Mr. De Labadie's letter to his daughter, Mrs. Delabadie, nurse to the pretended Prince of Wales written in characters and deciphered by Dr. Wallis ... : which said letter is referred to by Mr. Fuller in his two narratives, and is a plain demonstration of that horrid imposture : with reflections upon it, and a full answer to the material objections, in a late pamphlet entituled, The truest account of Mr. Fullers discovery, &c. / by another hand.
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             Mr. De Labadie's letter to his daughter, Mrs. Delabadie, nurse to the pretended Prince of Wales written in characters and deciphered by Dr. Wallis ... : which said letter is referred to by Mr. Fuller in his two narratives, and is a plain demonstration of that horrid imposture : with reflections upon it, and a full answer to the material objections, in a late pamphlet entituled, The truest account of Mr. Fullers discovery, &c. / by another hand.
             Another hand.
             Fuller, William, 1670-1717?
             Wallis, John, 1616-1703.
             Labadie, James de.
             Labadie, Mary Anne de.
          
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             Probably by William Fuller; Mary Anne de Labadie, nurse to James II's son, was the wife, not daughter, of James de Labadie, James's valet; but the circumstances of discovery (p. 3-4), if authentic, make it appear unlikely that he was the author. Cf. NUC pre-1956.
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           Mr.
           
             De
             Labadie's
          
           Letter
           To
           his
           Daughter
           Mrs.
           Delabadie
           ,
           Nurse
           to
           the
           pretended
           Prince
           of
           Wales
           .
        
         
           Written
           in
           Characters
           ,
           and
           Deciphered
           by
           Dr.
           Wallis
           ,
           Professor
           of
           Geometry
           in
           Oxford
           .
        
         
           Which
           said
           LETTER
           is
           referred
           to
           by
           Mr.
           Fuller
           in
           his
           
             Two
             Narratives
          
           ,
           and
           is
           a
           plain
           demonstration
           of
           that
           horrid
           Imposture
           .
        
         
           WITH
           Reflections
           upon
           it
           ,
           and
           a
           full
           Answer
           to
           the
           Material
           Objections
           ,
           in
           a
           late
           Pamphlet
           ,
           Entituled
           ,
           
             The
             Truest
             Account
             of
             Mr.
          
           Fullers
           Discovery
           ,
           &c.
           
        
         
           
             By
             another
             Hand
          
           .
        
         
           Printed
           in
           the
           Year
           ,
           1696.
           
        
      
    
     
       
         
         
         
           Mr.
           
             De
             Labadie's
          
           Letter
           To
           his
           Daughter
           Mrs.
           
             De
             Labadie
          
           ,
           &c.
           
        
         
           THAT
           Madam
           
             De
             Labadie's
          
           Letters
           and
           Papers
           Domonstrating
           the
           Management
           of
           the
           suppositious
           Birth
           of
           the
           pretended
           
             Prince
             of
             Wales
          
           ;
           were
           found
           in
           her
           fathers
           Trunks
           some
           years
           ago
           ,
           and
           put
           into
           the
           hands
           of
           the
           Government
           ,
           is
           very
           well
           known
           ,
           the
           memory
           whereof
           being
           Lately
           reviv'd
           by
           Mr.
           
             Fuller
             ,
             in
             his
             two
             Books
             on
             that
             Subject
             ,
          
           
           and
           the
           truth
           of
           it
           called
           in
           question
           by
           another
           ,
           published
           since
           ,
           in
           favour
           of
           that
           pretended
           Prince
           :
           It
           is
           thought
           fit
           ,
           for
           the
           satisfaction
           of
           the
           Nation
           ,
           to
           publish
           the
           
             following
             Copy
          
           of
           one
           of
           those
           Letters
           from
           Mr.
           
             Labadie
             to
             his
             Daughter
          
           ,
           with
           some
           Remarks
           upon
           it
           ;
           to
           make
           it
           appear
           ,
           that
           what
           Mr.
           Fuller
           hath
           advanc'd
           concerning
           that
           horrid
           Imposture
           ,
           is
           as
           well
           Demonstrated
           as
           a
           thing
           of
           that
           nature
           can
           be
           ,
           except
           those
           who
           were
           Actors
           in
           the
           Affair
           would
           confess
           it
           ,
           which
           we
           have
           now
           no
           reason
           to
           expect
           .
        
         
           The
           Reader
           is
           desired
           to
           take
           notice
           ,
           that
           the
           following
           Letter
           directed
           to
           Mrs.
           
             De
             Labadie
          
           ,
           is
           one
           of
           those
           that
           the
           Late
           Q.
           of
           Blessed
           Memory
           ordered
           to
           be
           Printed
           ,
           but
           the
           performance
           of
           the
           same
           was
           prevented
           by
           the
           
             L.
             N.
          
           Pretending
           they
           were
           mis-laid
           ,
           as
           Mr.
           Fuller
           acquaints
           us
           ,
           in
           his
           
             further
             Confirmation
          
           ,
           pag.
           5.
           
           And
           being
           in
           Cyphers
           ,
           was
           amongst
           other
           Papers
           of
           that
           sort
           ,
           Committed
           to
           the
           Care
           of
           Dr.
           
             Wallis
             ,
             Professor
             of
             Geometry
             in
             Oxford
             ,
          
           and
           by
           him
           Deciphered
           .
        
         
           
             
             
               The
               Letter
               is
               thus
               .
               TO
               Mrs.
               
                 De
                 Labadie
              
               ,
               present
               .
            
             
               I
               Am
               so
               troubled
               about
               what
               you
               told
               me
               last
               time
               I
               saw
               you
               ,
               that
               I
               cannot
               forbear
               any
               longer
               Writing
               to
               you
               ;
               to
               know
               how
               her
               Majesty
               behaves
               her self
               in
               that
               hazardous
               undertaking
               .
            
             
               I
               must
               Confess
               ,
               the
               only
               thoughts
               of
               it
               makes
               me
               tremble
               .
               I
               hope
               Nevertheless
               ,
               that
               the
               Ingenuity
               of
               her
               
               Country
               ,
               and
               the
               Goodness
               of
               her
               Cause
               will
               bring
               her
               off
               .
            
             
               Lord
               what
               a
               happy
               thing
               it
               would
               be
               ,
               if
               we
               could
               get
               a
               Successor
               for
               our
               King
               ,
               that
               would
               settle
               our
               Fore-fathers
               Profession
               in
               our
               Country
               ,
               which
               can
               never
               be
               but
               by
               this
               means
               .
            
             
               I
               am
               afraid
               of
               those
               Hereticks
               that
               are
               about
               her
               ,
               if
               these
               could
               be
               put
               out
               of
               the
               way
               it
               would
               be
               a
               very
               good
               thing
               .
               Adieu
               ,
               my
               Dear
               ,
               and
               don
               't
               fail
               to
               write
               to
               me
               by
               the
               bearer
               ,
               and
               in
               the
               same
               hand
               .
               I
               rest
            
             
               
                 Your
                 ever
                 Loving
                 ,
              
            
          
        
         
         
           Having
           accounted
           already
           for
           the
           
             Authority
             of
             this
             Letter
          
           ,
           it
           remains
           that
           we
           proceed
           to
           our
           Remarks
           .
        
         
           
             In
             the
             first
             place
          
           ,
           the
           Intreigue
           
             concerning
             the
             Sham
             Prince
          
           is
           so
           plainly
           express'd
           in
           the
           Letter
           ,
           that
           it
           can
           admit
           of
           no
           other
           Gloss
           ,
           yet
           to
           obviate
           such
           Cavils
           or
           Evasions
           as
           the
           Faction
           abounds
           with
           ;
           we
           shall
           make
           the
           following
           Animadversions
           upon
           it
           .
        
         
           Here
           's
           ,
           in
           the
           
             first
             place
             ,
             an
             hazardous
             matter
             to
             be
             undertaken
          
           by
           her
           Majesty
           ,
           that
           Mrs.
           
             De
             Labadie
          
           is
           acquainted
           with
           ,
           and
           which
           she
           imparts
           to
           her
           father
           .
           Now
           her
           Majesties
           being
           really
           with
           Child
           ,
           could
           not
           in
           Common
           sense
           be
           called
           an
           undertaking
           ;
           but
           her
           Counterfeiting
           to
           be
           so
           ,
           might
           very
           well
           be
           express'd
           by
           that
           Name
           ,
           and
           have
           the
           Epithet
           of
           hazardous
           as
           properly
           adjoin'd
           .
           And
           Mrs.
           Labadie
           being
           design'd
           for
           her
           Nurse
           ,
           she
           was
           the
           fittest
           person
           in
           the
           World
           to
           bear
           a
           part
           in
           the
           Management
           ,
           and
           that
           the
           Queen
           was
           
           only
           to
           Act
           the
           matter
           ,
           is
           evident
           from
           
             Mr.
             De
             Labadie's
             Concern
             to
             know
             how
             she
             behaved
             her self
             :
          
           Whereas
           had
           there
           been
           a
           real
           Pregnancy
           ,
           and
           a
           Natural
           Birth
           ,
           there
           had
           been
           no
           need
           of
           any
           such
           Enquiry
           ,
           nor
           no
           Cause
           for
           his
           Trouble
           ,
           but
           rather
           for
           his
           Joy.
           
