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A40701	A plain proof of the true father and mother of the pretended Prince of Wales by several letters written by the late Queen in France, the Earle of Tyrconnel, Lord Deputy of Ireland, the Dutchess of Powis, governess to the pretended prince, Mr. Sarroll, the Queens secretary, and Father Lewis Sabran, chaplain & tutor to the prince : with informations of several persons of note, plainly discovering the whole management of that imposture / collected from the originals as they were intercepted and deliver'd to His present Majesty, and never before made publick ; new published by William Fuller, Gent.	Fuller, William, 1670-1717?	1700 (1700)	Wing F2485; ESTC R7450	15,018	26

She terms it the greatest She ever had And no doubt but She thonght it so at shat Time For the first News of Ms. Grey's escape put Her into a Fever And its true that the Queen kept Her Chamber two Days upon it Her Majesty was much afraid of the Prince of Oranges Agents So true it is that Guilty Persons Tremble at evry shaddow The whole Letter is so plain that I need say no more about it LETTRE III. WHen I wrote last by Hays I was under some Mortification concerning Mrs. Grey who that Morning made her escape and gave us upon some Examination a Jealousie that she was convey'd to England but I am very Thankful to Almighty GOD that we had no occasion to trouble you concerning her there She is now safe past doing any Damage but I fear that the Concern we were under and the Search we caus'd to be made after her has a little taken Air and is convey'd to the Knowledge both of some of our Friends and Enemies in England which is proper to be stiffled Therefore I have given Directions to Carrol to send you full Instructions how to proceed with Mrs. Grey's Relations now in London to prevent their Resentment of our proceedings which otherwise may be of ill Consequence and their Rashness the common Defect of their Countrey-mens Judgement may give dangerons occasions to the never ceasing Watchfulness of our Enemies And at this time it much behoves us to prevent even the least Disputes among our good Subjects And to this purpose I have ordered a sufficient Sum of Money to be remitted amongst the Bills which F. brings over to Ashton I pray GOD to give a Gracious Issue to this and all other your Endeavours for His Glory and the Defence of the King I am Your Friend Mary R. Mr. Crone coming from France with Mr. Fuller the latter caus'd him for to be apprehended and the said Crone in June following being arreign'd at the Old Baily for High-Treason by a Commission of Oyer and Terminer for that purpose before the then Lord Mayot Sir Tho Pilkin●on and all the Judges of England after a long and most fair Tryal Mr. Crone was found Guilty of High-Treason and received Sentence accordingly And several Warrants were sign'd for his Execution which was from time to time put off by 2● several Reprieves until the said Crone gave to the present Government a free Confession of what he knew of the designs carrying on against the present Government at that time all which he not only gave to His Majesty's Ministers of State in Writing but afterwards deposed on Oath That all the Matter contain'd in those Papers was Truth and that this and others were the true Letters which he he brought from the late Queens own hand And this Confession of Mr. Crone 's was laid before the Honourable House of Commons according to an Address of that Honourable House to His Majesty in November 1692. for that purpose Note Mr. Crone having obtain'd his Pardon in June was let out of Newgate for his Health the Government not believing he ever would venture into France again and after having made so large a Confession and Discovery of the Court of St. Germains which was so very material that Mr. Crone continu'd in England until His Majesty's Attorney-General had proceeded upon the Prosecuting such as Crone and Fuller had given Information against there 's no doubt but it had prevented several Conspiracies which have since been carryed on by the same conspyring Hands But But Crone went went for France and some affirm it was by Invitation from King James with Assurance of His Pardon and Favour Others affirm He was caryed on ship-board by six Men disguised who came Armed by Night taking him by Force and Gagging Him convey'd Him into a Boat and so off But however it were he is now in France and used kindly which shews his being there is very agreable to the Court of St Germains● And considering he was made a Major of Horse o● the Account of his being serviceable in going betwixt France England and Ireland the two first Years of the War when the greatest Conspiracies were on Foot it cannot but be Imagined but this Crone was greatly Instrusted by the Late King James and his Queen even in their most secret Intrigues and what he did confess to to the Government