A Brief DISCOVERY OF THE TRUE MOTHER of the PRETENDED PRINCE of Wales, etc.   

A Brief DISCOVERY OF THE TRUE MOTHER Of the PRETENDED Prince of Wales Known by the NAME of Mary Grey.  
To which is added, A further DISCOVERY of the late Conspiracy against His Majesty's Sacred Person, and Government, etc.  
As laid before the KING, etc. and Deposed to a Committee of Parliament.  
By WILLIAM FULLER, Gent. sometime Page of Honour to the late Queen in France.  
LONDON, Printed for the AUTHOR, Anno Dom. 1696.   

TO HIS HIGHNESS THE Duke of Gloucester  
SIR,  
FOR this Tender of my Duty to Your Highness, in a Public Dedication, I can only make this Plea for my Presumption; viz. by telling You, That the Royal Blood that fills Your Rich Veins, and the whole concentring Hopes of Three Kingdoms that wait Your Illustrious Birth, gave You a Court even in Your Cradle; whilst Addressers and Petitioners were Your Highness' earliest Train of Homagers.  
The Restless Endeavours of Rome's too great, and consequently England's too little Friends, have not been wanting (for Religious Frenzy shrinks at nothing) in the most unaccountable Measures for carrying on their sinister Ambition, in the following Unnatural Imposture. But, as hideous as such a vile Conspiracy may appear, 'tis but too reasonable to believe, that the same infatuated Zeal of Popish Bigotry, that can so poorly descend to Commission Ruffians and Cutthroats, with Daggers and Musquetoons; might as easily with the same stretch of Romish Conscience, stoop to as vile. Artifices for a Heretic Exclusion, as a Heretic Assassination; of the Two, the more Important Service to their Cause, and consequently their warmest Temptation.  
And here, to join the Parallel of both those Romish Machinations; the World must look upon Your Highness, as beset round with Enemies, in (nay before) Your very Cradle: You had so far the start of Great William's Danger and Deliverance, as to be that forward Aim of Romish Conspiracies, so early a Mark of their Indignation and Vengeance, as to be struck at even Unborn; a Blow levelled at the Cedar Root before the Royal Syen sprung.  
And now give me leave to join in the Universal Veneration, and Survey You in all the Perfections of a most Active and most Promising Youth, the Morning Lustre of the Great Soul, those Paternal Sparks of GLORY, Born with You, and so early Shining from You, whilst Your Highness' young Martial Inclinations even point You out, as formed by Nature, and designed by Heaven, for no less than the HERO. With a Mind so amply furnished for all the Noblest Impressions of true Honour; may the continued Smiles of Providence, so build upon that fair Foundation so lengthen out Your happy Years, to Your completing the great work of Your Creation, in all the Accomplishments of our Young British Alcides: And as You have already performed the First Herculean, though Infant Labour, in strangling the Conspiring Snakes against You; so may You succeed our Great Nassau, till You arrive at the Last Labour too viz. the supplying our Albion Atlas; which is the Prayer of  
Your Highness' Most Dutiful Servant W. Fuller.   

THE True MOTHER OF THE Pretended PRINCE of Wales, DISCOVERED.  
IN May, Anno Dom. 1688. the Countess of Tyrconnel, (whose Zeal for the late King James' Cause and Service, is not unknown to the World) came from Ireland, to England, in the Monmouth Yatch, Capt. Wright, Commander; who, besides her own Daughters and Servants that attended her hither, brought over Two Gentlewomen, both big with Child: The First of which, was about Thirty Years of Age, a lusty and healthful Countenanced Woman: The Second was a tall and slender Woman, darkish Haired, and something above Twenty: The First of these Women was brought to Bed at St. Alban, in her way to London: The Second, (whose Name was Mrs. Grey) was conveyed to St. James' Palace, and was Lodged in two private Rooms, over or within the Lady Strickland▪ s Lodgings, in the Narrow Gallery, between the Queens' Apartment, and the great Chapel. In these Lodgings, this Young Gentlewoman was Delivered on Sunday-Morning, the Tenth of June, the same day▪ and but a little time before the late Queen pretended to be Delivered of a Prince of Wales. About the latter end of June. this Young Gentlewoman was removed from those Lodgings to the Marchioness of Powis' Apartment, which was in the same Gallery; she being then Governess to the pretended Prince of Wales, and to whose Charge and Care this Lady was particularly Committed.  
At that very time, was I in the Marchioness Family; and, by her special Commands, daily and almost hourly attended the said Young Gentlewoman; being ordered to supply her with all Necessaries, and do all other Offices of Service, during her Continuance at St. James'; her present Indisposition requiring a more than ordinary Assiduity and Attendance upon her.  
