Seven several Strange PROPHESIES: Full of wonder and admiration. Foretelling long since things of late come to pass. Some whereof are accomplished in this year of wonders 1643 1. Mother Shiptons prophesy. 2. Ignatius prophesy. 3. Sibyllaes prophesy. 4. Merlins prophesy. 5. Mr. Brightmans prophesy. 6. Mr. Truswels, Recorder of Lincoln▪ To which is added a prophesy foretold in the dayes of K. Richard the third. Wolsey. Mother Shipton. york. woodcut of Cardinal Wolsey and other man in tower, Mother Shipton in the center, and city of Yorke on the right Printed at London for Richard Harper, and are to be sold at the Bible and harp in Smithfield. 1643. A Prediction of King RICHARD the Third. IN the reign of King Richard the third, his Majesty with his Army lay at leicester the night before the battle at Bosworth field was fought. It happened in the morning as the King road through the South-gate a po●re old blind man( by profession a wheel wright) sate begging; and hearing of his approach, said, That if the moon changed twice that day, having by her ordinary course changed in the morning, King Richard should lose his crown, and be slain: 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 return back hit on the same place, which so came to pass: And a Nobleman that carried the moon for his Colours, revolted from King Richard, whereby he lost that day his life, Crown, and kingdom: which verified the presages of that poor old blind man. The prophesy of Shiptons wife in the time of King henry the Eight. THen she heard say that King Henry should be King of the South, and cardinal Wolsey King of the North, and dwell at the M●nnour at york; she said, nay, cardinal Wolsey should never come to york. Of this King Henry and the cardinal 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 york, leaving their men there) went to york late at night to Master Beasleys house in Conny-streer, and desired to speak 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 door; 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 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▪ ●nd bid them welcome, and bid them sit down, 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) cardinal Wolsey saith, you said he should never see york. Yes I said, he might see york, but never come at it. The Duke said, when cardinal Wolsey comes to york thou shalt be burnt. We shall see that( said she) and she had a kerchief on her head, which had a yard of cloth in it. And she took it off her head, and her head was as white as wool. 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 burn, she took her staff and turned it in the fire, and it would not burn; then shee took it out of the f●e, 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 this had burned I might have been burned. 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 shee, shoe your horse in the quick, and you shall do well, if not, your body shall be butted in york pa●ement, and your head shall be stolen from the bar and carried into France. And they laughed and said, that is a great hop indeed between the head and the body. Then said the Lord Darcy, Mother Shipton, what must I do▪ you 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. Beaslies house, and lay there all night. The next morning they went post to the King. Soon after the cardinal came to Cawood, and stayed there three dayes and three nights: and the third day the cross of the house top fell down, and broken the Stewards head. The cardinal hearing of it, said, I fear a greater cross then this. In the afternoon the cardinal went up to the top of the house, and many Knights with him. He asked, where stands york? 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 york, but never come a● it. Then he made a great vow he would burn 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 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 cha 〈…〉 d his name for one of the kinsfolks of the cardinal, and so got in. And when he saw the Lord Piercy, he said, Mercy Lord Piercy. No, traitor 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 cardinal in the Minster, of gold, pearl, and precious stones, go and pull one of the pillars down, 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 poisoned 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 Owzebridge, and Trinity Church meet, They shall build in the day, and it shall fall down in the night; unless they get the highest ston in Trinity Church to be the lowest ston 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 could Hearth stones, And Lads shall mary Ladies, and 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 Bootham bar unknown. 