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A97349	The Strange and wonderful history of Mother Shipton plainly setting forth her prodigious birth, life, death, and burial, with an exact collection of all her famous prophecys, more compleat than ever yet before published, and large explanations, shewing how they have all along been fulfilled to this very year.		1686 (1686)	Wing S5848; ESTC R217360	8,121	24

never see York Nay says one present â—our Eminence is misinformed she said you should â—ee it but not come at it Then he vow'd to burnâ— her when he came there which was but eight â—iles distant but behold immediately he was â—ent for back by the King and dyed of a vioâ—ent Loosness at Leicester CHAP. 7. â—ome other Prophecies of Mother Shiptons relating to these times AT divers other times when persons of Quality came to visit her she delivered the seâ—eral prophecies following that is to say 1 Prophecy Before Owse-bridge and Trinity-Church meet â—hey shall build in the day and it shall fall in the night â—ntil they get the highest stone of Trinity-Church the â—â—swest stone of Owse-bridge Explanation This came to pass for Trinity Steeple in York was â—own down with a Tempest and Owse-bridge broâ—en down with a Flood and what they did in the â—ay-time in repairing the Bridge fell down in the â—ight till at last they laid the highest Stone of the â—eeple for the Foundation of the Bridge 2. Prophecy The North shall Rue it wondrous sore But the South shall Rue it for evermore 3 Prophecy You shall have a year of pining Hunger shall noâ—â—now of the Wars over-night yet shall you have it iâ— the Morning and when it happens it shall last threâ— years then will come a woman with one Eye and shâ— shall tread in many mens blood up to the Knee 4 Prophecy Then may a Man take House or Bower Land oâ— Tower for one and twenty years but afterwards shalâ— be a white Harvest of Corn gotten in by Women theâ— shall it be that one Woman shall say to another Mother I have seen a Man to day Vnhappy he that lives to see these days But happy are the dead Shipton's wife says 5 Prophecy A time shall happen when a Ship shall come sailing up the Thames till it come against London and the Master of the Ship shall weep and the Mariners of the Ship shall ask him why he weeps since he hath madâ— so good a Voyage and he shall say Ah! what goodly City this was none in the world comparable to it and now there is scarce left an House that can let us have drink for our money Explanation These last words were sadly verified afteâ— the dreadful Fire of London 1666. when therâ— was not an House left all along Thames-side from the Tower to the Temple As for thâ— words before they being darkly delivered â—re not like to be understood till time that â—oth discovers and absconds all things shall â—ring the matters signified to light CHAP. 8. Her Prophecies in Verse to the Abbot of Beverly THe Abbot of Beverly giving her a Visit one day told her That as he had found â—everal things that she had formerly said to be â—xactly true so he was perswaded she was not Igâ—orant in those which for the future were to inâ—ue and therefore requested her to impart some of â—er fore-knowledge to him for which Favour â—tho ' more than his deserts could command yet â—â—all he neither want a Tongue to acknowledge nor ã€ˆâ—Šã€‰ Heart to endeavour a Requital for so great an â—bligation Mr. Abbot saies she leave off comâ—lementing I am an old Woman who will neither â—â—â—tter nor be flatter'd by any yet shall answer our Desires as for as I may And thereupon â—â—d in mystick Verses discover to him the â—reatest Accidents that have happen'd in England from that day to this as in the following Explanations will appear Prophecy When the Cow doth ride the Bull Then Priest beware thy Skull Explanation By the Cow was meant H. 8. who gave the Cow in his Arms as Earl of Richmond and thâ— Bull betoken'd Madam Ann of Bulloigne noâ— only as the first syllable of her name but because her Father gave the black Bulls-Head iâ— his Crest and when the King married her immediately after hapned the Dissolution oâ— Monasteries and restraints laid on the Priests Prophecy For a sweet pious Prince make room And in each Kirk prepare a Broom Explanation This is meant of King Edward the sixth iâ— whose time the Protestant Religion waâ— established and the Popish Superstition swept out of the Kirk an old word used stiâ—â— in Scotland for the Church Prophecy Alecto next assumes the Crown And streams of blood shall Smithfield drown Explanation These Lines decipher Q. Mary called Alecto a name of one of the Furies for her Cruelty â—o the Protestants of whom great numbers â—ere then burnt in Smithfield Prophecy A Maiden Queen full many a year Shall Englands War-like Scepter bear Explanation Spoken of Q. Elizabeth who Reigned exâ—eamly Beloved by her Subjects and dreaâ—ed by her Enemies above Forty Years Prophecy The Western Monarch's Wooden Horses Shall be destroyed by the Drakes Forces Explanation The King of Spain's mighty Navy in 88. â—estroyed by the English Fleet under Capâ—â—in Drake Prophecy The Northern Lyon over Tweed The Maiden Queen shall