During her said continuance at St. James', she was very little Visited by any Person, but the Marchioness herself, excepting some of her Women in proper Occasions of Female Nursery and Service; appearing by this, to be some more than ordinary Charge of the Marchioness': She seemed very well contented with her Entertainment, and the Marchioness' Care and Adoption of her: and was hardly ever, or (at least) very seldom desirous to stir over the Threshold of her own Lodgings; excepting sometimes, that she expressed a desire, and that (as I observed) with a particular Zeal and Delight to go and Visit the Young Prince, which was sometimes granted her; and whither I attended her by the Marchioness' Command, and waited on her back again. Amongst the general Devoirs that were then publicly paid to that young Infant, I remarked, that nothing appeared so warmly fond as herself; and when (as a peculiar Favour) she was permitted to take him in her Arms, her Kisses and Embraces seemed more than usually Tender and Passionate.  
About the middle of July following, when her Health and Strength were visibly improved, it was thought fit, by some Authority from Above, that she should be Transported into France; and accordingly one Father Sabran, and one Mrs. Jones, and myself, by Command, attended her to Dover, in order to her Voyage.  
Before her Departure, I observed, that she seemed mightily concerned at her leaving England; and in my hearing, both before, and all the way to Dover, expressed a great deal of Trouble on that account, as compelled to visit France much against her Inclination; which I the more wondered at, as believing she was a Native of Ireland, and had not been two Months in this Kingdom. And before she took her leave of the Court, she desired to Pay her last Duty to the Queen; and here taking her farewell of the Young Prince, she betrayed that extraordinary Effeminate Weakness, that she melted into down right Tears.  
When she arrived at Dover, she was met by one Father Grey, (her supposed Brother, or such he pretended himself) a Secular Priest, and an Irishman, with whom she Embarked for Calais, in order to be conveyed to the Convent of Benedictine Nuns in Paris; she having been in a Nunnery in Ireland, sometime before she came for England.  
After the new Happy Revolution, the Winter following, and King James`s Abdication, I being at that time Servant to her Majesty in France, commended and prefer`d to her Majesty`s' Service, by my kind Patroness the Marchioness of Powis; and the late Queen reposing a peculiar Trust and Confidence in my Fidelity, from the Character she had received of me from the Marchioness; I proceed to let you know, That in February 1689, I being at St. Germains, (the late Queen's Court in France) was one Sunday-Night ordered to attend the Queen immediately, Her Majesty being, as was reported, Indisposed, (it seems with a Fright, which made Her keep her Chamber) where I attending Her Commands, Her Majesty told me, I must immediately prepare to go to England, with some Letters to the Lord Montgemery and Others, about extraord●●arry Business. Her Majesty gave me her Letters; and that my Journey might no. be in Vain, was pleased to tell me; It was a matter that nearly concerned the late King and herself: And lest in my Voyage to England, or at my Landing, I might meet with so strict a Search, as might oblige me to fling my Letters into the Sea, or some other way dispose them to conceal them from being taken; her Majesty thought fit to give me a Ring, which I was to deliver to the Lord Montgomery in England, by way of Credentials for what I had to say to him by Word of Mouth, upon any unfortunate forementioned Miscarriage of my Letter; and by that to tell him, That the same Woman which came from Ireland, with the Lady Tyrconnel, in May, 1688, was stolen out of the Nunnery in Paris, where she was kept, (there having been a Breach in the Garden-Walls) and that it was the Opinion of the French Court, that she had been assisted by some of the Prince of Orange`s' Friends in Paris, to make her said Escape from thence, in order to come for England. The late Queen farther Commanded me to tell him, That the French King had taken all possible care to prevent her going off; but lest his Endeavours might prove Ineffectual, it was her desire, that immediately after my Arrival in England, the Lord Montgomery and Others, should take care to place People on the Coast of England, that might inform them when she Landed; vnd then they were positively commanded to use all Endeavours to get her Dispatched, to prevent whatever Design she might Pretend to.  
[Hear the Reader may Observe, That the Queen was infinitely Zealous both for her Apprehension and Dispatch; and that must be some very threatening Fears they Convinced from this poor Woman's Escape, that could pull down all this Mortal Vengeance upon her Head. Nay, the Queen was so very solicitous for Executing the said Vengeance, that for fear of Failure, or Miscarriage of her Commands in Black and White, she trusted me with some part of the bloody Commission on that Account. ` 'tis true, her Furious Zeal in this Case, did nor directly tell me the very particular Crime this Offending Lady had committed, deserving Death; that part of my Intelligence into this Secret History, was my own Observation and Discovery.]  