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 tail shall be at Edenbrough. After this shall water come over Owze bridge: and when there is a Lord mayor 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 whilst they live again. When all Colton hag hath born 7 yeares crops of corn, 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 lived 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 air, Shall be long warfare. When all the world is aloft, It shall be called Christ croft. When the first battle 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 heard to speak. Then will the Dragon give the Bull a great snap. After this when the first is down, they will go to London. Then woe is me for London, for London shall be destroyed for ever after. Then there will be a great battle 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 battle at Knavesmi●e near york, and then they will be pacified for a while. Then there will be a great battle between England and Scotland at Stockton moore. Then will the Ravens sit on the cross, and drink as much blood 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 blood to the knee, until she come to a man who shall bee 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, go with me to my house. And he will go with her; and they will stay with her three dayes: soon 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 child born in Po●fret 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 one, and they will carry him to sheriff Huttons Castle, and he will die there. Then they will choose three earls in the field: And then They will hang their horse on a thorn, And rue the time that ever they were born, to see so much blood shed. Then they will come to york and besiege it; and york shall keep them out three dayes and three nights: and a penny loaf within the bar shall bee half a crown, and without the bar 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 mayor, Sheriffes, and Aldermen. And there will be three Knights go into crouch 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 war again. Neither shall there be a King o● queen any more: but this kingdom shall be governed by three Lords: and then york 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 bee any house that will but let them have drink for their money. lincoln was, London is, and york shall be The choice, and chiefest City of the three. Ignatius prophesy. IF eighty eight be past, then thrive Thou maiest, 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 many a day. The ninth shall die young, and the first Perhaps shall reign: but( oh) accursed Shall be the time, when thou shalt see To sixteen joined twenty three; For then the Eagle shall have help, By craft to catch the Lions whelp, And hurt him sore, except the same Be cured by the Maidens name. In July month of the same year, Saturn conjoins with jupiter. Perhaps false Prophets shall arise, And Mahomet shall show his prise. And sure much alteration Shall happen in Religion; Believe this truly, if then you see A Spaniard a Protestant to be. The prophesy of old Sibylla. WHen Scotlands hundreth and ninth unconquered King, The sixteen hundred thirty 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 blessed work begin: Then shall the Whore of babel we had here, Be banished quiter, which Bishops did bring in. Then thou brave England which was lead so blind By their perverse episcopal pride, And Irelands shameless superstitious sin Shall be suppressed, who cruelly have cried; So, that, that sacred Prophe●esse Sibylla, Shall shortly come to pass, she tells Tom Mill●, And Tom tells me, and I must tell't again, Through Scotland, England, Ireland, France and spain. Merlins prophesy. ON Bor●as wings then hither shall be born, Through We●ke, o'er Tweed, A Princely unicorn, Who brought into the world his own fair Crest, A rampant Lion figured on his breast. And to his arms fix Lions more shall quarter, With six French flowers environed with the Garter, joining by Fates unchangeable dispose, The Northern Thistle to the southern Rose. He shall the true apostolic Faith maintain, With pious zeal during his blessed reign. Mr. Brightmans prophesy. WHen Englands Church grows Englands shane, Full of wilderness, glory vain. The worst in works and outward form, And with contrary factions torn: When Romish Rites by reformation, Shall be expelled out of this Nation. Lord beggar Bishops then shall come To ruin, and be overthrown. T●e Priests shall be vile to each wight, Their downfall red with much delight: For God will not them guiltless hold, That neither have been hot nor could. The Sco●ch Church shall be in condition A Virgin free from Superstition, They shall be joined in covenant, 'Gainst which the world shall boast and vaunt. But Englands Church must feel the storm, until she truly herself reform: Such hurly burly, and such stir, No form of Church shall remain in her: But Reformation must take breath From the reign of Queen Elisabeth. Mr. Truswels, Recorder of lincoln. THe lily shall remain in a merry world, and he shall be moved against the se● of the lion, and he shall stand on one side amongst thorns of his kingdom a● country: and there shall come the Son of man bearing three wild beasts in his Arm● which kingdom is the Land of the moon, which is to bee dread throughout ● the world, w●th a company of people he shall pass many waters, and he shall come▪ the Land of the lion, looking for help, with the beasts of his own country: And ● that year there shall come an Eagle out of the East, and his wings spread with t● beams of the son of man: and that year shall bee destroyed Castles upon Tham● and there sh●ll be great fear over the whole world; and in a part of the Land th● shall be great battels amongst many kingdoms: That day shall be the bloody fiel● and the L●lly shall lose his crown, and therewith shall be crwoned the Son of ma● And in the fourth year, 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 universal 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 ● go to the land of the Cr●sse. This is licenced and entred. Hen. Walley. FINIS.