was so plainly demonstrated that there is no Room for the least Particular Besides it confirmed every Particular of what Fuler had given in Information before And both were afterwards confirmed by the Viscount Preston only this and some other Letters Mr. Crone was only privy to which He confirmed on Oath came from the late Queens own H●nds in France and a more positive Proof surely cannot be Required So I proceed to make a short Observation from some parts of it viz. Observation III. Now the Queen writes the Letter her Fears concerning Mrs Grey being over but yet some Jealousies Remain of their late Dealings with Mrs. Grey's taking Air. The Queen is mighty Jealous of the Spyes in France and knowing that King William and his Royal Consort had some time before the Revolution learnt something of this intreague and the pretended Princes being Mrs. Greys Son Her late Majesty at St. Germains who wants not thought instantly weighs how much it concern'd her to keep this Murther and dealings with Mrs. Grey as secret as might be well knowing that the least Air or Knowledge of it in England would put an end to her pretended Sons Right The Persons the Queen most dreaded were Mrs. Greys Relations who were some of them in England but all Natives of Ireland and Priests Her Majesty orders her Secretary Mr. Carrol to provide and send over Means to stop their Mouths that was an Invitation into France with the promise of Perferment and a Sum of Money the seldom or never failling Cure for all Mischief Mr. Ashton was to pay the Money he was Her Majesty's Treasurer in England and since hanged for his Zeal in a bad Cause which the Queen terms God's Glory and the Kings Service The next is Letter wrote by Father Lewis Sabran a Jesuit and Chaplain to the pretended Prince of Wales to the Dutchess of Tyrconnel in Ireland and was sent by Fuller who was sent to that Kingdom by the late Queen from France by the way of England where F opened the said Letter shewing it to the late Queen of ever Blessed Memory who ordered the Copy to be taken after which Fuller went for Ireland and delivered the said Letter as directed Dated at St. Germains March 15th 1689. LETTER IV. Madam IN obedience to the Commands I received from your Grace I have several times visited Mrs. Mary Grey endeavouring to convince her how inconsistent with Reason her several requests to your Grace are I assured her how kindly ready you were to condescend to the doing her every good Office which might cond●ce to her Eternal as well as perfect Happiness

A PLAIN PROOF OF The true Father and Mother of the pretended PRINCE of WALES BY Several Letters written by the late Queen in France The Earle of Tyrconnel Lord Deputy of Ireland The Dutchess of Powis Governess to the pretended Prince Mr. Carrell the Queens Secretary and Father Lewis Sabran Chaplain Tutor to the Prince WITH Informations of several Persons of Note Plainly discovering the whole Management of that Imposture COLLECTED From the Originals as they were Intercepted and Deliver'd to his present Majesty And never before made publick New Published by WILLIAM FULLER Gent. LONDON Printed for the AUTHOR And Sold by the Book-selers of London and Westminster 1700 A true Copy of his Grace the Duke of Shrewsbury's Certificate I Do hereby certify that in November 1689. Mr. William Fuller came to me and did make severall considerable Discoveries of the Intreagues of the Enemies of the present Government And he was by my encouragement sent into France And at his Return did perform very great Service for the Preservation of their Majesties Sacred Persont and the Peace and Security of their Government● And that it was by his endeavours that Mr. Matthew Crone was detected and convicted of High Treason Given under my hand this 15th of April 1692. Shrewsbury To the Right Honourable Sir Richard Levett Kt. Lord Mayor And to the Right Worshipful the Aldermen and Sheriffs of the City of London I Hope the same Noble Disposition which has inspir'd you bravely on all occasions to demonstrat your Zeal for the Preservation of the present Government by supporting the best of Kings will induce you favourably to look on and protect this short but true Narrative of the most socret and subtile Design of the late Reign which was a Contrivance so deeply laid to root out the Protestant Religion and all things else valuable to every true English Man that nothing but the mighty power and favour of God could deliver this Nation from I hope there can be no Danger of a Relapse And verily believe there will not unless Sins and Ignorance rule the People of this Land into a Lethargy of Security You Gentlemen are the Rulers over a great People and it is much in your power by your Authority and Example to preserve the lasting Peace of this Kingdom Therefore I humble beg your partronage of this piece which as a strange Mountain bids Defiance to all its Opposers And