Mother Shiptons PROPHESIES WITH â—…ree and XX. more all most terrible and wonderfull Predicting strange alterations to befall this Climate of ENGLAND Viz. â— Of K. Richard the III. â— Mr. Truswell Recorder of Lincolne â— Lillies Predictions â— A Prophesie alluding to the Scots last invasion â— Ignatius his Prophesie â— Mrs. Whites Prophesie 7 Old Sybilla's Prophesie 8 Merlin's Prophesies 10 Mr. Brightmans 9 Old Otwell Bins 11 Paulus Grebnerus Pro. 12 A Prophesie in old English meeter 13 Another ancient Proph. 14 An other short but pithy 15 Another very obscure 16 Saltmarsh his Predict 17 A strange Prophesie of an old Welsh-woman 18 St. Bedes Prophesie 19 William Ambrose 20 Tods Prophesie 21 Thomas of Astledowne 22 Saunders his Prediction 23 A Prophesie of David Cardinall of France c. Wolsey Shipton K. Henry 8. Mr. Saltmarsh LONDON â—…inted by T.P. for Fr. Coles and are to be sold at his Shop at the signe of the Lambe in the Old-Baâ—ly neare the Sessions house 1663. Note that this Prophesie was never exactly printed before WHen she heard that King Henry the 〈…〉 Wolsey should be at Yorke she said that Cardinall Wolsey shouâ—… never come to Yorke which the King and the Cardinall hearing being angâ—… sent the Duke of Suffolk and the L. Darcy to her who came with their 〈◊〉 disguised to the Kings house near York where leaving their men they went 〈◊〉 Mr. Besly in York and desired him to goe with them to Mother Shiptons house where wheâ— they came they knocked at the doore she said Come in Mr. Besly and those honorable Lorâ—… with you and Mr. Besly would have put in the Lords before him but shee said come in Mâ—… Besly you know the way but they doe not This they thought strange that she should knoâ— them and never saw them then they went into the house where there was a great Fire anâ— they dranke and were very merry Mother Shipton said the Duke if you knew what we caâ—… about you would not bid us so welcome shee said the Messenger should not be hangeâ—… Mother Shipton said the Duke you said the Cardinall should never see Yorke yea said she â— said he might see Yorke but never come at it But said the Duke when he comes to Yorke thoâ— shalt be burned wee shall see that said she and plucking her Handkercher off her head shâ— threw it into the fire and it would not burne then she tooke her staffe and turned it into thâ— fire and it would not burne then she tooke and put it on againe Then said the Duke whaâ— meane you by this She replyed if this had burned J might have burned Motheâ—… Shipton quoth the Duke what thinke you of me My Lord said she the time wiâ—… come a The Duke was afterward Beheaded you will be as low as I am and that is a low one indeed My Lord Piercy said and what say you of me My Lord said shee Shooe youâ— Horse in the quick and you shall do well but your b This proved true for hee rose in rebellion in the North and by not flying when he might hee was taken and beheaded in York where his body was buried and his Head was stolne away and carried into France tempore Eliz. Reg. body will be buried in York Pavement and your Head shaâ—… be stolne from the Barre and carried into France At whicâ— they all laughed saying that would be a great lop betweeâ— the Head and the Body Then said the Lord Darcy anâ— what thinke you of me She said you have made a greaâ— Gunne shoot it off for it will never doe you any good you are going to Warre you will paine many a man but kill â—one So they went away Not long after the Cardinall came to Cawood and going to the top of the Tower He asked where stands York and how farre it was thither And said that one said that he should never see Yorke nay said one she said you might see Yorke but never come at it He vowed to burne â—er when he came to York Then they shewed him York and told him it was but Eight miles â—…ence he said that he would soone be there but being sent for by the King he dyed in his way to London at Leicester of a Laske And Shiptons wife said to Mr. Besly yonder is a â—…ne â—…all built for the Cardinall in the Minster of gold Pearle and precious Stones goe and preâ—…nt one of the Pillers to King Henry and he did so â—r Besly seeing these things fall out as she had foretold desired her to tell him some more of 〈◊〉 Prophesies Mr. Besly said shâ—e before that c This came 〈◊〉 passe for â—…ty steeple 〈◊〉 Yorke was