Past, present, and to come. The prophecy at large, of Robert Nixon ... Also some particulars of his life. Likewise Mother Shipton's Yorkshire prophecy, with their explanations / [Robert Nixon].

  • Nixon, Robert, active 1620?
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[1810?]
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Credit: Past, present, and to come. The prophecy at large, of Robert Nixon ... Also some particulars of his life. Likewise Mother Shipton's Yorkshire prophecy, with their explanations / [Robert Nixon]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    C|)e original ^retn'ctionsi OF ROBERT NIXON, jis delheted hy himself. When a raven fhall build in a ftone lion’s mouth, On a church top befide the grey foreft, Then ihall a King of England be drove frem h; crown. And return no more. When an eagle fhall fit on the top of Vale-Royqj houfe, Then fhall an heir be born, who fhall live to fee grez| ■ troubles in England. There fhall be a miller named Peter, With two heels on one foot, Who fhall diftinguifh himfeif bravely. And fhall be knighted by the vi£lor ; For foreign nations fliall invade England ; But the invader fliall be killed. And laid acrofs a horfe’s back, And led in triumph. A boy fhall be born with three thumbs on one hand, |l Who lhall hold three Kings’ horfes, ■Whilft England is three tunes won and loft in one d