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August 1st. 1737.

Lord Harrington and Sir Robert Walpole arriving at St. James's soon after the delivery of the Princess, his Royal Highness was pleased to send for them to his Bedside about 5 a-Clock in the morning: when, among other things, he said he did not know whether the Princess was come before her time or not; that she had felt great pains the Monday before, which being apprehended might prove her Labour (of which opinion Lady Archibald Hamilton and Mrs. Payne declared themselves to be, ) he brought her from Hampton Court to St. James's; but the Physicians were then of another opinion, and the pains ceasing and going off. they return'd to Hampton Court again.

That on the Friday following, the Princess's pains returning, the Prince carried her again to St. James's, when the Physicians, Doctor Hollings and Doctor Broxholme, and Mrs. Cannon were of opinion it might prove her labour, but those pains likewise going off, they returned again to Hampton Court on Saturday: That he should not have been at Hampton Court on Sunday, but it being the public day, he feared it might be liable to some