blowne downe with a tempest and Owsebridge was broken down with a great flood and â—…at they did in repairing the Bridge in the day time with the stone of the steeple fell down in the nighâ—…â—…ill they remembring this Prophesie laid the highest stone of the steeple for foundation of the bridgâ—… 〈◊〉 then the worke stood And by this was partly verified another of Mother Shipton Prophesies viz. â—…at her Maid should live to drive her Cow over Trinity steeple Owse-bridge and Trinity Church meet theâ—… shall build on the Day and it shall fall in the Night untill they get the higheâ—… stone of Trinity-steeple to be the lowest stone of Owse Bridge That the day will come when the North shall rue it wondrous sore but the South shall rue it for evermore when Hares kindle on cold hearth d Supposed to be meant by suppression of Abbias other Religious houses and at the Lord Wil Howâ—…ds house at Naworth a Hare came and kindled in his Kitchin upon his hearth stones and lads shall marry Ladies and bring them home then shall you have a yeare of pining hunger and then a dearth without Corne a woful day will be seene in England a King and a Queene The first comming of the e This was fulfilled in K Iamâ—s comming to for such multitude of People stood at Holgate bar to behold him as that to avoid the presse he was forced to ride another way King of Scots shal be at Holgate Town but he shall not come in through the Barre and when the King f When K. Iames was at London his children were at Edenbrough preparing to come into England of the North shall be at London his tayle shall be at Edinborough After this shall water g This is verified by the conducting of water into Yorke streets through bored Elmes and the Conduit house hath a Wind-mill on the top this drawes up the water come over Owse-bridge and a Wind-mill shall be set on a tower and an Elme-tree shall lye at every mans doore and at that time Women shall weare great hats and great bands And when there is a Lord Major h A Lord Major whose house was in the Minister yard in York was killed with three stabs at Yorke let him
beware of a stab When two Knights i Sir T. Wentworth and Sir John-Savill in choosing Knights for the shire in the Castle yard at Yorke did so fall out that they were never well reconciled shall fall out in the Castle-yard they shall never bee kindly all their lives after When all Colton k Colton hagge in her time was Woodland ground full of Trees which bore Corne 7. yeares and the 7â—…h yeare after that was the yere of the comming in of the Scots and their taking of Newcastle hag hath borne crops of Corne seven yeares after you shall heare newes there shall two Judges l In the year 1616. two Iudges of Assize went out at a gate in Yorke where never any Iudges were knowne to goe out before goe in and out at Walmgate barre Then Warres shall begin in the Spring Much woe to England it shall bring Then shall the Ladies cry well away That ever we liv'd to see this day Then best for them that have the least and worst for them that have the most You shall not know of the warte over night yet you shall have it in the morning and when it comes it shal last three yeares between Cardon and Aire shall be great warfare when all the world is lost it shall bee called Christs Croft When the battell begins it shall be where m Neare Leiceâ—…er where Richard the 3 was slaine in battell there Col Hastingâ— was one of the first in arms endeavouring to settle the commission of Array in opposition to others that were setling the Militia Crook-back Richard â—egan his fray They shall say to warfare for our King for half a Crowne a day but stirre not they will say to warfare for your King on paine of hanging but stirre not for he that goes to complaine shall not come back againe The time will come when England shall tremble and quake for feare of a dead man that shal be heard to speak Then will the Dragon give the Bull a great snap when the one is down they will go to London town Then there will be a great battell between England and Scotland and they will be pacified for a time and when they come to Brammamore they fight and are againe pacified for a time then there will be a great battell betweene England and Scotland at â—…tockmore Then will a Raven sit on the n It is to be noted and admired that this Cross 〈◊〉 â—hiptons dayes was