A PLAIN PROOF OF The true Father and Mother of the pretended PRINCE of WALES. BY Several Letters written by the late Queen in France; The Earl of Tyrconnel, Lord Deputy of Ireland, The Duchess of Powis, Governess to the pretended Prince; Mr. carrel, the Queen's Secretary, and Father Lewis Sabran, Chaplain & Tutor to the Prince. WITH Informations of several Persons of Note Plainly discovering the whole Management of that Imposture. COLLECTED From the Originals, as they were Intercepted and Delivered to his present Majesty. And never before made public.  
New Published by WILLIAM FULLER, Gent.  
LONDON, Printed for the AUTHOR; And Sold by the Book-selers of London and Westminster, 1700   

A true Copy of his Grace the Duke of Shrewsbury's Certificate.  
I Do hereby certify, that in November 1689. Mr. William Fuller came to me, and did make 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 Persont, and the Peace and Security of their Governments: And that it was by his endeavours, that Mr. Matthew Crone was detected and convicted of High Treason. Given under my hand this 15th. of April, 1692.  
Shrewsbury   

To the Right Honourable, Sir Richard Levett, Kt. Lord Mayor. And to the Right Worshipful, the Aldermen and Sheriffs of the City of London.  
I Hope the same Noble Disposition which has inspired you bravely on all occasions, to demonstrat your Zeal for the Preservation of the present Government, by supporting the best of Kings, will induce you favourably to look on, and protect this short, but true Narrative of the most socret and subtle Design of the late Reign; which was a Contrivance so deeply laid, to root out the Protestant Religion, and all things else valuable to every true English Man, that nothing but the mighty power and favour of God could deliver this Nation from: I hope there can be no Danger of a Relapse; And verily believe there will not, unless Sins and Ignorance rule the People of this Land into a Lethargy of Security— You, Gentlemen, are the Rulers over a great People, and it is much in your power, by your Authority and Example, to preserve the lasting Peace of this Kingdom: Therefore I humble beg your partronage of this piece; which as a strange Mountain, bids Defiance to all its Opposers; And the Truth thereof may at one time be more powerful than the Arms of a Popish pretender; and thereby be of Use to you and your posterity.  
May Almighty GOD long preserve the present King, under whose Care you and your famous City are sure of peace and Prospetity, it is the Prayers of Your most Devoted, and Obedient Servant W. FULLER.   

The PREFACE.  
SInce the happy Conclusion of the Peace, that many of your Nation have had their Tours into France: It is very observable, how strangely the Mouths of some come back, are filled with the mighty Actions of that Heroic Gentleman, pretended Prince of Wales; they seem so to adore him, that were he truly what they pretend, King James', or His Queen's Son, (as he is neither) these Gentlemen could not exceed their flattering Praises: It must be confessed▪ That Pomp and Show often makes Men seem what they are not, and so it does here; For this young Spark being by the late King and Queen owned as their Son, as soon as Born of Mrs. Grace, it behoves them to mantain him as such, whilst there is any hopes of imposing him to the Advantage of the Roman Catholic Cause, which was the first Ground of their Design; and even at this day is no less than what the Jesuits and Priests both at Home and Abroad, do very confidently affirm, will answer their design of settling Popery in this Kingdom in a short time: Being myself in July last at Antwerp, and conversing there with several English Priests and Jesuits, particularly one Father Hunter, a Jesuit, the only English in the great and famous College there; he told me plainly, That however Matters seemed to stand against the Interest of the Church of Rome at this time; He questioned not but to hear Mass said a Hundred times in St. Paul's Church in London before he Died; adding for one Reason, That he was much younger than King William, and hoping to out live him, he saw no other obstacle in their way; most of the other Jesuits and Priests gave their Opinion to the same Effect, and seemed to speak not of their own Judgement barely, but according to their Advice from England etc. And did frankly tell me, That they had now, notwithstanding the late Act of Parliament against them, above Seven Thousand Priests in England: And I know very well, that there is every Week very great Sums of Money remitted from England, for the use of the Religious there. So much do Intrigues and Interest prosper, which if rightly considered, is a sufficient cause for every true English Men, to join in the Suppressing such a growing Evil: But to return to our Business in hand, since the most unhappy, most unspeakable loss of His Highness the Duke of Gloucester, has given new and strange Hopes to that Party of England's Foes. I● cannot be a miss, once more to remind them, whose Son, their darling Hopes, the pretended Prince of Wales is, which is here done by several Letters, sufficiently attested to be the true Copies taken from the Originals of the late Queen, and her chief Persons of Quality's own Writing, and some of the Originals (as they were sent from Ireland by persons of Quality their, that took them out of the Duchess of Tyronnel's Trunk) are ye● in being, and ready to be produced when occasion offers▪ If it may be objected, why they were not published sooner? I Answer, That I did intent it four Years ago, and hoping from time to time to have brought the matter to a Hearing, before the Right Honourable the House of Lords, I was constrained to delay the publishing of them on that Score only; But having been beyond the Seas, and conversing with Father Lewis Sabran, who was Chaplain to the pretended Prince, and one chief Manager of this Intrigue, now refiding at the English College in Liege. I do undertake to Answer the said Father, by proving not only the Suppositious Birth of the pretended Prince, but the whole Management in every particular, at the time of the late Queen's pretending to delivered at St. James' the 10th. of June, 1688. with a particular account of the true Mothers being cruelly Murtdered in March 1690.   