        
         
           But
           that
           the
           
             Only
             Thoughts
             of
             it
             should
             make
             him
             tremble
             ,
          
           as
           he
           expresses
           it
           in
           the
           second
           Paragraph
           ,
           is
           yet
           a
           plainer
           demonstration
           of
           the
           hazard
           and
           danger
           to
           which
           he
           was
           apprehensive
           their
           Party
           would
           be
           expos'd
           ,
           if
           her
           Majesty
           did
           
             not
             behave
             her self
             as
             she
             ought
          
           ;
           which
           yet
           nevertheless
           he
           is
           in
           great
           hopes
           she
           will
           ,
           because
           of
           
             the
             Ingenuity
             of
             her
             Country
             ,
             and
             the
             Goodness
             of
             her
             Cause
             .
          
           It
           's
           true
           ,
           that
           the
           Ingenuity
           of
           the
           Italians
           ,
           in
           matters
           of
           Love
           ,
           has
           been
           noted
           for
           many
           ages
           ,
           of
           which
           the
           Book
           written
           by
           her
           Countryman
           ,
           
             Ovid
             de
             Arte
             Amandi
          
           ,
           is
           a
           Famous
           Instance
           ;
           but
           that
           there
           's
           any
           other
           Ingenuity
           ,
           
             in
             Childbearing
             among
             the
             Italians
          
           ,
           than
           what
           is
           Natural
           to
           all
           other
           Women
           ,
           is
           a
           thing
           not
           so
           much
           as
           pretended
           to
           ;
           and
           then
           ,
           as
           to
           
           her
           being
           brought
           off
           by
           the
           
             Goodness
             of
             her
             Cause
          
           ,
           it
           plainly
           discovers
           that
           her
           Cause
           was
           not
           the
           Common
           Cause
           of
           all
           Mothers
           ,
           which
           is
           ,
           by
           the
           appointment
           of
           the
           Almighty
           ,
           to
           Replenish
           the
           Earth
           ;
           but
           hers
           was
           to
           
             Replenish
             the
             Church
             of
             Rome
          
           :
           and
           this
           is
           a
           fresh
           Instance
           of
           the
           Principles
           of
           the
           
             Romish
             Party
          
           ,
           that
           there
           are
           no
           means
           ,
           how
           unhallowed
           soever
           ,
           which
           they
           don't
           think
           lawful
           to
           put
           in
           practice
           for
           the
           advancement
           of
           their
           Cause
           .
        
         
           His
           next
           Paragraph
           contains
           a
           plain
           Declaration
           what
           that
           Cause
           is
           ,
           viz.
           
             To
             get
             a
             Successor
             for
             their
             King
             ,
             that
             would
             settle
             their
             Forefathers
             Profession
             in
             their
             Country
             .
          
           This
           is
           truly
           very
           pleasant
           ;
           other
           Kings
           use
           to
           get
           Successors
           for
           themselves
           ;
           but
           K.
           Iames
           ,
           poor
           Prince
           !
           must
           have
           one
           got
           for
           him
           .
           If
           there
           were
           not
           other
           Circumstances
           which
           prove
           this
           Imposture
           to
           be
           a
           Cheat
           of
           another
           Nature
           ,
           we
           should
           be
           tempted
           by
           this
           Expression
           ,
           to
           think
           that
           our
           Monarch
           had
           ,
           
           like
           Henry
           King
           of
           Castile
           ,
           got
           some
           body
           else
           to
           lie
           with
           his
           Queen
           ,
           seeing
           he
           was
           not
           able
           to
           get
           her
           with
           Child
           himself
           ;
           but
           if
           that
           had
           been
           the
           Matter
           ,
           there
           had
           been
           no
           need
           of
           the
           Queen's
           being
           so
           very
           Circumspect
           in
           her
           Behaviour
           ,
           nor
           of
           making
           use
           of
           the
           
             Ingenuity
             of
             her
             Country
          
           ,
           to
           Counterfeit
           a
           Big-Belly
           ,
           but
           it
           was
           plain
           that
           a
           King
           of
           Clouts
           ,
           in
           the
           strictest
           sense
           ,
           was
           to
           be
           Paum'd
           upon
           the
           Nation
           ,
           and
           that
           was
           the
           true
           Reason
           which
           made
           all
           this
           Precaution
           Necessary
           .
        
         
           We
           are
           at
           a
           Loss
           ,
           to
           understand
           ,
           whether
           by
           the
           Last
           Sentence
           ,
           viz.
           
             Which
             can
             never
             be
             but
             by
             this
             means
             ,
          
           the
           Author
           understood
           ,
           that
           the
           Popish
           Religion
           could
           never
           be
           Establisht
           in
           England
           without
           such
           a
           Successor
           ;
           or
           that
           there
           was
           no
           other
           way
           to
           procure
           a
           Successor
           but
           by
           
             this
             means
          
           :
           If
           it
           be
           the
           Latter
           ,
           then
           it
           is
           a
           plain
           demonstration
           ,
           that
           they
           knew
           the
           Queen
           to
           be
           Impotent
           as
           well
           as
           the
           King
           ,
           or
           otherwise
           
           they
           might
           have
           made
           use
           of
           the
           
             King
             of
             Castiles
             Means
          
           above-mentioned
           ,
           which
           the
           
             Goodness
             of
             the
             Cause
             ,
             and
             her
             Majesty's
             Italian
             Ingenuity
             ,
          
           would
           soon
           have
           perswaded
           her
           to
           ;
           but
           if
           it
           be
           the
           former
           ,
           then
           we
           hope
           it
           will
           open
           the
           Eyes
           of
           our
           Protestant
           Iacobites
           ,
           and
           convince
           them
           ,
           that
           the
           Chief
           Thing
           aim'd
           at
           by
           this
           Intrigue
           ,
           was
           the
           overthrow
           of
           the
           Protestant
           Religion
           .
        
         
           But
           the
           Concluding
           Paragraph
           gives
           us
           the
           Finishing
           Stroke
           ,
           viz.
           
             He
             was
             afraid
             of
             those
             Hereticks
             that
             were
             about
             the
             Queen
             .
          
           Why
           what
           's
           the
           Danger
           from
           those
           Hereticks
           ?
           why
           truly
           they
           suspected
           ,
           that
           the
           Queen
           ,
           like
           the
           Grecian-Horse
           ,
           was
           Big
           ,
           with
           Designs
           against
           our
           Troy
           ;
           but
           they
           ,
           poor
           Souls
           ,
           were
           attended
           with
           
           Cassandra's
           Fate
           ,
           viz.
           
             They
             were
             not
             believed
             till
             the
             Plot
             discover'd
             it self
             :
          
           but
           if
           there
           had
           been
           no
           Imposture
           Design'd
           ,
           Why
           should
           they
           be
           in
           such
           a
           Mortal
           dread
           of
           the
           Hereticks
           ;
           Could
           they
           kill
           ,
           with
           a
           bare
           Look
           ,
           like
           the
           Basilisk
           ?
           
           Might
           not
           the
           
             Queens
             naked
             Breast
             and
             Belly
          
           have
           been
           exposed
           to
           the
           View
           of
           the
           
             Heretical
             Ladies
          
           without
           any
           danger
           ?
           Might
           not
           such
           Persons
           have
           been
           present
           at
           the
           Labour
           ,
           and
           have
           been
           admitted
           to
           see
           the
           Child
           actually
           delivered
           from
           the
           Queen's
           Body
           ?
           Or
           was
           it
           below
           the
           Queen
           of
           England
           to
           have
           been
           Delivered
           on
           a
           
             Pallat-Bed
             in
             the
             view
             of
             the
             next
             Heiress
             ,
          
           any
           more
           than
           it
           was
           below
           the
           late
           Queen
           of
           France
           to
           be
           Delivered
           of
           the
           Present
           King
           upon
           a
           Pallat-bed
           ,
           the
           Duke
           of
           Orleance
           ,
           who
           was
           the
           next
           Heir
           ,
           being
           an
           Eye-witness
           .
        
         
           But
           the
           Case
           is
           plain
           ,
           the
           Protestants
           who
           were
           concerned
           in
           Conscience
           and
           Interest
           to
           be
           strict
           observers
           ,
           were
           more
           likely
           to
           discover
           the
           Imposture
           then
           others
           ;
           and
           therefore
           it
           was
           necessary
           they
           should
           be
           
             put
             out
             of
             the
             way
          
           .
        
