Seven Severall Strange PROPHESIES: Full of vvonder and admiration.

Foretelling long since things of late come to passe.

Some whereof are accomplished in this year of wonders 1643

  • 1. Mother Shiptons Prophesie.
  • 2. Ignatius Prophesie.
  • 3. Sibyllaes Prophesie.
  • 4. Merlins Prophesie.
  • 5. Mr. Brightmans Prophesie.
  • 6. Mr. Truswels, Recorder of Lincoln▪

To which is added a Prophesie foretold in the dayes of K. Richard the third.

Wolsey.

Mother Shipton.

Yorke.

Printed at London for Richard Harper, and are to be sold at the Bible and Harpe in Smithfield. 1643.

A Prediction of King RICHARD the Third.

IN the Reigne of King Richard the third, his Majesty with his Army lay at Leycester the night before the battell at Bosworth field was fought. It happened in the morning as the King rode through the South-gate a po [...]re old blinde man (by profession a wheel 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, King Richard should lose his Crowne, and be slaine: and riding over the bridge his left foot struck against a stump of wood: which the old man hearing said, Even so shall his head at his returne backe hit on the same place, which so came to passe: And a Nobleman that carried the Moone for his Colours, revolted from King Richard, whereby hee lost that day his life, Crown, and Kingdome: which verified the presages of that poore old blinde man.

The Prophesie of Shiptons wife in the time of King HENRIE the Eight.

THen she heard say that King Henry should be King of the South, and Cardinall Wolsey King of the North, and dwell at the M [...]n­nour at Yorke; she said, nay, Cardinall Wolsey should never come to Yorke. Of this King Henry and the Cardinall hearing, they were angry, so the King sent to see if shee would stand to her words. The Lord Duke, Lord Piercy, and Lord Darcy (who came with their men disguised to the Ring-houses, a mile from Yorke, leaving their men there) went to Yorke late at night to Master Beasleys house in Conny-streer, and desired to speake with the Master, who came, and they whispered in his [...]are to [...]oe to Ship [...]ons wife with them, and they went and knocked at the doore; and she said come in Master Beasley, and these honourable Lords with you. And then Mr. Beasley would have put the three Lords before, and she said, Come in Mr. Beasley for you know the house, and they doe not. This is a strange thing (said they one to another) that she knowes us, and never saw us before. And they came in (there being a good fire:) and Mr. Beasley said▪ by your leave mother Shipton; and she said, you are welcome Mr. Beasley. Then the other three Lords said the like. And she called them all by their names▪ [...]nd bid them welcome, and bid them sit downe, and bade her maid fetch some ale and cakes, and she did so. And they all drank and were very merry. Then said the Lord Duke, if you knew what we came about, you would not make so much of us. And she said, the messenger must either bee hanged or headed. Mother Shipton (said the Lord Duke) Cardinall Wolsey saith, you said hee should never see Yorke. Yes I said, he might see Yorke, but never come at it. The Duke said, when Cardinall Wolsey comes to Yorke thou shalt be burnt. We shall see that (said she) and she had a kerchiefe on her head, which had a yard of cloth in it. And she tooke it off her head, and her head was as white as wooll. And she spread it on her knee, and threw it in the fire, and let it be there a great while: and when shee saw that it would not burne, she tooke her staffe and turned it in the fire, and it would not burne; then shee tooke it out of the f [...]e, and shaked it, and put it on her head againe. Now (said the Lord Duke) Mother Shipton, what meane you by this▪ She said, if this had burned I might have beene burned. Mother Shipton (said the Duke) what must I doe? My Lord (said she) the time will come when you shall be in as low an office as I am in, and that is a low office indeed. Then said the Lord Piercy▪ Mother Ship­ton, what must I doe? My Lord, said shee, shooe your horse in the quicke, and [Page] you shall doe well, if not, your body shall be buried in Yorke pa [...]ement, and your head shall be stolne from the Barre and carried into France. And they laughed and said, that is a great hop indeed betweene the head and the body. Then said the Lord Darcy, Mother Shipton, what must I doe▪ you have made a great Gun (said she) shoot it off, for it will never doe you good; you are go­ing for warfare, but you will pine many a man, but kill none. So they dranke and gave her money, and went to Mr. Beaslies house, and lay there all night. The next morning they went post to the King. Soon after the Cardinall came to Cawood, and stayed there three dayes and three nights: and the third day the Crosse of the house top fell downe, and broke the Stewards head. The Cardinall hearing of it, said, I feare a greater crosse then this. In the afternoon the Cardinall went up to the top of the house, and many Knights with him. He asked, where stands Yorke? And they shewed him where it stood. How f [...]r is it thither, said he? And they answered him seven miles. Saith he, one sa [...]d, I should never see Yo [...]ke. Nay my Lord, said one of the Knights, she said you might see Yorke, but never come a [...] it. Then he made a great vow he would burne both her, and the Priests that boarded at her house, if they lacked their vestments. The Priests hearing of this were sore afraid. And she bad them keepe themselves content, and they should have twenty to morrow, if they would. Then at night the Cardinall supped, and after supper he charged that no man should come in. And when the company was gone that supped with him, the Lord Piercy came to the gate and knocked. The Porter asked who was there? saying▪ that no man might come in. The Lord Piercy thereupon cha [...]d his name for one of the kinsfolks of the Cardinall, and so got in. And when he saw the Lord Piercy, he said, Mercy Lord Piercy. No, traytor said the Lord Piercy, thou shalt to London, and they set him upon a horse, and [...]id for London with him. And Shiptons wife said to Mr. Beasley, yonder is a good­ly stall made for the Cardinall in the Minster, of gold, pearle, and pretious stones, goe and pull one of the pillars downe, and present it King Henry: and as she bade him, so he did. Now the third day, as the Cardinall was going to­wards London, he poysoned himselfe, and so he died. Mr. Beasley came again to mother Shipton, and said, I pray you tell me some of your prophesies. Mr. Beasley said she,

