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Show MOTHER SHIPTON'S PROPHECY (.Mr. ('. II. Robinson liuniln u (iio folloulntr, which we llilnk mny bo of Interest, so reproduce It.) Mothor Slilptoii waH n reputed Eiir-Huh Eiir-Huh prophetess of tlio tlmo of Honry VIII. Tho statements concerning hor pornonul history nro coiiflletlni? and of llttlu value. It Is believed nho was a purely fictitious person wlioao naino was mailo tho chlclo of many supposed sup-posed prophoclcH, Shu Is first heard from throufili tho publication of it tract, In 1C41, known aB tho "I'rop-hcclo "I'rop-hcclo of Mothor Shlpton." Many pamphlets purportinK to bo collections collec-tions or hor prophecies appeared, most If not all bollovcd to bo puro Inventions. Charles Hlndloy, in 1802, reprinted an earllor so-called Ilfo of Mothor Shlpton, Inserting tho dogerc' quoted aUoto. Ton years lntor Hind-ley Hind-ley acknowledged that tho vorsco wero a hoax. Carrhmos without horses shalt ro. And accidents fill tho world with woo; l'rlmroso Hill In London shall be. And In Uio center a bishop's sec. Around Uio world thoughts shall fly In tho twInklliiK of an eyo. Through Uio hills men shall ride, And no hor.so nor ass bo seen by their side. A Krcat man shall cotno anl ro Iron In tho water shall float As easy aa a wooden boat; (lotd shall bo found, and found In a laud that's not now known; Klro and water shall moro wonders do; England shall at last admit a Jew; Tho Jow that was hold In scorn, Shall of a Christian bo homo and born. A hoiiflo of glass shall come to pass In England; but, nlasl War shall follow with Uio work, In tho land of l'agan and Turk, And Stato and Stato In fierce strife Will sock each oUiers' llfo. Hut when Uic north shall dlvldo tho south An caglo shall build In tho lion's mouth, Taxes for blood and for war Will cumo to evory door. Threo times three shall lovely Franca IJo led to play a bloody dance, Iteforo hor peoplo shall bo froo Threo tyrants shall nho boo. Tho llrlUsh ollvo next flhall twluo In marriage with the Herman vino. All Knglatid's sons that plow the land Shall be seen book in hand, learning shall bo obb and flow. Tho poor shall most wisdom know. The world thon to an end shall como lu eighteen hundred and elghty-ono. |