The life and death of Mother Shipton
Subtitle: being not only a true account of her strange birth; the most important passages of her life; but also all her prophecies, now newly collected, and historically explained, from the time of her birth, ithe reign of King Henry the Seventh, until this present year 1667. Containing the most important passages of state during the reign of these kings and queens of England following, viz. Henry the Fighth. 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 monastry in York-shire, and now published for the information of posterity. Licens'd and entred according to order.
Series: Library of English literature -- LEL 40162.
Publisher: Printed for W. Harris, and are to be sold by him
Published: 1687
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Format: Microform
Number of pages: 30
Subjects: Shipton, -- Mother
Other titles: Mother Shipton.
Notes: Includes table of contents.

Decorative head- and tailpieces.

Preface signed: R. Head.

Mother Shipton, "reputed prophetess, is, in all likelihood, a wholly mythical personage. No reference to her of earlier date than 1641 is extant."--Dictionary of national biography.

Microfiche. Chicago, Ill. : Library Resources, inc., 1976. 1 microfiche : positive ; 8 x 13 cm. (Library of English literature ; LEL 40162)