Whereupon the Queen Dowager was plea­sed to say,

THat when the King sent for her to the Queens Labour, she came as soon as she could, and never stirred from her till she was Delivered of the Prince of VVales.

And the following Depositions were all taken upon Oath. Elizabeth Lady Marchioness of Powis Deposeth,

THat about the 29th of December last, the Queen was likely to Miscarry; whereupon she im­mediately went unto her, and offered her some effe­ctual Remedies, which are made use of on the like Occasion; which the Queen ordered this Deponent to acquaint the Doctors with. The Day following the Queen Dowager sent this Deponent to fee how the Queen did; who replied, She had a pretty good Night, and did think she had Quickned, but would not be positive till she felt it again; That after this the Deponent did frequently wait on the Queen in the Morning, and did see her Shift her several Days, and generally saw the Milk, and sometimes Wet upon her Smock. That some time, after this Deponent went into the Country, and came not up till a few Days before the Queen was brought to Bed; and from the time of this Deponents Return, she saw the Queen every Day till she was brought to Bed, and was in the Room a Quarter of an hour before, and at the time of her Delivery of the Prince by Mrs. Wilks Her Maje­sties Midwife, which this Deponent saw, and immedi­ately went with the Prince, carried by Mrs. Delabadie into the Queens little Bedchamber, where she saw Sir Thomas Witherley sent for by the Midwife, who gave the Child Three Drops of something which came into the World with him, which this Deponent saw done; And this Deponent doth Aver, this Prince to be the same Child which was then born, and that she has never been from him one Day since.

Anne Countess of Aran Deposeth,

THat she went to the Queen from Whitehall to St. James's as soon as she heard that her Majesty was in Labour; When she came, she found the Queen in Bed, complaining of little Pains; The Lady Sunder­land, Lady Roscomon, Mrs. Labadie, and the Midwife, were on that side of the Bed where the Queen lay; and this Deponent, with a great many others, stood on the other side all the time till the Queen was Deliver­ed; As soon as her Majesty was Delivered, she said, O Lord, I don't hear the Child Cry, and immediately upon that, this Deponent did hear it Cry, and saw the Midwife take the Child out of the Bed, and give it to Mrs. Laba­die, who carried it into the little Bed-Chamber, where she, this Deponent, followed her, and saw that it was a Son, and that likewise she, the Deponent, hath se­veral times seen Milk run out upon the Queens Smock during her being with Child.

Penelope Countess of Peterborow Deposeth,

THat she was often with the Queen, while her Majesty was last with Child, and saw the Milk often upon her Majesties Smock, when she, the Depo­nent, took it off from the Queen; and often saw her Majesties Belly so as it could not be otherwise but that she was with Child. That the said Deponent stood by the Bedside on the 10th of June last in the Morning, while the Queen was Delivered of the Prince of Wales.

Anne Countes of Sunderland Deposeth,

THat June the 10th 1688, being Trinity Sunday, the Deponent went to St. James's Chappel at Eight of the Clock in the Morning, intending to Re­ceive the Sacrament; but in the beginning of the Communion Service, the Man which looks to the Chappel came to the Deponent, and told her, she must come to the Queen; The Deponent said, She would as soon as Prayers were done; In a very little time after, another Man came up to the Altar to the Deponent, and said, The Queen was in Labour, and the Depo­nent must come to her Majesty, who then went di­rectly to the Queens Bed-Chamber. As soon as the Deponent came in, her Majesty told her, this Deponent. She believed she was in Labour. By this time the Bed was warmed, and the Queen went into Bed, and the King came in. The Queen asked the King, if he had sent for the Queen Dowager; He said he had sent for every body. The said Deponent stood at the Queens Bolster, the Lady Roscomon, Mrs. Delabadie, and the Midwife, on that side of the Bed where the Queen was Delivered. After some lingring Pains, the Queen said, she feared she should not be brought to Bed a good while; but enquiring of the Midwife, she assured her Majesty, that she wanted only one thorow Pain to bring the Child into the World; Upon which the Queen said, It is impossible, the Child lies so high, and commanded this Deponent to lay her Hand on her Majesties Belly, to feel how high the Child lay, which the Deponent did; but soon after a great Pain came on at past Nine of the Clock, and the Queen was De­livered; which the Midwife by pulling the Deponent by the Coat, assured her was a Son, it being the Sign she told the Deponent she would give her, the Queen having charged her not to let her Majesty know pre­sently, [Page 11]whether it was Son or Daughter. As soon as the Midwife had given the Deponent the Sign, the Deponent made a Sign to the King that it was a Son. When the Midwife had done her Office, she gave the Child to Mrs. Delabadie, which was a Son, and she car­ried it into the little Bed-Chamber.

Isabella Countess of Roscomon Deposeth,

THat on the 10th of June last, she stood by the Lady Sunderland in the Queens Bed-Chamber, while the Queen was in Labour, and saw the Prince of Wales, when he was taken out of the Bed by the Mid­wife.

Margaret Countess of Fingall Deposeth,

THat she waited on the Queen Dowager her Mi­stress into the Queens Bed-Chamber at St. Jame's, when the Queen was in Labour, and stood by the Beds Feet, when her Majesty was Delivered of the Prince. That the Deponent saw the Prince carried away into another Room, and soon after followed, and saw him in that Room.

