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The life, prophecies, and death of the famous Mother Shipton. Being not only a true account of her strange Birth and most important passages of her life; but also all her Prophesies, now newly collected and historically explained […]
by Richard] [Head, Charles] (ed.) [Hindley
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Full title: The life, prophecies, and death of the famous Mother Shipton. Being not only a true account of her strange Birth and most important passages of her life; but also all her Prophesies, now newly collected and historically explained, from the time of her birth in the reign of King Henry the Seventh until the present. Containing the most important passages of state during the reign of these Kings and Queens of England, following: Viz. Henry the Eighth Edward the Sixth Queen Mary Queen Elizabeth King James King Charles the First King Charles the Second. Strangely preserved amongst other Writings belonging to an old Monastary in Yorkshire, and now published for the information of posterity.
8vo. pp. 31. Original print wrappers.
The editor and publisher, Charles Hindley, inserted a number of faked additions to the traditional prophecies, attributed to Richard Head and printed in 1687 by W. Harris – to which he later confessed – including one that the world would end in 1881. See Notes & Queries, ser. 4, 11 (1873), p. 355, and A. Kellett, Mother Shipton. Witch and Prophetess. Maidstone, 2002.
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