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PROPHECIES
OF
ROBERT NIXON,
MOTHER SHIPTON,
AND
MARTHA, THE GIPSY.
LONDON:
PUBLISHED FOR THEBOOKSELLERS.
CONTENTS.
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The Life of Robert Nixon, commonly called The CheshireProphet. | |
The Original predictions of Robert Nixon, as delivered byhimself. | |
The Following predictions of Robert Nixon are copied fromold pamphlets. | |
Nixon’s Cheshire prophecy at large, from LadyCowper’s copy; with historical and political remarks, andmany instances wherein it has been fulfilled. | |
The Editor presents his Readers with a Copy of a printedPaper, which several aged Persons, residing near the Forest, havevouched for the Authenticity of. | |
Prophecy of the French Revolution, from a publication bythe late Mr. Peter Jurieu, in 1687. | |
Extracts from sermons by Dr. John Gill. | |
An extraordinary prediction related by Mr. JohnWesley. | |
The Life and Prophecies of Mother Shipton. | |
Prophecies of Martha, the Gipsy. | |
Remarkable fulfilment of a prediction. |
p. 5THE LIFEOF ROBERT NIXON,
COMMONLY CALLED
THE CHESHIRE PROPHET.
The Prophecy of Nixon has so oftengiven a name to the productions of authors of differentprinciples, that it is now almost become a doubt whether such aperson ever existed. Passing through Cheshire lately,curiosity led me to inquire what credit these legends bore amongthe natives: and I was not a little surprised to find wi