Lady Sophia Bulkeley Deposeth,

THat she was sent for on Trinity Sunday last past about Eight a Clock in the Morning to go to St. James's; for the Man that came, said the Queen was in Labour, and he, and others were sent to call every Body. That this Deponent made as much haste as she could to rise and be drest, but did not get [Page 12]to the Queens Bed-Chamber until a little after Nine a Clock, and then this Deponent found the Queen in her Bed, and the Queen Dowager there set up­on a Stole, and some of the Ladies about her. Af­ter this Deponent having staid a little while, and thinking the Queen in no strong Pain, she, this Deponent, went out, and, being next to the Room where the Queens Linen was a warming, heard a noise, and lookt to see what was the matter, and finding no body there, this Deponent ran and found the Lord Feversham in the Queens little Bed-Chamber, who told this Deponent the Child was just born; This Deponent ask't him, What is it? His Lordship said he could not tell. So this Deponent ran on to the Queens Beds side, and heard the Queen say to the Midwife, Pray, Mrs. Wilks, don't part the Child (which signifies, don't cut the Navel String, un­til the after-Birth is come away.) And while the Queen was with Child, this Deponent hath heard her Majesty Command her Midwife not to do other­wife, it being counted much the safest way; But to what the Queen said just then (to the best of this De­ponents Remembrance) Mrs. Wilks replyed, Pray Madam give me leave, for I will do nothing, but what will be safe for Your Self and Child; The Queen An­swered, Do then, and then cryed, where is the King gone; His Majesty came immediately from the other side of the Bed (from just having a sight of the Child) and answered the Queen, Here I am; the Queen said, Why do you leave me now? The King kneeled on the Bed, on that side where the Deponent stood, and a little after the Midwife said, All is now come safe away; Upon that the King rose from the Bed, and said, Pray, my Lords, come and see the Child: The King followed Mrs. Labadie, and the Lords His Majesty, into the Little Bed-Chamber, where this De­ponent followed also, and saw as well as they, that it was a Prince, and that Mrs. Wilks was in the right to desire to part the Child, For the Princes Face, espe­cially [Page 13]his Forehead was blackish, being stunn'd, as I have seen some other Children, when they have been just newly come into the World; but God be thanked, in two hours time that he was drest and washt, (which the Deponent staid by and saw done) the Prince lookt very fresh and well. This Deponent doth further add, That all the while, the Queen was with Child, this Deponent had the honour to pay her Duty very often Mornings and Nights, in waiting up­on her Majesty in her Dressing Room and Bed-cham­ber, and for the last three or four Months, this Depo­nent hath oftentimes seen the Queens Milk, as well as when this Deponent hath had the honor to put on her Majesties Smock.

Susanna Lady Bellasyse Deposeth,

THat on Trinity Sunday the 10th of June last, the Deponents Servant seeing the Queen Dowagers Coaches in St. James's at an unusual hour, went and asked the Occasion, and was told the Queen was in Labour; whereupon he came into the Deponents Chamber, and awaked her; That the Queen having come to Lodge at St. James's but the Night before, they being in a great hurry, forgot to call the Deponent as her Majesty had ordered; That the Deponent made all the haste she could into her Majesties Bed-chamber, and found the Queen in Bed, and Mrs Wilks her Maje­jesties Midwife, sitting by the Bedside, with her Hands in the Queens Bed; The Queen asked her the said Mid­wife, what she thought? Mrs Wilks assured her Ma­jesty, that at the next great Pain the Child would be born; Whereupon the King ordered the Privy Coun­cillors to be called in; That this Deponent stood behind the Midwifes Chair, and immediately after the Queens having another great Pain, the Prince was born; That this Deponent saw the Child taken out of the Bed with [Page 14]the Navel-string hanging to its Belly; That this De­ponent opened the Receiver, and 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.

Henrietta Lady Waldegrave De­poseth,

THat she was in the Queens Bed-Chamber a quarter of an hour before her Majesty was De­livered, and standing by the Bedside, she saw the Queen in Labour, and heard her cry out much.

Mrs. Mary Crane, one of the Gentlewo­men of the Bed-Chamber to the Queen Dowager, Deposeth,

THat she went with the Queen Dowager to the Queens Labour on the Tenth of June last, and never stirred out of the Room till the Queen was De­livered.

That this Deponent did not follow the Child, when it was first carried out of the Room, but staid in the Bed- [...]hamber, and saw all that was to be seen after the Birth of a Child. That she, the Deponent, then went to see the Prince, and found him look ill, and im­mediately went to the King, and told his Majesty she feared the Child was sick; That his Majesty went im­mediately to the Prince, and came back and said it was a mistake, the Child was very well.