A Plain Proof of the true Father and Mother of the Pretended Prince of Wales.  
ABout four Years since, I published a small Narrative, showing, by several Circumstances▪ how Reasonable it was for every dis●●●●ing ●udgement impartially to discern by those truth's I related, how cunningly the Transactions 〈…〉 Reign were managed, by imposing a●●mp●stor Child to be H●ir to the Crowns of these Kingdoms of Great Britain, and Ireland.  
A short Time after my 〈◊〉 was ou●, it bade so far convinced many that ●e●ore were doubtful concerning that supposition Birth, that instantly the whole Party of papists, and hot-brained Jacobits ●ell har● 〈◊〉▪ ●ut instead of disproving any one Particular which I had all●●ed against ●he Legitimate Birth (as they pretended to vindicat) a certain Author of Quality, 〈◊〉 terms himself, (being ashamed of His Name and Cause to●, as W● have Reoson to believe) Scribbles a few sheets, and sends them into the World, in Hopes to Banter Truth (according to the Old Custom) and falls to a 〈…〉▪ against Me, charging Me with Crimes I never knew, and from these Inventions of His own Brain, endeavours to draw Reasons to hinder or Invalidate the Truth of my Relation: But I shall not trouble You with His ●●nter or Character, only say, I know Him; And tho' he be a Man of Quality, he is also so well known by the People of England, especially the Tradesmen of London, that there is 〈…〉 that will Trust him on any Score.  
〈…〉 things material which I cannot but take 〈…〉  
〈…〉, His bringing all the Depositions which were 〈…〉 Westminster by King JAMES His Friends before 〈◊〉 ●●●lution; and at the end of them this Author 〈…〉 in Admiration, That so mean a Person 〈…〉 obtain any Credit against such a Number of 〈…〉, made by persons of so high a Rank & Quality 〈…〉 which some were Protestants.  
〈…〉 answer, That all thei● Depositions to my Ass●●tions against the true Birth of this Child: For whoever 〈…〉 those Depositions, they will find th●● 〈…〉 Person who says. They saw or sel● the Child come from the Queen's Body, tho' Mrs Wilks, the Popish Midwife, swears, she cut the Child's Navel-String, which we verily believe she might; for, as We shall presently show, Mrs▪ Grey, t●e true Mother of that Child, was Delivered by Mrs. Wilks, not many Minutes before the Child was conveyed in the Warming-Pan into the Queen's Bed.  
Secondly, This Noble Author would insinuate, That whatever I published at that Time, (it being in the last Year of the late War with France) I should be silent enough when once a Peace was concluded, and that the Persons I charged with the management of that Imposture had the opportunity to answer for themselves.  
To this I Reply, That it is sufficiently known, the Wars have now been over about the Years, and those Persons He would justify have had all the Opportunities imaginabie to have made their Defence, and done themselves and the pretended Prince, Right: if it had Injured either. They could not be ignorant of what I charged against them, by Reason many of my Books in English were sent to France, and the same Book was Translated both into French and Dutch, and Printed at the Hague and Amsterdam, and other Places beyond the Seas, as is sufficiently known.  
But to avoid Arguments, not material, and come close to the matter, I must now tell the World, that I lately ventured myself abroad into Flanders, where I met my form Tutor, Father Lewis Sabran, of the Jesuits Society, he being now a kind of Superior to these English ones of that Society, who Reside at the City of Liege. He was Chaplain to the pretended Prince of Wales, and one of the chief Actors in the management of that Imposture (as You find him charged in my former Book) With this Father I had some Disputes at the later end of July last▪ and his Endeavour was to persuade me to return to the Church of Rome, and live the Remainder of my Life in that Place, by entering myself into their Society (that is to be a Lay Brother) but I could by no means yield to his Inducements. Upon which, after a short sharp Disput, the good Father and I parted with this Resolve, That to what I had formerly published, I would at my coming to England expose his Letters, and all the remaining Passag-wherein he was concerned, and send him them in Print, desiring his Reply and Confutation, if I did him or others any Injury. He promised he would do it if I gave Occasion. Therefore, with humble Submission, I think, I cannot proceed more fairly to justify the Truth of my Narrative, than by setting down first what I know concerning the Management of that Intrigue, which has been already, and can at any Time be sufficiently proved as follows, viz.  
