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 Wales.

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 ſee how the Queen did; who replyed, She had a pretty good Night, and did think ſhe had Quickened, 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 Bed-chamber, where ſhe ſaw Sir Thomas Witherly 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 Reſcomon, 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; Aſſoon 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 Tenth of June laſt in the Morning, while the Queen was Delivered of the Prince of Wales.

Anne Counteſs of Sunderland, Depoſeth,

THat June the Tenth 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, 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 Tenth 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. James'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 to2 rife and be dreſt, but did not get 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 askt him, What is it? His Lordſhip ſaid he could not tell. So this Deponent ran on to the Queens Bedſide, 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 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 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 cried, 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 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 honour to put on her Majeſties Smock.

Suſanna Lady Bellaſyſe, Depoſeth,

THat on Trinity Sunday the Tenth 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 Majeſties 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 the Navel-ſtring hanging to its Belly; That this Deponent opened the Receivor, 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-Cham­ber, 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 Bloud, 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 Baſon 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 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 Two and twenty Weeks with Child, her Majeſties Milk began to run, which ſhe the Deponent often ſaw upon her Smock, and that the Ninth 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 Tenth of June laſt ſhe was in waiting on her Majeſty, who called her on the ſaid Tenth 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 Tenth 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 Girl, 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 replied, But let me ſee; whereupon the Deponent preſently ſhewed his Majeſty that it was a Son, and the Privy Councillors 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 ſtirred 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 this 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 fit 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, 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 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 Tenth 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 Wales given by the Midwife to Mrs. 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 all3 the foul Linen hot as the 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 ſome­time 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 R•chmond 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 Bedſide, 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 Lichfield, 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 Bedſide, 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 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, 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.

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

THat on Sunday Morning the Tenth of June laſt, he was ſent to, to come to St. James's, the Queen being in Labour. The Deponent immediately went, 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 Tenth 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 concerned for her great Pain; which the 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 Tenth 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 Tenth of June, between eight and nine 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•ueen 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 Tenth of June laſt, 1688.

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

THat the Tenth of June laſt paſt, betwixt eight and nine 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 Shrieks; 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 for a pretty while, then the Deponent ſaw her ſpread a Cloth 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 Mrs Labadie, who brought it round to the ſide where the Deponent ſtood, and carried 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 Cloth, 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.