next succeed And joyn in one two mighty States Then shall Janus shut his Gates Explanation This relates to King James who having been many Years King of Scotland the Crown of England by Queen Elizabeths Death fell to him whereupon he came over Tweed to take up his Residance here and so joyned the two Kingdomes under one Government And as for Janus shutting his Gates you must know Janus was one of the Heathen gods that haâ— a Temple at Rome the Gates of which were never shut but in times of Peace alluding to which our Prophetess here declares the peaceful Reign of King James Prophecy Forth from the North shall mischief blow And English Hob shall add thereto Mars shall rage as he were wood And Earth shall drunken be with blood Explanation This relates to our Late lamentable Civâ— Wars Prophecy But tell 's what 's next Oh cruel Fate A King made Martyr at his Gate Meaning the Execrable murther of thâ— most Excellent Prince Charles the First The just King dead the Woolfe shall then With blood usurp the Lyons Den. But Death shall hurry him away Confusion shall a while bear sway Till fate to England shall restore A King to Reign as heretofore Who mercy and justice likewise Shall in his Empire exercise These Prophecies we have seen fulfilled â—y Cromwel's Usurpations the Committee â—f Safetys Confusions and our Gracious Soâ—eraign's Miraculous Restauration Prophecy Triumphant Death rides London through And men on tops of Houses go Explanation The first Line points out the great Sickâ—â—ss in London 1665. And the second the â—eadful Fire the Year following Let this suffice the night comes on You must depart and I be gone Apollo does forbid my Rhimes For to unvail succeeding times Having said this Mother Shipton arose and the â—dmiring Abbot who took all these Prophecies â—ou must conceive in writing giving her many Thanks returned home CHAP. 9. Of Mother Shiptons Death Burial and Epitaph THis famous Prophetess continued several years esteemed as the Sybil or Oracle of these Times At last being Threescore and Thirteen â—ears of Age she found the time in the black Book â—f Destiny approaching wherein she must give a â—â—nal adieu to the World which she foretold to a â—ay to divers people and at the hour predicted â—aving taken solemn leave of her friends laid â—er self down on her Bed and dyed on whom ã€ˆâ—Šã€‰ Poet of this Age bestowed this EPITAPH Here lies she who never ly'd Whose Skill so often has been try'd Her Prophecies shall still survive And ever keep her Name alive FINIS Books Sold by J. Conyers a little abovâ— St. Andrews Church in Holbourn 1. MErry Jests of poor Robin the Sadler oâ— Walden 2. The Figure of Seven new printed 3. The new Academy of Complements VVith a new Garland of Fifteen Songs 4. The History of Reynard the Fox 5. The History of Fortunatus 6. The History of Doctor Faustus 7. A new Book of Cookery 8. Lilly's new Erra Pater 9. Two Groatsworth of wit for a penny Moleâ— and Dreams 10. Mother Shiptons Life and Prophecies 11. An Hundred notable things for a penny 12. The new Parliament of women 13. The Rules of Civility or the Art of gooâ— Breeding 14. The English Mountebank a Book of merâ—y Conceits 15. The Maids Complaint and Batchellor's Anâ—wer 16. Dr. Lilly's last Legacy A Book of choice Receipts of Physick and Chyrurgery 17. The Distressed VVelshman At the above-mentioned place any Chapmen may be â—urnished with all sorts of small Books

The Strange and Wonderful HISTORY OF Mother Shipton Plainly setting forth Her prodigious Birth Life Death and Burial With an exact Collection of all her famous PROPHECYS More compleat than ever yet before published And large Explanations shewing how they have all along been fulfilled to this very YEAR Licensed according to Order The History of Mother Shipton CHAP. I. Of Mother Shiptons strange Parentage and tâ—â— place of her Birth MOTHER SHIPTON as all Historiâ—â— agee was a Yorkshire woman bâ—â— the particular place is very muâ—â— disputed because several Towns have preteâ—ded to the honour of her Birth But the mâ—â—â— credible and received opinion ascribes it ã€ˆâ—Šã€‰ Nascborough near the dropping Well in the Couâ—ty aforesaid concerning her Pedigree or Pareâ—tage there is likewise very various Reportâ—â— Some say that her Father was a Necromancâ—â— and that skill in the Black Art thereby becamâ— intail'd upon her by inheritance but the coâ—mon Story which therefore I shall follow yet â—ithout forcing the Reader to believe it wheâ—â—er he will or no is That she never had any â—â—â—ther of humane Race or mortal wight but ã€ˆâ—Šã€‰ as begot as the great Welsh Prophet Merlin ã€ˆâ—Šã€‰ as of old by the Phantasm of Apollo or some â—â—anton Airial Doemon in manner following Her Mother whom some Records call Aâ—atha and others Emmatha being left an Orâ—â—an about the Age of sixteen very poor and â—uch troubled with that grievous but comâ—on disease called by some Idleness and by â—â—thers Sloth as she was once upon a time sitâ—â—ng bemoning her self on a shady bank by the â—ighway side this spirit appear'd to her in the â—â—ape of a very handsom young man smiâ—â—ng on her Pretty maid quoth he why dost â—â—ou sit