         
           So
           that
           we
           have
           the
           True
           Reason
           from
           Mr.
           Delabadies
           Pen
           ,
           why
           no
           Protestant
           
           Lady
           was
           ever
           Admitted
           to
           View
           the
           Queen's
           Breasts
           ,
           and
           try
           the
           Reality
           of
           her
           having
           Milk
           ,
           either
           before
           ,
           or
           after
           the
           Pretended
           Birth
           ;
           and
           that
           same
           is
           the
           Reason
           why
           no
           Ladies
           of
           the
           Reformed
           Religion
           were
           ever
           admitted
           to
           
             see
             ,
             or
             feel
             her
             Belly
             :
          
           and
           ,
           in
           short
           ,
           this
           unfolds
           the
           Mystery
           of
           all
           those
           Precautions
           made
           use
           of
           to
           Amuse
           the
           World
           ,
           and
           to
           prevent
           a
           Discovery
           ,
           as
           her
           
             different
             Reckonings
          
           ,
           the
           keeping
           of
           the
           Place
           of
           her
           Lying-In
           uncertain
           ,
           and
           the
           Methods
           taken
           to
           have
           all
           her
           Physicians
           and
           Servants
           absent
           at
           the
           Time
           of
           her
           Pretended
           Delivery
           ,
           except
           those
           concerned
           in
           the
           Intrigue
           :
           And
           for
           that
           very
           same
           reason
           it
           was
           that
           she
           pretended
           to
           be
           delivered
           in
           Bed
           Covered
           ,
           and
           that
           the
           Protestant
           Ladies
           might
           have
           no
           opportunity
           to
           satisfie
           themselves
           ,
           it
           was
           Ordered
           ,
           that
           the
           King
           and
           Council
           should
           be
           present
           in
           the
           Room
           when
           all
           things
           were
           prepared
           for
           the
           Imposture
           ,
           that
           so
           there
           should
           be
           a
           necessity
           
           of
           the
           Queen's
           being
           covered
           and
           a
           Plausible
           Reason
           why
           the
           Ladies
           should
           not
           desire
           the
           contrary
           :
           and
           by
           this
           means
           it
           was
           impossible
           that
           they
           could
           be
           either
           Eye-Witnesses
           of
           the
           Birth
           ,
           or
           actually
           discover
           the
           Cheat.
           
        
         
           We
           come
           now
           to
           Examine
           the
           Arguments
           advanced
           by
           the
           Author
           of
           the
           Pamphlet
           ,
           Intituled
           ,
           
             The
             Truest
             Account
             of
             Mr.
          
           Fuller's
           
             Discovery
             of
             the
             True
             Mother
             of
             the
             Pretended
             Prince
             of
          
           Wales
           ,
           
             Born
             the
             10th
             of
          
           June
           ,
           1688
           ▪
           
             by
             a
             Person
             of
             Quality
          
           .
           But
           before
           we
           touch
           on
           the
           Particulars
           ,
           it
           is
           necessary
           that
           the
           Author
           should
           be
           a
           little
           Unmaskt
           .
        
         
           He
           pretends
           ,
           Page
           1.
           
           That
           the
           Succession
           of
           the
           CROWN
           is
           otherwise
           Legally
           and
           Sufficiently
           Secured
           against
           any
           Title
           or
           Plea
           from
           the
           said
           Prince
           ,
           and
           that
           it
           may
           reasonably
           be
           thought
           ,
           that
           the
           Noise
           some
           Little
           Writers
           have
           
           lately
           made
           about
           this
           Affair
           ,
           has
           proceeded
           only
           from
           some
           sordid
           desire
           of
           Lucre
           ,
           by
           the
           Sale
           of
           their
           Copies
           ,
           and
           of
           rendring
           themselves
           Popular
           and
           Gracious
           with
           the
           
             Unthinking
             Mob
          
           ,
           rather
           than
           out
           of
           any
           Zeal
           to
           Serve
           the
           Government
           .
        
         
           And
           ,
           Page
           5.
           
           That
           the
           Persons
           supposed
           ,
           or
           declared
           our
           Enemies
           ,
           have
           True
           Faults
           enough
           to
           imploy
           our
           Censures
           ,
           and
           therefore
           't
           is
           neither
           a
           part
           of
           Generosity
           ,
           nor
           Christian
           Charity
           ,
           to
           charge
           'em
           with
           uncertain
           Suspicions
           ,
           or
           any
           thing
           but
           what
           will
           bear
           the
           Test
           of
           a
           Visible
           Proof
           .
           All
           this
           is
           only
           an
           Amusement
           ,
           by
           which
           the
           Author
           would
           Impose
           upon
           the
           World
           ,
           as
           if
           he
           were
           no
           Enemy
           to
           the
           Present
           Government
           ;
           and
           that
           he
           had
           only
           undertaken
           this
           Province
           out
           of
           a
           respect
           to
           Truth
           ;
           but
           they
           must
           be
           very
           silly
           Birds
           indeed
           ,
           who
           are
           caught
           with
           such
           Chaff
           :
           The
           whole
           design
           of
           this
           Pamphlet
           is
           to
           fix
           a
           Note
           of
           Injustice
           
           upon
           the
           present
           Government
           ,
           as
           having
           charged
           such
           things
           upon
           the
           late
           King
           ,
           as
           he
           was
           never
           guilty
           of
           ,
           and
           particularly
           in
           relation
           to
           this
           Counterfeit
           Prince
           .
        
         
           We
           come
           now
           to
           consider
           his
           Arguments
           ,
           which
           are
           ,
           pag.
           1.
           
           That
           
             Whether
             the
             Birth
             of
             the
             pretended
             Prince
             of
          
           Wales
           
             were
             Legitimate
             or
             Supposititious
             ,
             has
             not
             yet
             been
             thought
             a
             Question
             worthy
             enough
             to
             be
             examined
             by
             publick
             Authority
             ,
          
           Which
           is
           a
           downright
           untruth
           ;
           for
           the
           Late
           King
           Iames
           ,
           thought
           it
           worthy
           to
           be
           proved
           by
           such
           depositions
           as
           he
           was
           able
           to
           procure
           ,
           and
           to
           have
           the
           said
           Depositions
           ,
           how
           Lame
           and
           Defective
           soever
           ,
           entred
           on
           a
           publick
           Record
           in
           Chancery
           ;
           as
           our
           Author
           owns
           himself
           ,
           pag.
           5.
           and
           22.
           and
           that
           they
           were
           publisht
           by
           Authority
           ,
           just
           before
           the
           Revolution
           ,
           pag.
           20.
           
           By
           which
           its
           apparent
           ,
           that
           the
           Question
           was
           thought
           worthy
           of
           a
           Decision
           on
           his
           side
           ,
           by
           all
           the
           authority
           that
           he
           was
           Master
           of
           ,
           which
           does
           naturally
           imply
           that
           
           the
           truth
           of
           the
           matter
           was
           questioned
           by
           some
           Authority
           or
           other
           ,
           and
           that
           it
           was
           really
           so
           ,
           is
           plain
           to
           the
           View
           of
           the
           World
           by
           the
           Prince
           of
           Oranges
           Declaration
           ,
           wherein
           he
           desir'd
           that
           the
           Examination
           of
           this
           Question
           might
           be
           referred
           to
           a
           free
           Parliament
           ;
           and
           this
           he
           was
           impowered
           to
           demand
           by
           the
           Authority
           of
           our
           Laws
           ,
           according
           to
           which
           his
           Princess
           was
           the
           presumptive
           Heiress
           to
           our
           Crown
           .
           But
           King
           Iames
           durst
           not
           adventure
           to
           bring
           the
           matter
           to
           this
           Touch-stone
           ,
           and
           therefore
           its
           apparent
           that
           instead
           of
           alledging
           ,
           that
           this
           Question
           has
           not
           been
           thought
           worthy
           enough
           to
           be
           examined
           by
           publick
           Authority
           ,
           our
           Author
           ought
           to
           have
           said
           ,
           that
           the
           late
           King
           Iames
           durst
           never
           submit
           the
           matter
           to
           such
           an
           Examination
           .
        
         
           But
           we
           shall
           suppose
           the
           Gentlemans
           meaning
           to
           be
           this
           ,
           that
           neither
           the
           Convention
           nor
           any
           of
           the
           Parliments
           ,
           since
           the
           Revolution
           ,
           have
           thought
           
           the
           matter
           worthy
           their
           Examination
           .
           And
           if
           it
           be
           so
           ,
           it
           's
           the
           less
           for
           the
           Credit
           of
           his
           Party
           ,
           for
           then
           it
           must
           of
           necessity
           follow
           that
           they
           thought
           the
           matter
           so
           palpable
           that
           it
           needed
           no
           further
           Enquiry
           .
        
