Edinburgh, the ninth day of November, one thousand six hundred eighty eighth years present in Council, the Earl of Perth, Lord High Chancellor, the Lord Arch-bishop of St. Andrews ... the following depositions concerning the birth of His royal Highness James, Prince of Scotland and Wales, being transmitted to His Majesties Privy Council ...

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 immediatly 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 see 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 Depo∣nents 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 Midwi••e, which this Deponent saw, and immediatly went with the Prince, carried by Mrs. Delabadie into the Queens little Bed-Chamber, where she saw Sir Thomas Witherley sent for by the Mid∣wife, 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.

Eliza. Powis.

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 Rose∣comon, 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 o∣ther side all the time while the Queen was Delivered; As soon as her Majesty was Delivered, she said, O Lord, I don't hear the Child Cry, and immediatly 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.

A. Aran.

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 De∣ponent, 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 Depo∣nent stood by the Bed-side on the 10th of June last in the Morning, while the Queen was Delivered of the Prince of Wales

P. Peterborow.

Anne Countess 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 be∣lieved 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 Rosecomon, Mrs. Delabadie, and the Midwife, on that side of the Bed where the Queen was Delivered. Af∣ter 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 com∣manded 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 Mid∣wife 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 charg∣ed her not to let her Majesty know presently, whether it was Son or Daugh∣ter. As soon as the Midwife had given the Deponent the Sign, the Deponent made a Sign to 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.

A. Sunderland,

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.

J. Roscomon.

Margaret Countess of Fingal Deposeth,

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

Marg. Fingall.

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 De∣ponent made as much haste as she could to tise and be drest, but did not get to the Queens Bed Chamber until a little after Nine a Clock, and then this Depo∣nent found the Queen in her Bed, and the Queen Dowager there set upon a Stool, 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 warm∣ing, heard a noise, and lookt to see what was the matter, and finding no bo∣dy 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 Mid∣wife, 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 otherwise, it being counted much the safest way; But to what the Queen said just then (to the best of this Deponents Remembrance) Mrs. Wilks re∣plyed, 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 cry∣ed, where is the King gone; His Majesty came immediatly 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 ye leave me now? The King kneeled on the Bed, on that side where the Deponent stood, and a little after the Mid∣wife 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 Prin∣ces face especially 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-cham∣ber, and for the last three or four mouths, this Deponent hath oftentimes seen the Queens Milk, as well as when this Deponent hath had the honor to put on her Majesties Smock.

S. Bulkeley.

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; where∣upon he came into the Deponents Chamber, and awaked her; That the Queen having come to Lodge at S. 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 Majesties Midwife, sitting by the Bed-side, 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 Mid∣wifes Chair, and immediatly after the Queens having another great Pain, the Prince was born; That this Deponent saw the Child taken out of the Bed with 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.

S. Bellasyse.

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 Bed-side, she saw the Queen in Labour, and heard her cry out much.

Henrietta Wentworth.

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-chamber, and saw all that was to be seen af∣ter the Birth of a Child. That she, the Deponent, then went to see the Prince, and found him look ill, and immediatly went to the King, and told his Maje∣sty 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.

Mary Crane.

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 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 dops of the Blood, which came fresh out, given to him for the Convulsion Fits.

Isabella Wentworth.

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 Bed-side, and stood there, till the Queen was Deliver∣ed, 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, be∣lieving the Child was not well.

Catharina Sayer.

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 Bason of Water, and carried it into the Queens Closet.

Isabella Waldegrave.

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 co∣ming 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 beli∣eved her self in Labour, and bid her, the Deponent, get the Iallate bed, which stood in the next Room, to be made ready quickly for her; but that Bed ha∣ving 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 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 Depo∣nent well remembers, that on the 29th. of December last her Majesty was a∣fraid of Miscarrying, which was about the time she quickned; and that af∣ter 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 9 h of May her Majesty apprehended Miscarrying again with a fright.

Margaret Dawson.

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 Maje∣sties Breasts, and observed the bigness of her Majesties Belly, which could not be counterfeit. That the Deponent came from Whitehall to the Queens La∣bour 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.

Elizabeth Bromley.

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 De∣ponent, 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 La∣bour, and until she was Delivered of the Prince of Wales.

The Mark of Pelegrina X Turini.

Mrs. Anna Cary, one of the Gentlewomen of the Bed-Chamber to the Queen Dowa∣ger, 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.

Anna Cary.

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 De∣ponent, that immediatly 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 gi∣ven 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 De∣ponent sat 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 Blood 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 Mid∣wife 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 Wo∣men, 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.

Mary Anne Delabadie.

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 immediatly she sent for the King, he being gone to his own Side, and let him know in what Conditi∣on 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 Wo∣men; 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 fit for the Queen to be Delivered in; which when it was rea∣dy, 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 af∣terwards she the Deponent shewed the after-burthen to the Physicians, and before them the Deponent cut the Navel-string, and 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, 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 cryed, and then the Deponent gave it to Mrs. Labadie.

Judith Wilkes.

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

THat about nine a Clock on the 10th of June last in the morning, she came in∣to 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 Wales given by the Midwife to Mrs. Labadie; That immediatly 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 a∣way 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.

Elizabeth Pearse.

Frances Dutches 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 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 troublesome, 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 ve∣ry wet with her milk.