This was the Contents of the Queen's Letters, and what I had Orders to inform the Lord Montgomery, and Others of his Party, which the Ring, as a Token was to Confirm. The late Queen gave me also another Letter to carry to Father Petre, who by the French King`ss Order was constrained to live privately at Albeville, a City between Paris and Callais: Accordingly I took Post, and came to Albeville, where I was forced to tarry six Hours before I could meet with Father Petre, to give him the Queen's Letter, which was to require him To go to St. Omers, to observe whether or no the Woman might come that Way, in order to her Embarking for England. Just as I came to my Inn, and was going to take Horse, there arrived one Mr. Crane, Gentleman-Usher to the Queen, from the Queen's Court, to order me to return with him to St. Germains again, were we arrived the next Night; and then waiting on the Queen, she told me, The lost Sheep was found at a private House in Paris; and as I afterwards soon understood, was then in the same Nunnery again, under the care of the Countess of Sussex and others. But the next day following Father Sabran was to go in one of her Majesty's Coaches to Paris, in order to bring the Countess of Sussex with the Woman to St. Germains; and the Queen ordered me to accompany the said Father Sabran, which I did in the Coach the next day; and coming to the Nunnery, they continued there about an Hour and a half; and then the Countess of Sussex, with Sabran and myself, returned with the Woman to St. Germains, where she was conveyed privately to the Queen's Back-Stairs, by Father Sabran; whilst I attended the Lady Sussex, who went in to acquaint the Queen, That the Woman was come; after which, by the Queen's Command, I went to the Back Stairs to convey the Woman to the Queen in her Bed Chamber, where she continued with the Queen, the Lady Powis, the Countess of Sussex, and several others, above an Hour; and was afterwards conveyed down the Back Stairs, and cross the Gallery under the Prince of Wales' Lodgings, to a private Apartment belonging to the Lady Powis, where the said Woman continued a day or two. After which, the late Queen, with the whole Court, going to visit the French King at his Court at Marli, Three Miles from St. Germains; in the same Evening, the said Woman, with the Countess of Sussex, Father Sabran, and myself, went in the Prince's Coach with Six Horses, to the same Place; and were there conveyed to a Chamber or Room belonging to the Archbishop of Paris; where the Woman, Sabran, and myself, continued about half an Hour; whilst the Countess of Sussex went publicly to wait upon the French King, and the late Queen: Then the Womam, Sabran, and myself, were conducted by a Priest, a Chaplain of the Arch-Bishops, privately to the French King's Back Stairs: The Woman lamenting her Fate, which she said was occasioned by her last being in England; she grieved to that excess, that she Fainted several times, before they could get her up the Stairs to the French King's Apartment, whither she was conducted by a Jesuit, and continued about half an Hour, with the French King, and the late Queen. During which time, I waited with Father Sabran at the bottom of the Stairs, till she came down with the Jesuit that conveyed her up; at which time she wept bitterly, and told Father Sabran and me, That now she must take her Everlasting Farewell of us: and so was carried away by the Jesuit, and never more seen or heard of, notwithstanding my most diligent Inquiry after her at all the English, Scotch and Irish Nunneries in Paris, and other Places, where I had great Acquaintance and where, led by my extraordinary Curiosity in this Affair, I was not a little inquisitive to learn, if possible, the Catastrophe of this unfortunate Gentlewoman; as indeed, I had been all along little other than a Spy upon her, and her concerns, relating to that Young Child. I confess, I had but small occasion of given myself this needless trouble of making the aforesaid Inquiry. For Father Sabran, who (I forgot to tell my Reader) was Chaplain to the Young Prince, and is now his Tutor, did frankly own to me the same Evening they left her, That he believed she would not be alive the Day following, nor was it fit she should live. I might have rested satisfied with what Sabran told me, it being undoubtedly too much of Truth: However, as it could not enter into my heart, to think it possible there should be such Inhuman Barbarity in the World, as to Murder a poor Woman in cold Blood, and that too by the Commands of Crowned Heads; my own good Nature in Tenderness for the poor Creature, inclined me to the said inquiry about her.  
Besides my own knowledge in this Affair, there have been several Letters and Papars found in Mrs. Labodies Fathers's Trunk, now still to be produced, Relating to this Gentlewoman; besides several corroborative Proffs from divers Persons of Quality of Ireland, and others, as also Capt. Wright, that brought her over from Ireland, and the other Capt. that carried her over into France, that are able to give a great Light into the Discovery of this Grand Imposture: Nor were the Managers of this Affair any ways wanting in providing of Two Big-Bellied Women together, that if One String failed the other might hit.  