First, That in May 1688. The Countess of Tyrconnel came over from Ireland in the Monmouth Yacht, Captain Wright Commandder, and brought with her two Young Gentlewomen big with child. This is proved by Capt. Wright, and others belonging to the Yatch, as also by a great many People of Quality and others in Ireland.  
Secondly, I do aver, That one of these two Gentle●●●●n who came over with the said Countess of Tyrconnel, (〈◊〉 was with her on the Road towards London) fell on Labour, and lay in at St. Alban 's, which is Testified by several on that Road, and the Inhabitants as St. Alban.  
Thirdly, I do aver, That the other of these Women that came over from Ireland, and to London, with the Countess of Tyrconnel, (her Name being Mrs. Mary Grace) was brought big with Child, and Lodged in two small Chambers over the Lady strickland's Lodgings, near to the Queen's Apartment, in the palace of St. James', which said Chamber, joined also to the Marchioness of Powis' Lodgings, and were the most private and convenient for their intended purpose in the whole Palace.  
Fourthly, I do aver, That on Saturday the 9th. of June 1688, the same Mrs. Grace fell into pains, upon which Mrs. Wilks was brought to her, and that Aftrenoon the Queen came privately to St. James', and pertended also of a sudden to find the Symptoms of her approaching Delivery, which increased according as Mrs. Grace did in Reality; and Mrs. Grace being delivered betwixt the Hours of Nine and Ten on Sunday Morning, the Tenth of June, the Child of the said Mrs. Grace was conveyed in a Warming-pan, which I saw Mrs. Labaddie carry from Mrs. Gray's Chamber along the narrow Gallery, and so passed into the back Room, next to that the Queen lay in.  
Fifthly, I do aver, That this very same Mrs. Grey, three Weeks after the time of her Delivery, was by Command sent to Dover in a Coach and six Horses, accompanied by Father Lewis Sabran, the Marchioness of Powis' Woman, and myself; and that she was there met by one Father Grey, a secular Priest, who lived at Calis, and called her Sister, with whom she went on Board the Packet Boat, in order to go for Calis, and from thence to the Benedictine Nunnery in Paris: And this is proved by the Persons where she and we lodged, and is well remembered by the Master of the●●acket Boat, who had often before and since, both seen and Drank with Father Grey her Brother, at Calis, and heard him say, his Sister, meaning this Mary Grey was gone to end her days in a Nunnery.  
Sixthly, I do aver, That the said Mary Grey, in February 1690, (there being a Breach in the Garden-Walls of that Cloister at that time) did make her escape out of the said Convent of English Benedictine Nuns in Paris, and upon which, a diligent Search was made after her in Paris, and after three days she was found again.  
This I prove by several Persons Inhabitants in Paris, who dwell near the Convent, which will remember the Breach at that time, and the search which was made after a Woman who had made her escape. And if our Enemies should here allege it was another Woman, and not Mrs. Grey. I answer, It behoves them to prove who that other Wowan was; And forasmuch, as in a few Days after Mrs. Grey was carried to St. Germains from the said Convent, (where she was kept under a strict Guard after her Escape) it likewise concerns them to demonstrate, what became of her afterwards.  
And whereas, I do further charge them with Murdering her; certainly, if they're no● Guilty, it is easy to disprove my Assertion, by either producing her, or proving where, and how she died.  
And yet further, I do attest, That this Mary Grey was merely Murdered (she being the true Mother of the pretended Prince of Wales) to prevent her discovering the same to the honest People of England, whom they rerm the Enemies of the late King and Queen: Therefore, if she were not put to Death, merely on that account, it will be a mighty Justification to the Court of St. Germains, if they please to show for what cause she was Murdered, so that these my positive Assertions, being so answered, as I propose, I will not only confess my Error, but shall freely lay my Life at their Mercy, tho' I am sure to find none: As for Father Sabran, I verily believe I have left him little or no Room for a Reply. But partly pursuant to a former promise of mine, in my first and second Narrative, and to make the matter more apparent, I here following present the Courteous Reader with a few ●●●e Copies of Letters, writ by the late King James' Queen, and others, concerning Mrs. Grey; and the first two Letters were wrote upon the occasion of a great Fright, which Mrs. Grey gave the Queen, when she made her escape, which occasioned the Queen to order me to go for England with the said's Letters immediately; but Mrs. Grey being taken, and exprss was dispatched after me, to call me back to St. Germains, when I found the Queen overjoyed at taking of the lost Sheep, as the Queen was pleased to term Mrs. Grey. The following Letter was wrote by the Queens own hand, directed to me, to deliver to the Lord Montgomery in England.  