Dame Isabella Wentworth, one of the Gentlewomen of the Bed-Chamber to the Queen, Deposeth,

THat she often saw the Milk of her Majesties Breast upon her Smock, at which the Queen was trou­bled, it being a common saying, that it was a sign the Child would not live. And that she, the Deponent, did once feel the Child stir in the Queens Belly while her Majesty was in Bed, and that she was present when the Child was Born, and staid till she heard it cry, and then went to fetch Vineger for the Queen to smell to; she, the Deponent, heard the Queen command the Midwife not to tell her of what Sex it was, for fear of surprizing her Majesty: When the Deponent brought the Vineger, she did desire to see the Child, Mrs. Delabadie having it in her Arms. The Child looked black, whereupon the Deponent desired Do­ctor Waldegrave to look to it, believing it was not well: That the Deponent saw the Navel-string of the Child cut, and three drops of the Blood, which came fresh out, given to him for the Convulsion Fits.

Dame Catherine Sayer, one of the Gen­tlewomen of the Bed-Chamber to the Queen Dowager, Deposeth,

THat she waited on the Queen Dowager to the Queens Labour, and was all the time by the Bedside, and stood there, till the Queen was Deliver­ed, and followed the Child, when it was carried by Mrs. Delabadie to the little Bed-Chamber, and took a warm Napkin and laid it on the Childs Breast, belie­ving the Child was not well.

Dame Isabella Waldegrave, one of the Gentlewomen of the Bed-Chamber to the Queen, Deposeth,

THat she was constantly with the Queen, when her Majesty was likely to miscarry, and had of­ten seen Milk on her Majesties Breasts, and was with the Queen at the time of her Labour with the Prince, and saw the Prince taken out of the Bed, and went after Mrs. Delabadie with the Prince in her Arms into the little Bed-chamber, and was by when the Child was shewn to the King that it was a Son; and this De­ponent took the After-burthen, and put it into a Ba­sin of Water, and carried it into the Queens Closet.

Mrs. Margaret Dawson, one of the Gentlewomen of the Bed-Chamber to the Queen, Deposeth,

THat on the Tenth of June last, in the morning, she was sent for by the Queen out of St. James's Chappel, where she was at Prayers, and that coming up into the Queens Chamber, she found her sitting all alone upon a stool by the Beds-head, when the Queen said to her, this Deponent, she believed her self in Labour, and bid her, the Deponent, get the Pal­late bed, which stood in the next Room, to be made ready quickly for her; but that Bed having never been aired, the Deponent perswaded the Queen not to make use of it: After which the Queen bid the Deponent make ready the Bed she came out of, which was done [Page 17]accordingly. The Deponent further saith, That she saw fire carried into the Queens Room in a Warming-Pan to warm the Bed, after which the Queen went in­to her Bed, and that the Deponent stirred not from the Queen until her Majesty was Delivered of a Son. That she this Deponent well remembers, that on the 29th. of December last her Majesty was afraid of Miscarrying, which was about the time she quickned; and that af­ter the Queen had gone 22 weeks with Child; her Ma­jesties Milk began to run, which she the Deponent of­ten saw upon her Smock, and that the 9th of May her Majesty apprehended Miscarrying again with a fright.

Mrs. Elizabeth Bromley one of the Gentlewomen of the Bed-Chamber to the Queen, Deposeth,

THat she was sick all Winter, till a little before Ea­ster last, when she the Deponent came into wait­ing; That from that time till the Queen was brought to bed, she the Deponent saw the Queen put on her Smock every morning, by which means she saw the Milk constantly fall out of her Majesties Breasts, and observed the bigness of her Majesties Belly, which could not be counterfeit. That the Deponent came from Whitehall to the Queens Labour to St. James's the Tenth of June last, and remained in the Room till the Queen was Delivered and afterwards; but did not fol­low the Child, till some time after, when she the De­ponent went to see what coloured Eyes he had.

Mrs. Pelegrina Turini one of the Gen­tlewomen of the Bed-chamber to the Queen, Deposeth,

THat she constantly attended the Queen, when she was last with Child, and that on the 10th of June last, she was in waiting on her Majesty, who called her on the said 10th of June in the Morning, and told her the Deponent, she was in Pain, and bid her send for the Midwife, her Ladies and Servants, after which she the Deponent staid with the Queen during her Labour, and until she was delivered of the Prince of Wales.

Mrs. Anna Cary, one of the Gentlewo­men of the Bed-Chamber to the Queen Dowager, Deposeth,

THat she waited on the Queen Dowager from Somer­set-House to St. James's the day the Queen was brought to Bed, and went into the Queens Bed-cham­ber where she this Deponent staid, till the Queen was Delivered, and saw the Prince as soon as he was born.

Mrs. Mary Anne Delabadie, Dry Nurse to the Prince, Deposeth,

THat she was with the Queen all the time her Maje­sty was with Child and drest her every day, and in all the Nine Months did not miss above six days, and that at several times by reason of sickness.