the Truth thereof may at one time be more powerful than the Arms of a Popish pretender and thereby be of Vse to you and your posterity May Almighty GOD long preserve the present King under whose Care you and your famous City are sure of peace and Prospetity it is the Prayers of Your most Devoted and Obedient Servant W. FULLER The PREFACE SInce the happy Conclusion of the Peace that many of your Nation have had their Tours into France It is very observeable how strangely the Mouths of some come back are filled with the mighty Actions of that Heroick Gentleman pretended Prince of Wales they seem so to adore him that were he truly what they pretend King James's or His Queens Son as he is neither these Gentlemen could not exceed their flattering Praises It must be confess'd That Pomp and Shew often makes Men seem what they are not and so it does here For this young Spark being by the late King and Queen own'd as their Son as soon as Born of Mrs. Gray it behoves them to mantain him as such whilst there is any hopes of imposing him to the Advantage of the Roman Catholick Cause which was the first Ground of their Design and even at this day is no less than what the Jesuits and Priests both at Home and Abroad do very confidently affirm will answer their design of settling Popery in this Kingdom in a short time Being my self in July last at Antwerp and conversing there with several English Priests and Jesuits particularly one Father Hunter a Jesuit the only English in the great and famous Colledge there he told me plainly That however Matters seem'd to stand against the Interest of the Church of Rome at this time He question'd not but to hear Mass said a Hundred times in St. Paul's Church in London before he Died adding for one Reason That he was much younger than King William and hoping to out live him he saw no other obstacle in their way most of the other Jesuits and Priests gave their Opinion to the same Effect and seem'd to speak not of their own Judgment barely but according to their Advice from England c. And did frankly tell me That they had now notwithstanding the late Act of Parliament against them above Seven Thousand Priests in England And I know very well that there is every Week very great Sums of Money remitted from England for the use of the Religious there So much do Intreagues and Interest prosper which if rightly consider'd is a sufficient cause for every true English Men to join in the Suppressing such a growing Evil But to return to our Business in hand since the most unhappy most unspeakable loss of His Highness the Duke of Gloucester has given new and strange Hopes to that Party of England's Foes I● cannot be a miss once more to remind them whose Son their darling Hopes the pretended Prince of Wales is which is here done by several Letters sufficiently attested to be the true Copies taken from the Originals of the late Queen and her chief Persons of Quality's own Writing and some of the Originals as they were sent from Ireland by persons of Quality their that took them out of the Dutchess of Tyronnel's Trunk are ye● in being and ready to be produced when occasion offers If it may be objected why they were not publish'd sooner I Answer That I did intend it four Years ago and hoping from time to time to have brought the matter to a Hearing before the Right Honourable the House of Lords I was constraind to delay the publishing of them on that Score only But having been beyond the Seas and conversing with Father Lewis Sabran who was Chaplain to the pretended Prince and one cheif Manager of this Intreague now refiding at the English Colledge in Liege I do undertake to Answer the said Father by proving not only the Suppositious Birth of the pretended Prince but the whole Management in every particular at the time of the late Queen's pretending to deliver'd at St. James's the 10th of June 1688. with a particular account of the true Mothers being cruelly Murtder'd in March 1690. A Plain Proof of the true Father and Mother of the Pretended Prince of Wales ABout four Years since I published a small Narrative shewing by several Circumstances how Reasonable it was for every dis●●●●ing ●udgement impartially to discern by those ●ruths I related how cunningly the Transactions 〈…〉 Reign were managed by imposing a●●mp●stor Child to be H●ir to the Crowns of these Kingdoms of Great Brittain and