As for the Child, he is a very Brisk and Airy, no ways Deformed in his Limbs, but a Ruddy Complexion, fair Hair, and Dark coloured brisk Eyes. He, when but Two Years Old, was a great lover of Music▪ and could distinguish several particular Tunes when Played; he is a notable Fighter, and does not only beat his young Play-Fellows on the least Distaste; But the Dauphin of France, going one Day to Kiss his Highness, and his Welsh or Irish Blood being up, he gave the Dauphin a Blow on the Face with his Hand with all his Might. None dare cross him, for he is so Refractory, that upon the least Occasion, he will hold his Breath to that degree, that the Queen and all about him, have thought him really Dead.  
As to my first Introduction to this Trust and Knowledge into the Affairs of the late Court. I must inform my Reader, (that by Sir John Burrows, a Zealous Roman Catholic, and my particular Patron, and the Marquis of Powis, (to whom by the Mother side, I had the Honour to be a little Related) I was preferred to be a Page to the Countess of Melford: From her Service, I was introduced into the Marquess`s' Family, and from thence, as before mentioned, I was advanced to the late Queen's Service. And here to begin with my first Trust and Commands received from her said late Majesty.  
The Sunday before Christmas, in the Year 1688. I Embarked with the late King Jame's Queen her pretended Son the Prince of Wales, the Marchioness of Powis, the Lady Strickland, Mrs. Labody, and Count De Lazon, with several Others, in a Barge from White-Hall. And the next Day following, arrived at Calais in a Yatch, where the said Queen was received by the Governor and Garrison in Arms; and continued there Three Days ●●takin● her Journey from thence to Bulloign, where she had, an Express with the News of King James' being taken at Feversham, in Kent. On which occasion, I was immediately Dispatched for England with Letters to him▪ and came to his Majesty on a Sunday Morning, just as he was ready to take Coach for Whiee-Hall, from whence I was sent with Letters back to France again the same Night and overtook the Queen Four Days before her Arrival at St. Germains, and continued there until King James' Arrival; immediately after which, I was sent to England again with Letters from King James, to his Friends here; and arriving safely, I was soon ordered back to France, with the Answer in the like manner: And was likewise sent betwixt France and England several other times, bringing Letters not only to several Lords in England, but also for such of King James`s Friends as were in Scotland, particularly the Lord Viscount Dundee; and Commissions for several in Rebellion with him; and for Others, that promised to Join against the Prince of Orange on the first Opportunity. I also brought several Bills of Exchange, for Money to be Remitted to the said Lord Dundee, which was performed by the care of Mr. Ashton, the late King James`s- Queens Privy-Purse. And during my continuance in London, I used daily to visit the Lords, and Others in the Tower; and being young passed freely to them unsuspected, carrying Letters to and from them, on all occasions, relating to King James`s Affairs; and brought several Bills from them which was to be employed, by their appointment, for Listing of Men in England, for King James`s Service, against a Descent from France, which was resolved on at the Court of France; and much Solicited for from England, it being the chief Subject of the Letteas I carried to King James and the Frence King to entreat the Landing of Men in England in several places, particularly in the North; and that Five Thousand Men, some good Officers, with a Hundred Thousand Pound, and Thirty or Forty Thousand spare Arms would be sufficient to be sent` and to secure the Kingdom of Scotland with the assistance of those in Arms against the Prince of Orange. For this the French Court was almost daily Solicited by Letters and great Promises from England; a●e all possible Provision was made on each side; the French having provided a great Fleet, and Men ready to make a Descent; whilst King, James' Friends in England had according to the account they sent to France, Listed above Twenty Thousand Men in and about London, (January 1690. for this cause the Pope's Nuncio's Chairman was Executed) and had provided great numbers of Horse and Foot Accoutrements, and Arms; and the like was done according to their utmost endeavours in most Counties and Shires in this Kingdom. Here I shall omit troubling you or myself with the manner of my coming to serve King William, since 'tis known to most intelligible Men: I propose to acquaint you that having privately Discovered all I knew to His Majesty, the now Duke of Shreswsbury, than Secretary of State, and the Earl of Rumney, than Lord Sidney, and the Earl of Portland; I continued to go to France, as before, with Letters for King James his Queen▪ and the French Court, which Letters I always showed to King William before I went, or to one of the Lords before mentioned; as I did also the Answers at my Return. The last time of my coming from France was with Mr. Crone, at the beginning of Summer, in the year 1690. The French Fleet been then very numerous and ready to Sail, and all things in England and Scotland seemed in a posture to receive them, and a French Army on the other side, King William was almost ready to take his Journey for the Reducing of Ireland. The said Mr. Crone, with myself, was sent to England now with several Commissions from King James by the way of France, from Ireland: The chief Commissions we brought, was for Levying a War against the Prince and Princess of Orange, and all such as resisted the Power and Authority of King James, and to Empower Persons to Seize and Imprison the Persons of the said Prince and Princess of Orange. By a Commission under the Great Seal, dated at Dublin, King James Authorized several Lords to Act as his Deputies, during his Absence. We likewise brought over several Commissions to constitute Commissioners of the Treasury, Impowering them to Raise, and Collect Moneys on King James' Account; as also several Commissions for Colonels of Regiments of Foot, and Horse.  