That on Sunday Morning the 10th of June last, she the Deponent was sent for to the Queen, who was in Labour, That the Deponent came presently, and was with the Queen all the time of her Labour, and that kneeling down by the Midwife, giving her Clothes for the Queen, the Midwife told this Deponent, that imme­diately on the next Pain, the Queen would be Delivered, which accordingly she was. That this Deponent whispered to the Midwife, asking whether it was a Girle, she answered No; whereupon the Midwife part­ed the Child, and put it into the Receivor (that the Deponent had given her) and then delivered the Child to the Deponent, and bid her go and carry it to the Fire, and take care of the Navel, which this Deponent did, and the King and Council followed her, and the King asked this Deponent, what it was, who answered, what he desired; The King replyed, But let me see, whereupon the Deponent presently shewed His Majesty that it was a Son, and the Privy Counsellors then present saw it one after another. The Deponent sate with the Prince in her Lap, till the Midwife had done with the Queen, then the Midwife came and took the Prince from this Deponent, and asked for a Spoon for to give it three drops of the Bloud of the Navel String, which the Midwife cut off by the Advice of the Physicians, who said, it was good against Fits. That the Deponent held the Spoon when the Midwife dropt the Bloud into it, and stir'd it with a little Black Cherry Water, and then it was given to the Prince; That the Queen sent for this De­ponent, and gave her the Prince to take care of him in quality of Dry Nurse, which she has hitherto done; and further deposeth it to be the same Child that was born of the Queen. And that Mrs. Danvers one of the Princess of Denmarks Women, and formerly Nurse to the Lady Isabella, coming to see the Prince, she told this Deponent, she was glad to see the same Marks up­on his Eye, as the Queens former Children had.

Mrs. Judith Wilks Deposeth,

THat being the Queens Midwife, she came often to her, especially when her Majesty was in any danger of Miscarrying, and many times felt the Child stir in her Belly, and saw the Milk run out of her Ma­jesties Breasts; That on Trinity Sunday last in the Morning about Eight of the Clock, the Queen sent Mr. White, Page of the Back-stairs, to call her this Deponent, believing her self in Labour when the Deponent came: she found the Queen in great Pain and Trembling; The Queen told her she feared it was her Labour, it being near the time of her first Reckon­ing, she the Deponent desired her Majesty not to be a­fraid, saying, she did not doubt that it was her full time, and hoped her Majesty would have as good La­bour as she always had; and whilst her Majesty was sitting trembling, her Water broke, and immediately she sent for the King, he being gone to his own Side, and let him know in what Condition she was, and desi­red him to send for whom he pleased to be present. The Queen ordered this Deponent to send for Mrs. Dawson and the rest of her Women; Mrs. Dawson came pre­sently, and the Countess of Sunderland with her, and the rest of the Women also; That most of them saw her this Deponent make the Bed sit for the Queen to be Delivered in; which when it was ready, her Majesty was put into, and about Ten a Clock that Morning the Queen was Delivered of the Prince of Wales by her this Deponents assistance, and afterwards she the De­ponent shewed the After-burthen to the Physicians, and before them the Deponent cut the Navel-string, & gave the Prince Three drops of his Bloud, to prevent Convulsion Fits according to their Order. And this Deponent further saith, That when the Child was born, it not crying, the Queen said she thought it was dead, this Deponent assured her Majesty it was not, [Page 21]and desired Leave to part the Child from the After burthen: which the Queen was unwilling to have done, thinking it might be dangerous to her self; but the Deponent assuring her Majesty it would not, her Majesty gave Consent; whereupon the Child pre­sently cried, and then the Deponent gave it to Mrs. La­badie.

Mrs. Elizabeth Pearse, Laundress to the Queen, Deposeth,

THat about Nine of the Clock on the 10th of June last in the morning, she came into the Bed-cham­ber, and heard the Queen cry out, being in great pain, in which she continued until her Delivery; after which she the Deponent saw the Prince of VVales given by the Midwife to Mistress Labadie; That imme­diately after the Deponent saw the Midwife hold up the After-burthen, shewing it to the Company, and then the Deponent fetcht her Maids, and with them took away all the foul Linen hot as they came from the Queen; That for a month after her Majesties Lying-in, the Deponent well knows by the washing of her Li­nen, that the Queen was in the same Condition that all other Women use to be on the like Occasion; And that some time after her Quickning it appeared by her Smocks, that her Majesty had Milk in her Breasts, which continued until she was brought to Bed, and afterwards during the usual time.

Frances Dutchess of Richmond and Le­nox, Deposeth,

THat she the Deponent was not at the Queens La­bour, because she did not know it time enough, but as soon as she did, she made all the haste she could [Page 22]to dress her; but the Queen was Delivered before she the Deponent came; And that at a time when the Queen apprehended she should Miscarry, and the Physicians made her Majesty keep her Bed for that Reason, the Deponent went one Evening to wait upon her Majesty, and as she stood by her Bed-side, her Majesty said to her, My Milk is now very troublesom, it runs out so much. The Deponent asked the Queen if it used to do so; who Answered, It used to run out a lit­tle, but now the Fright I am in of Miscarrying, makes it run out very much, as you may see, throwing down the Bed-clothes to the middle of her Stomach, and shew­ing her Smock upon her Breast to the said Deponent, which was very wet with her Milk.

Charlotte Countess of Lichfeild, Deposeth,

THat she was not at the Queens Labour, (being in Child-bed her self) but that she was almost constantly with the Queen, while she was with Child, and hath put on her Smock, and Seen the Milk run out of her Breast, and felt her Belly; so that she is sure she could not be deceived, but that the Queen was with Child.

