Category: Mythology, Legends & Folklore

Prophecies of Robert Nixon, Mother Shipton, and Martha, the Gypsy

PAGE The Life of Robert Nixon, commonly called The Cheshire 5 Prophet. The Original predictions of Robert Nixon, as delivered by 18 himself. The Following predictions of Robert Nixon are copied from 31 old pamphlets. Nixon’s Cheshire prophecy at large, from Lady Cowper’s 36 co...

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“I see men, women, and children, spotted {33b} like beasts, and their nearest and dearest friends affrighted at them. I see towns on fire, and innocent blood shed; but when men...

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But who must begin this last revolt? it is most probable that France shall. Not Spain, which as yet is plunged in superstition and is as much under the tyranny of the clergy as...

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In course of time was born, Mother Shipton, which proved the conclusion of her miserable life. But her entry into the world was such a terror to all that beheld her, that severa...

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“When the cow doth wive the bull, Then, oh! priest, beware thy skull! And when the lower shrubs do fall, The great trees quickly follow shall. The mitred Peacock’s lofty pride S...

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PAGE The Life of Robert Nixon, commonly called The Cheshire 5 Prophet. The Original predictions of Robert Nixon, as delivered by 18 himself. The Following predictions of Robert...

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A few friends at dinner, and some refreshers in the evening, had prevented Harding from saying a word to his beloved Eliza about the gipsy; and perhaps, till the ‘witching time’...

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_The following remarkable Prophecy_, _which is known as_ “_Mother Shipton’s prophecies_,” _was first published in 1448_,_ and republished in 1641_. _It will be seen that the eve...

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Brotherly love, which is now waxed cold, will be in its height and glory, agreeable to the name of this state, Philadelphia, which signifies brotherly love: there will be no mor...

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‘True, my beloved,’ replied the husband; ‘but I have seen her. When that tremendous noise was heard at supper, as the door was supernaturally opened, I saw her. She fixed those...