         
           But
           if
           he
           mean
           that
           the
           Parliament
           or
           Convention
           ought
           to
           have
           made
           a
           scrutiny
           into
           this
           affair
           ,
           before
           they
           had
           proceeded
           to
           the
           settlement
           of
           the
           Crown
           :
           He
           may
           be
           pleased
           to
           consider
           ,
           that
           they
           were
           not
           under
           the
           least
           obligation
           to
           do
           so
           ,
           for
           the
           late
           King
           had
           so
           much
           diffidence
           of
           the
           Justice
           of
           the
           English
           Nation
           ;
           that
           he
           durst
           not
           trust
           them
           with
           the
           Determination
           of
           the
           point
           ,
           but
           immediately
           sent
           to
           France
           his
           Queen
           with
           her
           pretended
           
             Son
             ,
             Nurse
             ,
             Midwife
          
           ,
           and
           other
           Servants
           ,
           who
           must
           have
           been
           examined
           if
           the
           matter
           had
           been
           submitted
           to
           their
           Enquiry
           ,
           and
           having
           ,
           in
           stead
           of
           calling
           a
           free
           Parliament
           ,
           according
           to
           the
           Princes
           desire
           ,
           recall'd
           the
           Writs
           
           for
           Summoning
           of
           one
           ,
           which
           he
           had
           endeavour'd
           to
           make
           for
           his
           Interest
           ,
           and
           then
           withdrawn
           in
           person
           from
           the
           Kingdom
           ,
           the
           succeeding
           Convention
           ,
           and
           following
           Parliaments
           ,
           had
           all
           the
           reason
           in
           the
           World
           to
           take
           it
           
             pro
             confesso
          
           ,
           that
           he
           
             own'd
             the
             Imposture
          
           ,
           and
           therefore
           there
           was
           no
           reason
           that
           they
           should
           give
           themselves
           any
           further
           trouble
           about
           it
           .
        
         
           The
           Gentleman
           is
           likewise
           desir'd
           to
           Consider
           ,
           that
           the
           Late
           K.
           Iames
           ,
           had
           by
           the
           methods
           above-mentioned
           rendered
           any
           such
           Examination
           wholly
           impracticable
           ;
           for
           if
           the
           Parliament
           had
           been
           entrusted
           with
           such
           a
           National
           Concern
           ,
           the
           Queen
           ,
           the
           Child
           ,
           and
           all
           the
           Deponents
           ,
           then
           in
           being
           ,
           ought
           to
           have
           been
           personally
           present
           ,
           that
           they
           might
           have
           answered
           such
           Interrogatories
           ,
           as
           the
           Wisdom
           of
           the
           Nation
           should
           have
           thought
           fit
           to
           propound
           to
           them
           ,
           but
           whereas
           instead
           of
           ordering
           it
           so
           ,
           the
           Late
           King
           sent
           the
           
           principal
           persons
           out
           of
           the
           way
           ,
           who
           could
           best
           have
           attested
           the
           
             Reality
             of
             the
             Birth
          
           ,
           or
           of
           the
           Imposture
           ;
           it
           's
           an
           Argument
           sufficient
           to
           convince
           an
           Indifferent
           person
           ,
           that
           there
           were
           some
           deeds
           of
           Darkness
           in
           the
           Case
           ,
           which
           could
           not
           abide
           the
           Test
           of
           an
           Examination
           .
        
         
           If
           it
           be
           answered
           that
           the
           Parliament
           however
           ought
           to
           have
           summoned
           those
           Witnesses
           to
           appear
           before
           them
           ,
           or
           at
           least
           to
           have
           Examined
           such
           as
           Remain'd
           behnid
           .
           We
           Reply
           that
           the
           Late
           K.
           Iames
           having
           thought
           it
           his
           Interest
           to
           carry
           off
           the
           Witnesses
           ,
           would
           certainly
           never
           have
           suffered
           them
           to
           come
           ,
           for
           that
           had
           been
           a
           direct
           owning
           the
           Convention
           ,
           Parliaments
           Authority
           and
           Power
           ,
           to
           examine
           and
           decide
           that
           Question
           which
           he
           would
           never
           have
           submitted
           to
           ,
           tho
           they
           had
           been
           call'd
           by
           himself
           ,
           and
           much
           less
           when
           they
           were
           called
           by
           another
           ;
           and
           therefore
           it
           had
           been
           
           very
           imprudent
           in
           them
           to
           have
           deferred
           the
           Settlement
           of
           the
           Nation
           upon
           that
           account
           ,
           especially
           seeing
           the
           Late
           King
           did
           never
           desire
           that
           they
           should
           make
           an
           Enquiry
           into
           that
           affair
           ;
           and
           as
           to
           the
           Examining
           of
           the
           Witnesses
           that
           were
           left
           behind
           ,
           it
           was
           to
           no
           purpose
           ,
           seeing
           the
           most
           material
           Witnesses
           were
           carried
           beyond
           Sea
           ,
           so
           that
           it
           if
           it
           should
           have
           happened
           upon
           the
           Cross
           Examination
           of
           those
           that
           were
           left
           here
           ,
           that
           the
           Imposture
           should
           have
           been
           discovered
           ,
           the
           party
           would
           still
           have
           raised
           a
           Clamour
           that
           Justice
           was
           not
           done
           them
           ,
           because
           the
           most
           material
           Witnesses
           were
           absent
           .
        
         
           Our
           Author
           ,
           page
           5.
           
           Says
           ,
           he
           will
           now
           lay
           before
           us
           ,
           
             Some
             proofs
             of
             another
             nature
             from
             a
             numerous
             Troop
             of
             Honourable
             Eye-Witnesses
             ,
             whose
             Testimony
             is
             on
             publick
             Record
             ,
             and
             which
             ,
             tho
             contradicted
             by
             Mr.
          
           Fuller
           
             and
             his
             Secretary
             ;
             yet
             never
             was
             retracted
             and
             much
             less
          
           
           
             Condemned
             ,
             nor
             any
             other
             Equivalent
             Contradictory
             Testimony
             entred
             as
             yet
             in
             the
             like
             Records
             against
             it
             ,
             these
             all
             unanimously
             declare
             the
             Late
             Queen
             to
             be
             his
             true
             Mother
             .
          
           A
           very
           plausible
           story
           ,
           and
           a
           handsome
           skreen
           indeed
           to
           cover
           the
           Imposture
           ,
           but
           will
           no
           more
           abide
           the
           Test
           of
           an
           Examination
           ,
           than
           the
           pretended
           Birth
           ;
           The
           Gentlemans
           Confidence
           is
           truly
           superlative
           to
           impose
           upon
           us
           in
           this
           manner
           ,
           as
           if
           the
           Depositions
           imported
           that
           the
           Deponents
           ,
           been
           made
           by
           such
           as
           were
           all
           of
           'em
           Eye-Witnesses
           of
           the
           Prince's
           Birth
           ,
           when
           by
           the
           same
           depositions
           it's
           plain
           and
           evident
           ,
           that
           the
           Queen
           was
           covered
           in
           her
           Bed
           ,
           and
           pretended
           to
           be
           so
           delivered
           ,
           so
           that
           it
           was
           morally
           impossible
           for
           any
           of
           them
           to
           be
           Eye-Witnesses
           of
           the
           delivery
           ;
           and
           this
           the
           Gentleman
           may
           soon
           be
           convinc'd
           of
           ,
           if
           he
           do
           but
           cast
           his
           Eye
           on
           the
           very
           first
           of
           his
           Depositions
           ,
           which
           is
           ,
           that
           of
           the
           
             Countess
             of
             Sunderland
          
           ;
           wherein
           we
           are
           told
           ,
           that
           the
           Midwife
           
           pull'd
           her
           Ladyship
           by
           the
           Coat
           ,
           which
           was
           the
           sign
           agreed
           on
           betwixt
           them
           ,
           to
           let
           her
           know
           that
           it
           was
           a
           Son
           ,
           which
           had
           been
           altogether
           Needless
           if
           the
           Countess
           had
           been
           an
           Eye-Witness
           ;
           and
           it
           is
           plainer
           still
           by
           the
           reason
           of
           the
           private
           Sign
           ,
           which
           was
           ,
           that
           the
           Queen
           had
           charg'd
           the
           Midwife
           not
           to
           let
           Queen
           Dowager
           know
           presently
           ,
           whether
           it
           was
           a
           Son
           or
           a
           Daughter
           ,
           so
           that
           neither
           the
           Countess
           of
           Sunderland
           ,
           nor
           yet
           the
           Queen
           Dowager
           ,
           whose
           Religion
           and
           Character
           entitled
           her
           to
           a
           pretence
           of
           seeing
           all
           that
           could
           be
           seen
           ,
           were
           Eye-Witnesses
           of
           the
           Birth
           ,
           tho
           present
           all
           the
           time
           of
           the
           pretended
           Labour
           .
           Hence
           then
           it
           appears
           ,
           that
           our
           Author
           does
           plainly
           equivocate
           in
           a
           Jesuitical
           manner
           ,
           for
           the
           support
           of
           his
           Popish
           Cause
           ,
           for
           every
           body
           will
           easily
           perceive
           the
           difference
           betwixt
           being
           Eye-Witnesses
           ,
           that
           a
           Child
           lately
           Born
           was
           taken
           out
           of
           the
           Bed
           from
           the
           Queen
           ,
           where
           she
           lay
           covered
           ;
           
           and
           being
           Eye-Witnesses
           that
           the
           Child
           was
           really
           Born
           of
           the
           Queen's
           Body
           .
        
