From "Uncle John's Indispensable Guide to the year 2000" - an

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interesting read.

Pages 2059-2060:

MOTHER SHIPTON (1488-1561)

Background: An historic figure in northern England, reputedly as famous as Nostradamus. She was a 16th centry witch who lived in a cave. Legend has it that her mother was "impregnated by a being of awesome, superhuman origin, who rewarded her sexual generosity by giving her powers similar to his own." She passed these powers on to her daughter.

Mother Shipton has been credited with predicting the defeat of the Spanish Armada, World War II, the invention of the car, and lots more. Her predictions for 2000 were reportedly discovered in an Australian library.

Doomsday 2000: Shipton is quoted as saying that the "Son of Man" will arise from the Middle East with a fierce beast in his arms and invade France. She wrote:

An Eagle {U.S.} shall destroy castles of the Thames, and there shall be crowned the Son of Man, and the fourth year shall be many battles for the faith and the Son of Man, with the Eagles shall be preferred, and there shall be peace over the world, and there shall be plenty of fruit, and then shall he go to the land of the Cross. {Modern interpretation: The U.S. will defeat the Arabs in a religious war lasting four years.}

Then the world will end.

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Uh, kinda scary stuff, especially the "modern interpretation" stuff. That part seems to be an attempt by W to make Mother Shipton's prediction come true.

(bolded emphasis mine; used Italics just to highlight her quote).