LETTER I.  
At St. Germains, Feb▪ 10. 1690.  
I Desire You, my Lord, instantly to Repair to Rummy Marsh▪ and take with You my Servant Ashton, with others whom You can trust; For Mrs. Grey is conveyed out of the Cloister, no doubt, by the Help of our Enemy's Agents at Paris. I need not urge to You the dangerous Consequence of this Woman's arriving safely in England: But, as You tender the Interest of Our Holy Mother and all things else, which I believe are dear to You. I charge You not to fail to get her dispatched at her Landing, which must be consequently in those Parts in a small Vessel, Care being raken to prevent her Escape otherwise; the Bearer will inform You further. I shall pray for Your Success. Your assured Friend, Mary R.   
This Letter was Writ by the late Queen's hand, and copied by Fuler, to whom the Queen gave it to deliver to the Lord Montgommery; and the said better being made up in the Pipe of a Key, he had the Opportunity of taking the Contents, Which Mr. Fuler, delivered to the present King on the 2 of March following, and Deposed an Oath, that the Copy was truly taken from the Original, as the late Queen in France gave it to Me with her own Hand, which Letter was by Me delivered back to the Queen upon My being Recalled to Saint Germans, as I was upon My Journey to England upon the account of Mis. Mary Grey's being taken in Paris, as You have it set down in My first Narrative.  

OBSERVATION I.  
By this Letter it is easy to discern how much the late Queen feared the Consequence of rhiss Woman's getting safely into England, and surely, were not the Cause extraordinary, Her Majesty (whose Soul is haughty enough) would not be so Frighted at her Escape: But the Interest of the Holy Church was as the stake, that is, the Imposture, she feared, would be Exposed, & her Masterpiece of Intrigue brought to nothing, but redound to her eternal dishonour; So poor Ms. Grey must Die, whatever Trouble or Pains it cost, even one of the best Friends the late Queen had in England, and that too at her first Landing, before the mighty Secret was divulged, and what that Secret was, surely her Majesty in this Letter does Herself foe plainly hint at, that it needs no further Interpretation. The next was given me at the same time, and is much to the some Purpose.  
A Letter from the late Queen to the Right Honourable, the E. of Castlemain, on the same Occasion: Dated at St. Germains, Feb, 10. 1690.   

LETTER II.  
I Never, My Lord, had any Occasion of greater Consequence (than what now offers now) to try Your Disposition for the King's and my own Service▪ Nor do I in the least question Your Diligence in executing my Will, when You know (as is too true) that Ms. Grey, who came from Ireland with the Duchess of Tyrconnel in 1688 is by the same means stolen out of the Cloister, and upon Ezamination appears too plain, that she must be assisted by some Agent of the Prince of Oranges, and consequently designed to be conveyed to England, and made the Instrument of Our Disgrace; which Motive obliges Me to desire You, with all imaginable Speed, to go in Disguise with such a number of proper Persons as You shall judge convenient to the coast of Kent, where most conveniently she may be Landed near Deal. I have writ to My Lord Montgomery to go to Rumy-Marsh, and wish You to confer together before it be too late. I hope the Goodness of Our Cause will inspire Hour Zeal, to Act as becomes a Christian and Faithful Subject. The Bearer will inform You more, from,  
Your assured Friend, Mary R.   
It was also copied by M. William Fuller, being delivered to him by the Late Queens own Hand, and made up in the Pipe of a Key, us the former to the Lord Montgomery; and was Ordered to be delivered to the Earl of Castlemain in England, but Returned back to the Queen at M. Fuller's being called back to S. Germains.  
This Copy was also delivered to his present Majesty King Will: by Me, ot the same time with the former, when I Deposed on Oath that it is a true Copy of the late Queen's Letter.  
Observation II. The Queen here speaks so very plain to this Lord, that nothing can well Express a greater Concern: She terms it the greatest She ever had; And no doubt but She thonght it so at shalt Time; For the first News of Ms. Grey's escape, put Her into a Fever; And its true that the Queen kept Her Chamber two Days upon it. Her Majesty was much afraid of the Prince of Orange's Agents: So true it is that Guilty Persons Tremble at every shadow. The whole Letter is so plain that I need say no more about it.  

LETTER III.  
