In 1740, Mother Shipton, a legendary Yorkshire witch and prophet, was credited with this prophecy of the end of London.
Time shall happen A Ship shall sail upon the River Thames, till it reach the City of London, the Master shall weep, and cry out, Ah! What a flourishing City was this when I left it! Unequalled throughout the World! But now scarce a House is left to entertain us with a Flagon.
In John Tyrrel, Past, Present and To Come: or, Mother Shipton's Yorkshire Prophecy, 1740.
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