a tall stone Cross which ever since hath been by degrees sinking into the ground and 〈◊〉 is sunke so low that a Raven may fit upon the top of it and reach with her bill to the ground Cross and drinke as much bloud of Nobles as of the CoÌ„mons then woe is me for London shal be destroyed for ever 〈◊〉 There will come a woman with one Eye and she shall tread in many mens bloud to 〈◊〉 knee and a man leaning on a staffe by her she shall say to him what art thou And he shâ—… say J am the King of Scots and she shall say goe with me to my house for there are thâ—… Knights and he will goe with her and stay there three dayes and three nights then will Enâ—land be lost and they will cry twice a day England is lost Then there will be three Knighâ—… in Petergate in Yorke and the one shall not know of the other here shall be a Child boâ—… in Pomfret with three thumbs and those 3 Knights will give him three horses o There is a Child not many yeares since born at Pomfret with three Thumbs to hold while they winne England and all Noble blood shall be gone but one and they shall carry him to Sheriffe Huttons Castle six miles from York and he shall dye ther and they shall chuse there an Earle in the field and hanging their Horses on a thorne will rue the time that ever they were borne to see so much blood shed Then they will come to Yorke to besiege it and they shall keep them out three dayes and three nights and a penny loafe shall be within the Bar at half a Crown and without the bar at a penny and they will sweare if they will not yeeld to blow up the Town-walls Then they will let them in and they will hang up the Major Sheriffs and Aldermen and they will goe into Crouch Church there will three Knights goe in and but one come out againe and hee will cause Proclamation to be made that any man may take house tower or bower for 12. yeares and while the world endureth there shal never be warfare againe nor any more Kings or Queenes but the Kingdom shall be governed by three Lords and then York shall be London And after this shall bee a whâ—… harvest of Corne gotten in by women Then shall be in the North that one woman shall â—…y unto another Mother J have seene a Man to day and for one man there shall be a thousand women There shall be a man sitting on St. James Church-hill weeping his fill And after that a Ship come sayling up the Thames till it come against London and the Mr. of the Ship shall weepe and the Marriners shall aske him why he weepeth being he hath made so good a voyage and he shall say Ah what a goodly City this was none in the world comparable to it and now there is left scarce any house that can let us have drinke for our money Vnhappy he that lives to see those dayes But happy are the dead Shipton wife sayes In the world old age this woman did fore-tell Strange things shal hap which in our time have fâ—ll A Prediction of K. Richard the Third IN the Raigne of K Richard the 3. his Majesty with his army lay at Leicester the night before the batâ—…ll of Bosworth field was fought It hapned in the Morning as the King rode through the southgate a poore blind man by profession a Whel-wright sate begging and hearing of his approach said That if the Moone changed twice that day having by her ordinary course changed in the morning K. Ricard should lose his Câ—owne and be slaine and riding over the brige his left foot struck upon a stump of wood which the old man hearing said Even so shall his head at his returne back hiâ— on the same place which so câ—me to paâ—…e And a Noble man that carried the for his colours revolted from K Richard whereby he lost that day his Life Crowne and Kingdom which verified the presagees of that poore blind old man Mr. Truswals Recorder of Lincolne The Lilly shall remaine in a merry world and he shal be moved against the seed of the Lyon and he 〈◊〉 stand on one side amongst thrones of his Kingdome and Country And there shall come the Son of 〈◊〉 hearing three wild Beasts in his Armes which Kingdome is the Lord of the Moone which is to be dread throughout all the world with a company
