A True Copy of MOTHER SHIPTON'S LAST PROPHECIES: As they were taken from one JOAN WALLER, In the Year of our Lord, 1625.  
Who Died in March last, 1641. being ninety four years of age.  
Of whom Mother Shipton had Prophesied, that she should live to hear of Wars within this Kingdom but not to see them.  
Also predicting other wonderful events that should befall in this Climate and in these times.  
With two other strange Prophecies thereunto Annexed.  
All which were never Published before.  
London, Printed for T.U. 1642.   


A Prophecy found in the Alley of Saint benedict's Abbey in Norfolk.  

IF eighty eight be past, then thrive  
Thou mayst till forty four or five.  
After the Maid is dead, a Scot  
Shall govern there: and if a Plot  
Prevent him not, sure than his sway  
Continue shall for many a day.  
The Ninth shall die, but then the First  
Perhaps shall reign: but (oh) accursed  
Shall be the time, when as you see  
To sixteen joined thirty 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 a Maiden's name.  
In July Month of the same Year  
Saturn shall join with Jupiter.  
Perhaps False Prophets may arise,  
And Mahomet shall play his prize:  
But sure much alteration  
Shall happen in Religion.  
Believe you this when as you see  
A Spaniard a Protestant to be.    

Another Prophecy.  

Out of the North shall come an host  
Which shall invade the British coast:  
And it shall overspread the Land,  
And drive the King unto a stand,  
And from the King shall take his life,  
Yet shall it not offend his Wife.  
For after he shall live again,  
And then the tyrant shall be slain.  
Out of the East shall come a Knight  
Which shall Donzeldelphus' height:  
And he with good Rogero shield  
Shall beat the Tyrant out of the Field,  
And chase him out of Britain  
And drown the Tyrant in the Sea.    

The Scots Prophecy.  

ANglia te prodit tua Gens te qualibet odit,  
Te circumfodeat Gens Scotia gallia ridit;  
Wallia minatur, hiberniaque insidiatur,  
Pax imulata fluit, graviorque paena paratur.     

