Stuarts

2i 4 THE STUARTS
up by his mother "for the family of our dearest son, the Prince of Wales."
It is too long to give in full, but I quote some of the minute directions by
which the studies and mode of life of the young Prince were to be regulated.
I take them from the Stuart papers at Windsor, a calendar of which has
recently been presented to Parliament. They bring out in clear relief the
daily life of James III., and one cannot but feel sorry for a boy so watched
day and night, so "cabined, cribbed, confined," as he must have been.
Ceremony and regulations dog his footsteps everywhere and perpetually.
" None are to be permitted to whisper in the Prince his ear or talk with
him in privat " (rule 8) ; " as to the grooms of the Prince his bed-chamber,
their business is to dress and undress him, to lye by him in their turns :
and to follow him from place to place," and so on. These regulations are
a curious and interesting illustration of the management of children two
centuries ago.
Rules for the family of our dearest son, the Prince of Wales.
1696, July 19. St. Germains. — "Whereas it is Our Will and pleasure to
constitute and appoint our Right Trusty and Right Well-beloved Cosen
James, Earle of Perth, to be Governor to Our dearest son, the Prince of
Wales, Wee have thought fitt to prescribe the following Rules to guide
him in the discharge of his duty.
1. In the first place the Governor, or in his absence one of the Under-
governors must constantly attend upon the person of Our said dearest son
at all times and in all places, that he may be still under the eye of one of
them, except when he is at his Book or Catechisme with his Preceptor, or
Underpreceptor.
3. Wee will that the Governor ly at night in the Prince his Chamber
and when he shall be hindered by any just occasion from so doing the
Undergovernor in waiting must supply his Room.
8. None are to be permitted to whisper in the Prince his ear or talk
with him in privat, out of the hearing of the Governor, or in his absence,
of the Undergovernor in waiting.
9. None must be permitted to make the Prince any present without
first shewing it to the Governor, or in his absence, to the Undergovernor
in waiting, and asking one of their leaves to give it.
10. None must presume to give the Prince anything to eat nor any
flowers, perfumes, or sweet waters etc. without the Governor's leave and