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 herself several Days, and generally saw the Milk, and sometimes Wet upon her Smock. That sometime 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 Depon­ent's Return she faw 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 Majesty's Midwife, which this Deponent saw, and immediatly went with the Prince, carried by Mrs. Delaba­die into the Queen's 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 [Page 7]him, which this Deponent saw dome: 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 Arran 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 Roscommon, 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 while 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 Queen's 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 Majesty's Smock, when she, the Deponent, took it off from the Queen, and often saw Her Majesty's Belly, so as it could not be otherwise, but that she was with Child. That the said Deponent stood by the Bed-Side 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 [Page 8]in the Beginning of the Communion Service, the Man who 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 Queen's Bolster, the Lady Roscommon, 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 Majesty's 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 Roscommon, Deposeth,

THAT on the Tenth of June last, she stood by the Lady Sunderland in the Queen's Bed-chamber, while the Queen [Page 9]was in Labour, and saw the Prince of Wales, when he was taken out of the Bed by the Midwife.

Margaret Countess of Fingal, Deposeth,

THAT she waited on the Queen Dowager her Mistriss in­to the Queen's Bed-chamber, at St. James's, when the Queen was in Labour, and stood by the Bed's 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 Bulkely, 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 to the Queen's 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 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 Queen's Linnen 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 Queen's 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 Queen's Bed-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 otherwise, it being counted much the safest way; but to what the Queen said just then (to the best of this Deponent's Remembrance) Mrs. Wilks replyed, Pray [Page 10]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 ye 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. Delabadie, 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 look'd 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 Queen's Milk, as well as when this Deponent hath had the Honour to put on her Majesty's Smock.

Susanna Lady Bellasyse Deposeth.

THAT on Trinity Sunday the 10th of June last, the Depo­nent's Servant seeing the Queen Dowagers Coaches in St. Jame's at an unusual Hour, went and asked the Occasion, and was told, the Queen was in Labour; whereupon he came into the Deponent's Chamber, and awak'd 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 codid in­to her Majesty's Bed-chamber, and found the Queen in Bed, and Mrs. Wilks her Majesty's Midwife, sitting by the Bedside, with [Page 11]her Hands in the Queen's 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 Counsellors to be called in, That this De­ponent stood behind the Midwife's Chair, and immmediately after the Queen's 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 that 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 Queen's 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 very 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 Queen's Labour on the 10th 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-chans­ber to the Queen, Deposeth.

THAT she often saw the Milk of her Majesty's Breast upon her Smock, at which the Queen was troubled, it being [Page 12]common Saying, that the Child would not live. And that she, the Deponent, did once feet the Child stir in the Queen's Belly while her Majesty was in Bed, and that she was present when the Child was born, and stard till she hear'd it cry, and then went to fetch Vinegar for the Queen to smell to; she, the Deponent, heard the Queea command the Midwife not to tell her of what Sex it was, for fear of surprising her Majesty: When the Deponent brought the Vinegar, 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 Kathatind Sayer, one of the Gentlewomen of the Bed-chamber to the Queen Dowager, Deposeth,

THAT she waited on the Queen Dowager to the Queen's Labour, and was all the Time by the Bed-side, 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 child's 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 bad often seen Milk on her majesty's 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 bur­den, and put it into a Bason of Water, and carried it into the Queen's Closet.

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

THAT on the 10th 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 Queen's Cham­ber, she found her sitting all alone upon a Stool by the Beds-head, when the Queen said to her, this Deponent, she believed herself 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 having never been aired, the Deponent persuaded the Quen 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 Queen's 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 untill 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 Majesty's 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 laft, 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 Majesty's Breasts, and observ'd the Bigness of her Majesty's Belly, which could not be counterfeit: That the Deponent came from Whitehall to the Queen's Labour to St. James's the 10 of June last, and remained in the Room till the Queen was Deliver'd and afterwards; but did [Page 14]not follow the Child till some time after, when she the De pone 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 call'd 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 stay'd with the Queen during her Labour, and until she was Delivered of the Prince of Wales.

The Mark of Pelegrina [X] Turini.

Mrs. Anna Carey, 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 Queen's Bed-chamber, where she this Depo­nent stay'd till the Queen was Delivered, and saw the Prince as­son 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 dress'd 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 [Page 15]to the Midwife, asking whether it was a Girl; she an­swered, No. Whereupon the Midwife parted the Child, and put it into the Recevoir 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, whereupon the Deponent 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 ask'd 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 Midwife dropt the Blood into it, and stirr'd it with a little black Cherry Water, and then it was given to the Prince; that the 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 Denmark's 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 Queen's former Children had.