By the way, permit me to inform my Reader, That in the abovementioned Commission for Levying of War, King James did Command and Authorise his loving Subjects by force of Arms, to seize the Persons of the present King, and his Royal Consort, Queen Mary the Second, Alive, or Dead: And Three Months before I came last from France, Colonel Parker had undertaken to Shoot King William; for which Intent he came to England, and went into Lancashire, there to continue until the King came that way on his Journey for Ireland, that being the place proposed to Murder King William at: And to Advise it, there was many Letters sent to the Court of France, desiring that the French Fleet might Sail at, or near the time King William set out for Ireland.  
At this last time, Mr. Crone and myself, brought over many Letters, containing full Instructions for the intended Designs, of Killing and Imprisoning their Majesties, King William, and Queen Marry; and for the Raising of great Numbers of Men in several Places against them, for King James and the French Interest.  
I will first give you a short Narrative of the Contents of a few of the Letters I carried to France, and so proceed to the Design before mentioned.  
Several Letters I carried to, and brought from France, were made up as the Mould of a Button. and so worked over with Silk, or Silver, and worn on my clothes: Others I brought over in the Pipes of Keys, and some writ Obscurely; which Writing was discovered by the Steem of a Compound of several Spirits, Metals and Sulphur boiled together, and made Liquid; the Writing was seen no longer than the said Steem was near the Paper on which it was Writ. Many of the Letters I carried to King James, his Queen, and the French Court, were from the chief of their Friends in England, and were full of great Promises and large Encouragements to the French King: But his gallic Majesty well observed, That whilst they were daily promising great Assistance to his Army, when they Landed in England, they were for the most part unwilling to part with any Money, but continually desired Supplies from France: Some in England, to my certain Knowledge, Writ to King James, to assure him, that they had taken the Oaths to King William, on purpose to make themselves more able to serve King James`s' Interest, by delaying King William`s Affairs in the Houses of Parliament; Of this, and part of which I had discovered to His Sacred Majesty King William, he was pleased to acquaint his Parliament in his Gracious Speech to both Houses a short time before he went for Ireland; Adding in his Speech at the same time▪ That he spoke it, to let them, and his Enemies know, that he was not unacquainted with their Designs. Now to return to my last Coming from France with Mr. Crone, I having informed His Majesty of all I knew, Mr. Crone was seized, and sent Prisoner to the Tower, the rest of the Conspirators and their Designs being known, and narrowly observed, His Majesty went for Ireland, committing the Management to the Queen, and the Ministers of State: Yet, although the Jacobites, and the French Court were, Blessed be Almighty God, disappointed of the Kings being Killed on his Journey to Ireland, they continued to go on with their other Designs; Colonel Parker being also ordered for Ireland, to Kill His Majesty there; But the Government knowing their Intrigues, took care to secure this Kingdom, by Raising the Militia, and securing of Conspirators, before the French Fleet came on our Coast, as they did, and lay some time expecting to hear of their Friends in England, being in Arms to receive them. At this time several Lords, and others, were sent to the Tower, and others whose Intrigues were discovered, fled from Justice, which occasioned several Proclamations to be Published for apprehending them; and the Tower, and all the Goals in London, and several others were filled with Conspirators. They finding their whole Design unravelled, and that I had discovered all I knew, and Mr. Crone was safe, and to be suddenly Tried, which might make him Confess, they instantly got me poisoned, in hopes to have prevented Crone's Trial; but it pleasing Almighty God to restore me to my Health again, after Ten Weeks Sickness, I was able to come to the Old-Baily, where Mr. Crone was Tried, and Condemned for High- Treason: He had several Reprieves from time to time, on his Promise of making a full Confession; but as he was lingering it out, about Six Months after his Conviction, I Received a Letter at my Lodgings in the Pall-mall from the Earl of Melford, King James' Secretary, in which I was promised King James' Pardon, and all the Favour I could desire from him, and the Court of France, and Five Hundred Pounds down, if I would return to France, and Recant from what I had done: I carried this Letter to the King, who sent me to the Lord Chief Justice Holt, for his Advice, how far I might proceed by Law, thinking thereby to discover something more; but his Lordship and several others were of Opinion, that it was a Trick, purely to invalidate my Evidence; They still being apprehensive of Mr. Crone's Confession, which they knew must be so agreeable to my Informations, that the Heads of King James' Friends had been entirely at King William's Mercy: And this Matter highly concerned the French Court; for, had Crone been just to Him that gave him his Life, there might have been but small Encouragement from England to the French long since; and consequently, no