Twelve strange PROEHESIES, Besides Mother SHIPTON'S, Predicting wonderful events to betid these years of danger in this Climate, whereof some have already come to pass well worthy of note. Most of them were found in the Reigns of Edward the fourth, and Henry the eighth, Kings of England, and are these which follow: Viz. 1. Mother Shipton's Prophecies. 2. The Blind man's Prophecy. 3. Ignatius Loyala 4. Sibylla's Prophecy. 5. Merlin's Prophecy. 6. Otwell Bins' Prophecy. 7. M. Brightmen Prophesy. 8. M. Giftheils Prophecy. With five other Prophecies, never before Printed. Whereunto is added the Predictions of M. John Saltmarsh, to his Excellency the Lord Fairfax, and the Council of his Army: As also the manner of his Death. Now Printed and published for the satisfaction of those who have been abused by false and imperfect Copies; with Marginal Notes on Mother Shipton's Prophecies. York. Mother Shipton. Wolsey. outside the walled ciy of York, Mother Shipton holds a staff in her hand, and indicates with the other towards Cardinal Wolsey and another man, who look out from a tower LONDON, Newly Printed for Francis Coals at the sign of the Half-Bowle in the Old-Bayly. The Prophecy by Mother Shipton. When she heard King Henry the eight should be King, and Cardinal Wolsey should be at York, Note, that this Prophecy was never exactly Printed before. she said, that Cardinal Wolsey should never come to York with the King: and the Cardinal hearing, being angry, sent the Duke of Suffolk and the Lord Darcy to her, who came with their men disguised to the King's House near York: where leaving their men, they went to M. Besley to York, and desired him to go with them th● Mother Shipton's house; where when they came, they knocked at the door; she said, Come in M. Besley, and those honourable Lords with you, and M. Besley would have put in the Lords before him: but she said, Come in M. Besley, you know the way, but they do not: this they thought strange, that she should know them and never saw them. Then they went into the house, where there was a great fire, and she bid them welcome, calling them by their names, and sent for some Cakes and Ale, and they drank and were very merry. Mother Shipton, said the Duke, if you knew what we came about, you would not bid us so welcome; she said, the messenger should not be hanged. Mother Shipton, said the Duke, you said the Cardinal should never see York; yea said she, I said he might see York, but never come at it: but, said the Duke, when he comes to York thou shalt be burned; we shall see that, said she, and plucking her handkerchief off her head, she threw it into the fire, and it would not burn; then she took her staff, and turned it into the fire, and it would not burn; then she took it and put it on again: then said the Duke, what mean you by this? she replied, if this had burned, I might have burned, Mother Shipton (quoth the Duke) what think you of me? My Lord, said she, the time will 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 she, shoe your horse in the quick, and you will do well, but your (b) This proved true, for he risen in Rebellion in the North, and by not flying when he might, he was taken and beheaded at York, where his body was buried, but his head was stolen away, & carried into France temp. Eliz. R. body will be buried in York pavement, and your head shall be stolen from the bar, and carried into France; at which they all laughed, saying, That would be a great lope betwixt the head and the Body. Then said the Lord Darcy, And what think you of me? she said, you have made a great Gun, shoot it off, for it will do you no good; you are going to war, you will pain many a man, but you will kill none: so they went away. Not long after the Cardinal came to Cawood, and going to the top of the Tower, he asked where York was, and how far it was thither, & said, that one said he should never see York; nay, said one, she said you might see York, but never come at it: he vowed to burn her when he came to York. Then they shown him York, and told him it was but eight miles thence; he said, that he would soon be there: but being sent for by the King, he died in his way to London, at Leicester, of a Lask. And Shipton's wife said to M. Besley, Yonder is a fine Stall built for the Cardinal in the Minster, of Gold, Pearl, and precious Stones, go and present one of the Pillars to King Henry; and he did so. M. Besley seeing these things falling out as she had foretell, desired her to tell him some more of her Prophecies: M. Besley, said she, before that (c) This came to pass; for Trinity Steeple in York was blown down with a Tempest, and Owes, Bridge was broken down with a great Flood; and what they did in repairing the Bridge in the day time with the stone of the Steeple, sell down in