A Perfect Copy of Mother Shipton's last Prophecies.  
IN Henry the eighths' time the King having made Cardinal Wolsey Bishop of York, and he purposing to come and live in the North; Mother Shipton hearing of it replied and said, he must see York, but never come to it. King Henry and the Cardinal heard tell of her saying, and were very angry, and sent three Lords down to see if she would stand to her words; viz. Lord Duke, Lord Percy, and Lord Darcy, So they and their Men came down disguised from London to Dring Houses near York. And left there their Men, and came to York themselves to one Master Beasleys House in Conistreet in York late at night, and knocked at his door and asked if Master Beasley was within? who were answered, he was, and they requested to speak with him, who forthwith came unto them, and they whispering in his ear, told him he must go with them to Shipton Wives House, which accordingly he did, and knocking at her Door, she said, come in Master Beasley, and those three Honourable Lords with you; upon which words Master Beasley would have put the Lords in first, and she said, no Master Beasley come you in, you know the House and they do not; then said they one to another, this is a strange thing, that she should know us and never saw us: So they came in, and there was a fair fire prepared, Master Beasley saying, with your leave Mother Shipton, well come, quoth she, so said all the Lords in order; and she said, welcome my Lord Duke, welcome my Lord Percy, and welcome my Lord Darcy; sit you here my Lord Duke, sit you here my Lord Percy, and sit you here my Lord Darcy, and you M. Beasley sit here, for you are as one of the House, and when they all were set down, she bade her maid fetch some Ale, and go to the Crbbert and bring short Cakes, (for she had prepared them before hand) and she did so, and they all did eat and drink-thereof, and were very merry; then said my Lord Duke, Mother Shipton, if you knew what we were come about, you would not make us thus welcome? and she said, my Lord Duke the Messenger must neither be headed, nor hanged; but Mother Shipton, said the Duke, my Lord Cardinal says you must be burned, for saying, he might see York, but never come into it: and when he comes to York, he purposeth to effect the same, and she answered him she did say so, and that he should see anon whether she might be burned or no then she took a kercher which she had on her head, that had a yard of cloth in it, and spread it on her knee, and her head was as white as Wool, and cast it upon the fire and let it lie thereon a great while, which not burning, she took her staff and turned it over, and it would not burn: then took she it out of the fire and shaked it, and put it on her head again. Then my Lord Duke asked her what she meant by that? and she gave him answer and said, if this had burned I might have been burnt, but because it doth not, I must not. Then said my Lord Duke, Mother Shipton, I understand you are a Woman of knowledge and judgement, tell me, what shall be the event of me? she answered him, my Lord, the time shall come when you will be in as low an estate and case as I am in, and in as mean an office, and that is both a mean one and a low one. Then required Lord Percy of her, what should become of him? my Lord (said she) shoe your horse in the quick, and you will do well enough, but if you do not, your body will be buried in Cruse-Church after you be beheaded on the Pavement in York, and your head will be stolen into France, and they laughed, and said, that will be a great hop betwixt the head and the body. Then said my Lord Darcy (Mother Shipton) what must I do? who answered him, you my Lord who is going for warfare, God speed you well, you have made a great Gun, shoot it off in time, for it will come to pass, that you will pine many, but kill few: so they drank and gave her money and thanks, and returned to M. Beaslyes' house, and the next morning posted to the Court, and declared their conference with her, which several passages came to be incident to the several parties. Presently afterwards the Lord Cardinal came to Cawood Castle near York, and resided there three days and three nights, upon the third day the Cross upon the top of the Castle fell down, and sore hurt the Steward upon his head, Lord Cardinal being told thereof, replied, I fear and doubt a ●reater cross than this will follow. In the afternoon the Cardinal went up to the top of the Castle, and many Knights with him: and when he was at the top upon the Leads wal●ing, he demanded of them where York stood, and they shown it to him? and he demanded how many miles it was thither? ●nd they told him seven miles, then, said he, that will be soon ●idden, not past two hours' work, I will go thither because yonder Witch said, I might see York but never come thither, and vowed he would burn not only her, but also three Priests which were at Table with her, if when he came there they lacked their vestments. The Priests hearing tell thereof were sore affrighted, but she encouraged them, saying, content yourselves, for if need require, you shall have twenty vestments, but his purpose will be altered. The night following, after supper, the Lord Cardinal fearing some evil towards him to approach, charged his househould and all his Officers, that no manner of person should that night more be suffered to come in, but immediately after the charge was passed, came Lord Percy and knocked at the Gates, importuning the Porter to let him in, who answered him, none could that night come in, for the Cardinal had charged him to suffer none to come in more than was in the house. Then Lord Percy changed his voice, pretending to be a near kinsman and favourite to the Cardinal, and must needs speak with him, so that the Porter let him in: and when the Cardinal saw Lord Percy, he cried out, mercy Lord Percy I am no Traitor, if not said Lord Percy, yet must you with speed go with me to London, but before he came thither, for all the haste by the way, he ended his life, and against Mother Shipton his threats were passed. Then Mother Shipton, after the Cardinal had poisoned himself by the way, sent to M. Beasley and said to him, M. Beasley the Cardinal builded a goodly closet in the Minster for him to sit in, with pillars of Silver and Gold, with Pearls and rich stones enameled, go and pull down one or two of them, and present them to King Henry, which accordingly he did, and was made in recompense thereof, an officer to the King, and the rest the King caused to be taken down.  
Shortly after, Mistress Beasley in her Husband's absence, and when he was at the Court, being desirous to hear the event of future times, seeing her former presages came to pass, and what good success her hu●band had in following her council, asked her, saying, Mother Shipton tell me something that is yet to come, than she said, Mistress Beasly, it shall come to pass, that Ouzebridge and Trinity Church shall meet, for the Bridge shall fall, and they shall build it again on the day, and it shall fall on the night, until the highest stone of Trinity Church be made the lowest stone of Ouzebridge.  
After this you shall have a year of penury and hunger, death without any dread, and dearth without any need.  
In process of time shall be seen  
A noble King and virtuous Queen,  
Out of Scotland they shall come,  
And shall enjoy this Crown alone.  
The first coming of the King into York shall be at Bowdon Bar, which shall be privately, the next time when he comes to be known, he will come through Holgate Town, and not through Holgate Lane, and when his head shall be at London Bridge, his tail shall be at Edenbrough.  
And it will come to pass that water will run over Ouzebridge (and laughing said) every Cuckold will have an Oak tree at his ●●re, and that there should be a Windmill upon one of the Towers in York, and that day men and women will wear great Bands and Hats like scuttles; and after that, rails. And when there is a Lord Mayor on the back side of the Minster in York, let him take heed of a stab with a knife.  
Also there will be two Knights that will fall out in the Castle yard at York, which never will be kind again while they live.  
Two Judges shall go twice in and out at Walme-gate-bar, 

And when Coulton-Hag hath born seven years' Corn,  
You shall not know of w●refare at night, and have it at morn.   

