administred at the desire and advice of the Physicians Sir W. W ve deposes that her Majesty took astringent Medicines during the time of her being with Child to prevent miscarriage but does not swear that he saw her take them The like is to be said as to Mr. St lt d's preparing Restringent Medicines for the Queen seeing he does not Swear that he saw her take them Dr. B ys Deposition is only that he saw the Child in Mrs. Labady's lap and the Navel-string hanging down towards the Virile parts which is nothing at all to the purpose And now having gone thro all the Depositions I shall conclude with this Observation upon the whole viz. That those that gave them in were for the most part partial unfit or illegal persons and their Examination manag'd with apparent design and partiality so that if they had been really more positive and particular than they are it could not have been sustained as Lawful Evidence Then if all this be compared with Mr. Fuller's Discovery the Imposture can no longer remain a doubt The Substance of his Discovery is thus That in May 1688 the Countess of Tyrconel brought over with her from Ireland in the Monmouth Yacht Captain Wright Commander two Gentlewomen bigg with Child the first was brought to Bed at St. Albans in her way to London but the 2d whose name was Mrs. Gray was conveyed to the Pallace of St. James's and Lodg'd in two private Rooms over or within the Lady Strickland's Lodgings in the narrow Gallery between the Queen's Apartment and the Great Chapel In these Lodgings this Mrs. Gray was delivered on Sunday Morning the 10th of June the same day and but a little time before the Queen pretended to be delivered About the latter end of June this young Gentlewoman was removed to the Marchioness of Powis's Apartments in the same Gallery the Marchioness being then Governess to the pretended Prince and Mrs. Grey was at the same time committed also to her Charge and Care At that very time Mr. Fuller being Page to the Marchioness he did by her command attend Mrs. Grey constantly and supplyed her with all necessaries she was very little visited by any but the Marchioness and some of her Women on proper occasions she very seldom desired to stir over the threshold of her own Lodgings except sometimes to visit the pretended Prince which she did with a particular Zeal and Delight Mr. Fuller constantly attending her thither and back again he observed that nothing was so warmly fond of the Infant as her self and when as a peculiar favour she was permitted to take him in her Arms her Kisses and Embraces were more than usually tender and Passionate About the middle of July following when her strength was improved it was thought fit by some authority from Court she should be transported into France and accordingly Mr. Fuller one Father Sabran and one Mrs. Jones attended her to Dover she exprest a great deal of trouble before she went and the like on her way as being compelled to visit France against her Inclination and when she took her farewel of the pretended young Prince she betrayed an extraordinary Concern and burst forth into Tears She was met at Dover by one Father Grey a Priest who pretended to be her Brother and Embarkt for Calis in order to be conveyed to the Convent of Benedictin Nuns at Paris she having been in a Nunnery in Ireland before Mr. Fuller being after this preferred to the Queen's Service he went over to France with her Majesty and the supposed Prince at the Revolution and the Queen putting great trust in him upon the Marchioness of Powis's Recommendation in February 1689 her Majesty sent for him to St. Germains one Sunday night to her Chamber where she kept being as 't was reported indisposed by some Fright her Majesty told him that he must prepare immediately to go for England with Letters to the Lord Montgomery and others about extraordinary business She did accordingly give him her Letters telling him that it was a matter that nearly concern'd the K. and her self and if he should happen by a strict search to be obliged to throw his Letters into the Sea or otherwise she gave him a Ring which he was to deliver to the Lord Montgomery by way of Credentials for what he had to say to him by word of Mouth which was to tell him that the same Woman which came from Ireland with the Lady Tyrconnel in May 1688 was stolen out of the Nunnery in Paris where she was kept there having been a breach in the Garden-walls and that it was the opinion of the French Court that she had been assisted by some of the Prince of Orange's Friends in Paris to make her escape from thence in order to come for England She Commanded him also to tell the Lord Montgomery that the French King had taken all possible care to prevent her going off but least his Endeavours might prove ineffectual it was her desire that immediately after Mr. Fuller's Arrival in England the Ld. Montgomery and others should take care to place people on the Coast of England that might inform them when she Landed