THE Wonderful Prophesies of Old Mother SHIPTON, In the time of King HENRIE The Eight.

Together with several other very strange PROPHESIES.

  • I. By Ignatius.
  • II. By Sibylla.
  • III. By Merlin.
  • IV. By Brightman.
  • V. By Mr. Truswels, Recorder of Lincoln.

EDINBƲRGH, Printed in the Year, 1685.

The wonderful Prophesi [...]s of Old Mother Shipton, in the time of King Henry the eight. Together with several other very strange Prophesies.

WHen she heard say that King Henry should be King of the Seath, and Cardinal Wolsey King of the North, and dwel [...] at the Mannour at York; she said nay, Cardinal Wolsey should never come to York. Of this King Henry and the Cardinal hearing, they were angry. So th [...] King s [...]nt to see if she would stand to her words, the Lord Duke. Lord Piercy, and Lord Darcy, (who cam [...] with their men disguised to Ring=houses, a mile from Y [...]k l [...]aving their men there) went to York late at night to Mr. Beasleys house in Conny street, and desired to speak with the Master, who came, and they whi [...]p [...]red in his ear to go to Shiptons wife with them, and [...]hey went and knocked a [...] the door, & she said, come in Mr. 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 do not. This is a strange thing (said they one to another) that she knows 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, and bid them welcome, and bid them sit down, and bade her maid fetch some ale and cakes, & she did so. And they all drank and were very merry. Then said the Lord Duke. if ye knew what we came about, you would not make so much of us. And she said, the M [...]ssenger mu [...]t be either headed or hanged. Mother Shipton (said the Duke) Cardinal Wolsey saith, you said h shall never see York. Yes, I said he might see York, b [...] never come at i [...]. The Duke said, when Cardinal Wolsey comes to York thou shalt be burnt. We shall see that (saith she) and she had a kerchief on her head, which had a yard of cloath in i [...]; and she took it off her head, & her head was white as wool. And she spread it on her kn [...]e, and threw it in the fire, and let it be in there a great while; and when she saw that it would not burn, she took her staff and turned it in the fire, and it would [Page]not burn, then she took it out of the fire and shaked it; and put it on her head again. Now (said the Lord Duke) mother Shipton what mean you by this? She said if his had burned, I might have burned also. Mother Shipton (said the Duke) what must I do? 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 do? My Lord, said she, shooe your horse in the quick, and you shall do well, if not your body shall be buried in York pavement, and your head shall be stolne from the Barr, and carri­ed into France. And they laughed and said, this is a great hop indeed between the head and the body. Then said the Lord Darcy. Mother Shipton, what must I do? Ye have made a great Gun (said she) shoot it off, for it will never do you good, you are going for warfare, but you will pine many a man but kill none. So they drank and gave her money, and went to Mr. Beasleys house and lay there all night. The next morning they went up to the King. Soon after the Cardinal came to Cawood and stayed there three days and three nights: and the third day the Cross of the house top sell down, and brake the Stewards head. The Cardinal hearing of it, said. I fear a greater cross then this. In the afternoon the Cardinal went to the top of the house, and many Knights with him. He asked where stood York? And they shew­ed where it stood. How far is it thither, said he? And they answered, seven miles. Saith he, one said, I shall never see York. Nay my Lord, said one of the Knights, she said you might see York, but never come at it. Then he made a vow he would burn her and the Priests that boarded at her house, if they lacked their vestments. The Priests hearing of this were sore afraid, and she bade them keep themselves content, and they should have twenty to morrow if they would. Then at night the Cardinal 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 changed his name, for one of the kinsfolk of the Cardinal, and so got in. And when he saw the Lord Piercy, he said, mercy, my Lord Piercy. No, [Page]traitour, said the Lord Piercy, thou shalt to London. And they set him upon a horse; and rode for London with him. And hiptons wife said to Mr. Beastry, you­der is a goodly stall made for the Cardinal in the Min­ster, of gold, pearl, and precious stones; go and pull down one of the pillars and present it King Henry: and as she bade him so he did. Now the third day as the Cardinal was going towards London, he poysoned himself, 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 Owzeb [...]idge and Trinity Church meet.

They shall build in the day, and it shall fall down in the night: Unless 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 the Hares shall kinale on the cold hearth stones,
And Lods shal marry Ladies & carry them to their homes.

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

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

The first coming of the King of SCOTS, he shall come in at Boothan-Barre unknown. The next time [...]e shall go through Holgate Town, and not through Holgate­lane. And when the King of the North shall be at Lon­don-Bridge, his tall shall be at Edinburgh. After this shall water come over Owzebridge: and when there is a Lord Major in York Minster-yard, let him take heed of a stab.

And when two Knights fall out in the Castle-yard, they shall never love kindly while they live again. When all Colton hag hath born seven years corn: then seven years after you shall hear news.

When warfare begins at the spring,
Much sorrow to England shall it bring.
Then shall the Ladies cry well aday,
That ever we liv'd to see this day.

The Prophesie of old SIBYLLA.

WHen Scotlands hundred and ninth unconquer'd King,
The sixteen hundreth thirtieth and ninth year:
Into his age of thirty nine shall reign,
Then shall the Papal overthrow appear,
Which all the Arts of Europe shall admire.
For Scotland shall that blesied work begin,
Then shall the Whore of Babel we had here,
Be banisht quite, which Bishops did bring in.
Then thou brave England which was led so blind,
By their perverse Episcopally pride,
And Irelands shameless superstitious sin
Shall be supprest, who cruelly have cry'd,
So that, that sacred Prophetess Sibylla,
Shall shortly come to pass, she tells Tom Milla,
And Tom tells me, and I must tell't again,
Through Scotland, England, Ireland, France, and Spain.

MERLIN'S Prophesie.