Anne Countess of Marischall, Deposeth,

THat she was several times in the Queens Bed-Chamber when she Shifted her self, and hath seen her Smock stain'd with her Milk; That she was not at the Queens Labour, tho' sent to by one of her Ladies, being sick of a Fever; but do's in her Con­science believe her Majesty was with Child, both by her Belly and her Milk.

George Lord Jeffreys, Lord Chancellor of England, Deposeth,

THat he being sent for to St. James's on the Tenth of June last by a Messenger that left word the Queen was in Labour; soon after he, this Deponent, came to St. James's, and was sent for into the Queens Bed-chamber, and to the best of his, the Deponents ap­prehension the Queen was in Labour, and had a Pain or two to the best of the Deponents remembrance, be­fore the rest of the Lords were called in. The Depo­nent stood all the time at the Queens Bed side, and heard Her cry out several times as Women in Tra­vail use to do, and at length after along pain, it was by some of the Women on the other side of the Bed said the Child was born. The Deponent heard the Queen say, She did not hear it Cry. The Deponent immedi­ately asked the Lord President what it was, he whis­pered that it was a Boy, which the Deponent under­stood he had hinted to him by the Lady Sunderland. Immediately the Deponent saw a Gentlewoman, who he hath since heard her Name to be Mrs. Labadie, carry the Child into another Room, whether the Depo­nent followed, and saw the Child when she first open'd it, and saw it was black and reaking; so that it plain­ly seemed to this Deponent to have been newly come from the Womb. The Deponent doth there­fore Depose, he doth stedfastly believe the Queen was Delivered of that Child that very morning.

Robert Earl of Sunderland, Lord Presi­dent of His Majesties Privy-Council, and Principal Secretary of State, Deposeth,

THat on Sunday morning the 10th of June last, he was sent to, to come to St. James's, the Queen being in Labour. The Deponent immediately went, [Page 24]and found many Lords of the Council there. After having been some time in an outward Room, first the Lord Chancellor, and then the rest of the Council were called into the Queens Bed-chamber, where in a short time her Majesty was brought to Bed. The Deponent saw Mrs. Labadie carry the Child into the next Room, whither the Deponent followed, with many more, and saw it was a Son, and had the Marks of being new born.

Henry Lord Arundell of Wardour, Lord Privy Seal, Deposeth,

THat on the 10th of June last, being Sunday, he had notice given him that the Queen was in Labour; whereupon the Deponent repaired to St. James's betwixt Nine and Ten of the Clock in the morning, where he found several Lords of the Coun­cil; In a little time after they were all called into the Queens Bed-chamber; in less than a quarter of an hour after, she fell into the sharpness of her Labour, her Cries were so vehement, and especially the last, that the Deponent could not forbid himself the being con­cern'd for her great Pain; which the Deponent expres­sing to the Lord Chancellor, he told the Deponent it was a sign her Majesty would the sooner be Delivered, or words to that purpose, which proved very true, for presently after she was so; The Deponent heard a whispering up and down that it was a Prince, for no man was permitted to speak it aloud, lest the sudden knowledge of it might have discomposed the Queen; The Deponent did not go in with some Lords when the Child was carried into the next Room, which was the occasion the Deponent did not see him when he was uncovered and drest.

John Earl of Mulgrave, Lord Chamberlain of His Majesties Houshold, saith, it is not to be expected one of his sex should be able to give full Evidence in such a matter, but Deposeth,

THat he was just at the Beds Feet, and heard the Queen Cry very much, then the Deponent fol­lowed the Child into the other Room, and it seemed a little black; the Deponent also saw it was a Boy.

William Earl of Craven Deposeth,

THat he attending the King at St. James's, the 10th of June last, in the morning, to receive the Word of His Majesty; the King had Notice brought him, that the Queen was upon the point of falling into Labour, upon which the King commanded this Deponents Stay and Attendance; and after the space of one hour and some­thing more, this Deponent was, with some other Lords of His Majesties Privy Council, called into the Queens Great Bed-chamber to be present at Her Delivery, and as near as this Deponent can remember, the Queen made Three Groans or Squeeks, and at the last of Three was delivered of a Child; the which was carried out into the little Bed-chamber, and there by the Fire this Deponent saw it cleansing: And this Deponent further saith. That he took that particular Mark of this Child, that he may safely aver, that the Prince of Wales is that very Child that then was so brought out of the Queens Great Bed-cham­ber, where this Deponent and others were present, as a­foresaid, at Her Majesties Labour and Delivery.

Lewis Earl of Feversham Lord Chamberlain to Her Majesty the Queen Dowager, Deposeth,

THat being in Bed upon the 10th of June, be­tween 8 and 9 a clock in the morning, Mr. Nicho­las, one of His Majesties Grooms of His Bed-chamber, came into this Deponents Room, and told him that the King had sent him to tell the Queen Dowager, that the Queen was in Labour, and told him further, that the Queen Dowager had given order for Her Coach, as soon as she heard the News of the Queens Labour. The De­ponent dressed himself with all speed, and came to wait upon the Queen Dowager, who was ready to go into her Coach, as she did; The Deponent went into one of her Coaches to wait upon Her Majesty as he used to do, having the honour to be Her Lord Chamberlain; We went to St. James's, and then led Her Majesty into the Queens Bed-chamber, and finding the Queen in pain, the Deponent went into the next Room, where were several Lords of the Privy Council, from whence the Deponent heard the Queen cry out several times, and a very little after the Lords of the Council were called in, and the Deponent followed them into the Bed-chamber, and a very little after the Queen cryed louder, and then said, Pray do not tell me what it is yet. The Deponent went out of the Room to tell the News, that the Queen was brought to Bed; and when the Deponent came in again, the News was, that it was a Prince; and immediately the Deponent saw Mrs. Labadie with the Child wrapt up in her hands, and in the Croud; upon which the Depo­nent desired to make room for the Prince, and followed her into the little Bed-chamber, where the Deponent saw the Prince as a Child newly born, as he believed it.