WHen I wrote last by Hays, I was under some Mortification concerning Mrs. Grey, who that Morning made her escape, and gave us, upon some Examination, a Jealousy that she was conveyed to England; but I am very Thankful to Almighty GOD that we had no occasion to trouble you concerning her there: She is now safe, past doing any Damage; but I fear that the Concern we were under, and the Search we caused to be made after her, has a little taken Air, and is conveyed to the Knowledge both of some of our Friends and Enemies in England, which is proper to be stifled: Therefore, I have given Directions to Carrol, to send you full Instructions how to proceed with Mrs. Grey's Relations now in London, to prevent their Resentment of our proceed, which otherwise may be of ill Consequence, and their Rashness (the common Defect of their Countrymen's Judgement) may give dangerons occasions to the never ceasing Watchfulness of our Enemies: And at this time it much behoves us to prevent even the least Disputes among our good Subjects: And to this purpose, I have ordered a sufficient Sum of Money to be remitted amongst the Bills which F. brings over to Ashton. I pray GOD to give a Gracious Issue to this, and all other your Endeavours, for His Glory and the Defence of the King. I am  
Your Friend, Mary R.   
Mr. Crone coming from France with Mr. Fuller, the latter caused him for to be apprehended; and the said Crone in June following being arreigned at the Old Bailie for High-Treason, by a Commission of Oyer and Terminer for that purpose, before the then Lord Mayot, Sir Tho: Pilkin●on, and all the Judges of England, after a long and most fair Trial, Mr. Crone was found Guilty of High-Treason, and received Sentence accordingly: And several Warrants were signed for his Execution, which was from time to time put off by 2● several Reprieves, until the said Crone gave to the present Government a free Confession, of what he knew of the designs carrying on against the present Government at that time; all which he not only gave to His Majesty's Ministers of State in Writing, but afterwards deposed on Oath, That all the Matter contained in those Papers was Truth, and that this and others were the true Letters which he he brought from the late Queens own hand. And this Confession of Mr. Crone's was laid before the Honourable House of Commons, according to an Address of that Honourable House to His Majesty, in November 1692. for that purpose. Note. Mr. Crone having obtained his Pardon in June, was let out of Newgate for his Health, the Government not believing he ever would venture into France again, and after having made so large a Confession and Discovery of the Court of St. Germains, which was so very material, that Mr. Crone continued in England until His Majesty's Attorney-General had proceeded upon the Prosecuting such as Crone and Fuller had given Information against, there's no doubt but it had prevented several Conspiracies, which have since been carried on by the same conspiring Hands: But But Crone went went for France, and some affirm it was by Invitation from King James, with Assurance of His Pardon and Favour. Others affirm, He was carried on shipboard by six Men disguised who came Armed by Night, taking him by Force, and Gagging Him, conveyed Him into a Boat, and so off. But however it were, he is now in France, and used kindly, which shows his being there is very agreeable to the Court of St Germains●. And considering he was made a Major of Horse o● the Account of his being serviceable, in going betwixt France, England and Ireland, the two first Years of the War, when the greatest Conspiracies were on Foot; it cannot but be Imagined but this Crone was greatly Entrusted by the Late King James and his Queen, even in their most secret Intrigues; and what he did confess to to the Government was so plainly demonstrated, that there is no Room for the least Particular. Besides, it confirmed every Particular of what Fuler had given in Information before; And both were afterwards confirmed by the Viscount Preston, only this and some other Letters▪ Mr. Crone was only privy to, which He confirmed on Oath came from the late Queens own H●nds in France; and a more positive Proof surely cannot be Required. So I proceed to make a short Observation from some parts of it, viz.  
Observation III. Now the Queen writes the Letter, her Fears concerning Mrs Grey being over, but yet some Jealousies Remain of their late Deal with Mrs. Grey's taking Air. The Queen is mighty Jealous of the Spies in France, and knowing that King William and his Royal Consort, had some time before the Revolution learned something of this intrigue, and the pretended Princes being Mrs. Greys' Son: Her late Majesty at St. Germains (who wants not thought) instantly weighs how much it concerned her to keep this Murder and deal with Mrs. Grey, as secret as might be, well knowing, that the least Air or Knowledge of it in England would put an end to her pretended Sons Right. The Persons the Queen most dreaded▪ were Mrs. Greys' Relations, who were some of them in England, but all Natives of Ireland, and Priests: Her Majesty order her Secretary, Mr. Carrol, to provide and send over Means to stop their Mouths, that was an Invitation into France, with the promise of Perferment and a Sum of Money, the seldom or never failling Cure for all Mischief: Mr. Ashton▪ was to pay the Money, he was Her Majesty's Treasurer in England, and since hanged for his Zeal in a bad Cause, which the Queen terms, God's Glory and the King's Service.  
