lochiels:

…Prior to Elizabeth’s birth, the royal physicians (by means of their foolish studies of astrology) had assured king Edward that his expected child by his queen would prove a prince. The king, who was deep in the same kind of lore, had persuaded himself that his expected infant would wear the crown of England. One of these physicians, Dr. Dominic, obtained leave to station himself in the queen’s withdrawing-room, leading to her bed-chamber, in order that he might be the first to carry the tidings of the heir to Edward IV. Hearing the child cry, he called to one of the queen’s ladies, asking, “What her grace had?”  The ladies were not in the best humour, being unwilling to answer “only a girl.” So one of them replied, “Whatsoever the queen’s grace hath here within, sure ‘tis a fool that standeth there without.” Poor Dr. Dominic, being much confounded by this sharp answer, dared not enter the king’s presence. [x]