the night, until they (remembering this Prophecy) laid the bishest stone of the Steeple for the foundation of the Bridge, and then the work stood. And by this was partly verified another Prophecy of Mother Shipton, (viz.) That her Maid should live to drive her Cow over Trinity Steeple. Owes Bridge and Trinity Church meet, they shall build on the day, and it shall fall in the night, until they get the highest stone of Trinity Church to be the lowest stone of Owes Bridge. Then the day will come when the North shall rue it wondrous sore, but the South shall rue it for evermore: When Hares kennel on cold hearth (d) Supposed to be meant by the suppression of Abbeys & other Religious Houses: And at the Lord William howard's House at Naworth, a Hare came and kindled in his Kitchen upon the Hearth. stones, and Lads shall marry Ladies & bring them home, then shall you have a year of pining hunger, & then a dearth without corn, a woeful day shall be seen in England, a King and a Queen. The first coming of the King (e) This was fulfilled in K. James his coming in; for such a multitude of people stood at Holgate-Bar to behold him, as that to avoid the press, he was forced to ride by another way. of Scots shall be at Holgate Town, but he shall not come through the Bar; and when the King (f) when K. James was at London, his children were at Edinburgh, preparing to come to England. of the North shall be at London, his tail shall be at Edinburgh. After this shall water (g) This is verified by the conducting of water into. York-streets through boared Elms: And the Conduit-house hath a Windmill on the top that draws up the water. come over Owes Bridge, and a Windmill shall be set on a Tower, and an Elmetree shall lie at every man's door; at that time women shall wear great Hats and great Bands. And when there is a Lord Mayor (h) A Lord Maior, whose house was in Minster-Yard in York, was killed with three stabs. at York, then let him beware of a stab. When two Knights (i) Sir Tho. Wentworth & Sir Joh. Savil, in choosing Knights for the Shire in the Castle-yard in York, did so fall out, that they were never ascer well reconciled. shall fall out in the Castle-yard, they shall never be kindly all their lives after. When all Colton Hag (k) Colton Hag in her time was a Woodland, a ground full of Trees, which bore Corn seven years, and the seaventh year after that was the coming in of the Scots and their taking of Newcastle, hath borne Crops of Corn, seven years after you shall hear news, there shall two Judges (l) In the year 1616. two Judges of Assize went out at a gate in York, where never any Judges were known to go out before or since. go in and out at Walmgate-Bar. * In 1039. King Charles raised an Army in the Spring, When wars shall begin in the Spring. Much we to England it shall bring: Then shall the Ladies cry well away, That ever we lived this day. * He that had any thing, knows this to be true by experience. Then best for them that have the least, and worst for them that have the most: you shall not know of the war overnight that you shall have in the morning; and when it comes, it shall last three years: between Cadron & Air shall be great warfare; when all the world is as lost, it shall be called Christ crossed. When the battle gins, it shall be where (m) near Leicester, where Richard the Third was slain in battle, there Colonel Hastings was of the first in Arms, endeavouring to settle the Commission of Array, in opposition to others that were then setting the Militia. Crook-back Richard made his Fray. They shall say, To warfare for your King for half acrowne a day, but stir not, They will say, To warfare for your King on pain of hanging, but stir not; * How many Welsh and Irish hath the K. lost in this War? very few have returned to their old habitations. for he that goes to complain, shall not come back again. The time will come when 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, and when the one is down, they will go to London Town: Then there will be a great batted between England and Scotland, and they will be pacified for a time; and when they come to Brammamore they sight, and are again pacified for a time: Then there will be a great battle between England and Scotland at Stockmore, then will Ravens fit on the (n) It is to be noted, and admired, that this Cross in the North in Mother Shipton's days was a tall Stone Cross, which ever since hath been by degrees sinking into the ground, and now is sunk so low, that a Raven may sit on the top of it, and reach her Bill to the ground. Cross, and drink as much blood of Nobles as of Commons: then woe is me, for London shall be destroyed for ever after. There will come a woman with one eye, and she shall tread in many men's blood to the knee, and a man leaning on a staff