Ireland A short Time after my 〈◊〉 was ou● it bad so far convinced many that ●e●ore were doubtful concerning that suppositio● Birth that instantly the whole Party of ●apists and hot●brain'd Jacobits ●ell har● 〈◊〉 ●ut instead of disproving any one Particular which I had all●●ed against ●he Legitimate Birth as they pretended to vindicat a certain Author of Quality 〈◊〉 terms ●imself being ashamed of His Name and Cause to● as W● have Reoson to believe Scribbles a few sheets and sends them into the World in Hopes to Banter Truth according to the Old Custom and falls to a 〈…〉 against Me charging Me with Crimes I never knew and from these Inventions of His own Brain endeav●●rs to dravv Reasons to hinder or Invalidate the Truth of my Relation But I shall not trouble You with His ●●nter or Character only say I know Him And tho' he be a Man of Quality he is also so well known by the People of England esp●cially the Tradesmen of London that there is 〈…〉 that will Trust him on any Score 〈…〉 things material which I cannot but take 〈…〉 〈…〉 His bringing all the Depositions which were 〈…〉 Westminster by King JAMES His Friends before 〈◊〉 ●●●lution and at the end of them this Author 〈…〉 in Admiration That so mean a Person 〈…〉 obtai● any Credit against such a Number of 〈…〉 made by persons of so high a Rank Qu●lity 〈…〉 which some were Protestants 〈…〉 ●nswer That all thei● Depositions to my Ass●●tions against the true Birth of this Child For whoever 〈…〉 those Depositions they will find th●● 〈…〉 Person who says They saw or sel● the Child come from the Queen's Body tho' Mrs Wilks the Popish Midwife swears she cut the Child's Navel-String which we verily believe she might for as We shall presently shew Mrs Grey t●e true Mother of that Child was Delivered by Mrs. Wilks not many Minuts before the Child was conveyed in the Warming-Pan into the Queen's Bed Secondly This Noble Author would insinuate That whatever I published at that Time it being in the last Year of the late War with France I should be silent enough when once a Peace was concluded and that the Persons I charged with the management of that Imposture had the opportunity to answer for themselves To this I Reply That it is sufficiently known the Wars have now been over about the Years and those Persons He would iustify have had all the Opportunities imaginabie to have made their Defence and done themselves and the pretended Prince Right if it had Injurd either They could not be ignorant of what I charged against them by Reason many of my Books in English were sent to France and the same Book was Translated both into French and Dutch and Printed at the Hague and Amsterdam and other Places beyond the Seas as is sufficiently known But to avoid Arguments not material and come close to the matter I must now tell the World that I lately ventur'd my self abroad into Flanders where I met my forme Tutor Father Lewis Sabran of the Jesuits Society he being now a kind of Superior to these English ones of that Society who Reside at the City of Liege He was Chaplain to the pretended Prince of Wales and one of the chief Actors in the management of that Imposture as You find him charged in my former Book With this Father I had some Disputes at the later end of July last and his Endeavour was to perswade me to return to the Church of Rome and live the Remainder of my Life in that Place by entring my self into their Society that is to be a Lay Brother but I could by no means yeild to his Inducements Upon which after a short sharp Disput the good Father and I parted with this Resolve That to what I had formerly published I would at my coming to England expose his Letters and all the remaining Passag-wherein he was concerned and send him them in Print desiring his Reply and Confutation if I did him or others any Injury He promised he would do it if I gave Occasion Therefore with humble Submission I think I cannot proceed more fairly to justifie the Truth of my Narrative than by setting down first what I know concerning the Management of that Intrigue which has been already and can at any Time be sufficiently prov'd as follows viz. First That in May 1688. The Countess of Tyrconnel came over from Ireland in the Monmouth Yacht Captaine Wright Commandder and brought with her two Young Gentlewomen big with child This is prov'd by Capt. Wright and others belonging to the Yatch as also by a great many People of Quality and others in Ireland Secondly I do aver That one of these two Gentle●●●●n who came over with the said Countess of Tyrconnel 〈◊〉 was with her on the Road towards London fell on Labour and lay in at St. Alban 's which is Testify'd by several on that Road and the Inhabitants as St. Albans Thirdly I do aver That the other of these Women that came over from Ireland and to London with the Countess of Tyrconnel her Name being Mrs. Mary Gray was brought big with Child and Lodged in two small Chambers over the Lady Stricklands Lodgings near to the Queens Apartment in the palace of St. James's which said Chamber joind also to the Marchioness of Powis's Lodgings and were the most privat and convenient for their intended purpose in the whole Palace Fourthly I do aver That on Saturday the 9th of June 1688 the same Mrs. Gray fell into pains upon which Mrs. Wilks was brought to her and that Aftrenoon the Queen came privatly to St. James's and pertended also of a sudden to find the Symptoms of her approaching Delivery