Then in the 7th year after it will begin  
And be noisome to the King.  
When warfare gins at a Spring  
Much care to E●gland it will bring:  
Then will the North rue it wondrous sore  
But the South for evermore.   

Hare's shall kindle upon the cold stone,  
And lads shall wed ladies & bring them home  
Then shall the ladies cry well away  
That we were born to see this day.  
The well will be they that have the least  
And woe to them that have the most.   For a hill and a dale will be worth eight Oxen and a Plough, and ten pound in Money worth ten pound Per Annum in Land.  
And when it comes it will last three years before it cease.  

Betwixt Calder and Air  
It will be long Fair:  
When all the World is aloft,  
It shall be called Christ-crost.  
The first main battle of this shall begin  
Where crook-back Richard his battle did win.   

And those that goes unto the Plain.  
Shall few of them return again.  
At that day shall England quake,  
For the voice of a dead Man shall be heard speak,  
And the Dragon shall give the Bull a sneap.   
After this the enemy shall advance to London, than (said she) welladay for London, for destruction will come upon it for evermore. After that, there will be a great battle, and they will be pacified for a while, but afterwards will return to Stockton-Moore near York, where will be a sore battle; then will the Raven sit upon the Cross, and suck as much of the Nobilities blood as the Commonalties; and then there will come thither a Woman with one eye, and tread over many a Man in blood to the knee, until she come to a Man leaning upon a rest, and shall say unto him, who art thou? and he shall say, I am the King of the Scots, she shall wish him to ●o to her House, and he will go: and there will be three Knights in her ●ouse, and all of them will stay three days and three nights with her, ●nd one shall not know of another. Soon after shall England be won and lost twice of a day; they will cry in the forenoon, England is lost, and in the afternoon, It is won, for Clubs and clouted shoes will get the day. There will be against these times a Lord Mayor of York chosen out of course: and three Knights one not knowing of another shall be in Peter-gate in York; and a Lad borne in Pontetract with three thumbs shall hold these three Knights Horses until the battle be won. Then will all the Noble blood of England be gone, except one; and he will be carried to Sheriff Hutton's Castle on Horseback, and there will die; Then will they make an Earl in the Field, hanging their Horses on a Thorn, and ruing the time that they were borne, to see so much blood shed: Then will they come to York and set upon it, and it will keep them out three days and three nights: and a penny loaf within the Bar will be at half a Crown, and without the Bar at a Penny, and harder to get with them without, then within, for the scarcity of money. Then will the Enemy swear, if so they will not let them in, they will blow up the Walls and the Town, and they will be let in; and there will go to Cruse-Church three Knights or Earls, and there shall but one come out again; and he will make Proclamation through the City, That whosoever will take away Houses, Manners, Towers or Bowers, to come and possess them for one and twenty years: then for evermore in England there shall be no more warefare; then shall York be as London.  
Then shall it be, that one Woman shall say to another, come Mother I saw a Man to day, which will be joy to a Woman to see, for for one Man there will be a thousand Women, then will there be a White Harvest, and Corn gotten in all with Women. Then shall an Old Man sit on Saint James Kirk hill weeping his fill, And King or queen shall there be none. But Lords to Rule this Realm alone. When these things are come to pass a ship shall come floating on Thames, until it come against London, then shall the Master thereof begin to weep, and his Men shall say, Master, why weep you and we have had so good a Voyage? for that will he say, I have seen here the goodliest City in the World, and now I fear there is none to give us drink for our Money.  
After Nevil with the Child's voice be fled out of England, he shall kill the Great Turk when this Child is in York you shall have a Lord Mayor dwelling at the grate head near the pavement, he shall be forced to fly out at his back door to save his life; and the two Sheriffs of York that shall be then, shall be both one Sir-Nam?  
FINIS.