The next is Letter wrote by Father Lewis Sabran, a Jesuit and Chaplain to the pretended Prince of Wales, to the Duchess of Tyrconnel in Ireland, and was sent by Fuller, who was sent to that Kingdom by the late Queen from France, by the way of England, where F▪ opened the said Letter, showing it to the late Queen of ever Blessed Memory, who ordered the Copy to be taken after which Fuller went for Ireland, and delivered the said Letter as directed; Dated at St. Germains, March 15th. 1689.  

LETTER IU.  
Madam,  
IN obedience to the Commands I received from your Grace, I have several times visited Mrs. Marry Grey. endeavouring to convince her, how inconsistent with Reason her several requests to your Grace are; I assured her how kindly ready you were to condescend to the doing her every good Office which might conduce to her Eternal, as well as perfect Happiness; And I thought myself at first happy, by having fully evinced her, how much she was mistaken by desiring to leave the Holy Society, which she now enjoys, and the Dangers that attend a Woman of her Constitution, by being abroad in the World, where all things strive to wound the Soul: I urged to her the Co-operation of her former Miscarriage; and much Reason's she has continually to send up her prayers, and to endure a continual Mortification to merit Blessing's 〈…〉 Son, that by him so many Millions might one 〈…〉 made happy: Much more I offered, and pressed it home; but though then she seemed satisfied, I am sorry to to tell your Grace, that she is now run into the Extravagancy of mere Frenzy, and nothing will content her, unless the Queen permit her leave to take some Employ that she may attend the Price continually: I dare not let the Queen as yet know it, but have left is to the Discretion of my good Lady, the Duchess of Powis, to inform her Majesty, as she finds occasion (though I hearty wish there may be none,) I have twice obtained leave by the Queen's Commands to my Reverend Lady A●●e●s, for Mrs. Greys coming to St. Germains to see the Child, which, I fear, has done more hurt than contrary wise; Malady seems to be much increased. I truly pity her, and pray for her, begging your Grace to write frequently to her, for I kn●w nothing that so much Influence with her as your Grace's prudent Admonutions. I bless GOD the Prince thrives even beyond Expection, and I hope, the whole Course of his Life will be blest to Crown their Majesty's, and your Grace's most worthy Endeavours. I am, Madam, your Grace's most humble, and Devoted Sevant, Lewis Sabran.   
This Letter with the following, and several others were taken in a Trunk of the said Duchess of Tyrconnel's, which Trunk was left at her Daughters in Dublin, and being searched soon after the the Fight of the Boyne, the said Letters were presented to the King, and afterwards remitted to the Queen in England; then by Command delivered to me, in order to the publishing them with other Papers.  
Observation IU. Mrs. Grey being a Relation of the E. of Tyrconnel's and by his and his Lady's Istigation drawn ●●to this fatal Intrigue, the Countess of Tyrconnel to whom Mrs. Grey made her frequent Appeals from the Monastery, enjoins Father Sabran to give her Advice; Mrs. Grey being uneasy for being kept so Close from her Child, who no doubt, was very dear to her, though raifed to such a height of Princely Honours, that she, poor Lady, begged only to be his Minal Servant: But the Queen and others judge it not proper for these Reasons; First, That the Women of Ireland are the most Passionate Lover of Children in the World, which might have given Cause of Observation. Secondly, The present King of England, as beforementioned, having some Notice of this Intrigue, might by some means, they at St. Gerami●s suspected, have found out ways to get her off, which could not, they knew, be so easily done at the Cloister. The Father in his Letter plainly calls the pretended Price her Son, and sets forth what mighty Deeds he hopes to see accomplished by him; and surely, were he not her Son, why should such Care be taken to gratify her, in carrying her to St. Germaius to see him. The Latter is very plain and true.  
The next which was found in the Duchess of Tyrconnel's Trunk. is a Letter from the Marchioness of Powis, to the Duchess of Tyrconnel in Ireland, Dated at Germains, Feb. 23. 1690.  