which increased according as Mrs. Gray did in Reality and Mrs. Gray being deliver'd betwixt the Hours of Nine and Ten on Sunday Morning the Tenth of June the Child of the said Mrs. Gray was convey'd in a Warming-pan which I saw Mrs. Labaddie carry from Mrs. Grays Chamber along the narrow Gallery and so passed into the back Room next to that the Queen lay in Fifthly I do aver That this very same Mrs. Grey three Weeks after the time of her Delivery was by Command sent to Dover in a Coach and six Horses accompany'd by Father Lewis Sabran the Marchioness of Powis's Woman and my self and that she was there met by one Father Grey a secular Priest who liv'd at Calis and call'd her Sister with whom she went on Board the Packet Boat in order to go for Calis and from thence to the Benedictine Nunnery in Paris And this is prov'd by the Persons where she and we lodged and is well remembered by the Master of the●●acket Boat who had often before and since both seen and Drank with Father Grey her Brother at Calis and heard him say his Sister meaning this Mary Grey was gone to end her days in a Nunnery Sixthly I do aver That the said Mary Grey in February 1690

there being a Breach in the Garden-Walls of that Cloyster at that time did make her escape out of the said Convent of English Benedictine Nuns in Paris and upon which a diligent Search was made after her in Paris and after three days she was found again This I prove by several Persons Inhabitants in Paris who dwell near the Convent which will remember the Breach at that time and the search which was made after a Woman who had made her escape And if our Enemies shou'd here alledge it was another Woman and not Mrs. Grey I answer It behoves them to prove who that other Wowan was And forasmuch as in a few Days after Mrs. Grey was carried to St. Germains from the said Convent where she was kept under a strict Guard after her Escape it likewise concerns them to demonstrate what became of her afterwards And whereas I do further charge them with Murthering her certainly if they 're no● Guilty it is easy to disprove my Assertion by either producing her or proving where and how she died And yet further I do attest That this Mary Grey was meerly Murther'd she being the true Mother of the pretended Prince of Wales to prevent her discovering the same to the honest People of England whom they rerm the Enemies of the late King and Queen Therefore if she were not put to Death meerly on that account it will be a mighty Justification to the Court of St. Germains if they please to shew for what cause she was Murther'd so that these my positive Assertions being so answer'd as I propose I will not only confess my Error but shall freely lay my Life at their Mercy tho' I am sure to find none As for Father Sabran I verily believe I have left him little or no Room for a Reply But partly pursuant to a former promise of mine in my first and second Narrative and to make the matter more apparent I here following present the Courtious Reader with a few ●●●e Copies of Letters writ by the late King James's Queen and others concerning Mrs. Grey and the first two Letters were wrote upon the occasion of a great Fright which Mrs. Grey gave the Queen when she made her escape which occasion'd the Queen to order me to go for England with the saids Letters immediatly but Mrs. Grey being taken and exprss was dispatch'd after me to call me back to St. Germains when I found the Queen overjoy'd at taking of the lost Sheep as the Queen was pleased to term Mrs. Grey The following Letter was wrote by the Queens own hand directed to me to deliver to the Lord Montgomery in England LETTER I. At St. Germains Feb 10. 1690. I Desire You my Lord instantly to Repair to Rummy Marsh and take with You my Servant Ashton with others whom You can trust For Mrs. Grey is convey'd out of the Cloyster no doubt by the Help of our Enemies Agents at Paris I need not urge to You the dangerous Consequence of this Womans ariving safly in England But as You tender the Interest of Our Holy Mother and all things else which I believe are dear to You. I charge You not to fail to get her dispatcht at her Landing which must be consequently in those Parts in a small Vessel Care being raken to prevent her Eskape otherwise the Bearer will inform You further I shall pray for Your Success Your assured Friend Mary R. This Letter was Writ by the late Queens hand and copyed by Fuler to whom the Queen gave it to deliver to the Lord Montgommery and the said better being made up in the Pipe of a Key he had the Oportunity of taking the Contents Which Mr. Fuler deliverd to the present King on the 2 of March following and Deposed an Oath that the Copy was truely taken from the Original as the late Queen in France gave it to Me with her own Hand which Letter was by Me delivered back to the Queen upon My being Recal'd to Saint Germans as I was upon My Journey to