         
           Then
           whereas
           he
           says
           that
           they
           do
           all
           Unanimously
           upon
           Oath
           declare
           the
           late
           Queen
           to
           be
           his
           true
           Mother
           ,
           it
           is
           notoriously
           false
           .
           There
           are
           many
           of
           'em
           indeed
           who
           talk
           of
           the
           Queens
           being
           Delivered
           ,
           but
           that
           proceeded
           only
           from
           the
           common
           Idea
           which
           all
           Mankind
           form
           to
           themselves
           in
           such
           cases
           ,
           when
           they
           see
           or
           hear
           of
           a
           Womans
           being
           in
           Child-bed
           ,
           but
           that
           they
           could
           justly
           depose
           upon
           Oath
           ,
           That
           the
           Queen
           was
           his
           true
           Mother
           ,
           was
           morally
           impossible
           ,
           seeing
           they
           were
           not
           Eye
           Witnesses
           of
           his
           being
           Born
           of
           the
           Queen's
           Body
           .
        
         
           As
           to
           their
           Evidences
           never
           being
           retracted
           ,
           we
           know
           no
           reason
           why
           it
           should
           be
           expected
           ,
           many
           of
           the
           Witnesses
           were
           so
           devoted
           to
           the
           Cause
           as
           
             Wilks
             Iurini
             de
             Labadie
          
           ,
           &c.
           
           That
           to
           
           make
           use
           of
           the
           common
           Expression
           ,
           they
           would
           swear
           through
           an
           Inch-board
           to
           serve
           it
           ;
           and
           as
           for
           that
           part
           of
           the
           Evidence
           which
           relates
           to
           the
           seeing
           of
           the
           Queen's
           Shift
           wet
           with
           Milk
           ,
           and
           a
           Child
           taken
           out
           of
           the
           Bed
           from
           her
           ,
           there
           's
           no
           need
           of
           retracting
           it
           ,
           for
           no
           body
           questions
           the
           Truth
           of
           it
           ;
           as
           to
           the
           Milk
           ,
           it
           might
           either
           be
           Counterfeit
           or
           real
           ,
           without
           prejudice
           to
           our
           Cause
           ,
           it
           being
           no
           extraordinary
           Phaenomenon
           in
           Nature
           for
           those
           to
           have
           Milk
           who
           have
           had
           no
           Children
           for
           several
           Years
           ,
           tho
           there
           's
           more
           reason
           to
           suspect
           a
           Counterfeit
           in
           this
           Case
           ,
           and
           as
           to
           the
           Child
           there
           's
           no
           doubt
           of
           it
           ,
           being
           taken
           out
           of
           the
           Queen's
           Bed
           ,
           but
           all
           the
           question
           is
           how
           it
           came
           there
           .
           The
           Author
           tells
           us
           ,
           pag.
           8.
           in
           Mrs.
           
           Dauson's
           Depositions
           ,
           That
           the
           Queen
           was
           wholly
           left
           alone
           immediately
           before
           her
           (
           pretended
           )
           Labour
           ,
           and
           that
           while
           she
           was
           in
           her
           imaginary
           pains
           ,
           she
           saw
           the
           Fire
           carried
           into
           the
           Queen's
           Room
           in
           a
           Warming-Pan
           
           to
           warm
           the
           Bed
           ,
           though
           all
           agree
           that
           the
           Pan
           was
           covered
           ;
           and
           the
           Author
           knows
           the
           Report
           which
           did
           then
           Universally
           obtain
           ,
           that
           the
           Child
           was
           brought
           in
           the
           same
           from
           a
           neighbouring
           Apartment
           ;
           and
           now
           that
           Mr.
           Fuller
           has
           Discovered
           Mrs.
           
             Mary
             Greys
          
           being
           brought
           to
           bed
           in
           the
           
             Narrow
             Gallery
          
           ,
           between
           the
           
           Queen's
           Apartment
           and
           the
           
             Great
             Chapple
          
           at
           the
           very
           same
           time
           ,
           there
           's
           no
           room
           left
           to
           doubt
           but
           her
           Child
           was
           conveyed
           to
           the
           
           Queen's
           Bed
           ;
           and
           if
           there
           was
           not
           some
           such
           abominable
           Cheat
           in
           Hand
           ,
           why
           should
           the
           Queen
           have
           been
           left
           alone
           in
           such
           adangerous
           condition
           as
           she
           was
           then
           pretended
           to
           be
           in
           ?
           Why
           should
           the
           King
           have
           gone
           to
           the
           other
           side
           of
           the
           House
           with
           all
           the
           Men
           ?
           Why
           should
           all
           her
           own
           Servants
           be
           sent
           to
           the
           Chappel
           ,
           as
           if
           there
           had
           been
           no
           reason
           to
           attend
           upon
           the
           Queen
           ,
           but
           that
           the
           Imposture
           might
           be
           carried
           on
           with
           the
           more
           secrecy
           by
           the
           few
           that
           were
           to
           be
           Actors
           in
           the
           Intrigue
           .
        
         
         
           What
           other
           Reason
           can
           there
           be
           assign'd
           for
           the
           Queens
           sudden
           Removal
           to
           St.
           
           Iames's
           ,
           and
           that
           also
           in
           the
           Night
           ;
           and
           why
           there
           was
           no
           more
           publick
           Provision
           made
           for
           her
           Lying
           In
           ,
           and
           that
           it
           was
           not
           so
           much
           as
           talkt
           of
           ,
           or
           seemingly
           apprehended
           by
           her
           Servants
           that
           very
           Morning
           ,
           in
           so
           much
           that
           they
           were
           all
           sent
           from
           about
           her
           ,
           but
           because
           they
           could
           not
           be
           certain
           whether
           Mrs.
           Grey
           should
           bring
           forth
           a
           Dead
           or
           a
           Living
           Child
           ,
           or
           a
           Son
           ,
           or
           a
           Daughter
           ,
           till
           the
           very
           Critical
           Minute
           ;
           that
           so
           if
           it
           had
           either
           been
           a
           Female
           or
           a
           Dead
           Child
           ,
           they
           might
           have
           found
           some
           other
           way
           either
           to
           carry
           on
           the
           Imposture
           ,
           or
           drop
           it
           at
           that
           time
           ,
           but
           as
           soon
           as
           Mrs.
           Grey
           was
           delivered
           of
           a
           Boy
           ,
           then
           all
           of
           a
           sudden
           the
           
           Queen's
           pretended
           Labour
           comes
           on
           :
           We
           don't
           know
           what
           
             de
             facto
             proof
          
           would
           satisfy
           our
           Author
           ,
           but
           certainly
           all
           those
           things
           ,
           together
           with
           the
           Queens
           being
           
           covered
           in
           Bed
           ,
           and
           that
           neither
           of
           the
           Princesses
           nor
           their
           Deputies
           ,
           nor
           none
           of
           the
           Privy
           Councellors
           ,
           nor
           Ladies
           ,
           Protestants
           ,
           or
           Papists
           ,
           were
           suffered
           to
           be
           the
           Eye
           Witnesses
           of
           the
           Childs
           being
           actually
           taken
           out
           of
           her
           Body
           ,
           as
           they
           ought
           to
           have
           been
           ,
           considering
           the
           strong
           and
           Violent
           suspition
           there
           was
           of
           a
           Cheat
           ,
           I
           say
           ,
           that
           all
           those
           things
           being
           Considered
           ,
           it
           is
           as
           strong
           a
           proof
           of
           the
           Imposture
           ,
           at
           least
           ,
           as
           his
           Depositions
           are
           of
           the
           
