Betty was very forward to be left in Charge; and protest herself willing to abide any Risk for the Sake of the Family; more by Token she thoughte there was no Risk at alle, having boughte a sovereign Charm of Mother Shipton.
"Mary Powell & Deborah's Diary"
Anne Manning
Below the castle is the public-house called 'Mother Shipton,' bearing her picture and the inscription- 'Near to this petrifying well I first drew breath, as records tell.
"Story of My Life, volumes 1-3"
Augustus J. C. Hare
They called to mind a saying of Mother Shipton, the famous prophet of the vulgar, that whenever a ship freighted with ling should cross Sherwood Forest, Newstead would pass out of the Byron family.
"Abbotsford and Newstead Abbey"
Washington Irving