F. Richmond & Lenox.

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.

C. Lichfeild.

Anne Countess of Marischal, Deposeth,

THat she was several times in the Queens Bed-chamber when she shifted her self, and hath seen her Smock stained 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 does in her Conscience believe her Majesty was with Child, both by her Belly and her Milk.

A. Marischal.

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 Messen∣ger that left word the Queen was in Labour; soon after he, this Depo∣nent 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 a long 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 immediatly asked the Lord Presi∣dent what it was, he whispered that it was a Boy, which the Deponent under∣stood he had hinted to him by the Lady Sunderland. Immediatly the Depo∣nent saw a Gentlewoman, who he hath since heard her Name to be Mrs Laba∣die, carry the Child into another Room, whither the Deponent followed, and saw the Child when she first opened 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.

Jeffreys. C.

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 immediatly went, and found many of the Lords of 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.

Sunderland P.

Henry Lord Arundel 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 sharp∣ness of her Labour, her Crys were so vehement, and especially the last, that the Deponent could not forbid himself the being concerned 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 pur∣pose, 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 permit∣ted 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.

Arundel C. P. S.

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 seem∣ed a little black; the Deponent also saw it was a Boy.

Mulgrave.

William Earl of Craven, Deposeth,

THat he attending the King at St. Jame'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 La∣bour, upon which the King commanded this Deponents Stay and Attend∣ance; 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 she was delivered of a Child; the which was carried out into the little Bed-chamber, and there by the Fire this Deponent saw it clean∣sing: 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.

Craven.

Lewis Earl of Feversham, Lord Chamberlain to Her Majesty the Queen Dowa∣ger, Deposeth,

THat being in Bed upon the 10th of June, between 8 and 9 a clock in the morning, Mr. Nicolas, 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 dres∣sed 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 Ma∣jesty into the Queens Bed-chamber, and finding the Queen in pain, the De∣ponent 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 De∣ponent 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 Princes 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 De∣ponent saw the Prince as a Child newly born, as he believed it.

Feversham.

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.

Morray.

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 open∣ed it, and called the Earl of Craven and the Deponent in; The Deponent ask∣ed His Majesty, How the Queen was? He was pleased to answer the Depo∣nent, 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 Me∣mory, 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 remem∣bers 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 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 Cloth, and give it to Mr Labadie, who brought it round to the side where the Deponent stood, an•• carried it into a little Room, into which the Deponent immediatly fol∣lowed the King, and saw her sit down by the Fire, and heard her say, It is a B••••; 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 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.

Middleton.

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 De∣ponent 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 Gar∣den-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 immediately; with∣in 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 carried into the little Bed-chamber, and went about by the dressing Room, and entr∣ed 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.

Melfort.

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; im∣mediatly 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.

Goldophin.

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, be∣cause 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 hap∣pen 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 Ma∣jesty cry out very loudly; whereupon this Deponent hastned to the Gr••en-Cloath, and ordered the several Servants to deliver out of their several Off••••es whatsoever should be called for; and as this Deponent was returning back ••o the Queens said Dressing-Room, he was told, A Prince was born: Upon wh••••h News, he, this Deponent, went into the Queens little Bed-Chamber, and saw the young Child before He was dress'd.

Ste. Fox.

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 Depo∣nent went in along with them, being in Waiting; Immediately after the saids 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 De∣ponent believeth) answered, This one Pain, Madam, and 'twill be over; then pre∣sently 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 fol∣low them.

Edward Griffen.

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 sitting 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 per∣fect. After a while, the Deponent understood that a Medicine was mention∣ed 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 Physitians; and to satisfie the Women, it was allow∣ed 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 Depo∣nent 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 Sep∣tember, 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.

Charles Scarburgh.

Sir Thomas Witherly, second Physician 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 Depo∣nent saw Mrs. Labadie bring the Child from the Midwife, and carry him in∣to 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 After-burthen 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 spoon∣ful of Black-cherry-Water, as the Queen commanded. After this the Depo∣nent saw (as also did the other Physitians) the After-burthen entire.

Tho. Witherley.

Sir William Waldegrave Knt. Her Majesties first Physician Deposeth,

THat in the Progress of Her Majesties being with Child, the Deponent ha∣ving the Honor to wait upon her as usual, upon the 13th of February 1688. about Ten in the Morning, she told the Deponent, she had Milk in her Breasts which dropt out; it was then thought the 19th. Week according to One Reck∣oning, but according to Another Reckoning, it was the One or Two and Twentieth Week; The Deponent also affirmeth, that Her Majesty took such Adstringent Medicines, during the most part of her being with 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 immediatly 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 retur∣ned into the great Bed-Chamber, where the Deponent saw the After-burthen fresh and warm.

William Waldegrave.

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 vvas a Male Child, and the Navel string hanging down to, or below the Virile parts, with a Ligature upon it, nor far from the Body, but did not see any After-burthen, 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.

Robert Brady.

James St. Amand, their Majesties Apothecary, Deposeth,

THat from the beginning of November last, he hath generally every day, till the ninth 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 seve∣ral 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-cher∣ry-water, and saw given by the Physitians Orders to the Child; And after∣wards going into the great Bed-chamber, where the Queen was delivered, he saw the After-burthen, &c. fresh.

Ja. St. Amand.