             Real
             Birth
          
           ,
           for
           which
           there
           is
           but
           one
           single
           Witness
           who
           swears
           positive
           ,
           and
           that
           is
           the
           Midwife
           ;
           a
           begotted
           Papist
           ,
           and
           a
           Tool
           fitted
           for
           the
           design
           ,
           so
           that
           he
           has
           no
           reason
           to
           object
           against
           the
           single
           Testimony
           of
           Mr.
           Fuller
           ,
           when
           the
           Title
           of
           their
           pretended
           Prince
           has
           no
           more
           but
           one
           to
           support
           it
           ,
           and
           that
           also
           the
           Evidence
           of
           such
           an
           one
           whose
           Testimony
           cannot
           be
           reviv'd
           in
           a
           civil
           Cause
           .
           We
           would
           moreover
           ,
           desire
           our
           Author
           to
           reconcile
           the
           Contradiction
           between
           the
           
           depositions
           of
           the
           said
           Mrs.
           Wilks
           and
           the
           Lady
           Bellasis
           ,
           the
           former
           swears
           that
           she
           cut
           
             The
             Childs
             Navel
             string
             in
             Bed
             ,
             and
             that
             as
             soon
             as
             it
             was
             cut
             ,
             the
             Child
             cried
          
           ;
           The
           latter
           swears
           ,
           that
           she
           saw
           the
           Child
           taken
           out
           of
           the
           Bed
           with
           the
           
             Navel-string
             hanging
             to
             his
             Belly
          
           ;
           and
           opening
           the
           Receiver
           ,
           saw
           it
           was
           a
           Son
           ,
           and
           
             not
             hearing
             the
             Child
             cry
          
           ,
           and
           seeing
           it
           a
           Little
           black
           ,
           she
           was
           afraid
           it
           was
           in
           a
           Convulsion
           fit
           .
           Now
           this
           Lady
           deposes
           she
           stood
           behind
           the
           Midwifes
           Chair
           ,
           and
           therefore
           it
           's
           strange
           she
           should
           not
           have
           heard
           the
           Child
           cry
           ,
           as
           well
           as
           the
           Midwife
           .
           But
           for
           these
           things
           ,
           we
           refer
           to
           the
           
             Compleat
             History
             of
             the
             pretended
             Prince
             of
             Wales
             ,
          
           where
           the
           depositions
           are
           considered
           more
           at
           Large
           .
        
         
           Then
           as
           to
           the
           Testimonies
           being
           on
           publick
           Record
           ▪
           He
           must
           give
           us
           leave
           to
           tell
           him
           ,
           that
           there
           can
           be
           no
           less
           laid
           on
           that
           Examination
           ,
           
           where
           the
           King
           was
           Defendant
           ,
           the
           Papists
           Maintainers
           ,
           so
           that
           His
           Majesty
           sat
           as
           Judge
           ,
           and
           the
           Popish
           Defendants
           were
           examined
           for
           themselves
           ,
           and
           none
           to
           interrupt
           them
           .
        
         
           By
           that
           same
           Rule
           which
           the
           party
           think
           his
           present
           Majesty
           ,
           and
           the
           Parliament
           were
           obliged
           to
           have
           summoned
           the
           Witnesses
           who
           made
           those
           depositions
           ,
           in
           order
           to
           have
           made
           an
           Enquiry
           into
           that
           affair
           ,
           the
           Late
           King
           was
           obliged
           to
           have
           made
           publick
           Proclamation
           ,
           that
           all
           who
           know
           any
           thing
           concerning
           the
           matter
           should
           come
           and
           depose
           upon
           Oath
           ,
           such
           their
           knowledge
           ,
           with
           his
           Royal
           promise
           to
           Indemnify
           and
           not
           molest
           them
           ,
           and
           the
           Examination
           ought
           to
           have
           been
           made
           in
           presence
           of
           the
           two
           Princesses
           ,
           and
           the
           Princes
           their
           Husbands
           ,
           who
           should
           have
           had
           Liberty
           to
           put
           such
           Cross
           questions
           to
           the
           Evidence
           as
           they
           thought
           fit
           .
           But
           nothing
           of
           this
           being
           done
           ,
           and
           the
           Late
           King
           
           having
           also
           declin'd
           to
           submit
           the
           Enquiry
           into
           the
           whole
           affair
           unto
           a
           free
           Parliament
           ,
           our
           Author
           must
           give
           us
           leave
           to
           retain
           our
           suspicion
           ;
           notwithstanding
           his
           strenuous
           endeavours
           to
           amuse
           the
           World
           with
           his
           Numerous
           Train
           of
           Eye-Witnesses
           .
           The
           Instance
           of
           a
           forged
           Bond
           from
           a
           Gentleman
           in
           Grays-Inn
           ,
           to
           his
           Laundress
           after
           he
           was
           Dead
           ,
           and
           to
           which
           the
           Witness
           swore
           positively
           at
           first
           ,
           pleads
           strongly
           for
           the
           necessity
           of
           Cross
           Interrogatories
           ,
           seeing
           upon
           the
           Rebound
           the
           same
           Witnesses
           who
           swore
           that
           they
           saw
           him
           sign
           the
           Bond
           ,
           did
           afterwards
           discover
           that
           it
           was
           by
           a
           Pen
           put
           in
           his
           hand
           ,
           and
           guided
           by
           another
           after
           he
           was
           Dead
           .
        
         
           Then
           as
           to
           their
           Testimonies
           never
           being
           condemned
           ,
           nor
           any
           other
           contradictory
           equivalent
           Testimony
           entred
           ,
           it
           's
           plain
           from
           what
           is
           already
           said
           ,
           that
           King
           Iames
           hath
           rendred
           that
           impracticable
           in
           ordinary
           course
           of
           Law
           ,
           
           nor
           is
           it
           indeed
           necessary
           .
           Our
           Author
           being
           a
           Person
           of
           Quality
           ,
           cannot
           be
           ignorant
           that
           the
           Imposture
           designed
           by
           the
           former
           Queen
           Mary
           ,
           was
           never
           ,
           for
           any
           thing
           we
           know
           ,
           condemned
           by
           Publick
           Authority
           .
           Nor
           did
           Queen
           Elizabeth
           cause
           any
           contradictory
           equivalent
           Testimony
           to
           be
           entred
           against
           it
           ,
           and
           yet
           the
           Truth
           of
           the
           Imposture
           is
           generally
           believed
           ,
           nor
           would
           it
           have
           failed
           of
           coming
           as
           great
           a
           Length
           as
           this
           ,
           if
           Philip
           II.
           had
           not
           been
           of
           a
           more
           generous
           temper
           than
           Iames
           II.
           and
           Lewis
           XIV
           .
        
         
           It
           was
           certainly
           much
           better
           Founded
           than
           this
           last
           Imposture
           ,
           for
           not
           only
           the
           Privy-Council
           sent
           Orders
           abroad
           to
           make
           Prayers
           for
           the
           Child
           ,
           but
           the
           Parliament
           was
           so
           far
           impos'd
           upon
           as
           to
           enter
           into
           the
           consideration
           of
           Provisions
           for
           the
           Child
           ,
           which
           was
           far
           greater
           Circumstance
           of
           the
           Reality
           of
           the
           Pregnancy
           ,
           than
           any
           thing
           that
           can
           be
           pretended
           to
           in
           this
           of
           the
           Last
           
           
             Prince
             of
             Wales
          
           ,
           and
           therefore
           iti
           snot
           to
           be
           wondred
           at
           that
           so
           many
           Lords
           and
           Ladies
           should
           be
           deceived
           in
           this
           case
           ,
           seeing
           they
           were
           not
           allowed
           to
           see
           the
           
             Actual
             Delivery
          
           ,
           and
           so
           they
           have
           rendered
           the
           Birth
           of
           their
           supposed
           Prince
           ,
           for
           ever
           uncapable
           of
           being
           proven
           that
           way
           by
           any
           but
           the
           Tool
           of
           a
           Midwife
           ,
           who
           cannot
           be
           admitted
           as
           a
           Witness
           in
           Law
           ,
           so
           that
           all
           the
           proof
           which
           they
           can
           pretend
           to
           now
           is
           only
           that
           the
           Child
           was
           taken
           out
           of
           the
           Queen's
           Bed
           ,
           &c.
           whereas
           all
           this
           might
           have
           been
           prevented
           had
           the
           
             Princess
             of
             Denmark
          
           ,
           or
           any
           other
           Protestant
           Ladies
           been
           allowed
           to
           see
           the
           Child
           taken
           out
           of
           the
           Queen's
           Body
           .
        
