Chap-books of the eighteenth century . come sailing up theThames till it is opposite London, and the master of the shipasks the Captain of the ship why he weeps, since he has madeso good a voyage ; and he shall say, Ah ! what a grand city wasthis ? none in all the world comparable to it, and now there isscarce a house left. Explanation. These words were verified after the dreadful Fire of Londonin 1666, not one house being left on the Thames side from theTower to the Temple, etc., etc. There are more, but these are a fair sample, and two illus-trations are also given, showing the then popular
Chap-books of the eighteenth century . come sailing up theThames till it is opposite London, and the master of the shipasks the Captain of the ship why he weeps, since he has madeso good a voyage ; and he shall say, Ah ! what a grand city wasthis ? none in all the world comparable to it, and now there isscarce a house left. Explanation. These words were verified after the dreadful Fire of Londonin 1666, not one house being left on the Thames side from theTower to the Temple, etc., etc. There are more, but these are a fair sample, and two illus-trations are also given, showing the then popular idea of aWalpurgisnacht. Mother Shipton is said to have died in 1561, but her lifeand prophecies were not published till 1641, in a small quartotract, The Prophesie of Mother Shipton in the raigne ofHenry the eighth. Foretelling the death of Cardinal Wolsey,the lord Percy, and others, as also what should happen ininsuing times. London : Printed for Richard Lownds at hisshop adjoyning to Ludgate. 1641. The History of Mother Shipton. 91.
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