ON Boreas wings then thither shall be born
Throw Week o're Tweed a Princely Unicorn,
Who brought into the world his own fair Crest,
A rampant Lyon sigur'd on his breast.
And to his Arms six Lyons more shall quarter,
With six French flowers environ'd with the Calter,
Joyning by Fates unchangeable dispose,
The Northern Thistle to the Southern Rose.
He shall the true Apostolick Faith maintain,
With pious zeal during his blessed reign.

Master BRIGHTMANS Prophesie.

WHen Englands Church grows Englands shame,
Full of luke-warmness, glory vain.
The worst in works, and outward form,
And with contrary factions torn:
When Romish Rites by Reformation
Shall be expell'd out of this Nation,
Lord beggar Bishops then shall come
To ruine, and be overthrown.
The Priests shall be vile to each wight,
Their downfal read with much delight;
For GOD will not them guiltless hold,
That neither hath been hot nor cold.
The Scotish Church shall be in condition,
A Virgin free from superstition,
[Page] Then well is them that have the least,
And wo is them that have the most.

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

Betwixt Cadron and Ayre,
Shall be long warefare
When all the world is a-loft.
It shall be called Christs croft.

When the first battel 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 half a Crown a day, but stir not: Then they will say to warfare for your King, upon pain of hanging, but stir not.

For he that goes to complain,
Shall never come again.

At that day England shall tremble and quake for fear of a dead man that shall be h [...]rd to speak. Then will the Dra [...]on give the Bull a great map. After this, when the first is down, they will g [...] t [...] London. Then wo is me for London, for London sh [...]ll be de [...]troyed for ever after. Th [...]n t [...]ere will be a great battel between Scotland and England, and they will be p [...]cified for a while. Then they wi [...]l come [...]o B [...]ammamoore an [...] fight, and then they will be pacified for a while. Then there will be a great battel at K [...]a [...]ismi [...]e near York, and they will be pacified for a while. Then there will be a great battel between Scotland and England a [...] St [...]k [...]. [...] Ravens sit on the Cross and [...] of [...] N [...]bles as of the Commons Then there will come a woman with one eye, and she shall tread in many mans blood to the knee, until she come to a man who shall be leaning on a staff and she will say who art thou? and he will say, I am the King of the SCOTS. And she will say to with me to my house. And be will go with her, and they will stay with her three days; Soon after will England be lost, and twice in one day will they cry, England is last. There will be three Knights in Peter-gate, and one of them will not know of another. And there shall be a child born in Pomsert with three thumbs, and those three Knights will give him three horses to hold whilst they win Eng­land again. And all the noble blood will be gone but [Page]one, and they will carry him to Sheriff Huttons Castle, and he will die there. Then they will chu [...]e three Earls in the field: And then, They will hang their horse on a thorn, & rue the time that ever they were born to see so much b [...]ood [...]hed.

Then they will come to York and besiege it, and York shall keep them out three days and three nights: and a penny loaf within the Barr shall be half [...] crown, and without the B [...]rr a penny. And then they will swear 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, Sheriffs and Alderm [...]n. And there will be three Knights go 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 years, for while the world endures there shall never be war again. Neither shall there be a King or Queen any more: but this Kingdom shall be governed by three Lords: And then Tork shall be London. And after this shall be a white harvest, corn 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 think what a goodly City that was, none in the world comparable to it, and now he shall wish there may be any house that will but let them have drink for their money.

Lincoln was, London is, and York shall be
The choise and chiefest City of the three.

IGNATIUS Prophesie.

IF eighty eight be past, then thrive
Thou mayest, till thirty four, or five,
After the E. is dead, a Scot
Shall govern there: and if a plot
Prevent him not, then sure his sway
Continue shall till [...]d [...]y.
The ninth shall dye young, and the first
Perhaps shall reign: but (oh) accurst
Shall be that time, when thou shalt see
To sixteen joyned twenty three:
For then the Engle shall have help,
By craft to catch the Lyons whelp,
And hurt him sore, except the same
Be cured by the Majdens name.
In July moneth of the same year,
[Page] Saturn conjoyns with Jupiter.
Perhaps false Prophets shall arise,
And Mahomet shall have his prize.
And sure much alteration
Shall happen in Religion.
B [...]i [...]ve this truly, if then you see
A Spaniard a Protestant to be.

The rest of Brightmans Prophesie.

They shall be joyn'd in Covenant,
'Gainst which the world shall boast and vaunt:
But Englands Church must feel the storm,
Until she freely her selt reform,
Such hurly burly, and [...]uch stir,
No form of Church shall remain in her,
But Reformation must take breath,
From the Reign of Queen Elizabeth.

Mr. Turswels, Recorder of Lincoln.

THe Lilly shall remain in a merry world, and he shall be moved against the seed of the L [...]on, and he shall stand on one side amongst thorns of his Kingdom and Countrey: and there shall come the Son of man bearing three wild beasts in his arms, which kingdom is the land of the Moon, which is to be dread throughout all the world, with a company of people, he shall pass many waters, and he shall come to the land of the Ly­on, looking for help with the beasts of his own coun­trey; And in that year there shall come an Eagle out of the [...]a [...] and her wings spread with the beams of the Son of man: and that year shall be destroyed Castles upon Thames, and there shall be a great fear over the whole world; and in a part of the land there shall be great bat­tels among many kingdoms: That day shall be the bloo­die field, and the Lillie shall lose his Crown, and there­with shall be crowned the Son of man. And in the fourth year many battels shall be for the faith, and most of the world shall be slooped, and the Son of man with the Eagle shall be preferred; and there shall be universal peace over the whole world: then shall the Son of man re­ceive a marvellous token, and it shall be great plenty of all manner of fruits, and then shall he go to the land of the Lilly.

FINIS,

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