         
           It
           is
           also
           observable
           ,
           that
           the
           former
           
             Queen
             Marys
          
           Imposture
           was
           managed
           in
           the
           same
           manner
           ,
           for
           none
           during
           her
           pretended
           bigness
           was
           admitted
           ,
           on
           behalf
           of
           the
           Lady
           Elizabeth
           ,
           to
           view
           her
           Breasts
           or
           Belly
           ,
           and
           several
           persons
           were
           put
           out
           of
           favour
           and
           discarded
           for
           speaking
           plainly
           in
           the
           Case
           ,
           there
           being
           a
           General
           suspicion
           
           amongst
           Protestants
           then
           ,
           as
           there
           was
           now
           ,
           as
           appears
           by
           Bakers
           History
           ,
           and
           Foxes
           Acts
           and
           Monuments
           ;
           it
           must
           be
           own'd
           that
           
             Queen
             Marys
          
           Game
           was
           much
           harder
           to
           play
           then
           the
           Late
           Queens
           ,
           because
           King
           Philip
           was
           an
           utter
           Enemy
           to
           the
           Imposture
           ,
           but
           it
           cannot
           be
           so
           said
           of
           the
           Late
           King
           Iames
           ,
           for
           it
           is
           evident
           that
           he
           was
           a
           Zealot
           in
           it
           .
        
         
           It
           may
           be
           objected
           ,
           that
           
             Queen
             Mary
             Tudors
          
           design
           having
           miscarried
           ,
           there
           was
           no
           need
           of
           making
           any
           enquiry
           into
           that
           affair
           ,
           or
           of
           entring
           a
           Contradictory
           Testimony
           against
           it
           .
           We
           answer
           that
           it
           's
           true
           ,
           there
           was
           not
           the
           same
           need
           as
           in
           the
           present
           Case
           ,
           yet
           if
           the
           matter
           could
           have
           been
           detected
           ;
           It
           must
           be
           own'd
           that
           it
           would
           have
           been
           of
           great
           use
           ,
           and
           a
           convincing
           instance
           to
           future
           Ages
           ,
           that
           the
           Papists
           think
           no
           means
           unlawful
           ,
           how
           wicked
           soever
           ,
           if
           they
           can
           any
           way
           subserve
           to
           promote
           
           their
           Church
           ,
           for
           this
           supposed
           Pregnancy
           was
           by
           the
           Privy
           Council
           ascribed
           to
           providence
           ,
           and
           the
           Divine
           care
           of
           Christs
           only
           flock
           ,
           for
           the
           throwing
           down
           of
           the
           Protestant
           Heresie
           ,
           and
           the
           Physicians
           ,
           Ladies
           of
           Honour
           ,
           &c.
           
           Justify'd
           the
           Queens
           conception
           as
           to
           all
           signs
           ,
           so
           that
           it
           would
           have
           certainly
           been
           of
           very
           great
           use
           at
           that
           time
           ,
           and
           have
           tended
           much
           to
           bring
           the
           Popish
           Idolatry
           into
           disrepute
           ,
           if
           the
           methods
           of
           the
           Imposture
           ,
           how
           they
           rais'd
           her
           Belly
           ,
           and
           how
           they
           impos'd
           upon
           the
           Privy
           Council
           and
           Parliament
           ,
           had
           been
           fully
           displaid
           .
        
         
           And
           therefore
           seeing
           the
           Particulars
           of
           that
           Imposture
           ,
           tho
           allowed
           to
           be
           one
           ,
           on
           all
           hands
           ,
           neve●
           came
           to
           Light
           ,
           nor
           that
           none
           of
           the
           Cabal
           did
           ever
           confess
           it
           
           on
           their
           Death
           beds
           ,
           or
           otherwise
           ;
           we
           are
           not
           to
           wonder
           if
           this
           Intrigue
           should
           never
           be
           fully
           discovered
           ,
           especially
           now
           that
           they
           have
           prevented
           the
           Evidence
           of
           Mrs.
           
             Mary
             Grey
          
           ,
           who
           there
           's
           all
           the
           Reason
           in
           the
           World
           to
           believe
           ,
           was
           the
           true
           Mother
           of
           our
           pretended
           Prince
           .
        
         
           Our
           Author
           after
           having
           finished
           his
           account
           of
           the
           Depositions
           tells
           us
           ,
           page
           22.
           
           That
           none
           of
           the
           Witnesses
           were
           under
           any
           force
           ,
           neither
           were
           they
           all
           of
           one
           Religion
           ,
           yet
           they
           unanimously
           gave
           in
           their
           Testimony
           upon
           Oath
           ,
           and
           suffer
           it
           without
           any
           Contradiction
           to
           be
           publickly
           Recorded
           in
           the
           Court
           of
           Chancery
           ,
           as
           their
           standing
           Testimony
           ,
           that
           the
           Late
           
             Queen
             Mary
          
           ,
           was
           the
           true
           Mother
           of
           the
           pretended
           Prince
           of
           Wales
           .
        
         
         
           To
           all
           which
           it
           's
           answered
           ,
           that
           their
           not
           being
           all
           of
           one
           Religion
           ,
           is
           nothing
           at
           all
           to
           the
           Advantage
           of
           his
           Cause
           ;
           for
           it
           must
           be
           own'd
           to
           our
           shame
           ,
           that
           there
           are
           a
           
             sort
             of
             Protestants
          
           in
           England
           as
           bad
           ,
           nay
           ,
           worse
           than
           the
           Papists
           themselves
           ;
           
             Charnock
             ,
             King
             ,
             Keys
             ,
             Rookwood
             ,
             Louick
             ,
             Parkins
             ,
             Friend
             ,
          
           and
           Cranborn
           ,
           were
           not
           all
           of
           one
           Religion
           ,
           yet
           they
           were
           all
           in
           one
           Design
           against
           the
           Laws
           and
           Religion
           of
           the
           Nation
           ;
           and
           it
           's
           obvious
           to
           any
           Man
           that
           peruses
           their
           
             Tryals
             and
             last
             Speeches
          
           ,
           that
           such
           of
           them
           as
           professed
           themselves
           to
           be
           Protestans
           ,
           were
           a
           great
           deal
           the
           worse
           fMen
           and
           Christians
           ,
           than
           those
           of
           'em
           that
           Died
           Papists
           ,
           and
           we
           have
           a
           very
           late
           Instance
           of
           one
           who
           calls
           himself
           a
           Protestant
           ,
           and
           a
           very
           devout
           one
           ,
           who
           
             forswore
             himself
             at
             his
             Tryal
          
           ,
           
           and
           denied
           such
           things
           with
           the
           most
           dreadful
           of
           Imprecations
           ,
           which
           he
           hath
           since
           Confessed
           to
           be
           true
           .
        
         
           Then
           as
           to
           the
           Witnesses
           being
           under
           no
           force
           ,
           it
           is
           as
           little
           to
           the
           purpose
           ,
           They
           were
           all
           of
           one
           Faction
           ,
           a
           very
           few
           of
           them
           excepted
           ,
           and
           so
           willing
           to
           promote
           the
           Design
           ,
           that
           there
           was
           no
           need
           to
           force
           them
           to
           an
           Attestation
           ,
           and
           whereas
           he
           will
           have
           it
           ,
           that
           they
           gave
           their
           Unanimous
           Testimony
           upon
           Oath
           ,
           That
           the
           Queen
           was
           the
           true
           Mother
           ,
           he
           will
           find
           it
           otherwise
           upon
           a
           second
           perusal
           of
           the
           Depositions
           ,
           as
           has
           been
           already
           noted
           ,
           They
           only
           Swear
           what
           they
           heard
           and
           saw
           ,
           but
           not
           one
           of
           them
           Deposed
           ,
           That
           they
           were
           Eye
           Witnesses
           of
           the
           Birth
           ,
           though
           our
           Author
           has
           the
           Confidence
           to
           say
           so
           again
           and
           again
           .
           
           —
           And
           upon
           the
           whole
           it
           is
           demonstrable
           ,
           that
           of
           all
           the
           thirty
           seven
           Witnesses
           ,
           there
           's
           only
           the
           Widwife
           who
           Swears
           to
           the
           thing
           it self
           ,
           and
           all
           the
           rest
           swear
           only
           to
           Circumstances
           ,
           which
           being
           his
           own
           Exception
           against
           Mr.
           
             Fullers
             Evidence
          
           ,
           pag.
           23.
           