Plotting now. They of King James'. Party (as well has appeared to the Court) made it their Endeavour to have Crone Hanged, to stop his Mouth; and that as I am well informed, occasioned his making almost a full Discovery: Though he went for France as soon as he was let out of Newgate, being invited back with great Promises, as I before had been. I must thank him for his Justice to me, in his last, and most Authentic Confession: He affirms on Oath, That all my Information was true; for the Confirmation of this, I can appeal to any Member of Parliament that heard Mr. Crone's, or the Lord Preston's Confessions Read, before the Honourable House of Commons. After this, it may seem strange to some, how the House came to be so angry with me: I beg leave to inform such, That the Jacobites, by Mr. Crone's going off, knew they had partly secured themselves from the just Power of the Law; but were yet concerned, if possible to make the World believe, that they never had any Design against the Government: And who can blame them for being ashamed of such a Horrid, and Bloody Design, as they had then contrived against the Government and their own Country, to Ruin both Church & State? To cover their Shame as much as may be, they had no way but to Invalidate me; which they set about with all the Malice that the Devil, or Popish Principles could incite them with; though for some time my faithful Service, and the King's large Promises of lasting Favours to me, was my Support; and had continued so, but that the Immaturity of my Judgement was so easily imposed upon, by Two Instruments sent by the French Court, to accomplish my Ruin, viz. Colonel Tho. Dellaval, and Mr. George Hayes: They were formerly my most intimate Acquaintance both in England and at the Court at St. Germains, and were employed constantly 'twixt England and France on King James' Account, as I was: The First of these came to me at my Lodgings in White-Hall, and told me, He desired to come and Serve the Government, as I had done, provided I would intercede with the Queen for his Pardon, and make some Conditions for his coming over Honourably. I acquainted the Queen of it immediately, the King being then in Flanders; and Her Majesty, (whose Bounty extended to all,) did most Graciously promise to Write to the King about it; and, in the mean time, committed the Management of this Affair to the Care of His Grace, John Lord Archbishop of Canterbury, (my very good Friend) But before the King's Answer came from Flanders, Dalleval received a Letter from the Earl of Melfort, requiring his Return immediately to St. Germains; which Letter he showed me, and I carried it to the Queen, who knowing Melfort's Hand, gave Orders, That Colonel Dalleval might go for France again, provided, that he engaged to Return when Her Majesty required him: All which he Swore, and promimised most Solemnly to do, and then went for France accordingly: Soon after his Arrival there, he sent me several Letters writ in Characters, promising to come to King William in Flanders, and desired me to meet him there. The Archbishop and myself from time to time, acquainted Her Majesty of every Particular; and I was Commanded to go for Flanders, where I continued with the King Three Months on this Occasion, and Received Letters from Colonel Dellaval at St. Germains Twice every Week, during the time I was there; the Contents of which Letters proved very true, and of some Use at that time to the King's Affairs; but this was only a Snare, the more securely to Ruin me to the Purpose: For, as soon as the King came to England, and the Parliament was Sitting, Dellaval writ to me, and Mr. Hayes likewise, to have me get their Pardon, and Protection from the King and Parliament, promising they would make great Discoveries, (which His Majesty knew they might, this being the Winter before the Second intended Invasion, when the Forces with the late King James lay at La Hogue, ready to Embark the latter end of April following) the Parliament having Addressed the King, to cause the Lord Preston's, and Mr. Crone's Confessions to be laid before them; and theirs agreeing with mine, the Parliament made an humble Address to the King, to add to his Bounty to me; this did more inflame Mine, and the Nations Enemies; and Colonel Dellaval and Mr. Hayes sent me abundance of Letters, and great Promises of performing considerable Services for Their Najesties, and this Kingdom's Safety. At length I did Address the House of Commons in their Behalf, Desiring a Pardon and Passport to be given me Blank, for Two Gentlemen to come from beyond the Seas, and to Return if desired: The Honourable Honse granted my Request, on Condition I would engage for their Appearance, and performing what they promised at this time: Only their Majesties, and some of Their Most Honourable Privy-Council knew these men's Names that I engaged for, lest the French Court should prevent their Coming, (as my Credulity caused me to believe) I had the Protection of the Parliament for them, and a Pardon and Passport Signaed by the King, and under the Great Seal; it was left blank for me to fill up; and this I sent for Flanders, by a Messenger of my own, Recommended by some Members of Parliament: It proving very cold hard Wether in those Parts, Dellaval and Hayes came to Antwerp some time before my Messenger could get there; so they went to Ostend, and came from thence to England, having heard their Pardon had passed the Seals. The Messenger heard of