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Record Nr.

UNISA996384833403316

Autore

Head Richard <1637?-1686?>

Titolo

The life and death of Mother Shipton [[electronic resource] ] : 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

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London, : Printed for B. Harris ..., 1677

Descrizione fisica

[6], 50 p

Soggetti

Prophets - England

Prophecies

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

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.

Reproduction of original in Huntington Library.

Sommario/riassunto

eebo-0113