Alexander Earl of Morray, Deposeth,

THat he came not to St. James's till half an hour after the Queen was brought to Bed, and only heard that Her Majesty was brought to Bed of a Prince, which the Deponent verily believes, as he is alive, she brought into the World that very morning, being the 10th of June last, 1688.

Charles Earl of Middleton one of His Majesties principal Secretaries of State, Deposeth,

THat the 10th of June last past, betwixt 8 and 9 of the Clock in the morning, he had notice that the Queens Majesty was in Labour; whereupon the Deponent made what haste he could to St. James's; The Deponent found the Earl of Craven waiting at the Queens Bed-chamber door towards the Drawing Room, which was then shut; just after the King opened it, and called the Earl of Craven and the Deponent in; The Deponent asked His Majesty, How the Queen was? He was pleased to answer the Deponent, you are a married Man, and so may know these Matters; The Water is broke or come away, or to that effect; and then bid the Deponent go into the Dres­sing Room within the Bed-Chamber, where the Deponent found several Persons of Quality; above half an hour af­ter, to the best of this Deponents Memory, all the com­pany in that Room were called into the Bed-chamber; the Deponent stood near the Beds Feet on the left side, where he heard the Queens Groans, and presently after several loud Shreeks; the last, the Deponent remembers conti­nued so long, that he then wondred how any body could hold their Breath so long; presently after, the Deponent heard them say, the Queen was delivered: Whereupon the Deponent stepped up to the Bed-side, and saw a Wo­man, he supposes, the Midwife, kneeling at the other side of the Bed, who had her Hands and Arms within the Bed-clothes [Page 28]for a pretty while, then the Deponent saw her spread a Cloath upon her Lap, and laid the end of it over the Bed-clothes, and then fetch a Child (as the Deponent firmly be­lieves, for he could not then see it,) out of the Bed into that Cloath, and give it to Mrs. Labadie, who brought it round to the side where the Deponent stood, and carry­ed it into a little Room, into which the Deponent imme­diately followed the King, and saw her sit down by the Fire, and heard her say, It is a Boy; upon which the King said, let me see it; thereupon she laid open the Cloath, and shewed all the Child, saying, There's what you wish to see; The Deponent doth not charge his Memory with the very Words, but the sense of what he heard. The Deponent looked upon the Child at the same time, which appeared to be very foul. This Deponent desireth pardon if he doth not know the proper Expression, but hopes his meaning is plain.

John Earl of Melfort, Deposeth,

THat on Sunday the 10th of June last, betwixt 8 and 9 in the Morning, the Deponent was inform­ed, that the Queen was in Labour; The Deponent went to St. James's, and waited in the Queens Drawing-Room till some of the Gentlemen told him he might go in; the De­ponent scratched at the Door of the Bed-chamber, and find­ing no answer, he ran down by the Garden-side and came to the Queens Back-stairs, and finding the Dressing-Room door open, the Deponent went in to the Queens Bed-chamber, where he saw a great number of company, Lords and Ladies standing about the Bed: The Deponent heard the Queen cry out in great pain, as Women use to do when they are near being brought to Bed; the Depo­nent heard her complain, and a Womans Voice which the Deponent thought to be the Midwife, telling Her, she would be quickly well, she would be brought to Bed [Page 29]immediately; within a little the Deponent heard the Ladies behind the Bed say, the Queen was brought to Bed, and the Queen cry out, The Child is dead, I do not hear it cry, and immediately the Child cryed; within a little the De­ponent saw a Woman bring a Child from within the Bed; the Deponent looked so earnestly at the Child, that he knew not what Woman it was; the Child was in the Condi­tion of a new born Child, lapt up in loose Clothes; the Deponent saw him carryed into the little Bed-chamber, and went about by the Dressing-Room, and entred by the other door into the Room where the Prince was, and saw him in the condition of a New Born Child; and the Deponent by the Oath he hath taken, believes him to be the Queens Child.

Sidney Lord Godolphin, Lord Chamberlain to the Queen, Deposeth,

THat he was called into the Queens Bed-chamber, with the rest of the Lords of the Council, being one of the last; and the Queen Dowager being there, and several Ladies, the Room was so full, that the Deponent could not get near the Bed, but stood by the Chimney; There the Deponent heard the Queen cry out several times, as Women use to do that are in Labour; and the last cry that the Deponent heard, was much greater than the o­ther; immediately upon that, the Deponent was called out of the Room, to give some Directions about the Lodg­ings that were preparing for the Child, which were not ready; the Deponent made haste back again, but as he was coming, he met People running with the News that the Queen was deliver'd of a Son, whereupon the Depo­nent went into the little Bed-chamber, and saw the Child.