Before Owzebridge, and Trinity Church meet,

They shall build in the day, and it shall fall downe in the night; unlesse they get the highest stone in Trinity Church to be the lowest stone in Owze­bridge.

The day will come when the North shall rue it sore;
But the South shall rue it for evermore:
Then [...]he Hares shall kindle on the cold Hearth stones,
And Lads shall marry Ladies, and carry them to their homes.

Then ill shall be in the North, one woman shall say to another; I saw a man [Page] to day, for there shall be a thousand women for one man, then shall you have a yeare of pining hunger.

A dearth without any need, And a death without dread.
A joyfull day shall be seen in England of a King and a Queen.

The first comming of the King of Scots, he shall come in at Bootham Barre unknowne. The next time he shall go through Holgate town, and not through Holgate lane. And when the King of the North shall be at London bridge, his taile shall be at Edenbrough. After this shall water come over Owze bridge: and when there is a Lord Major in Yorke Minster yard, let him take heed of a stab.

And when two Knights fall out in the Castle yard, they shall never love kindly whilst they live againe. When all Colton hag hath borne 7 yeares crops of Corne, then 7 years after, you shall hear news.

When warfare begins at the Spring,
Much care to England shall it bring.
Then shall the Ladies cry Welladay,
That ever we liv'd to see this day.
Then well is them that have the least.
And woe is them that have the most.

You shall not know of this warfare at night, but you shall have it in the mor­ning. But when it comes it shall last three yeares, ere it give over.

Betwixt Cadron and Ayre, Shall be long warfare.
When all the world is aloft, It shall be called Christ croft.

When the first battell of this warfare begins, it shall be where crooked Ri­chard made his fray. They will say to warfare for your King, and you shall have halfe a crowne a day, but stir not: Then they will say to warfare for your King, upon paine of hanging, but stir not.

For he that goes to complaine, Shall never come againe.

At that day England shall tremble and quake, for feare of a dead man that shall be heard to speake. Then will the Dragon give the Bull a great snap. After this when the first is downe, they will go to London. Then woe is mee for London, for London shall be destroyed for ever after. Then there will be a great battell be [...]weene England and Scotland, and they will be pacified for a while. Then they will come to Brammamore and fight, and then they will be pacified for a while, then there will be a great battell at Knavesmi [...]e neare Yorke, and then they will be pacified for a while. Then there will be a great battell betweene England and Scotland at Stockton moore. Then will the Ravens sit on the Crosse, and drinke as much bloud of the Nobles as of the Commons. Then there will come a woman wi [...]h one eye, and shee shall tread in many a m [...]ns bloud to the knee, untill she come to a man who shall bee leaning on a staffe, and she will say, who art thou? And he will say, I am the King of the Scots. And she will say, goe with me to my house. And he will [Page] goe with her; and they will stay with her three dayes: Soone after will Eng­land be lost; and twice in one day will they cry, England [...] lost. There will be three Knights in Peter-gate, one of them will not know of another. And there shall be a childe borne in Po [...]fret with three thumbes; and those three Knights will give him three horses to hold whilest they win England againe: And all the Noble blood will be gone but one, and they will carry him to She­riffe Huttons Castle, and he will dye there. Then they will chuse three Earles in the field: And then

They will hang their horse on a thorne,
And rue the time that ever they were borne, to see so much blood shed.