them at Antwerp, and other Places; and hearing they were come for England, he returned: As soon as Dellaval and the other arrived, they sent one Jones to me with a Letter, assuring me, they were coming to Town, and intended to Attend on the House of Commons the Monday following. I was extreme joyful to hear of their Arrival, and immediately sent their Letter to the House, where the Speaker Read it; and Monday was appointed for Hearing them. At this Unhappy Time I was very dangerously Sick, and when Monday came, the Gentlemen were seen by many in the Lobby, whilst the House was at Prayers: But Prayers being ended, and they called for, they were vanished of a sudden, which occasioned the House to appoint a Committee to come to me, which they did, taking all my Papers, and Informations on Oath; Anthony Bowyer, Esquire, being Chairman of the said Committee I gave them an Account where Mr. Hayes had lodged formerly at a Papists in Holborn, but they were not to be sound; which occasioned on Wedn'sday the Twenty Fourth of February to pass a Vote against me, and to address the King to order the Attorney-General to prosecute me for engaging for these Men, and that they did not appear: Now King James' Friends had their Desire, and Dellaval, with the Other, having accomplished their Villainous Designs, returned for France: I was brought to my Trial, at my own Request, at the King's-Bench, at Westminster; and even then these Gentlemen, Dellaval, and Hays, sent me several Letters to excuse themselves, and promised to come and Vindicate me: And it is most certain, That even to this time, they have continued to come frequently to England about King James' Business: When I was on my Trial, the Attorney-General, now Lord-Keeper of the Great Seal, and one of the Lords Justices of England, told the Judges and Jury, That I had performed very considerable Services to the Advantage and Security of the Present Government, and had discharged my Duty honestly; but having Engaged for those Men, and they not Appearing, occasioned my Trial; on which I produced a Certificate, under the Hand of His Grace the Duke of Shrewsbury, that by the King's Order, and his Encouragement, I was sent to France for the Service and Security of the Present Government, as before mentioned.  
I also desired the Lord Chief Justice Holt to acquaint the Jury, (who were all Gentlemen of good Account) of what he knew, being one of His Majesty's most honourable Privy-Council. And, as to the Matter relating to the Letters I had, and the Pardons, and Money which was offered me to go back for France, all which his Lordship most justly and honourably declared: There was likewise a considerable number of Members of Parliament called; but the Men I engaged for, not appearing before the House, to certify them, I was found Guilty of a Misdemeanour against them.  
Having thus showed how far their Malice extended to me, I beg you will take Notice, how Confidently King James' Friends can oppose any Truth that is against their Interest, as now their denying that the French Court, or King James' knew, of the Design of Murdering King William; when the World cannot but remember that Chevalier Granval was Executed in Flanders, for Endeavouring to Shoot the KING; and that, at his Death, he Confessed the Fact: And it was sufficiently proved, That Colonel Parker was engaged with him; and that Parker had Received Instructions from the Late King; and that both of Them, with Others, were Encouraged from Time to Time, by the French Ministers of State: Of This I first acquainted his Majesty, but it was further Discovered at one of the Confederate Prince's Courts; who earnestly pressed his Majesty to Examine the Matter; and, being done, this Granval was found Guilty, and Executed; tho' Colonel Parker made his Escape: Which may convince any thinking Man, that from the First Intended Invasion from France, that Court has studied Ways to Kill King William, and his late Royal Consort, of ever Blessed Memory.  
As for the Intolerable Injuries that I have undergone, Time, and their own Devices have at last Demonstrated, though they spared for no Means, that might make me Obnoxious to all Good Men: I bless God, and must acknowledge the abundant Goodness of my Sovereign, for my Deliverance from their treacherous and base Villainies; and earnestly pray, that Almighty God will forgive them, as I most freely do.  
Whoever shall peruse these Lines, and is not satisfied with the Truth of any Particular, I shall be ready to give any Demonstration, that is not too impertinent. And as I have mentioned the Names of several Great and Good Men, I dare refer any Person to them, for the Confirmation of the Truth of this Narrative.  

POSTSCRIPT.  
THough the Jacobites and Malcontents of the Kingdom (those that either blindly, or those that wilfully think too well of their bad Cause) will be apt, no doubt, to quarrel, and revile at what I have here declared concerning the Birth of their Darling, though weak Hopes, the pre●●nded Prince of Wales: however, more strongly to confirm what I have here delivered, introductory to the more ample Detection of that shameful Imposture; The undoubted spurious Fountain, the obscure Original of this Supposititious Birth from good testimony, and the Papers of Mrs. Labody's Father, etc. will in due time be plainly made out, to the full Satisfaction of all Europe, and the eternal Shame of all the Jacobite Confederates in that wretched Contrivance.  