〈◊〉 ruine of â—…gland Castle the Scots invasion and destruction in the yeare 164â— that the Scots shall the next yeare 1650. make another attempt to invade this Land but agaâ—… beaten but after that the yeare following they will come againe with farre more strength and theâ—… waste and utterly undoe many but afterward they shall find such a terrible repulse that most of the 〈…〉 overthrowne and vanquished Sâ—… 〈◊〉 saith Sinne shall cause gaeat trouble in every Land and right shall not raigne in his Inheriâ—… 〈…〉 sins shall be upholden Falshood shall proudly stand and black clouds of Ignorance stop the 〈◊〉 of remembrance Truth and Equity down shall be laid for men â—…all their God forsakâ—… give 〈…〉 to misgovernance in heart great sorrow then shall awake for â—…bt of falling of vengeâ—… 〈◊〉 ever worse and worse their life shall be so that all Realmes shall speake of thee with death deaâ—… every Country God shal so punish this Nation with battels beyond sea they shal be brought into desperâ—… William Ambrose saith Treason shall labour fast with all her might to keepe Right out of the Land 〈◊〉 Lawes and Ordinances day and night and no token of true love shall be found ranting Gallantâ—… 〈◊〉 shall punish all about and then make a sentence in justice of Law and cause many one to staâ—… great doubt and after a cursed manner they shall ever draw and against the Right they shall ever maâ—… and they shall loose their Heads ever among and they that beare the Lanthorn shall lie in the mire and People shall wade deepe in sin For the Pastors of the Church shall rest and sleep in blindness and siâ—… and have great Treasures in their Chests and be secret with Ladies and others and sport them in Aduâ—… and say it is naturall causing many to sinne and their audacity shall be great to cover the sin withall 〈…〉 shall lead the blind till both fall in the ditch and many one shall goe wrong for lack of 〈…〉 for where the foundation is not sure downe it goeth TOâ— saith The great shall supplant the Poore and pill them daily and keepe them full low and shall â—…pell them daily to know Falshood which shall be called true and Right and the great shall climbe 〈…〉 all after their content to set aside a Common-wealth Wherefore you Saxons think not thougâ—… 〈…〉 time that the Normans you both shal be driven away the Brutes of the first line shall enter agâ—… 〈…〉 yee shall go from hence for your great sinne the Brutes were the first and 〈…〉 â—…ing in the Land with them shall abide all that is true blood the Brutes were driven 〈…〉 and when they winne least so shall the Saxons Then holy men desired to know 〈…〉 â—…ld begin and what Battels should be and â—…w who should lose and who should wâ—… 〈…〉 â—…wered and said When all sin is favoured without Correction and Lords wed their 〈…〉 God have no affection when Priests and Lay people be all one in word and deed wiâ—… 〈…〉 â—…en shall not care what they doe nor how they got their good nor where and Innocenâ—… 〈…〉 â—…wne shall weare and this time of trouble continue shall forty yeares ere it be ended â—… 〈…〉 â—…edowne saith There shall be a deceitfull Parliament in the which shall be shewed 〈…〉 they can no longer keep in secret which hath of long time been prevented and there 〈…〉 â—…versies in Opinions that the Realm shall be in foure parts and with that voyce shall 〈…〉 of the World against us to punish us for the great abhominable Heresies and whoredoâ—… 〈…〉 â—…oly Orders Saunders Prediction for the yeare 1659. 〈…〉 the noting That the 14. great Orbe in which the Moone and Leo have ruled shall have its pâ—… 〈…〉 And then begins the 15. great Orbe in which Saturne and Virgo shall predominant which 〈…〉 the signe of the great Conjunction before the comming of Christ which shall produce gâ—… 〈…〉 in the world and principally concernes Mercurialists who will then have more Rule in the woâ—… 〈…〉 â—…der this there will be a King in England Davids Prophesie Cardinall in France CHarles mighty Monarch did the C begin After whose Death Vsurping C came in By will force he some few years bore sway Nothing but blood his fury could allay Alas this hundred and his crooked Race Were like Usurpers turn'd out of the place Of honour as they well deserv'd indeed And now the L. for fifty doth succeed Stout Neptun's left and by the Monk so bold Who doth appeare this riddle to unfold Right shall have Righâ— for in a little space A hundred shall be of the hundred Race The Mâ—…k will joyn as appearance shows The Exil'd Thistle to the Happie Rose Who shall in Peace these Nations free froÌ„ fâ—… Govern in safety for Three hundred yearâ—… FIN