by her, she shall say to him, What art thou? And he shall say, I am the King of Scots: and she shall say, Go with me to my house, for there are three Knights; and he will go with her, and stay there three days and three nights: Then will England be lost; and they will cry twice a day, England is lost. Then there will be three Knights in Petergate in York, and the one shall not know of the other: there shall be a child borne in Pomfret with three thumbs, and those three Knights will give him three horses (o) There was a Child not many years since, borne at Pomfret, with three thumbs. to hold while they win England; and all noble blood shall be gone but one: and they shall carry him to Sheriff Nuttons Castle, six miles from York, and he shall die there: and they shall choose there an Earl in the Field, and hanging their horses on a thorn, rue the time that ever they were born, to see so much bloodshed. Then they will come to York to besiege it, and they shall keep them out three days and three nights, and a penny loaf shall be within the Bar at half a Crown, and without the Bar at a penny and they will swear, if they will not yield to blow up the Town Walls. Then they will let them in, and they will hang up the Mayor, Sheriffs, and Aldermen, and they will go into Crouch-Church: there will three Knights go in, and but one come out again, and he will cause Proclamation to be made, That any man may take House, Tower, or Bower, for 21 years, and whilst the world endureth there shall never be warfare again, nor any more Kings or Queens, but the Kingdom shall be governed by three Lords, and then York shall be London. And after this, shall be a white Harvest of Corn gotten in by Women. Then shall be in the North, that one woman shall say unto another, Mother I have seen a man to day; and for one man there shall be a thousand women. There shall be a man sitting on Saint James Church hill, weeping his fill: And after that, a Ship come sailing up the Thames, till it come against London, and the Master of the Ship shall weep, and the Mariners shall ask him why he weepeth, being he hath made so good a Voyage? And he shall say, Ah, what a goodly City was this I none in the world comparable to it, and now there is left scarce any house that can let us have Drink for our Money. Unhappy he that lives to see these days, But happy are the dend, Shipton's Wife says: In the World's old age this woman did foretell Strange things should haep, which in our Times have fell. 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 thorough the South Gate, a poor old blind man (by profession a Wheel-wright) sat begging, and hearing of his approach, said, That it 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 bacl 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 be lost that day his life, Crown, and Kingdom: which veresied the presages of that poor old blind man. The Prophecy by Ignatius. IF Eighty eight be past, then thrive Thou may'st, till thirty four or five. After the E. is dead, a Scot Shall govern there: and if a Plot Prevent him not, sure than 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 Lion's whelp, And hurt him sore, except the same Be cured by the Maiden's name. In July month of the same year, Saturn conjoines with Jupiter. Perhaps false Prophets shall arise, And Mahomet shall show his prize, And sure much alicration Shall happen in Religion: Believe this truly, if then you see A Spaniard a Protestant to be. The Prophecy of old Sibylla. WHen Scotland's hundred 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 quite, which Bishops did bring in. Then thou brave England, which wast led so bland By their perverse Episcopapall pride, And Ireland's shameless superstitious sin Shall be suppressed, which cruelly have cried; So that, that sacred Prophetess Sibylla, Shall shortly come to pass, she tells Tom Millae And Tom tells me, and I must tell't again, Through Scotland, England, Ireland, France, and Spain. Merlin's Prophecy. ON Boreas' wings then hither shall be borne Through Week o'er Tweed, a Prince Unicorn, Who brought into the world his own fairè Crest, A rampant Lion figured on his breast, And to his Arms six Lions more shall quarter, With six French flowers environed with the Garter, Joining by Fates unshangeable dispose The Northern Thistle to the Southern Rose; He shall the true Apostolic Faith maintain, shall be, With pious zeal during his blessed reign. That Lincoln was, that London is, that York Brave London prays those days she ne'er may see. The Prophecy of old Otwel Bins, kept by Mr. Smith, Vicar of Hudderfield 40 years. THen James shall se●ke a second Crown, In pu●l●ng Pope and Papists down; But James shall vanish from their face, At half Enzabeths' Royal race. Then using foreign Policies, Grudge