so sad Thou art not old enough to have â—â—y Head pestered with the cares of the World â—â—ithee tell me the business and doubt not but I â—ill help thee out of all thy troubles The Maid â—or Maids there were in those days at her age â—â—sting up her eyes and not suspecting a devil â—â—d in so comely a countenance related to him â—â—r wants and that she knew not how to live pish said he that 's nothing but be ruled by and thou shalt never lack she hearing him pâ—â—mise so fairly told him she would and theâ—â— upon to draw her in by degrees to destructiâ—â— he first tempted her to Fornication and pâ—â—vailed so far as to gain her but his Touchâ—â— as she afterwards confessed to the Midwiâ—â— were as cold as Ice or Snow From this tiâ—â— forward she was commonly once a day viâ—â—ted by her Hellish Gallant and never wantâ—â— money for still as she swept the House sâ—â— should find some odd pieces as Ninepenceâ—â— Quarters of thirteen-pence-half-pennys aâ—â— the like sufficient to supply all her occasion CHAP. 2. How Mother Shiptons Mother proved wiâ—â— child How she fitted the severe Justice aâ—â— what hapned at her delivery THe Neighbors observing Agatha withoâ—â— any Employ to live so handsomly woâ—dred exceedingly how she came by it but wâ—â— more surprized shortly afterward when thâ—â— perceiv'd her to be with child which she coâ—â— not long hide for before her delivery she was ã€ˆâ—Šã€‰ big as if she had gone with half a dozen â—â—ildren at once whereupon she was carried beâ—â—re a Justice who chid threatned her for her â—â—continency but he was soon silenced for â—â—s Wife and all his Family being present Aâ—atha said to him aloud Mr. Justice gravely â—â—u talk now and yet the truth is your Worâ—â—ip is not altogether free for here stands Two ã€ˆâ—Šã€‰ your Servant wenches that are both at this â—ime with Child by you pointing to them seâ—erally with her finger at which both himself â—nd the two Girls were so blank that his wife â—lainly saw what she said was true and thereâ—â—re fell upon two poor Harlots like a fury so â—â—ll Mr. Justice and the Constable could do was â—ot enough to keep the peace and the whole â—amily was in such confusion that Agatha for â—â—at time was dismist and soon after was â—ought to bed in the Month of July in the 4. â—ear of the Reign of K. Henry the 7th which as in the year of our Lord 1488. Her Travel as very grievous and a most terrible Clap of â—hunder hapned just as she was delivered of this strange birth which afterward was so â—â—mous by the name of Mother Shipton Nâ—â— could the Tempest affright the women moâ—â— than the prodigious Physiognomy of tâ—â— Child the body was long but very big bone great gogling eyes very sharp and fiery a Noâ— of unproportionable length having in it maâ—â— crooks and turnings adorned with greâ—â— pimples which like vapours of brimstone gaâ—â— such a lustre in the night that her Nurse neâ—ded no other Candle to dress her by and bâ—sides this uncouth shape it was observ'd thâ—â— as soon as the was born she fell a laughiâ—â— and grinning after a jeering manner and immediately the Tempest ceased CHAP. 3. By what name mother Shipton was christen and how her Mother went into a Monastery THE Child being thus brought into ã€ˆâ—Šã€‰ World under such strange circumstancâ— was though not without some oppositieâ— ordered at last by the Abbot of Beverly to ã€ˆâ—Šã€‰ christned which was performed by the name Vrsula Soothtell for the later was her moâ—â—ers and consequently her Maiden Sirname â—nd as for Shipton it was the name of her husâ—and whom she afterwards married as wiâ—â— â—â—pear in the sequel of this History and in this â—articular most of the Authors I 've Read have â—een fouly mistaken But to proceed When â—e was about two years old her Mother coâ—ing to be sensible of her evil in holding a corâ—â—spondency with a wicked spirit applying her If to several Religious men of great note in â—â—ose times by whose grave advice she grew â—uly penitent and according to the fashion â—f that Ages Devotion put her self into a â—ighbouring Monastery having first put out â—â—r Child with a piece of Money to a friend â—â—d so spent the remainder of her days in the â—â—mous Covent of the order of St. Bridget near â—ottingham in prayers and tears and other acts ã€ˆâ—Šã€‰ Pennance to expiate the wickedness of her â—uth but wonderful it is to relate the trouâ—â—s that befel the Nurse she was put to for her â—ther the foul Fiend is reported several times ã€ˆâ—Šã€‰ have visited her particularly one day the â—â—rse having been abroad when she returned she found her door open whereupon fearinâ—â—he was Robb'd she call'd three or four neighbours and their Wives to go into the housâ— with her but before they got well into thâ— Entry they heard a strange noise as if therâ— had been a thousand Cats in consort which sâ— dismaid them that they all ran towards thâ— door endeavouring to get out again but in vaiâ— for every one of them had got Yokes on theiâ— Necks that they could not possibly return buâ— soon after the Yokes fell off and then a Coulâ— staff was laid on 2 of

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