LETTER. V  
Dear Madam,  
I Wish to shun this Talk, and be assured that nothing but the Queen's indisputable Command could extort it from me, to tell you what Mrs. Greys folly had at last wrought that, both you and I know, tha● all her Friends feared would in some measure happen to her. Indeed, my dearest Lady, it is unspeakable how many Fears and Frights she has by her continual Uneasiness put the good Queen into, and that by reason she was not admitted continually to attend the Prince, which if't had been allowed her, must have terminated in the overthrow of all the Queen's Genius, and the Glorious Design of our Holy Cause: And her strange Uneasiness could not but give divers Thoughts to the Queen to the Quen and others; especially that unadvised Act of Stealing from the Convent, which savoured too much of a secret Corrospondence with the Rebellious Subjects, who saw too deeply into the Matter, when your Grace came to London with her; And so miserably stuborn (if 〈◊〉 worse) was her Temper, that nothing but her Death could give Security of preventing the wretched Effects of her folly; and that she must now under●o (I wish it might be ordered otherwise) but present it seems impossible; And there is so many Reasons for hastening of her Death, that fear it will not he delayed. Let not then the News, dear Madam, surprise you, but the thoughts of so Glorious a Design supply the loss of one, I know you dearly loved: For who indeed 〈◊〉 nor themselves lay down a Thousand Lives for 〈◊〉 a Cause (if it were in their power) Let this then 〈◊〉 your Repose, that we cannot be Instruments of God's Glory, and the Holy Church's Prosperity at too dear a 〈◊〉. The good Queen is much diurbed that, that things 〈◊〉 of necessity urged to such a period, and would do anything (were it possible to divert it) The Prince is very ●ell, and Mrs. Grey is now in my Lodging; so that in a 〈◊〉 Days, your Grace shall know a final event. I am 〈◊〉 concerned at the Fears you daily suffer, and hope 〈◊〉 will shortly avert them, that we may meet with Praise 〈◊〉 the Divine Bounty▪ and unspeakable Joy to each other. 〈◊〉 give my Service to your good Lord and Family;  
〈…〉 Madam, your most▪ humble Servant. Powis.   
〈…〉 foregoing is a plain Demonstration of Mrs. Marry 〈◊〉 being designedly to be put to Death, in order to 〈…〉 any discovery she might make of the pretended 〈…〉 of Wales, being her Son, of which the late Queen 〈…〉 extremely jealous, and that not without sufficient 〈…〉, as doth appear by Mr. Carol. the late Queens 〈…〉, by her Maiestyies Command, the said Letter was 〈◊〉 in the Lady Tyrconnels Trunk, and sent over to 〈◊〉 with the former, and being exposed to several 〈◊〉 of Honour of Mr. Carols Acquaintance is judged 〈◊〉 of them to be write by his own hand; and that 〈◊〉 as found, in my Lady Tyrconnels Trunk, is sufficienly 〈◊〉 by several Witnesses that were at the opening 〈◊〉 same, it is dated at St. Germans, Feb: 24.  
Observation V. The Duchess of Powis [the Queens chief Confident]: here excuses the Proceed against Ms. Grey to the Duchess of Tyrconnel; Tells her plainly the Queen's Sentiments, and why Ms Grey must Die. This Duchess speaks plainly, so I need observe no more but proceed to Letter VI.  

LETTER VI.  
May it Please Your Grace,  
I Am commanded by the Queen to inform you, that of Necessity Ms. Grey must be put to Death; for Reasons Your Grace has, I suppose, Received from the Duchess of Powis, and Father Sabran: But however just, this may appear to Judicious Person:, it may possibly (Notwithstanding all Endeavours used to the contrary) Mrs, Gry's Relations, especially her Sister, whom the Queen supposes to be with your Grace; and at least she in the height of passion should let slip out that, may do hurt; Her Majesty thinks it advisrble that your Grace should take a fit occasion to inform her first in the Cause, and then the absolute Necessity of her Death; and it's Her Majesty's pleasure, that no Encouragement should be wanting to her Sister, either in Ireland, or if you Judge conveniant to send her over to St: Germane As for other Relations in England, I have sent Instructions to pacify them; And I have no more to add in this Matter, not doubting your Grace 's Management in this as well as other weighty affairs, I am Madam, Your Grace's most Humbly Devoted Servant.  
W. Carrel.   
Observation VI. Mr. Secretary Carrol by the Queen's command, further shows the D. of Tyrconnel the necessity of Ms. Grey's Death, and greatly applauds the Act, which He says all Judicious Men must approve just (but certainly He means no other for Judicious but those of St Germane Cabin Council) You see how careful He is by His Mistress' command to secure Ms. Grey's Sister, who no doubt, must hear of her Sister's death, and most certainly would be concerned much at it. But here is nothing omitted to prevent a discovery of this horrid Deed, & it was wisely thought on to get the Sister into France, where no doubt she would be soon made as silent as her deceased Sister. If the Gentlemen or Ladies at St. Germains found her prating. The Duchess of Tyrconnel, as well as others, has her part to Act, to the very end of the matter: And for Intrigues, sutely. Onr Roman Ladies surpass all others.  
