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(27) Chapter Third.

The earliest known record at present in existence relating to Mother Shipton, is a pamphlet in good preservation, dated 1641, presented to the British Museum by King George III. The following is a verbatim reprint of the whole of it, printer's errors and all:—

"The Prophecie of Mother Shipton, in the Raigne of King Henry eighth.

"When shee heard King Henry the eighth