England upon the account of Mis. Mary Grey's being taken in Paris as You have it set down in My first Narrative OBSERVATION I. By this Letter it is easie to discern how much the late Queen fear'd the Consequence of rhis Womans getting safely into England and surely were not the Cause extraordinary Her Maiesty whose Soul is haughty enough would not be so Frighted at her Escape But the Interest of the Holy Church was as the stake that is the Imposture she fear'd would be Exposed her Masterpiece of Intrigue brought to nothing but redound to her eternal dishonour So poor Ms. Grey must Die whatever Trouble or Pains it cost even one of the best Friends the late Queen had in England and that too at her first Landing before the mighty Secret was divulged and what that Secret was surely her Majesty in this Letter does Her self fo plainly hint at that it needs no further Interpretation The next was given me at the same time and is much to the some Purpose A Letter from the late Queen to the Right Honourable the E. of Castlemain on the same Occasion Dated at St. Germains Feb 10. 1690. LETTER II. I Never My Lord had any Occasion of greater Consequence than what now offers now to try Your Disposition for the King 's and my own Service Nor do I in the least question Your Diligence in executing my Wil when You know as is too true that Ms. Grey who came from Ireland with the Dutches of Tyrconnel in 1688 is by the same means stoln out of the Cloyster and upon Ezamination appears too plain that she must be assisted by some Agent of the Prince of Oranges and consequently designed to be conveyed to England and made the Instrument of Our Disgrace which Motive obliges Me to desire You with al imaginable Speed to go in Disguise with such a number of proper Persons as You shall judg convenient to the coast of Kent where most conveniently she may be Landed near Deal I have writ to My Lord Montgomery to go to Rumy-Marsh and wish You to confer together before it be too late I hope the Goodness of Our Cause will inspire Hour Zeal to Act as becomes a Christian and Faithful Subject The Bearer will inform You more from Your assured Friend Mary R. It was also copyed by M. William Fuller being delivered to him by the Late Queens own Hand and made up in the Pipe of a Key us the former to the Lord Montgomery and was Orderd to be deliver'd to the Earl of Castlemain in England but Returned back to the Queen at M. Fuller's being cal'd back to S. Germains This Copy was also delivered to his present Majesty King Wil by Me ot the same time with the former when I Deposed on Oath that it is a true Copy of the late Queens Letter Observation II. The Queen here speaks so very plain to this Lord that nothing can well Express a greater Concern

inform you that of Necessity Ms. Grey must be put to Death for Reasons Your Grace has I s●ppose Receaved from the Dutchess of Powis and Father Sabran But however just this may appear to Judicious Person it may possibly Notwithstanding all Endeavours used to the contrary Mrs Gry's Relations especially her Sister whom the Queen supposes to be with your Grace and at least she in the hight of passion should let slip out that may do hurt Her Majesty thinks it advisrble that your Grace should take a fit occasion to inform her first in the Cause and then the absolute Necessity of her Death and it 's Her Majesty's pleasure that no Incouragement should be wanting to her Sister either in Ireland or if you Judge conveniant to send her over to St Germans As for other Relations in England I have sent Instructions to pacifie them And I have no more to add in this Matter not doubting your Grace 's Management in this as well as other weighty affairs I am Madam Your Grace's most Humbly Devoted Servant W. Carrel Observation VI. Mr. Secretary Carrol by the Queen's command further shews the D. of Tyrconnel the necessity of Ms. Grey's Death and greatly applauds the Act which He says al Judicious Men must aprove just but certainly He means no other for Judicious but those of St Germans Cabin Council You see how careful He is by His Mistress's command to secure Ms. Grey's Sister who no doubt must hear of her Sisters death and most certainly wuld be concernd much at it But here is nothing omitted to prevent a discovery of this horrid Deed it was wisely thought on to get the Sister into France where no doubt she would be soon made as silent as her deceas'd Sister If the Gentlemen or Ladies at St. Germains found her prating The Dutchess of Tyrconnel as well as others has her part to Act to the very end of the matter And for Intrigues sutely Onr Roman Ladys surpass all others After these Letters which are a plain Demonstration that Ms Grey is the true Mother I shal Lay before You a Letter which I receaved from Ireland a short time after the Publishing my former Books it was writ by joint Consent of Robert Fitz Gerald. Esq and Mr. Roger Hamilton