After these Letters, which are a plain Demonstration that Ms Grey is the true Mother: I shall Lay before You a Letter which I received from Ireland, a short time after the Publishing my former Books, it was writ by joint Consent of Robert Fitz Gerald. Esq and Mr. Roger Hamilton, both of Dublin, and Persons of Honourable Families, and of good Report, they being Gentlemen of considerable Fortunes. Their Letter is Dated at Dublin, Dec. 2 ' 1690.  

Mr. William Fuller. Sir,  
WE whose Names hereunto Subscribed, do jointly assure You, That we are very sorry we had not the Opportunity of knowing Your Design before. You Published Your Narrative, relating to Ms. Grey, the ●ustly supposed Mother of the shame Prince of Wales: But however, if You have Occasion to Publish any thing more on that Subject, we desire that these our joint following Relation of her may be published also, we being Ready to confirm the same upon Oath in any of his majesty's Courts of Judicature here, or before any Lawful Magistrate, if called thereunto, viz. This Mary Grey is the second Daughter of Mr. James ●rey, who lived at Kilkenny and left three other Children at his Decease, which he had by his own Wife, and who survived Him, and she being a Relation to the Earl of Tyrconnel, the said Widow with her two Daughters were much Favoured and succoured by the said Earl: And this Ms Grey, whom You mention, after her Mother's Decease (which was in the Year 1686) was wholly mantained, and that in much Splendour by the Earl of Tyrco●el, which gave a reasonable suspicion to us, and several others, that he had debaucbed her. But a little time after she retired into the Nunnery, Which we had in this City, as she pretended, not with a Design to ●e a prosesed Nun, but to take off the Cause of that Scandal which was spread Abroad concerning the Earl visiting her often privetly in her Lodgings, and to abate that Adversion which the Countess of Tyrconnel had been observed at that time to take against Mrs. Grey, to whom the said Countess before had alwise showed the greatest Kindness imaginable; And after her being in a Cloister, to our most certain Knowledge: she was frequently visited by the Countess of Tyrconel and her Daughters, when they were in Dublin; and that Countess having been some time absent, at return, came the very next day to see Trs Grace, and we whose Names are hereunto Subscrib, d, having been formerly favoured with her Company, as visiting our Wives frequently, did twice go to the Nunnery and saw her; And hearing in May 1688, that she was going from the Convent for England, we repaired thither, to wish her a good Voage; and our Wives doing the same, and they only being admitted, told us, that certainly Mrs Mary Grace was big with Child, and a going for England to ●ie in there: This gave us a Desire to take the Opportunity of seeing her as she went on Borad the Monmouth Yatch with the Countess, and with much difficulty we had the Opportunity not only of seeing her on Board the Yatch but leave again to wish her a good Voyag to England; and then we saw plainly she was big with Child, This is what we can freely depon upon Oath, and there is many more In this City, who know the same to be Truth. We have under written sen you our Wives Informations, according to their Knowledge; and hope this hidden Mystery will be plainly-made appear to the World. We are, Sir, your most Aumble Servants,  
Robert Fitz Gerald, Roger Hamilton.   
This Letter was brought to me from these Gentlemen, by John Smith, Gent, who lives in Chappel-Street in Dublin.  

WE whose Names are hereunto Subscribeed do declare, and are ready to make Oath, that in May 1688, we visited Mrs. Mary Grey in the Nunnery, in this City of Dublin, and being private with lies (our most intimate Acquaintance) we dis●rn'd her to be with Child, which me frankly charged her with? Upon which after some Tears let fall, she ingeniously owned to us that she was with Child by the Earl of Tyrconel, than Lord Deputy of Ireland, and that she was going over with his Countess, in order to Lie in at London, In Witness hereof, we have hereunto set our Hands this 13. of December, 1696  


Mary Fitz Gerald  
Katherine Hamilton.     
All I shall say concerning these Assertions, is, that u-En●uiry, the Persons who, wrote them, are of unblemished Reputation, and so well known, that I cannot hear of any (tho' many persons of Quality and others, have seen the foregoing Letter) who can give the least Reason for Invalidating their Testimoney, which is also confirmed by many more; so apparent is it, that the late Earl of Tyrconnel was the true Father of the pretended Prince of Wales.  
I have thus showed you part of the Letters I promised, and according as I have occasion, I shall publish the Remainder, being a much greater Parcel: And these being sufficiently proved Authentic, will begin, if required, on the strictest Scrutiny imaginable; I am contented to see if my Adversaries will give any Answer: which if they prove so candid as to do on plain honest Terms, I shall be obliged to them, and think it my happiness, by publishing what remains, to put this Matter (if possible) out of Dispute. Therefore, I would humbly beg this favour of them to stick close the matter of Fact, otherwise I shall not concern myself to make a Reply.  
W. Fuller.  
FINIS.