Ms. Judith Wilks Deposeth,

THAT being the Queen's Midwife, she came often to her, especiallys 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 Majesty's Breasts, that on Trinity Sunday last, in the Morning, about Eight of the Clock, the Queen sent Mr. White, Page of the Back­stairs. to call her this Deponent, believing herself 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 [Page 16]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 Depondent 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 Depondent 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 De­ponent's 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 Blood, 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 Chiid from the After-burthen, which the Queen was unwilling to have done, thinking it might be dan­gerous to herself; but the Deponent assuring Her Majesty it would not, Her Majesty gave Consent, whereupon the Child presently cryed, and then the Deponeut gave it to Ms. Delabadie.

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

THAT about Nine a 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 whieh, she the Deponent saw the Prince of WALES given by the Midwife to Mrs. Delabadie, 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 Linnen, hot as they came from the Queen, that for a Month after Her Majesty's Lying-in, the Deponent well [Page 17]knows by the Washing of her Linnen, 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 quickening, 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 Lennox, Deposeth,

THAT she the Depouent was not at the Queen's 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 Qeen 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 very wet with her Milk.

Charlotte Countess of Lichfield Deposeth,

THAT she was not at the Queen's Labour, (being in Child-bed herself) but that she was almost constantly with the Queen, while she 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 Marischal Deposeth,

THAT she was several Times in the Queen's Bed-cham­ber when she shifted herself, and hath seen her Smock stained with her Milk, that she was not at the Queen's 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.

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 Queen's Bed-chamber, and to the best of his, the Deponent's Apprehension the Queen was in Labour, and had a Pain or Two to the best of the Depon­ent's Remembrance, before the rest of the Lords were called in. The Deponent stood all the Time at the Queen's Bed-side, and heard her cry out several Times as Women in Travel 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. Immediatly the Deponent saw a Gentlewoman, who he hath since heard her Name to be Mrs. Delabadie, 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 therefor depose, he doth stedfast­ly believe the Queen was delivered of that Child that very Morn­ing.

Robert Earl of Sunderland, Lord President of His Majesty's 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 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 Queen's Bed-cham­ber, where in a short Time Her Majesty was brought to Bed, the Deponent saw Mrs. Delabadie 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 Aruudel 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 Queen's Bed-chamber, in less than a Quarter of an Hour after she sell into the Sharpness 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 he 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 Majest's 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 Bed's 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 Deponent's Stay and Attendance, and after the Space of one Hour and something more, this Deponent was with some other Lords of his Majesty's 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 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 Queen's Great Bed-chamber, where this Deponent and others were present, as afore­said, at Her Majesty's Labour and Deliver.

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

THat being in Bed upon the 10th. of June, betwen 8 and 9 a Clock in the Morning, Mr. Nicolas, one of His Majesty's Grooms of His Bed-chamber, came into this Deponent's Room, and told him, that the King had sent him to tell the Queen Dow­ager, that the Queen was in Labout; and told him further, that the Queen Dowager had given Order for Her Coach, as soon as she heard the News of the Queen's Labour. The Depo­nent [Page 21]dressed himself with all Speed, and came to wait upon the Queen Dowager, who was ready to go into heer 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 Queen's 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 cried 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 agai, the News was, That it was a Prince; and immediatly the Deponent saw Ms. Delabadie, with the Child wrapt up in her Hands, and in the Crowd; 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 Eorl of Murray, 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 Majesty's 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 Queen's 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 Queen's 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 [Page 22]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 Deponent's Memory, all the Company in that Room were called into the Bed-chamber; The Deponent stood near the Bed's Feet, on the Left Side, where he heard the Queen's Groans, and presently after several loud Skreeks; 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 Ms. Delabadie, who brought it round to the Side where the Deponent stood, and carried it into a little Room, into which the Deponent immediatly 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; whereupon 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.

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 Queen's 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 [Page 23]by the Garden Side, and came to the Queen's Back-Stairs; and finding the Dressing-Room Door open, the Deponent went in to the Queen's 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 immediatly; 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 immediatly the Child cried: 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 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 Queen's Child.