both of Dublin and Persons of Honourable Families and of good Report they being Gentlemen of considerable Fortunes Their Letter is Dated at Dublin Dec. 2 ' 1690. Mr. William Fuller Sir WE whose Names hereunto Subscribed do jointly assure You That we are very sory we had not the Opportunity of knowing Your Design before You Published Your Narrative relating to Ms. Grey the ●ustly supposed Mother of the sham Prince of Wales But however if You have Occasion to Publish any thing more on that Subject we desire that these our joynt following Relation of her may be published also we being Ready to confirm the same upon Oath in any of his Majestie 's Courts of Judicature here or before any Lawfull Magistrate if cal'd thereunto viz. This Mary Grey is the second Daughter of Mr. James ●rey who lived at Kilkenny and left three other Children at his Decease whih he had by his own Wife and who surviv'd Him and she being a Relation to the Earl of Tyrconnel the said Widow with her two Daughters were much Favoured and succoured by the said Earl And this Ms Grey whom You mention after her Mothers Decease which was in the Year 1686 was wholy mantained and that in much Splendor by the Earle of Tyrco●el which gave a reasonable suspicion to us and several others that he had debaucb'd her But a little time after she retir'd into the Nunnery Which we had in this City as she pretended not with a Design to ●e a proses'd Nun but to take off the Cause of that Scandal which was spread Abroad concerning the Earle visiting her often privetly in her Lodgings and to abate that Adversion which the Countess of Tyrconnel had been observ'd at that time to take against Mrs. Grey to whom the said Countess before had alwise shew'd the greatest Kindness imaginable And after her being in a Cloyster to our most certain Knowledge she was frequently visited by the Countess of Tyrconel and her Daughters when they were in Dublin and that Countess having been some time absent at returne came the very next day to see Trs Gray and we whose Names are hereunto Subscrib d having been formerly favour'd with her Company as visiting our Wives frequently did twice go to the Nunnery and saw her And hearing in May 1688 that she was going from the Convent for England we repaird thither to wish her a good Voage and our Wives doing the same and they only being admitted told us that certainly Mrs Mary Gray was big with Child and a going for England to ●ie in there This gave us a Desire to take the Opportunity of seeing her as she went on Borad the Monmouth Yatch with the Countess and with much difficulty we had the Oportunity not only of seeing her on Board the Yatch but leave again to wish her a good Voyag to England and then we saw plainly she was big with Child This is what we can freely depon upon Oath and there is many more In this City who know the same to be Truth We have under written sen you our Wives Informations according to their Know●ledge and hope this hidden Mystery will be plainly-made appear to the World We are Sir your most Aumble Servants Robert Fitz Gerald Roger Hamilton This Letter was brought to me from these Gentlemen by John Smith Gent who lives in Chappel-Street in Dublin WE whose Names are hereunto Subscribe'd do declare and are ready to make Oth that in May 1688 we visited Mrs. Mary Grey in the Nunnery in this City of Dublin and being private with lies our most intimate Acquaintance we dis●rn'd her to be with Child which me franklie charg'd her with Vpon which after some Tears let fall she ingeniously owned to us that she was with Child by the Earle of Tyrconel then Lord Deputie of Ireland and that she was going over with his Countess in order to Lie in at London In Witness hereof we have hereunto set our Hands this 13. of December 1696 Mary Fitz Gerald Katharine Hamilton All I shall say concerning these Assertions is that u-En●uiry the Persons who wrote them are of unblemish'd Reputation and so well known that I cannot hear of any tho' many persons of Quality and others have seen the foregoing Letter who can give the least Reason for Invalidating their Testimoney which is also confirm'd by many more so apparent is it that the late Earl of Tyrconnel was the true Father of the pretended Prince of Wales I have thus shew'd you part of the Letters I promised and according as I have occasion I shall publish the Remainder being a much greater Parcel And these being sufficiently prov'd Authentick will begin if requir'd on the strictest Scrutiny imaginable I am contented to see if my Adversaries will give any Answer which if they prove so candid as to do on plain honest Terms I shall be oblig'd to them and think it my happiness by publishing what remains to put this Matter if possible out of Dispute Therefore I would humbly beg this favour of them to stick close the matter of Fact otherwise I shall not concern my self to make a Reply W. Fuller FINIS