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A50564 A Melius inquirendum into the birth of the Prince of Wales, or, An account of several new depositions and arguments pro and con and the final decision of that affair by the grand inquest of Europe, being a supplement to the depostions. 1689 (1689) Wing M1646; ESTC R918 26,205 16

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that holy place and those that were in the Fields had order to pass no farther The Temple of the Oracle bring near to Parnassus one might see the Muses composing by the sweet harmony of their Instruments and Voices a Quire in which was sung the Triumph of the Prince of Wales After this one might see the Young Prince carried into the Temple by fourscore Jesuits as yet afore Jupiter Hammon was by 80 Priests in a kind of Goudolo of Gold from whence hung knobs of Silver followed by a great number of Monks of all Orders singing with a loud voice holy Hymns to his Glory As soon as the little Prince was within the Temple all the Priests and Priestesses of Apollo incompassed him and having examined and considered the features of his face said aloud contrary to the custom of our modern Gossips That he was not at all like his Father The DIVINITY Ordered That such should be introduced as had not yet appeared The Pretress came before Mr. SKELTON Embassador of his Britannick Majesty to the King of France And being brought to the entry of the Holy Cave thus spoke I prove the Prince of Wales to be Legitimate because the King his Father had wrote to me to spare no charge in making Fire-works and splendid Feastings The Author of the Triumph of Liberty Being come up answered to Mr. Skelton That if his Excellency had no other proof to give he ought to expect to see himself very speedily censured and condemned and that having already proved in his Book That King James the It. had not been lawfully called to the Crown of England but that he had Usurped it since the Laws of the Land have Excluded all Romand Catholick Princes he had resolved to prove to him presently That the Prince of Wales was never of Royal Blood That this is a suppositition believing the Society contrived it to deceive Fools The ORACLE Ordered That they should cause to come in The Author of Parliamentum Pacificum To see what he had to answer thereto The Pretress conducted him to the Cavern and made the Author of the Triumph of Liberty retire some paces back for fear lest a noise should arise between these two different Spirits the Author of Parliamentum Pacificum said thus to the DIVINITY I cannot for bear the admiring the Divine Wisdom for giving a Child to his Majesty in his old years and at a time when we were near seeing a second Queen Elizabeth to Reign and the greatest proof that I have that this young Infant is Legitimate is the ill opinion his Majesty hath of all the Hereticks The ORACLE Answered him That he had not in the least satisfied the Question which the Author of the Triumph had proposed viz. That his Majesty had Usurped the Crown of England he ought to prove the contrary afore he came to the suppositition The Earl of AVAUX Ambassador of FRANCE Took his time and the Pretress having received some Louis which he presented her with he was immediately introduced and brought the affair into a few words The ORACLE Asked him then How that he pretended to prove the Prince of Wales to be Legitimate his Excellency said The greatest proof he had was a Magnificent Treat the Monsieur Albeville gave in the Prince Maurice his Pallace to all the Ministers of Forreign Courts where we were near 300 persons that he invited After Mr. D'Avaux Mr. St. DISDIER Advanced and as he knew the History to the bottom and is knowing in all things he said to the DIVINITY That it was not difficult to prove that the Queen of England had really been with Child if one consider that the Queen Mother lay-in with Louis the XIV after she had been barren twenty two years which is the reason they call the King Given of God and at this day the Prince of Wales hath the same Name because he certainly came into the World by the gift of Heaven Mr. MOREAV Envoy Extraordinary from POLAND Entred without Ceremony and dispatched his business with a laughing air the relish of a glass of certain delicate Wine he drank at the Pallace of Prince Maurice made him not want matter or words in speaking to the DIVINITY For my part I shall prove the Prince of Wales is not supposititiou because Mr. Albeville rose from the Table several times to fill us out to drink of a most excellent wine and he did it with so graceful a mein that I have reason to say he hath not forgot his first imployment a Buler or Footman Mr. ALBEVILLE's Steward Slipped into the Cavern without taking notice of the Pretress and spoke thus to the DIVINITY I am about to abjure my Religion to oblige my Master the Ambassador The PRETRESS Bid him hold his Tongue for here was nothing to do about Religion but only to know how the Prince of Wales was Born. The STEWARD Answered That he had resolved to tell all that he knew but that he was only concerned in performing the Commission he had from the Embassador the day of the Fire-works which was to search out some English or other unknown persons to borrow for them white Perriwigs a Gentiel Dress fine Linen Cravats and Cuffs of French Point and to procure them Footmen to follow as if they had been my Lords or other of considerable Quality that I had order to seat them at the Table to make a figure and fill seven or eight places because that some of the States had no mind to come The PRETRESS Perceiving that this Discourse displeased Monsieur Albeville who was present who was concerned to do things honourably on such occasions besides that what the Steward said did more make known what was done on the day of rejoycing for the young Prince than to prove that he was of the Blood Royal made him retire As soon as the Steward had done the Pretress introduced Monsieur D' Albeville The DIVINITY Told him That all the World was surprised to see what passed at this day and that it was a thing that all people spoke of that one would make a supposited Child for a legitimate Monsieur ALBEVILLE Cryed out in the Discourse calling Heaven and Earth to Witness saying That it was a pure scandal that he had caus'd from the day that he had notice of the Birth of the Young Prince to make Fire works which had surprised the 7 Provinces with their Beauty and Magnificence where was to be seen the Young Prince upon a Globe in the midst of a Triumphal Arch where these Words were written which contain the year of his Birth aVgVsta eX IaCobo Magno proLes DIV VIVat M. DC LXXXVIII Which is That the Son of Great JAMES Live long Upon this Triumphal Arch you might see St. George who represented the King trampling under his feet the Dragon of Rebellion and abolishing the Test and Penal Laws There one might see the good Conscience of the Jesuits represented by the Woman that was near the