And to the foregoing General and Succinct Account of my Correspondence and Interest in the late Court, and their Affairs, together with the hard Measures I received, in Return for my well-meaning honest Endeavours to serve the King and the Nation: I shall only add a few Remarks on the farther Subtleties and Artifices of the Jacobites, That certainly never was there a more cunning Reach of Policy, nor a Popish Misrepresentation more Artfully managed, to the rendering of Truth Suspected, Innocence Exposed, and Integrity Ridiculed, than by those Hypocrite false Friends of mine, the forementioned Delaval and Hayes; who, by a Masterpiece of Villainy against me, could work with me, only to blow me up, viz. When their fore— mentioned Letters and Correspondence with me, together with their many fair Promises of Serving the King and Queen, in joining in my Discovery; as also their Public Appearance in the Lobby, and other Places, to strengthen my too easy Credulity, etc. were all but a Popish Juggle and Trick, to give them Opportunity to vanish off Invisible; and, by the stink of their own Cloven-feets they left behind them, utterly to blast the whole Credit of all I had said, or could say; so to expose the King to their own Impious Conspiracies, by stifling whatever Truth should pretend to speak, for his Preservation and Deliverance.  
And, as to the ' Veracity of my Informations and Depositions, though rendered by the aforesaid Misrepresentations so discredited by the Government, the happy Detection of the late horrid Plot has fully and amply cleared the unjust Aspersions and false Imputations against me, when their Designs are so manifestly proved to be built upon the same Bottom, and managed by the very same Persons; the same Conspiring hands I then Discovered, etc.  
For a clear Demonstration of the unquestioned Truth of my Discovery, I shall only instance one Particular, viz. in the Matter of Granval's and Parker's Assassination: 'Tis known to Mr. William Killigrew, and (if required) will be attested by him, That he saw my Papers drawn up, concerning Chevalier Granval's Assassination, etc. and was by, when I delivered them to the King's own hand, and heard me tell his Majesty part of the Contents; and which Papers, I desire my Reader to observe, were ●●ven to his Majesty in the Winter before 〈◊〉 then setting out for Flanders, before the intended Execution of the said Horrid Design; his Majesty's timely Warning and ●au●●● being received from my Information and Intelligence.  
I must confess, with Sorrow unspeakable, that the unkind Usage I met with exposed me to some little Shifts (which my Soul 〈◊〉) as the running in Debt for necessary Subsistence, being sometimes hardly allowed ●●ead when I was about his Majesty's Ser●●●●. Therefore, whoever shall presume to C●●●●●● the Government with keeping me in con●●●●…t Pay, for a Spy or Witness, as was practised in the former Reigns, does them much Injury.  
But my Wrongs being now plainly Demonstrated, I hope none will reflect on the Justice of the Government, in providing for me, that I may have a poor Maintenance, and be able to render to every one their just Due; which is my hearty Desire.  
Lastly, As to my no earlier Publication of these Papers; I have only this to say, That the Disreputation I so long groaned under till now, deterred me from appearing in Print, as having the Prejudice of a Nation against me; and which, I well knew, would have rendered the whole Truth I had to speak, but so much Breath against the Wind. 'Tis true, I might have published these Papers some few Months sooner, had I not then been Commanded to Sea in his Majesty's Service, in order to my Apprehending several suspected Persons concerned in this present Plot; which gave me neither that Leisure nor Opportunity.   
FINIS.   

THE Author's Advertisement.  
WHEREAS I am informed, That there is a Design of Publishing a Surreptitious Copy of this Narrative (of the True Mother of the Pretended Prince of Wales) by way of Abridgement:— These are therefore to Certify, That the only TRUE COPY, as Delivered to the KING, and Ministers of State, is contained in this BOOK, [Price stitched, Six Pence:] as Witness my Hand, this Fourth Day of July, 1696.  
W. FULLER.   

A true Copy of his Grace the Duke of Shrewsbury's Certificate.  
I Do hereby certify, That in November, 1689. Mr. William Fuller came to me, and did make several considerable Discoveries of the Intrigues of the Enemies of the present Government; and He was by my Encouragement sent into France; and at his Return, did perform very great Service, for the Preservation of Their Majesty's Sacred Persons, and the Peace and Security of their Government: And that it was by his Endeavours, that Mr. Matthew Crone was detected and convicted of High-Treason.  
Given under my Hand, this 15th of April, 1692. Shrewsbury.