Sir Stephen Fox, Knight, Deposeth,

THat on Sunday the 10th of June last past, about 9 of the Clock, as he came out of the Chappel at Whitehall after the first Sermon, hearing that the Queen was in Labour, he, the Deponent, made haste to St. James's, because in waiting, as an Officer of the green Cloth, to warn the several Servants below stairs to be in their Of­fices, that upon that occasion there might not happen to be any thing wanting of Houshold Provisions and Neces­saries under his, this Deponents, command; but first going up by the Back-stairs into Her Majesties Dressing-Room, and being there with many others, he heard Her Maje­sty cry out very loudly; whereupon this Deponent hast­ned to the Green-Cloath, and ordered the several Servants to deliver out of their several Offices whatsoever should be called for, and as this Deponent was returning back to the Queens said Dressing-Room, he was told, A Prince was Born: Upon which News, He, this Deponent, went in­to the Queens little Bed-Chamber, and saw the young Child before He was dress'd.

Lieut. Col. Edward Griffin, Deposeth,

THat upon Sunday, the 10th. of June last, he had the Honour to be in waiting upon the King with the Stick, and between 8. and 9. in the Morning, this De­ponent was in the Queens Dressing-Room at St. James's, with several Lords of the Council, and after some time we were there, the King came out of the Queens Bed-Chamber, and called all the Lords in, and this Depo­nent [Page 31]went in along with them, being in Waiting; Imme­diately after the said Lords and this Deponent were in the Room; the Queen cried out extreamly, and said, Oh, I die; you kill me, you kill me: And the Midwife (as this Deponent believeth) answered, This one Pain, Madam, and 'twill be over; then presently Mrs. Dawson made this Deponent the Sign that the Child was born: Then this Deponent heard the Queen say, Don't tell me what it is yet; and Mrs. Dawson came to this Deponent, and whispered him in the Ear, 'Tis a Prince, but don't take Notice of it yet. Then Mrs. Delabadie brought away the Child from the Bed-side, and carried it into the little Bed-Chamber, and the King and the Lords of the Council went after her, but this Deponent did not follow them.

Sir Charles Scarburgh, First Physician to the King, Deposeth,

THat upon the Deponents coming to visit Her Ma­jesty then lying at St. James's, on Sunday the 10th of June, 1688. as the Deponent went up the Back-Stairs, he heard the joyful Acclamation that a Prince of Wales was born, upon which the Deponent hast­ned presently into the little Bed-Chamber, where the De­ponent found Mrs. Labadie just setting down before the Fire, with the New Born Prince wrapped in the Mantles, lying in her Lap. Then passing to the Queen in the next Bed-chamber, the Deponent congratulated the hap­py Birth of the Prince, and her Majesties safe Delivery. The Queen was wearied and panting, but otherwise in good condition: Then the Midwife brought to the De­ponent the After-Birth reeking warm, which Sir Thomas Witherley with the Deponent examined, and found very sound and perfect. After a while, the Deponent under­stood [Page 32]that a Medicine was mentioned among the Ladies for a certain Remedy against Convulsions: It was, some drops of blood from the Navel-string; the Deponent con­sulted Sir Thomas Witherley and the other Physicians; and to satisfie the Women, it was allowed of; there be­ing, as was conceived, no danger in the thing. Where­upon, the Midwife, with a small Knife slit the Navel-string beyond the Ligature, from which came some drops of fresh blood, taken in a Spoon, and given the Child, being mix'd with a little Black-Cherry-Water. Thus much the Deponent hath to say upon Her Majesties present deli­very.

Now for the Time of the Queens Conception, she often told the Deponent and others, That She had two Reckon­ings; one, from Tuesday the 6th. of September, when the King return'd from His Progress to the Queen then at Bathe; and the other, from Thursday the 6th. of October, when the Queen came to the King at Windsor; but for some Reasons the Queen rather reckoned from the latter; though afterward it proved just to agree with the former. Moreover, Her Majesty, when, according to Her Reckon­ing, She was gone with Child Twelve Weeks, said, That She was quick, and perceived the Child to move; the Deponent returned no Answer to the Queen, but privately told those about Her, That in truth it could not so be in so short a Time, Yet the Queen was in the right, only mistook Her Reckoning; for She was then full sixteen Weeks gone with Child; about which time She usually quickned with Her former Children, and accordingly was brought to bed on the 10th. of June 1688. and with­in Three or Four days of full Forty Weeks.

Sir Thomas Witherly, second Phy­sitian to the King Deposeth,

THat on Sunday the Tenth of June, the Deponent was present in the Queen's Bed-Chamber when the Prince of Wales was Born; the Deponent saw Mrs. Labadie bring the Child from the Midwife, and carry him into the next Room, whither the Deponent followed her, and saw the Child before he was clean­ed; and having a Command from the Queen, that there should be two drops of the Blood of the After­burthen given the first thing; We the said Deponent and the other Physitians did take two drops of Blood from the Navel-string which remained upon the Child, and gave it in a Spoonful of Black cherry Water, as the Queen Commanded. After this the Deponent saw (as also did the other Physitians) the After-bur­then entire.