and discontents arise: Yet shall they assemble at the Seat Of Parliament, for a Work most great: But strange Opinions there shall sow Dissension, that too high shall grow; And Laodicea's England's Church Of grace a●d beauty some shall lurch: And Smith's of Policy shall invent, To cast new Moulds of Government; While vulgar B●rds of weakest wing, Grow stout against the Eagle King, Whose just integrous heart shall prove The Adamant of Subjects love: Then Pride shall some in Prison lock, And lop a head off from a Block; By honest Power they shall bring down An aspirer that assumed a Crown; That he whose Power did Laws contemn, Might find a Grave, no Diadem. Some Comic Scones shall then be acted, By vulgar Players much distracted: Another. ENgland! thy proper Native thee betrays, Because all Nations hate thee and thy ways: Spain doth undermine thee, France doth gnaw, Wales threats, the Irish thee by snares doth awe. Thy bravest men do on a sudden dye, And thou thyself dost wholly rnined lie, Yet seest it not; but under feigned Peace, Dost thine own misery still more increase. M. Saltmarshes Predictions declared to his Excellency the Lord Fairfax, and the Council of his Army; with the Motives that occasioned it: and the manner of his Death. HE being at his house near Yilford in Essex, Decemb. 4. 1647. told his Wife, that he had received a Command from God, to make known to the Army what the Lord had revealed to him: The like be said to Sir H. M. Knight, a Member of the House of Commons, as soon as he arrived at London. The next day (being the Lord's day) he found some difficulty to procure a Horse, but after Dinner he got one, and rid alone towards Windsor: but missing his way, lodged that night 7 miles short; where he declared. That the great and dreadful Day of the Lord is n●er, when all men shall be judged by Jesus Christ, and then shall the ways and actions of all men appear, etc. Early the next day, Decem. 6. he again miffed his way in a Forest, but espying a house, rid to it to demand his way, and there made known, That God was purposed to destroy the wicked, and draw the Saints to himself, with much more: after which he departed, and about 9 of the clock came to Windfor; where M. A. an Adjutator, saluting him, he said, M. A. Depart from these Ten●s lest you perish with them, for the Lord hath revealed to me, that he is angry with this. Army because they have forsaken him. Another, a Captain, asked him how he did? To whom he replied, That he had nothing from God to say to him, because he had always been a seeker of himself under specious pretences. Then seeing one C. D. another Officer, he said, He could not own him, for he was for destruction. Then going to the General Council, where many Officers were met in expectation of the General, he told them, That he was come thither to reveal the Lords Command; That though God had done much for them, and by them, yet he had left them and their Counsels, because they had forsaken him; That God would not prosper their Consultations, but destroy them by Divisions amongst themselves; That formerly he came like a Lamb, but now God hath raised in him the spirit of a Lion because they had sought to destroy the people of God. Some said, that he lookt-like one distracted, and that he had been sick, and was not well recovered; to whom he replied, That he had been sick, but well in health then, and sensible of what he said, and that should be the last time that ever he should speak to them. Afterwards he went to the General, not moving his Hat, and told him, That he had no command from God to honour him, That he had honoured him so much, as he offended God in doting on his person, and that God would no longer prosper him, etc. Then going to the L. Gen. who asked him how he did? He (without any respect) answered him, That God was very angry with him for abusing the Godly, and that the Armies falling from their first Principles, would occasion their ruin and destruction, etc. After which he departed, and on Tuesday, Decemb. 7. went again to the L. Gen. and declared, That he was sorry to see such obstinacy in him, and wished him to be mindful of what God had declared to him. Afterwards he took his leave of the Army, and said, He had done his Errand, and must leave them, never to see the Army more. On Wednesday, Decemb. 8. he came to London, and took leave of some friends, to whom he recommended his Wife. On Thursday, Decemb. 9 he went from London to his house at Yilford, not sick at all. and told his Wife what he had done. On Friday Decemb. 10. he said, He had finished his course, and must go to his Father. In the afternoon he said his head ached, and laid himself upon his Bed. On Saturday, Decemb. 11. he was taken speechless, and about four or five a clock that afternoon died. FINIS.