The life and death of Mother Shipton
Subtitle: 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 experienced from the time of her birth, in the 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 ... : strangely preserved amongst other writings belonging to an old monastary in York-shire, and now published for the information of posterity
Series: Early English books online; Early English books, 1641-1700 -- 103:1
Publisher: Printed for B. Harris ...
Published: 1677
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 50
Subjects: Prophets; Biography; Prophecies
Notes: Illustrated t.p.

Signed on p. [4]: R. Head.

Mother Shipton, reputed prophetess, is in all likelihood a wholly mythical personage, and the work an "imaginary biography". Cf. DNB.

Wing H1257