Sir William Waldegrave Knt. Her Majesties first Physitian Deposeth,

THat in the Progress of Her Majesties being with Child, the Deponent having the Honor to wait upon her as usual, upon the 13th. of February 1687. about Ten in the Morning, she told the Deponent, she had Milk in her Breasts which dropt out; it was then [...]ought the 19th. Week according to One Reckoning, [...] according to Another Reckoning, it was the One [...] Two and Twentieth Week; The Deponent also [...]meth, that Her Majesty took such Adstringent Medicines, during the most part of her being with [Page 34]Child, in order to avoid Miscarriage; That if she had not been with Child, they must have been prejudicial to her Health, and of dangerous consequence. Upon the 10th. of June 1688. the Deponent was called at his Lodging in Whitehall to wait upon the Queen, be­ing told she was in Labour, upon which the Depo­nent immediately went to St. James's, and so into the Queen's Bed-Chamber, and found her beginning her Labour, it being about Eight of the Clock in the Morn­ing; The Deponent stirr'd not from thence, but to get such Medicines as were fit for Her Majesty, and then return'd again, and was in the Bed-Chamber when she Cry'd out, and was Deliver'd; The Depo­nent followed Mrs. Delabadie, who took the Prince in her Arms so soon as he was Born, and carried him into the little Bed-Chamber, where the Deponent saw him upon her Lap, and was by when he took two or three drops of the Navel string fresh warm Blood, which was mix'd with Black-cherry-Water, then re­turn'd into the great Bed-Chamber, where the De­ponent saw the After-burthen fresh and warm.

Dr. Robert Brady, one of His Ma­jesties Physitians in Ordinary Deposeth,

THat a little before Ten of the Clock in the Morn­ing, on the Tenth of June 1688. the Deponent was in the Queen's little Bed-Chamber at St. James's, where the Deponent saw the Prince of Wales in Mrs. Labady's Lap by the Fire side; the Deponent desired to see the Linen and Blankets opened in which he was wrapped; which being done, the Deponent saw it was a Male Child, and the Navel-string hanging down to, or below the Virile parts, with a Ligature upon it, not far from the Body, but did not see any After-burthen, [Page 35]hanging at, or joyned to it, not being at the Birth; The Deponent asked how long he had been born, the standers by told him, At three quarters of an hour after Nine of the Clock, the Queen was Delivered.

James St. Amand, their Majesties Apo­thecary, Deposeth,

THat from the beginning of November last, he hath generally every day, till the 9th of June, 1688. given, by the Physitians Orders, Restringent and Cor­roborating Medicines to the Queens Majesty; That on the 10th of June he was sent for in haste to come to St. James's to her Majesty, who the Messenger told him, was in Labour; That the Deponent then received a Note from the Physitians for Medicines for her Majesty, which the Deponent was obliged to stay and prepare, and so came not to St. James's till the Queen was Deli­vered; the Deponent meeting, just as he was going into the Bed-Chamber, Mrs. Labady with the Young Prince in her Arms; the KING, and several of the Lords, soon after following into the little Bed-Cham­ber; where the Deponent saw the Child Naked, be­fore it was Cleansed from the Impurities of its Birth; and also saw the Navel-string cut, and some Drops of fresh Blood received into a Spoon, which the Depo­nent mingled with a little Black-cherry-Water, and saw given by the Physitians Orders to the Child; And afterwards going into the great Bed-Chamber, where the Queen was Delivered, he saw the After-Bur­then, &c. fresh.

UPon Trinity Sunday, 10th. June 1688. I went to St. James's House about Nine a Clock in the Morning, and followed my Lord Chancellor, through the Lodgings to the Dressing Room, next to the Queens Bed-Chamber, where divers Lords of the Council were met upon occasion of the Queens be­ing in Labour, the King came several times into the Room, and amongst other things was pleased to tell us, that the Queen came exactly according to her first Reckoning, which was from the Kings Return from his Progress, to Bathe in September 1687. After this the Counsellors were ordered to come into the Bed-Chamber, and I stood on that side of the Bed, that had the Curtains drawn open, I heard Her Ma­jesty Cry out several times. I staid in the Room du­ring the Birth of the Prince of Wales. I saw him car­ried into the little Bed-Chamber, whither the King, the Lords and my self in particular did follow him.

I Had the Honor to be in the King's Chamber in the Morning, when word was brought him, the Queen was not well, and followed him into the Dressing Room next Her Majesties Bed-Chamber, where I staid till His Majesty called me to come in, which was about the beginning of her Pains. I Con­fess the Compassion I had for Her Majesty, hearing her Crys, made my stay there very uneasie, One of the last especially seemed to me so Sharp, as it really forced me for a little time to stop my Ears with my Fingers to avoid hearing more of the like; when set­ting them at Liberty, I heard no more, but perceived a suddain satisfaction in the Faces of the Assistance, several saying, that the Queen was Delivered, and [Page 40]soon thereupon I saw the Prince brought from about the Bed, and carried into the little Bed-Chamber, whether I went afterwards, to behold him more par­ticularly, where I saw him as a Child newly Born.