           He
           must
           needs
           allow
           it
           to
           be
           as
           Valid
           against
           theirs
           .
           He
           alledges
           ,
           Ibid
           ,
           that
           most
           of
           the
           Witnesses
           were
           of
           high
           quality
           ,
           and
           that
           others
           of
           them
           had
           intimate
           knowledg
           in
           the
           truth
           of
           the
           Fact.
           As
           to
           their
           Quality
           we
           shall
           say
           nothing
           ;
           but
           certainly
           
             Iudith
             Wilks
          
           ,
           when
           she
           gave
           in
           her
           Evidence
           at
           the
           
             Chancery
             Bar
          
           ,
           did
           not
           appear
           like
           one
           who
           deserves
           that
           Character
           ,
           and
           it
           was
           indeed
           observable
           that
           she
           went
           at
           other
           times
           richly
           Apparelled
           ,
           yet
           then
           she
           came
           habited
           in
           a
           
             Green
             Apron
             ,
             and
             a
             Tattered
             Scarf
             ,
          
           that
           her
           seeming
           Simplicity
           and
           Meanness
           might
           
           create
           a
           belief
           in
           the
           Spectators
           ,
           that
           she
           was
           neither
           capable
           of
           managing
           such
           an
           Intrigue
           ,
           nor
           fit
           to
           be
           intrusted
           with
           it
           ;
           and
           she
           being
           the
           only
           Witness
           who
           Swears
           home
           ,
           and
           having
           no
           pretensions
           to
           Quality
           ,
           that
           big
           word
           is
           of
           no
           significancy
           to
           our
           Author
           .
        
         
           But
           because
           we
           would
           not
           be
           understood
           to
           reflect
           upon
           those
           of
           Quality
           ,
           or
           were
           undoubtedly
           of
           the
           Protestant
           Religion
           ,
           and
           yet
           made
           use
           of
           as
           Evidence
           in
           this
           Case
           ;
           we
           desire
           it
           may
           be
           observed
           ,
           that
           let
           their
           Probity
           and
           Quality
           be
           never
           so
           Eminent
           ,
           matters
           were
           so
           ordered
           that
           they
           were
           not
           allowed
           to
           be
           Witnesses
           of
           the
           Birth
           ;
           but
           having
           been
           then
           at
           Court
           ,
           they
           could
           neither
           handsomly
           nor
           safely
           refuse
           to
           give
           an
           Account
           of
           what
           they
           heard
           and
           saw
           when
           the
           King
           desired
           it
           :
           But
           as
           we
           have
           already
           
           said
           ,
           the
           Examination
           was
           neither
           fairly
           nor
           impartially
           managed
           .
           Nor
           durst
           any
           of
           them
           ,
           but
           with
           the
           hazard
           of
           their
           Lives
           ,
           have
           at
           that
           time
           said
           any
           thing
           which
           could
           Administer
           the
           least
           Ground
           of
           Suspicion
           ,
           and
           tho
           we
           will
           grant
           our
           Author
           that
           none
           of
           'em
           were
           under
           any
           force
           ,
           yet
           he
           cannot
           pretend
           but
           they
           had
           cause
           enough
           of
           fear
           ;
           and
           whereas
           he
           alledges
           that
           others
           of
           the
           Witnesses
           had
           intimate
           knowledge
           in
           the
           truth
           of
           the
           fact
           :
           It
           is
           a
           Notorious
           falsehood
           ,
           for
           none
           of
           'em
           pretend
           to
           it
           but
           the
           
             Popish
             Midwife
          
           .
        
         
           His
           ridiculing
           the
           Escape
           ,
           Examination
           and
           Tragical
           fate
           of
           Mrs.
           Grey
           ,
           is
           but
           a
           very
           ordinary
           piece
           of
           Wit.
           Does
           he
           think
           that
           Lewis
           XIV
           .
           and
           Mary
           of
           Modena
           are
           persons
           of
           such
           a
           Refin'd
           
           Honour
           and
           tender
           Conscience
           ,
           that
           they
           would
           scruple
           the
           Murder
           of
           such
           an
           Insignificant
           woman
           as
           Mrs.
           Grey
           ,
           when
           it
           's
           plain
           to
           the
           World
           that
           their
           boundless
           Ambition
           and
           Zeal
           for
           Idolatry
           ,
           hath
           involv'd
           Europe
           in
           Blood
           and
           Flames
           ?
           Was
           it
           of
           no
           Concernment
           to
           those
           two
           persons
           ,
           to
           prevent
           the
           discovery
           of
           the
           horrid
           Imposture
           by
           such
           a
           
             Material
             Evidence
          
           ?
           Was
           it
           below
           the
           French
           Kings
           Grandeur
           ,
           to
           Enquire
           whether
           her
           escape
           had
           been
           favoured
           by
           the
           Prince
           of
           Oranges
           Friends
           ,
           as
           we
           are
           told
           by
           Mr.
           Fuller
           they
           did
           at
           first
           suspect
           it
           to
           have
           been
           ?
           Is
           Lewis
           XIV's
           .
           Conscience
           ,
           which
           is
           so
           much
           hardened
           with
           Blood
           and
           Destruction
           ,
           that
           it
           can
           digest
           the
           
             Assassination
             of
             Soveraign
             Princes
          
           ,
           become
           so
           very
           tender
           of
           Late
           ,
           that
           it
           cannot
           away
           with
           
           the
           Blood
           of
           a
           private
           Woman
           ?
           Or
           is
           it
           reasonable
           to
           think
           that
           they
           would
           trust
           this
           poor
           Creature
           to
           our
           Authors
           Oublies
           ,
           when
           they
           had
           before-hand
           Condemn'd
           her
           to
           perpetual
           Oblivion
           ?
           Were
           not
           Coleman
           and
           Plunket
           hang'd
           to
           prevent
           telling
           of
           Tales
           ,
           and
           what
           reason
           can
           our
           Author
           assign
           ,
           why
           Mrs.
           Grey
           should
           have
           more
           favour
           ?
           Or
           supposing
           she
           should
           have
           escap't
           into
           England
           ,
           and
           there
           made
           a
           discovery
           ,
           does
           our
           Author
           think
           that
           his
           Extraordinary
           Invention
           of
           Charging
           it
           as
           a
           Forgery
           of
           the
           Prince
           of
           Orange
           ,
           and
           his
           Friends
           ,
           would
           have
           satisfied
           the
           World
           ,
           and
           was
           it
           not
           more
           wisely
           done
           in
           the
           
             French
             King
             and
             his
             Messalina
          
           ,
           seeing
           our
           Author
           has
           put
           us
           in
           mind
           of
           it
           ,
           to
           prevent
           the
           occasion
           of
           such
           a
           superlative
           piece
           of
           Wit
           ,
           then
           to
           venture
           the
           need
           of
           
           making
           use
           of
           it
           ?
           Might
           it
           not
           have
           been
           possible
           for
           Mrs.
           Grey
           ,
           if
           she
           had
           got
           into
           England
           ,
           to
           have
           directed
           us
           to
           other
           Concurrent
           Testimonies
           to
           have
           strengthened
           her
           own
           ?
           How
           does
           this
           person
           of
           Quality
           know
           that
           she
           could
           not
           have
           brought
           the
           
             true
             Father
             ,
             as
             well
             as
             the
             true
             Mother
             for
             a
             Witness
             ,
          
           or
           why
           may
           we
           not
           suppose
           that
           Mrs.
           Grey
           could
           have
           quoted
           such
           Circumstances
           ,
           as
           might
           have
           turn'd
           a
           great
           part
           of
           his
           
             thirty
             six
             Circumstantial
             Witnesses
          
           ,
           against
           his
           supposititious
           Prince
           ?
           Tho
           our
           Author
           
           could
           not
           or
           would
           not
           foresee
           such
           dismal
           Consequences
           ,
           of
           Mrs.
           Greys
           Elopement
           from
           the
           fat
           Bellied
           Monks
           ,
           to
           whom
           she
           was
           married
           ,
           yet
           Lewis
           XIV
           .
           and
           his
           Messalina
           could
           see
           further
           ,
           and
           therefore
           rather
           than
           the
           whole
           Catholick
           cause
           should
           suffer
           ,
           it
           was
           expedient
           that
           one
           Woman
           should
           Perish
           ,
           and
           thus
           his
           Messalina
           .
        
         
           Ne
           Scelerata
           fit
           ,
           facit
           Scelus
           .
        
         
           The
           Gentleman
           is
           so
           hugely
           addicted
           to
           the
           Apocrypha
           ,
           that
           none
           but
           Apocryphal
           
           Authors
           will
           down
           with
           him
           ;
           In
           the
           beginning
           he
           attacks
           us
           with
           the
           Noble
           Zorobabel
           ,
           and
           he
           brings
           up
           his
           Rere
           with
           the
           
             Cheva
             Lier
             Lestrange
          
           ,
           but
           we
           would
           have
           our
           Author
           to
           know
           that
           tho
           Sir
           Roger
           was
           formerly
           quoted
           from
           the
           Pulpit
           ,
           the
           Commissioners
           of
           Enquiry
           ,
           who
           were
           imployed
           to
           examine
           whether
           his
           works
           were
           to
           be
           found
           in
           the
           Canon
           ,
           have
           made
           an
           
             unanimous
             return
             of
             non
             est
             Inventus
          
           ;
           and
           thus
           we
           bid
           our
           Author
           Farewel
           .
        
         
           FINIS
           .