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

THat he was called into the Queen's 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: Immediatly 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 Deponent's Command; but first going up by the Back-Stairs into her Majesty's Dressing-Room; and being there with many others, he heard Her Maje­sty cry out very loudly; whereupon this Deponent hastned to the Green-Cloth, and ordred the several Servants to deliver out of their several Offices, whatsoever should be called for; and as this De­ponent was returning back to the Queen's 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 Queen's 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 Queen's Bed-chamber, and called all the Lords in, and this Deponent went in along with them, being in waiting; immediat­ly after the saids Lords and this Deponent were in the Room, the Queen cried out exremely, 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 Ms. 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 Ms. Dawson came to this Deponent, and whisper'd him in the Ear, 'Tis a Prince, but don't take Notice of it yet. Then Ms. Delabadie brought away the Child from the Bed-Side, and carried it into the little Bed-chamber, and the King and the Lords of [Page 25]the Council went after her, but this Deponent did not follow them.

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

THAT upon the Deponent's coming to visit her Majesty then lying at St. James's, on Sunday the 10 of June 1688, as the Deponent went up the Back-stairs, he heard the joyful Accla­mation, that a Prince of Wales wsas born, upon which the Depo­nent hastned presently into the little Bed-chamber, where the De­ponent found Mrs. Delabadie just sitting down before the Fire, with the new born Prince wrapp'd 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 Majesty's 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, that a Me­dicine was mentioned among the Ladies for a ceertain 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 satisfy the Women, it was allowed of; there being, as was conceived, no Danger in the Thing. Where­upon, the Midwife, with a small Knife stit 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 ittle Black Cherry-Water. Thus much the Deponent hath to say upon her Majesty's present Delivery.

Now for the Time of the Queen's Conception, she often told the Deponent and others, That she had two Reckonings; one one, from Tuesday the 6th of Sept. when the King return'd from his Progress to the Queen then at Bath, and the other from Thurs­day the 6th of Octob. when the Queen came to the King at Wind­sor; but for some Reasons, the Queen rather reckoned from the Latter; though afterwards it prov'd just to agree with the For­mer. Moreover, her Majesty, when, according to her Reckoning, she was gone with Child 12 Weeks, said that she was quick, and perceived the Child to move; the Deponent returned no Answer [Page 26]to the Queen, but privately told those about her, That in Truth, it could not so be in to short a Time; yet the Queen was in the Right, only mistook her Reckoning; for she was then full 16 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, nd within Three or four Days of full forty Weeks.

Sir Thomas Witherely, Second Physician to the King, Deposeth.

THAT on Sunday the 10th of June, the Deponent was pre­sent in the Queen's Bed-chamber when the Prince of Wales was born; the Deponent saw Mrs. Delabadie 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 Aftere-burthen given the first Thing; We the said Deponent and the other Physicians did take two drops of Blood from the Navel-string which remained upon the Child, and gave it in a Spoonfull of Black-cherry-water as the Queen commanded. After this, the Deponent saw (as also did the other Physicians) the After-burden entire.

Sir William Waldegrave, Kt. her Majesty's first Physician, Depo­seth.

THAT in the Progress of her Majesty's being with Child, the Deponent having the Honour to wait upon her as us­ual; upon the 13th of February 1688, about 10 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 Rec­koning, but according to another Reckoning, it was the One or two and twentieth Week: The Deponent also affirmeth, That her Majesty took such adstringent Medicins, 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 dangetous consequence. Upon the 10th of June 1688, the Deponent was call'd at his Lodging in Whitchall, [Page 27]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 returned again, and was in the Bed-chamber when she cried out, and was delivered, 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 returned into the great Bed-chamber, where the Deponent saw the After-burthen fresh and warm.

Dr. Robert Brady, one of His Majesty's Physicians in Ordinary, Deposeth.

THAT a little before 10 of the Clock, in the Morning, on the 10th 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. Delabadie's Lap by the Fire-side; the De­ponent desired to see the Linnen 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-burden hanging at, or joined 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 Phy­sicians Orders, restringent and corroborating Medicines to the Queen's Majesty, That on the 10th of Juae he was sent for in haste to come to St. James's to her Majesty, who, the Messen­ger [Page 28]told him, was in Labour, That the Deponent then received a Note from the Physicians for Medicines for her Majesty, which the Deponent was oblig'd 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. Delabadie with the young Prince in her Arms, the King, and several of the Lords, soon afteer following into the little Bed-chamber, where the Depo­nent saw the Child naked, before it was cleansed from the Impuri­ties of the Birth; and also saw the Navel-string cut and some Drops of fresh Blood received into a Spoon, which she mingled with a little Black cherry water, and saw them given by the Physicians Or­ders to the Child; and afterwards going into the great Bed-chamber, where the Queen was delivered, he saw the After-burthen, &c. fresh.