Then they will come to Yorke and besiege it; and Yorke shall keepe them out three dayes and three nights: and a penny loafe within the Barre shall bee halfe a crowne, and without the barre a penny. And then they will sweare that if they will not let them in, they will blow up the walls. Then they will let them in, and they will hang up the Major, Sheriffes, and Aldermen. And there will be three Knights goe into Crowch Church, and there shall but one of them come forth, and he shall cause Proclamation to be made, that any man may take house, tower or bower, for 21 yeares, for while the world endures there shall never be warre againe. Neither shall there be a King o [...] Queene any more: but this Kingdome shall be governed by three Lords: and then Yorke shall be London. And after this shall be a white harvest, corne shall be gotten in all by women. After this a ship shall come in the Thames, till it come over against London, and the Master shall weep to thinke what a goodly City that was, none in the world comparable to it, and now he shall wish there may bee any house that will but let them have drinke for their money.

Lincolne was, London is, and Yorke shall be
The choice, and chiefest City of the three.

Ignatius Prophesie.

IF eighty eight be past, then thrive
Thou maiest, till thirty foure or five.
After the E is dead, a Scot
Shall governe there: and if a plot
Prevent him not, then sure his sway
Continue shall till many a day.
The ninth shall die young, and the first
Perhaps shall reigne: but (oh) accurst
Shall be the time, when thou shalt see
To sixteen joyned twenty three;
For then the Eagle shall have helpe,
By craft to catch the Lions whelpe,
And hurt him sore, except the same
Be cured by the Maidens name.
In July month of the same yeare,
Saturn conjoynes with Iupiter.
Perhaps false Prophets shall arise,
And Mahomet shall shew his prize.
And sure much alteration
Shall happen in Religion;
Believe this truly, if then you see
A Spaniard a Protestant to be.

The Prophesie of old Sibylla.

VVHen Scotlands hundreth and ninth unconquer'd King,
The sixteen hundred thirty and ninth yeare,
Into his age of thirty nine shall reigne,
Then shall the Papall overthrow appear,
Which all the Arts of Europe shall admire:
For Scotland shall that blessed worke begin:
Then shall the Whore of Babell we had here,
Be banisht quite, which Bishops did bring in.
Then thou brave England which was led so blind
By their perverse Episcopall pride,
And Irelands shamelesse superstitious sin
Shall be supprest, who cruelly have cri'd;
So, that, that sacred Prophe [...]esse Sibylla,
Shall shortly come to passe, she tells Tom Mill [...],
And Tom tells me, and I must tell't againe,
Through Scotland, England, Ireland, France and Spaine.

Merlins Prophesie.

ON Bor [...]as wings then hither shall be borne,
Through We [...]ke, o're Tweed, A Princely Unicorne,
Who brought into the world his own fair Crest,
A rampant Lion figur'd on his brest.
And to his arms fix Lions more shall quarter,
With six French flowers environ'd with the Garter,
Joyning by Fates unchangeable dispose,
The Northern Thistle to the Southerne Rose.
He shall the true Apostolick Faith maintaine,
With pious zeale during his blessed reigne.

Mr. Brightmans Prophesie.

WHen Englands Church growes Englands shame,
Full of luke-warmnesse, glory vaine.
The worst in works and outward forme,
And with contrary factions torne:
When Romish Rites by reformation,
Shall be expell'd out of this Nation.
Lord beggar Bishops then shall come
To ruine, and be overthrown.
T [...]e Priests shall be vile to each wight,
Their downfall read with much delight:
For God will not them guiltlesse hold,
That neither have been hot nor cold.
The Sco [...]ch Church shall be in condition
A Virgin free from Superstition,
They shall be joyn'd in covenant,
'Gainst which the world shall boast and vaunt.
But Englands Church must feel the storme,
Untill she truly her selfe reforme:
Such hurly burly, and such stir,
No form of Church shall remain in her:
But Reformation must take breath
From the reigne of Queen Elisabeth.

Mr. Truswels, Recorder of Lincolne.

THe Lilly shall remaine in a merry world, and he shall be moved against the se [...] of the Lyon, and he shall stand on one side amongst thornes of his kingdome a [...] countrey: and there shall come the Son of man bearing three wild beasts in his Arm [...] which Kingdome is the Land of the Moone, which is to bee dread throughout [...] the world, w [...]th a company of people he shall passe many waters, and hee shall come▪ the Land of the Lyon, looking for helpe, with the beasts of his owne Countrey: And [...] that yeare there shall come an Eagle out of the East, and his wings spread with t [...] beames of the son of man: and that yeare shall bee destroyed Castles upon Tham [...] and there sh [...]ll be great feare over the whole world; and in a part of the Land th [...] shall be great battels amongst many kingdomes: That day shall be the bloody fiel [...] and the L [...]lly shall lose his Crowne, and therewith shall be crowned the Son of ma [...] And in the fourth yeare, m [...]ny battels shall bee for the faith, and most of the wor [...] shall be stoopen, but the Son of man with the Eagle shall be preferred▪ and there sh [...] be universall peace over the whole world: then shall the Son of man receive a ma [...] vellous token, and there shall be great plenty of all manner of fruits, and then shall [...] goe to the land of the Cr [...]sse.

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Hen. Walley.
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